http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Laptops Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 01:04:48 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 01:04:48 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/British-Army-Can-t-Break-Panasonic-s-ToughBooks-272174.shtml The British army reportedly took a couple of Panasonic ToughBooks on a scientific expedition in the extreme cold regions of the Antarctica. Remember that we’ve already reported on the new versions of Panasonic’s ToughBooks here.

Generally speaking, Panasonic’s products are built with very high quality and reliability... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 15:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/British-Army-Can-t-Break-Panasonic-s-ToughBooks-272174.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/British-Army-Can-t-Break-Panasonic-s-ToughBooks-272174.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Inspiron-and-XPS-Laptops-En-Route-to-PC-Show-2012-272097.shtml People hunting for deals may want to drop by this year's edition of the PC Show, where Dell, among many others, will show off its products.

PC Show will take place in Singapore between June 7 and June 10 (next month) and will be attended by Acer, Asus, Dell, Canon, Olympus, Samsung, Toshiba, Fujifilm, Microsoft, Western Digita... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 11:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Inspiron-and-XPS-Laptops-En-Route-to-PC-Show-2012-272097.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Inspiron-and-XPS-Laptops-En-Route-to-PC-Show-2012-272097.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Denies-Reducing-Laptop-Shipment-Target-271657.shtml There were murmurs saying that ASUS wasn't as optimistic as it used to be about its laptop sales, but a new report has arisen, one that refutes the claim.

Of course, since this report has a third party as the source, it is just as potentially erroneous as the one that implied ASUS' reduced optimism in the first place. Nevertheless, we ma... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 08:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Denies-Reducing-Laptop-Shipment-Target-271657.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Denies-Reducing-Laptop-Shipment-Target-271657.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Celeron-Powered-Samsung-Chromebook-Comes-and-Goes-271644.shtml Chromebooks sales haven’t been so successful, but they are still out there and new ones are being made, so information leaks are bound to happen from time to time.

Samsung, however, has become one of the companies that indirectly enabled more than just information to make it to the net.

Not long ago, a Chromebox was a... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 07:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Celeron-Powered-Samsung-Chromebook-Comes-and-Goes-271644.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Celeron-Powered-Samsung-Chromebook-Comes-and-Goes-271644.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/CZC-Tech-s-U116T-Is-Both-a-Tablet-and-an-Ultrabook-271426.shtml So-called “hybrid” devices have been cropping up on the IT market for as long as the industry has been around, so we aren't at all shocked to see tablets and ultrabooks combine.

Chinese company CZC Tech has formally introduced something called U116T, which behaves like a tablet but has ultrabook hardware.

... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 08:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/CZC-Tech-s-U116T-Is-Both-a-Tablet-and-an-Ultrabook-271426.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/CZC-Tech-s-U116T-Is-Both-a-Tablet-and-an-Ultrabook-271426.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Three-ASUS-ZenBooks-with-SSD-Plus-HDD-Coming-in-June-271415.shtml Famous motherboard manufacturer, Taiwanese company ASUS, who is also well known for its mobile computers, is now reportedly preparing to launch three ZenBooks next month.

We already talked about ASUS’ new UltraBook projects and we published the first pictures here. The ones is question were the UX31 and UX21 ... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 08:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Three-ASUS-ZenBooks-with-SSD-Plus-HDD-Coming-in-June-271415.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Three-ASUS-ZenBooks-with-SSD-Plus-HDD-Coming-in-June-271415.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gigabyte-Intros-the-Lightest-Notebook-on-Earth-271411.shtml You'd think that any great claim would be backed by some hard evidence, but Gigabyte deliberately neglected to provide it when it revealed the X11 notebook.

Of course, “revealed” is a bit too much of a stretch because the company only specified its name and that it is supposed to be “the lightest notebook on earth.&r... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 07:48:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gigabyte-Intros-the-Lightest-Notebook-on-Earth-271411.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gigabyte-Intros-the-Lightest-Notebook-on-Earth-271411.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Pavilion-G6-with-AMD-Trinity-Selling-for-570-USD-271232.shtml World’s biggest computer manufacturer, American company HP is reportedly selling the HP Pavilion G6 notebook powered by AMD Trinity in Taiwan for just 570 USD.

In European currency that’s just 446 EUR, and the laptop is indeed delivered all around the world so, if any European Trinity fans want one, they can grab ... (read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 11:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Pavilion-G6-with-AMD-Trinity-Selling-for-570-USD-271232.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Pavilion-G6-with-AMD-Trinity-Selling-for-570-USD-271232.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-s-Pavilion-dm1-4210au-Laptop-With-Brazos-2-0-E1-1200-APU-271176.shtml Even though AMD's Brazos 2.0 accelerated processing units have yet to be launched, machines based on them are making their presence felt.

The product whose specifications surfaced this time around is called pavilion dm1-4210au and is a laptop made by HP.

With hardware based around the E1-1200 Brazos 2.0 APU,... (read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 07:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-s-Pavilion-dm1-4210au-Laptop-With-Brazos-2-0-E1-1200-APU-271176.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-s-Pavilion-dm1-4210au-Laptop-With-Brazos-2-0-E1-1200-APU-271176.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Latitude-6430u-Business-Ultrabook-Spotted-271104.shtml Even though they haven't really been selling as well as companies hoped, ultrabooks are the subject of discussion for the media and IT companies alike, so we're not surprised to read about a new one.

Dell is the company in whose labs the new device originated, or we should say will have originated once the company actually makes the f... (read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 17:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Latitude-6430u-Business-Ultrabook-Spotted-271104.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Latitude-6430u-Business-Ultrabook-Spotted-271104.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/MSI-Wind-U270-Netbook-Comes-with-AMD-s-Brazos-2-0-271084.shtml MSI, the well-known mainboard manufacturer is also in the business of making mobile PCs, such as the fastest Ivy Bridge notebook called GT70, or today’s Win U270 that has just been listed on the company’s official website.

The netbook is powered by AMD’s E2-1800 processor that we described in detail here.
read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 15:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/MSI-Wind-U270-Netbook-Comes-with-AMD-s-Brazos-2-0-271084.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/MSI-Wind-U270-Netbook-Comes-with-AMD-s-Brazos-2-0-271084.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-of-the-Notebooks-Shipped-in-2012-Will-Have-a-Touch-Screens-271046.shtml With Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system right around the corner, it seems that touch-enabled mobile computers will reportedly become much more popular than initially estimated. The estimation is now practically doubled, from 5 percent to 10 percent.

Adding a touch screen to a 13” notebook will increase th... (read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 13:31:01 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-of-the-Notebooks-Shipped-in-2012-Will-Have-a-Touch-Screens-271046.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-of-the-Notebooks-Shipped-in-2012-Will-Have-a-Touch-Screens-271046.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Alienware-Laptops-Get-Killer-Wireless-N-1202-Wi-Fi-Cards-271069.shtml
Most people won't really be able to tell the difference all that easily between the two, mostly because the data capacity that needs to flow through a connection during normal web browsing isn't really spectacular.

When playing high-end games, though, lag can definitely cramp peoples' style, ev... (read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 13:11:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Alienware-Laptops-Get-Killer-Wireless-N-1202-Wi-Fi-Cards-271069.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Alienware-Laptops-Get-Killer-Wireless-N-1202-Wi-Fi-Cards-271069.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Comes-Up-with-New-Battery-for-Ultrabooks-271052.shtml Intel still hasn't quite managed to get ultrabooks at the price level everyone is hoping for, so it needs to continue coming up with ideas for more affordable components.

So far, whatever concessions Intel and its partners made have been just that: concessions. In order to make them easier to sell, some drawbacks had to be agreed on. ... (read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 12:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Comes-Up-with-New-Battery-for-Ultrabooks-271052.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Comes-Up-with-New-Battery-for-Ultrabooks-271052.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fujitsu-Announces-New-UltraBooks-270337.shtml Well-known Japanese computer maker Fujitsu has just announced the new Lifebook AH and SH models, on its official website. These come with an Ivy Bridge processor each and boast the high quality build that Fujitsu’s laptops have accustomed us with.

There are six models in the Lifebook AH series and the main specifications are 8 GB or DDR3 RAM w... (read more)]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 08:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fujitsu-Announces-New-UltraBooks-270337.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fujitsu-Announces-New-UltraBooks-270337.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lenovo-Refreshes-the-ThinkPad-Line-with-Ivy-Bridge-270014.shtml Chinese PC and notebook manufacturer Lenovo is now stuffing Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors in most of its laptops.

The ThinkPad T series are now updated to T430, T430s and T530 models that come with an HD 720p webcam and Lenovo’s RapidCharge.

The i7-powered systems with the T430 label come complete with... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 15:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lenovo-Refreshes-the-ThinkPad-Line-with-Ivy-Bridge-270014.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lenovo-Refreshes-the-ThinkPad-Line-with-Ivy-Bridge-270014.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/SONY-Intros-Powerful-VAIO-S-and-Z-Series-Laptops-with-External-Graphics-269751.shtml Japanese company SONY has just announced the new VAIO S Series and VAIO Z series notebook on its official website.

Unlike the value models we’ve just presented here, the S and Z series come with Ivy Bridge processors and even a Power Media Dock with AMD’s Radeon HD 7670M GPU.

Intel&rsq... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 17:11:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/SONY-Intros-Powerful-VAIO-S-and-Z-Series-Laptops-with-External-Graphics-269751.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/SONY-Intros-Powerful-VAIO-S-and-Z-Series-Laptops-with-External-Graphics-269751.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lenovo-Unveils-the-Lightest-14-UltraBook-269742.shtml Today, Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo is previewing at the company’s Accelerate Channel Partner Conference in Las Vegas the lightest 14” UltraBook in the industry. It’s called the ThinkPad X1 Carbon and it’s made out of a premium carbon fiber chassis.

The new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 UltraBook is packed with premium ... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 15:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lenovo-Unveils-the-Lightest-14-UltraBook-269742.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lenovo-Unveils-the-Lightest-14-UltraBook-269742.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/SONY-Announces-VAIO-E-Series-15-and-17-Notebooks-with-AMD-Graphics-269632.shtml Although during our meeting with Nvidia late last month the company’s presentation was touting “over 300 Ivy Bridge design wins,” we keep seeing many launches with AMD Radeon graphics instead.

SONY’s adoption of the new Nvidia mobile line was regarded as a great achievement in the presentatio... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 12:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/SONY-Announces-VAIO-E-Series-15-and-17-Notebooks-with-AMD-Graphics-269632.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/SONY-Announces-VAIO-E-Series-15-and-17-Notebooks-with-AMD-Graphics-269632.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rugged-Netbooks-Are-Intel-s-New-Game-269243.shtml Netbooks fell almost as fast as they grew, in reputation, but that doesn't mean that there are no people buying them anymore, and Intel knows it.

Ever since tablets and, more recently, ultrabooks rose in profile, news about netbooks has been scarce, for several reasons.

PC makers have been launching fewer, for one, and the media ha... (read more)]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 06:37:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rugged-Netbooks-Are-Intel-s-New-Game-269243.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rugged-Netbooks-Are-Intel-s-New-Game-269243.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Panasonic-Announces-One-of-the-Most-Expensive-Ivy-Bridge-Laptops-269234.shtml Japanese giant Matsushita Corporation, owner of the well-known Panasonic brand, has just announced the new Let’s note B11 notebook, on its official website.

The Let’s note B11 is made only for sale in the Land of the Rising Sun. It comes with Intel’s Core i7-3615QM CPU that benefits from a 6 MB Level... (read more)]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 14:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Panasonic-Announces-One-of-the-Most-Expensive-Ivy-Bridge-Laptops-269234.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Panasonic-Announces-One-of-the-Most-Expensive-Ivy-Bridge-Laptops-269234.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/SAMSUNG-s-Chronos-Series-7-Laptop-with-17-FullHD-Available-in-the-US-268934.shtml Korean semiconductor and electronics giant Samsung has recently announced the Chronos Series 7 Laptop with 17” screen. Today we found out the prices and availability for the US on Samsung's own official website.

The Chronos 7 Series is powered by Intel’s Ivy Bridge based Core i7-3615QM processor with a... (read more)]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 08:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/SAMSUNG-s-Chronos-Series-7-Laptop-with-17-FullHD-Available-in-the-US-268934.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/SAMSUNG-s-Chronos-Series-7-Laptop-with-17-FullHD-Available-in-the-US-268934.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-LaVie-Z-Is-The-Sort-of-Ultrabook-Even-We-Would-Buy-268928.shtml As we write about all sorts of devices, it takes really unusual things to impress us, and we dare say that the NEC LaVie Z ultrabook has some of that unique flare.

We probably won't be so eager to gush over it once the company finally says how much money the Ultrabook is supposed to cost.

For now, though, we'll al... (read more)]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 08:02:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-LaVie-Z-Is-The-Sort-of-Ultrabook-Even-We-Would-Buy-268928.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-LaVie-Z-Is-The-Sort-of-Ultrabook-Even-We-Would-Buy-268928.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Panasonic-Core-i5-i7-Laptop-Is-Is-a-Netbook-Somehow-268915.shtml IT companies don't seem to talk about netbooks all that much nowadays, the product type having become somewhat of a has-been, but that doesn't mean no such small PCs are being made anymore.

In fact, Panasonic has just introduced a netbook, although one could argue that the device doesn't really qualify as one, despite its size. <... (read more)]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 07:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Panasonic-Core-i5-i7-Laptop-Is-Is-a-Netbook-Somehow-268915.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Panasonic-Core-i5-i7-Laptop-Is-Is-a-Netbook-Somehow-268915.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gigabyte-15-6-Inch-Full-HD-Gaming-Laptop-Debuts-268752.shtml There is a new gaming laptop up for order, or there will be as soon as Gigabyte finishes whatever loose ends have to be tied up in regards to shipments.

Called P2542G, the mobile personal computer is a gaming notebook with a Full HD screen (native resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels) and a display diagonal of 15.6 inches.

... (read more)]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 17:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gigabyte-15-6-Inch-Full-HD-Gaming-Laptop-Debuts-268752.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gigabyte-15-6-Inch-Full-HD-Gaming-Laptop-Debuts-268752.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Unveils-Zenbook-UX32VS-with-Nvidia-Graphichs-and-FullHD-Display-268709.shtml We all remember how Nvidia bragged about three hundred Ivy Bridge and Kepler design wins. Well, the first Ivy Bridge notebook on sale was using an AMD GPU and many of Nvidia’s Ivy Bridge design wins are, in fact, Fermi-based, not Kepler. Asus reportedly briefly unveiled some small details about its new Zenbook UX32VD.read more)]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 09:18:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Unveils-Zenbook-UX32VS-with-Nvidia-Graphichs-and-FullHD-Display-268709.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Unveils-Zenbook-UX32VS-with-Nvidia-Graphichs-and-FullHD-Display-268709.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Ultrabooks-Get-Sleekbook-Name-from-HP-268458.shtml During a launch event in Shanghai, China, HP revealed a great number of products, including some Ultrabooks and their AMD-powered counterparts.

We've known for a while that Advanced Micro Devices would eventually get one of its chips inside super-thin and light laptops.

This is, after all, the purpose of that 17W accelerated ... (read more)]]> Wed, 9 May 2012 08:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Ultrabooks-Get-Sleekbook-Name-from-HP-268458.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Ultrabooks-Get-Sleekbook-Name-from-HP-268458.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Launches-New-Pavilion-Notebook-PCs-268425.shtml HP decided this was the day when its product line would grow, so it launched a huge collection of business and consumer products, including notebooks, even though availability is weeks to months away.

Here we will speak of the new Pavilion notebook PCs for consumers, called Pavilion m6, Pavilion dv-series and Pavilion g-series.

Pa... (read more)]]> Wed, 9 May 2012 07:26:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Launches-New-Pavilion-Notebook-PCs-268425.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Launches-New-Pavilion-Notebook-PCs-268425.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Acer-Aspire-One-725-Puts-AMD-s-Dual-Core-APU-To-Work-268277.shtml You'd have thought that companies wouldn't be making them anymore, but people have been wrong about things before and they would be wrong in assuming this.

PC makers have not, in fact, stopped making netbooks. Shipments aren't at the level of last year or two years ago, but entry-level laptops are still alive and breathing.
read more)]]> Tue, 8 May 2012 11:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Acer-Aspire-One-725-Puts-AMD-s-Dual-Core-APU-To-Work-268277.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Acer-Aspire-One-725-Puts-AMD-s-Dual-Core-APU-To-Work-268277.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Most-Useful-Laptop-Accessory-of-This-Year-268081.shtml Japanese company Donya seems to know what the average laptop user needs, and today it is launching the DN-69810 SATA adapter used to mount a 2.5" drive in the optical drive bay. It comes in two versions, one normal 9.5 millimeter thick and one measuring 12.7 millimeters.

We’re not usually so delighted with some manufacturers’ id... (read more)]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 13:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Most-Useful-Laptop-Accessory-of-This-Year-268081.shtml Laptops http://news.softpedia.com/news/Most-Useful-Laptop-Accessory-of-This-Year-268081.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu)