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CES 2012: Cedar Trail-Equipped Asus Eee PC X101CH Netbook Also Debuts

Even though most laptop manufacturers have given up on the netbook concept, Asus keeps pushing new devices into its Eee PC product line and the latest to make its appearance is the ultra-thin X101CH packing Intel’s recently released Cedar Trail platform. The chip used for this netbook is actually the Atom N260...

10 January 2012
09:15 GMT

CES 2012: Samsung Debuts New Series 9 Ultrabooks

Intel deemed 2012 as being “the year of the Ultrabook” and judging by all the ultra-thin notebooks that are announced at CES 2012, from makers such as Acer, Lenovo, LG and now Samsung with its new Series 9 designs, it seems like the chip maker couldn’t be more right. Two models were unveiled today ...

10 January 2012
09:04 GMT

CES 2012: Intel Cedar Trail Makes Appearance in New Asus Eee PC Netbooks

Asus’ Eee PC 1025C series Intel Cedar Trail netbooks have already made it to our news section a few times before CES 2012 started, but the Las Vegas fair marks the official introduction of these laptops in Asus’ product line. Expected to ship in February of this year, Asus’ Eee PC 1025C series actu...

10 January 2012
05:11 GMT

CES 2012: Acer Unveils World’s Thinnest Ultrabook, the Aspire S5

Acer has decided to take this year’s CES by storm, so after the introduction of the 1920x1200 10.1-inch Iconia Tab A700 the company moved into ultra-thin notebook territory where it unveiled that new Aspire S5, the world’s thinnest Ultrabook yet.Standing just 15mm thick (0.59 inches), Acer’s 13.3-in...

9 January 2012
15:11 GMT

CES 2012: Acer Makes the Timeline Notebooks Thinner, Calls Them Ultrabooks

Acer’s Timeline notebook are getting thinner and lighter than ever before with the introduction of the new 14- and 15-inch Ultra models announced by the Taiwanese company during the CES 2012 fair, and which will become available in the first quarter of this year.Both models are built using pretty much the same ...

9 January 2012
10:12 GMT

Lenovo Announces Thunderbolt-Equipped ThinkPad Edge S430 Notebook

Together with its business-centered ThinkPad T430u Ultrabook, Lenovo has also announced today a new 14-inch Edge S430 laptop that is targeting the same market segment but comes with a more advanced set of features.Designed around a 14-inch screen, Lenovo’s creation is powered by the “latest Intel Core&ldq...

5 January 2012
16:01 GMT

Lenovo Unveils ThinkPad X1 Hybrid Laptop Packing Secondary ARM SoC

Earlier today, Lenovo has announced the new ThinkPad X1 Hybrid laptop that was designed to sport a secondary operating system and an ARM-based Qualcomm SoC in order to deliver up to 10 hours of battery life to its users. This system is called the Instant Media Mode, IMM for short, by Lenovo and runs a Linux-based OS ...

5 January 2012
10:53 GMT

Lenovo ThinkPad T430u Ultrabook Packs Nvidia Discrete Graphics

Tired of waiting for CES 2012 to open its gates, Lenovo has introduced a new Ultrabook computer called the ThinkPad T430u that has business users in its sight and comes equipped with a discrete graphics card built by Nvidia.This will be available as an option as users can still chose to rely on Intel’s integrat...

5 January 2012
05:45 GMT

MSI’s 15.6-Inch GT685 Gaming Notebook Sports Nvidia GTX 580M Graphics

After yesterday’s release of the GT783 17.3-inch gaming notebook, MSI has announced a new laptop in the GT-series, the GT685, which packs the same Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M graphics card but comes with a smaller 15.6-inch screen.The new notebook is housed inside a chassis that is extremely similar with that of th...

5 January 2012
03:34 GMT

Dell to Revamp Latitude Notebook Line with Four New Models

After months of stagnation, Dell will soon revamp its lineup of Latitude notebooks with four now models that will feature an updated hardware platform and possibly even a new design to make them stand out of the crowd.The new Dell laptop models will be called the Latitude E5430, E5530, E6430 and E6530, the “30&...

4 January 2012
09:42 GMT

Samsung Series 5 Ultrabooks Now Available for Pre-Order in the US

Koreans aren’t the only ones to get their hands on Samsung’s Series 5 Ultrabook models announced at the end of last year, as users in the US now also have the chance of owning such an ultra-thin notebook since they have become available for pre-order from J&R.Two models are listed right now, one featurin...

4 January 2012
05:08 GMT

MSI Launches GT783 Gaming Notebook with Nvidia GTX 580M Graphics

MSI has just announced that the company’s gaming notebook line has received a new addition in the form of the 17.3-inch GT783 laptop that is built around Intel’s Core i7 Sandy Bridge processors and Nvidia’s monstrous GeForce GTX 580M. Weighting in no less than 3.9Kg (almost 8.6 pounds), the GT783 w...

4 January 2012
02:52 GMT

HP Updates Mini 110 and Mini 210 Netbooks to Intel Cedar Trail

Intel’s recently announced Cedar Trail platform has also made it in HP’s Mini 110 and Mini 210 netbooks which can now be equipped with the Atom N2600 and Atom N2800 dual-core processors with Hyper-Threading support.The Cedar Trail platform is comprised of the Cedarview processor and the NM10 chipset, whic...

3 January 2012
08:54 GMT

Asus Intros N45J Mystic Edition Notebook Designed with Green Hornet Star, Jay Chou

Asus and Green Hornet star Jay Chou have joined forces again and this time they came up with a redesigned version of the N Series N45 laptop which is now called the N45J Mystic Edition.Best known in Asia as a singer-songwriter, Jay Chou has tweaked the notebook to sport his signature as well as the cover art from his...

30 December 2011
04:41 GMT

Asus makes Official Intel Cedar Trail Powered Eee PC 1225C Netbook

After being spotted in an online store a little bit more than a month ago, Asus’ Eee PC 1225C netbook powered by Intel’s upcoming Atom Cedar Trail processors was made official by the Taiwanese company who just posted the netbook’s manual online.Notebook Italia has caught a glimpse of this document a...

28 December 2011
16:41 GMT

CTL Intros 14.1-Inch Ubuntu 11.10 Running Notebook

CTL, an Oregon-based company less well known in the laptop market, has just announced the introduction of the 14.1-inch MB40U notebook that is the company’s first such device to run the Ubuntu Linux operating system. The notebook is built around Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors, users having the option of ...

27 December 2011
10:48 GMT

Asus Teases Lamborghini VX6S Cedar Trail Netbook in New Presentation Video

Asus has been showcasing the Lamborghini VX6S at various trade shows and event in the industry for almost six months now, but this Intel Cedar Trail powered netbook has yet to make its arrival until now.However it now seems like we aren’t that far away from its launch, as in order to increase the hype surroundi...

27 December 2011
09:14 GMT

Asus Eee PC 1225B Netbook Makes Debut Running an AMD E-450 APU

Asus keeps on expanding its Eee PC netbook range with new products and during this weekend the Taiwanese company has added a new such model to its lineup, the Eee PC 1225B, which is powered by an AMD Brazos E-450 APU.This is actually AMD’s most powerful E-series accelerated processing unit to be produced as it ...

27 December 2011
04:24 GMT

Lenovo IdeaPad U300s Ultrabook Arrives in Stock at Newegg

After becoming available for pre-order on Lenovo’s website at the beginning of this month, the IdeaPad U300s Ultrabook has now arrived in stock at Newegg where is listed at a rather pricy $1,599.99, roughly 1,109 EUR.Newegg has actually two U300s models available, both featuring the same configuration, but the ...

23 December 2011
16:31 GMT

Asus N43SL Jay Chou Edition Notebook to Hit the US for $999 (€763)

When it first introduced the special edition N43SL Jay Chou notebook in mid-summer, Asus said that the laptop will only be available in select Asian countries, but it now seems like the company changed its mind and that will release this model in the US as well. This special edition notebook designed together with t...

23 December 2011
05:58 GMT

Lenovo Expects to Ship 300,000 U300 Ultrabooks in Q4 2011

Lenovo seems quite confident in the success of its U300 Ultrabook as the company expects by the end of Q4 2011 to sell between 200,000 and 300,000 units making it one of the most popular laptops in its category.Lenovo made public these estimates during the U300’s launch in China, according to a Chinese-language...

23 December 2011
02:48 GMT

Intel Ivy Bridge HP ENVY 14 Spectre Notebook Hits the FCC

Starting with the second quarter of next year, notebook manufacturers are expected to release an important number of Intel Ivy Bridge powered notebook designs and one such upcoming model was recently spotted at the FCC.The notebook is built by HP and will come as an addition to the company’s ENVY line bearing t...

22 December 2011
19:11 GMT

Lenovo ThinkPad X130e End-User Availability Delayed to February 2012

When it announced the ThinkPad X130e at the beginning of this month, Lenovo said that this rugged educational notebook will be available for individual purchase starting December 20, but it now looks like shipments have been delayed to February of 2012.As engadget has found out, Lenovo blames this on the educator&rsq...

21 December 2011
07:11 GMT

Asus U53SD Bamboo Notebook Receives Carbon Neutrality Certification

Asus was one of the first notebook makers to concentrate its attention towards delivering more eco-friendly products and recently the outfit has reached a new milestone in this endeavor by building the first laptop to fully meet the requirements of the PAS 2060:2010 standard for Carbon Neutrality, the U53SD Bamboo.In...

20 December 2011
05:58 GMT

Samsung 11.6-Inch Notebook with AMD E-450 APU Priced at €370 ($481.5)

Samsung Europe has just started selling across EU countries a new entry-level 11.6-inch model from the popular Series 3 lineup that is based on AMD’s dual-core E-450 APU and comes with a starting price of 370 EUR ($481.5 US).The new Samsung laptop is known as the NP305 and the 11.6-inch LED backlit display that...

19 December 2011
06:15 GMT

CyberpowerPC Bundles Select Laptops with Intel WiDi Adapters

CyberpowerPC, a well renowned maker of custom gaming desktop PCs, gaming notebooks, and workstations, has just announced that for a limited time only it will bundle its select laptop computers with Netgear's Push2TV 2.0 adapter with support for Intel’s WiDi technology.Paired together with notebooks that su...

16 December 2011
11:21 GMT

Lenovo IdeaPad U300s Ultrabook Up For Pre-Order with $500 Rebate (€385)

Lenovo has a great promotion going on in its Website that allows customers to pre-order the IdeaPad U300s Ultrabook for “just” $1499 (1,153 EUR), $500 less than the ultra-thin’s $1999 base price.The promotion was so successful that the Ultrabook quickly went on back-order after being listed, accordi...

15 December 2011
04:49 GMT

Dell Latitude Notebooks Get New Mobile Broadband Options

Dell has just announced that its Latitude line of business notebooks can now be ordered with embedded mobile broadband from T-Mobile in addition to the already available AT&T, Verizon and Sprint options.According to Dell, this feature is available in the Latitude E6220, E6320, and E6420 laptop models that measure 12....

14 December 2011
09:50 GMT

Toshiba and BestBuy Offer the Z835 Ultrabook for $699.99 (€531)

If you planned on waiting for Ultrabooks to become cheaper, then you don’t need to wait anymore as BestBuy and Toshiba have now announced a special promotion that drops the price of the Toshiba Portege Z835 to $699.99 (€531)As Liliputing reports, that is $200 less than the list price for the Z835 as well a...

13 December 2011
11:20 GMT

HP’s 14-Inch Pavilion dm4 Notebook Arrives in Europe

After the initial launch of the Pavilion dm4 in the US, HP has now also made this notebook available in Europe where it will sell with prices starting at 999 Euros, which is significantly more than the $629.99 that HP asks for this model in the US.The configurations of the notebooks are however different as in Europe...

12 December 2011
08:59 GMT

HP Folio 13 Ultrabook Discounted to $703 (€526) for Limited Time Only

HP’s first Ultrabook design, the Folio 13, went on sale just now with an US based retailer who listed the ultrathin at $703 (roughly €526) for a limited time only, making it a great deal when compared with HP’s original $899 MSRP.The discount comes courtesy of LogicBuy when using the NBK3573 coupon c...

8 December 2011
03:25 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 7690M Powered HP Envy 17 Notebook Spotted in Europe

Soon after AMD made official the Radeon HD 7000M-series of mobile GPUs, an European retailer has added to its offer a new version of the HP Envy 17 notebook that includes one of the graphics chips announced today.The chip in question is the Radeon HD 7690M, which is the most powerful GPU to be introduced by AMD in it...

7 December 2011
09:24 GMT

Lenovo Targets the Education Market with Rugged ThinkPad X130e Notebook

Intel’s Classmate series of notebooks have been so far pretty much the only classroom-ready laptop alternative available to schools, but this isn’t the case anymore as Lenovo has just announced the ThinkPad X130e notebook that seems to be a direct competitor for Intel's Classmate project.Since the X1...

6 December 2011
03:30 GMT

LG Unveils Its Own Ultrabook, the Xnote Z330

After most of the major notebook makers unveiled their vision on how an Ultrabook should look like, LG also came out now with its own take on Intel’s ultra-thin notebook concept by announcing the Xnote Z330 laptop.Borrowing some design hints from Apple’s MacBook Air, the Z330 is built around a 13.3-inch d...

5 December 2011
10:12 GMT

Toshiba Portege Z830 Ultrabook Now Available for 950€ ($1278) in Europe

After the US launch of the Portege Z835 Ultrabook that dropped the price of Toshiba’s ultra-slim to a rather cool $799 (593 EUR), Europe now also received a less expensive version of the Portege Z830 that drops pricing under the 1,000 EUR mark.The new model is called the Portege Z830-10E and it was spotted in v...

5 December 2011
08:58 GMT

Acer Says Ultrabooks Will Cost $499 (€371) in 2013

Acer expects Ultrabooks prices to drop significantly in the coming years, so much in fact that in 2013 the company believes these ultra-thin laptops will start at $499 (roughly 371 EUR), which will make them far more accessible for a wider range of users.According to the Taiwanese company, prices will drop gradually ...

1 December 2011
05:47 GMT

Eurocom 15.6-Inch Racer Notebook Gains Support for DDR3 1866MHz Memory

Eurocom has just announced that its 15.6-inch Racer notebook can now be configured to feature 16GB of DDR3 memory running at 1866Mhz frequencies, making it one of the first companies to support such high-speed memory models in their laptops.The DDR3 sticks used are manufactured by Kingston and are part of the company...

30 November 2011
19:01 GMT

Ultrabook Price May Fall 5-10% in Q1 2012 Thanks to an Intel Marketing Subsidy

Ultrabooks are expected to drop in price between 5 and 10 percent in the first quarter of 2012 thanks to the introduction of a series of new models from major notebooks makers and more importantly to a $100 US (75 EUR) marketing subsidy from Intel.The news regarding this price drop comes from the DigiTimes publicatio...

30 November 2011
04:48 GMT

Intel Atom Cedarview-Powered Asus X101CH Netbook Makes Appearance

Despite the delay of Intel’s mobile Atom Cedar Trail platform for low-power laptops, Acer its getting ready to deploy its army of netbooks using this architecture as an UK retailer has recently listed a new version of the ultra-slim Eee PC X101 that is powered by an Atom N2600 processor.This chip is built using...

25 November 2011
16:41 GMT

Asus Eee PC 1025C and 1025CE Won’t Make It for Christmas, Delayed to 2012

Asus pushed its Eee PC 1025C netbook through the offices of FCC at the beginning of October, but despite this early start the Taiwanese company won’t actually be able to ship these devices before Christmas and has delayed them for 2012.The exact release date is not known at this point in time, but according to ...

25 November 2011
06:01 GMT

HP Folio 13 Ultrabook to Reach Europe in January 2012 for €899 ($1,209)

Expected to start selling in the US at the start of December, HP’s first ultra-thin computer based on Intel’s Ultrabook concept, the Folio 13, won’t reach Europe until January of 2012 when will retail for €899.The price and availability info was uncovered by Notebook Italia, and it refers prima...

23 November 2011
16:51 GMT

Our Beloved Electronics Hide Conflict Minerals Exploiting Child Labor

We couldn't imagine our lives without our precious laptops and personal computers. Despite this fact, experts warn us that our beloved electronics share a terrible secret. Their manufacturing process involves the usage of conflict minerals, a significant resource for the poor people in the Democratic Republic...

23 November 2011
10:55 GMT

Medion Outs Erazer 15.6-Inch X6813 and X6815 Gaming Notebook in the UK

European notebook maker Medion has just announced the UK availability of two new 15.6-inch gaming laptops from the company's Erazer series which are touted as being a great companion for the games expected this Holiday season.Despite using different chassis both of these Medion Erazer notebooks are built around ...

23 November 2011
05:17 GMT

Toshiba Portege Z830 and Z835 Ultrabooks Now Available Online

BestBuy's exclusivity on the Portege Z835 Ultrabook seems to have come to an end as the company has now listed both this model and the more powerful Z830 on its retail website with prices starting at $929 (roughly 689 EUR).The lower-end version of the Toshiba Ultrabook is powered by an 1.4GHz Intel Core i3 proce...

23 November 2011
03:48 GMT

MSI GT780DXR Gaming Notebook Packs 3GB Nvidia GTX 570M

MSI is preparing for the Holiday shopping season with the release of a new 17.3-inch gaming notebook in the company's popular GT780 range that this time increases the memory available for the Nvidia GTX 570M dedicated graphics card built-in from 1.5GB to a whopping 3GB.Weighting in no less than 3.9Kg (almost 8.6...

22 November 2011
03:33 GMT

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Family Gets a New $350 (€259) Model

After just the other day Acer slashed the price of its AC700 Chromebook, Samsung has now decided to also launch a cheaper version of its Series 5 netbook running Google's Chrome OS operating system that comes with a $349.99 (360 EUR) price tag. The new version of the Chromebook relies on only Wi-Fi connectivity...

22 November 2011
02:41 GMT

Acer AC700 Chromebook Price Drops to $299 (223 EUR)

We haven't heard all that much about Chromebooks after their initial release in the summer of this year, but Acer now takes this netbook concept back into the spotlight by lowering the pricing of its AC700 Chromebook to $299.99 from the original $350 (223 vs. 360 EUR).The deal was spotted by the Digital Inspirat...

21 November 2011
09:33 GMT

Eurocom 3D-Enabled 17.3-Inch Neptune Notebook Makes Its Entrance

Eurocom has recently expanded its notebook lineup with another monstrous mobile workstation known as the Neptune which is destined to meet the needs of both gamers and professional requiring a powerful 3D-enabled laptop. At the heart of Eurocom's latest creation stand Intel's Sandy Bridge processors, the no...

21 November 2011
07:55 GMT

Medion 15.6-Inch Erazer Gaming Notebook On Sale for €854 ($1,159)

Medion just announced that it has expanded its notebook portfolio with the addition of a new 15.6-inch gaming notebook based on Intel's quad-core mobile processors and featuring Nvidia GeForce discrete graphics.The new notebook is housed inside a gray case with a brushed aluminum lid proudly engraved with the wo...

18 November 2011
11:19 GMT

Asus 13-Inch U32U Notebook to Include AMD's E-450 APU

Asus already has quite an impressive lineup of AMD APU powered notebooks available, but in the first part of 2012 the Taiwanese hardware maker wants to expand this range with a new design built around the low-power E450 and dubbed the U32U.The U32U is basically a slightly redesigned U36 that was now fitted with an AM...

17 November 2011
05:32 GMT


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