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With all the fuss about the newest Intel Atom N series chips, and their support for high-speed DDR3 memory, one would expect most new entry-level mobile PCs, otherwise known as netbooks, to quietly adopt them. Samsung, however, doesn't feel it necessary for things to move on so quickly just yet, so it stuck to ... |
13 July 2010
03:37 GMT |
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ASUS has definitely resumed its long-lasting string of mobile computer releases, and netbooks are definitely a central part of its marketing strategy for 2010. This can be easily seen from how the Eee PC 1005PX just got listed in Thailand. ASUS has also been talking about the Eee PC 1201PN netbook and the Acer Aspire... |
9 July 2010
09:05 GMT |
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After releasing an entire slew of laptops, ASUS recently came out and finally made a crater in the enthusiast segment by smashing it with the ARES HD 5970, a version of AMD's dual-GPU DirectX 11 card but with higher clocks and, most importantly, a full 4GB of GDDR5 VRAM. Now, the company has decided to help thin... |
9 July 2010
03:18 GMT |
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MSI decided it was time to boost the appeal of two of its more outstanding, recently launched personal computers, namely the Wind Top AE2220 all-in-one and the Wind U135DX netbook. The means by which it will do this is a collaboration with the Los Angeles Dodgers, under which said systems will become available in sp... |
9 July 2010
02:41 GMT |
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Acer, as consumers might know, has been one of the main advocates of the entry-level laptop market, otherwise known as the netbook market, for quite some time. As such, it is not at all surprising to hear that it is quite aggressively promoting each and every new such PC that it manages to put together. This is made... |
7 July 2010
04:07 GMT |
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Not too long ago, it was reported that Acer had decided to shift manufacturing of all of its ultrathin laptops under the Gateway brand and, sure enough, it appears that the latter is already hard at work on new products. In fact, a certain device has already supposedly started shipping, though it's not exactly a... |
7 July 2010
02:36 GMT |
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Now that the 4 of July is over and one with, IT companies can finally go back to their hardware-making, PC-releasing ways, which essentially means that the market may finally see the steady inflow of desktops and laptops restored. Sure enough, Samsung and ASUS have already said their piece, which makes Acer'... |
6 July 2010
04:04 GMT |
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Since Samsung has so candidly decided to start shipping a number of mobile PCs, it makes sense that its rivals would do something similar. As such, that some of ASUS' own mobile computers have become available for pre-order may not come as any sort of particularly shocking news. Indeed, this is what occurred, if... |
6 July 2010
03:16 GMT |
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HP, like all of its competitors on the PC front, has been quite active throughout the entire month of June, releasing or previewing a significant number of computers, especially laptops. Naturally, this came as a consequence of the new chips that AMD and Intel released during the previous months.Now, the same PC supp... |
2 July 2010
05:35 GMT |
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When it comes to displays of any kind, the first technology that pops into one's mind is, most often, LCD. Unfortunately, liquid crystal displays have certain drawbacks that prevent them from becoming ideal display solutions, the most notable of which is their ability to make their images become invisible under ... |
2 July 2010
04:46 GMT |
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It appears that PC suppliers have made a veritable habit of officially unveiling a device or another and remaining completely silent about when and for how much consumers will be able to get their hands on it. Granted, this does not always apply, but even the arrival of MSI's own Wind U135DX is unknown, though t... |
1 July 2010
04:02 GMT |
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By now, there already exist a fair number of netbooks with support for DDR3 on sale. This means that hearing about Acer's plans to launch another one will not exactly come as a surprise, especially knowing how the Taiwanese company is, practically, the main advocate of entry-level mobile PCs. Currently, Acer is ... |
1 July 2010
03:35 GMT |
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Consumers may have been misled into believing that ASUS would leave its entire ION 2 flank to the recently announced Eee PC 1201PN, but this doesn't seem to be the case at all. In fact, if anything, the PC maker seems all the more eager to push the same project forward, especially if it means it can supply the m... |
29 June 2010
09:22 GMT |
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MSI definitely seems to have gotten a taste for slim and light laptops, not just ultrathins but also netbooks. Even though some of the last items it showed off were the Twin Frozr II GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 466, the company got a significant amount of attention even prior to that for unveiling things like the U250 ul... |
29 June 2010
04:59 GMT |
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Like most any other PC maker, Samsung did not waste its time and unveiled its own collection of PCs over the past month, but it seems that it has no plans to take a break any time soon. In fact, the company appears more than eager to start working on its new products, one of which should actually make its official ap... |
28 June 2010
08:32 GMT |
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Gateway released a significant number of laptops over the past few weeks and it became quite obvious that Acer, of whom it is a subsidiary, had special plans for the company. Sure enough, time passed and rumors arose, with one of them even suggesting that the latter aims to modify its branding scheme. Basically, Acer... |
26 June 2010
05:45 GMT |
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So many new laptops and desktop PCs have been unveiled over the past few weeks that it almost feels as though the market itself will soon burst open because it can no longer contain them all. And yet, even with the industry swarming with so many new netbooks, notebooks, ultrathins and other types of systems, some com... |
23 June 2010
09:34 GMT |
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Even though they aren't growing, as a market, quite as fast as some companies hoped, netbooks are still growing in popularity, especially now that high-speed DDR3 memory is no longer out of their reach. Consumers are already finding reason to replace their previous-generation models. Better multitasking and mul... |
23 June 2010
08:28 GMT |
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When making a new product, companies always do their best to have it stand out as much as it can. Other times, a company may decide to release a less impressive device so as to make those that come afterwards seem more formidable than they otherwise would have. Unfortunately, there are certain market segments where ... |
23 June 2010
03:12 GMT |
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Anyone even remotely interested in netbooks will likely have, at the very least, heard of Chrome OS. This cloud-based operating system is one of Google's most looked forward to projects and promises to change the netbook experience sometime during the second half of the ongoing year. Acer will most likely be a ... |
21 June 2010
10:46 GMT |
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No doubt, netbook fans and those especially loyal to Acer will be distraught after finding out that the Aspire one 532G will never see the light of day. Said device was once touted as the first ION 2 netbook to ever be officially unveiled, but driver problems related to the NVIDIA Optimus technology appear to have fa... |
21 June 2010
04:29 GMT |
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It is definitely not new for the IT market to learn that a certain product supposedly in development has met its end even before actually making its official debut. Depending on what turn the industry takes, certain devices may no longer fit in with current trends or end up replaced by other prototypes. Sometimes, p... |
21 June 2010
03:56 GMT |
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When they saw that, while still on the rise, the netbook market was not growing as quickly as they had hoped, PC suppliers decided it was time to make some more noticeable changes to the base configurations. Fortunately, Intel came forth with CPUs that support faster memory (DDR3) and also have better clocks. These c... |
18 June 2010
04:54 GMT |
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There have been many leaks, rumors, reports and official announcements regarding netbooks lately. With Intel having unleashed its new Atom chips with support for DDR3, companies are wasting no time in putting it to good use. ASUS itself has at least one such device in store, not just netbooks that employ the NVIDIA I... |
18 June 2010
03:47 GMT |
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When Intel developed its line of netbook-oriented central processing units, it set in place a rule that has come to define the netbook market. That rule is that the screen size of a mobile PC powered by an Atom chip should never surpass 10.1 inches. This was meant to ensure that the market share of larger-format not... |
17 June 2010
02:58 GMT |
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Yesterday, Toshiba definitely made itself heard by unveiling not one or two, but several mobile PCs part of the dynabook series, including some Calpella laptops and even the UX/24M, a netbook with DDR3 memory. DDR3 has only started to show up in entry-level mobile PCs, but OEMs have been waiting for this feature for ... |
15 June 2010
08:35 GMT |
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Toshiba seems to have decided to come out in force. Not only did it release multiple Intel Calpella-powered laptops, but it even prepared one that has support for Blu-ray 3D and NVIDIA 3D Vision. It can already be seen that the PC maker intends to make a full product refresh, at least on the mobile PC front. This, of... |
14 June 2010
06:57 GMT |
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The past few months have been filled with announcements of new mobile PCs, be they netbooks, ultrathin laptops, notebooks or even 3D-equipped machines. The multitude of such announcements is partly owed to the growing demand for such portable personal computers, but the real reason is that fresh CPUs and other hardwa... |
14 June 2010
06:24 GMT |
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Microsoft is slowly phasing Windows XP out as all the focus is now on Windows 7. In just a little over four months, customers will no longer be able to buy new computers preinstalled to XP SP3. Fact is that after the launch of Windows 7 the number of XP machines dropped dramatically, and today, although some computer... |
11 June 2010
11:35 GMT |
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ASUS has been for a long time now a pioneer in the netbook space, with the outfit's Eee PC line having included a wide range of models. It now appears that ASUS has gone one step further and has updated its Eee PC product line with the new 1201K model, designed to take advantage of an AMD processor. However, unl... |
10 June 2010
04:00 GMT |
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With Advanced Micro Devices launching its line of mobile processors, it can be said that real competition on the laptop front can finally start, after a long while during which Intel practically held a monopoly in this area. Already, several notebooks and netbooks based on these parts have revealed themselves. B... |
7 June 2010
10:05 GMT |
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A great many things were on display at Computex, and while tablets definitely came in great numbers, they still couldn't completely overshadow the various laptops and hardware components also on show. Unsurprisingly, ASUS was one of the more active notebook advocates, even providing the highest number of NVIDIA ... |
7 June 2010
04:54 GMT |
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It appears that even devices not meant to come into existence for months have decided to rear their heads ahead of time. No doubt consumers weren't really surprised by the multitude of tablets, laptops and gaming hardware on display at Computex, since previous leaks and rumors had already removed most of the sus... |
4 June 2010
10:08 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices recently managed to gain some face when it finally brought forth a number of central processing units aimed at the mobile PC segment. Unfortunately, the product launch wasn't able to erase the many long months (if not years) that Intel had said market all to itself. This also means AMD mi... |
3 June 2010
09:30 GMT |
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Last year was not exactly a good year for the IT industry. Even though 2008 will be remembered as the most dismal, 2009 still saw many companies declining. Fortunately, not all segments of the market suffered the same, some even continuing to grow despite the odds and, as end-users must know full well by now, netboo... |
3 June 2010
08:59 GMT |
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Sony may be especially mindful of its gaming business right now, but its other ventures seem to be coming along well enough. Its laptop business, for one, seems to have progressed quite a bit, especially considering the unveiling of the VAIO P series at the start of last month. There was another unusual netbook that ... |
3 June 2010
03:14 GMT |
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The past couple of months have been quite abundant in leaks and rumors that spoke of possible and probable arrivals of dual-core and/or DDR3-supporting netbooks. Though still meant as entry-level mobile PCs, these laptops seem to be in need of better multimedia capabilities in order to not suffer overmuch from the ri... |
1 June 2010
03:45 GMT |
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Not long ago, Advanced Micro Devices finally unleashed a processor meant for netbooks, among other things, and Intel also unveiled some new CPUs with support for DDR3 memory. As such, the stage has been more than set for PC makers to take turns at showing off their new systems. On the other hand, the Pine Trail platf... |
28 May 2010
09:14 GMT |
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With Computex just several days away, any and all PC suppliers and hardware makers are doing all they can to put together as impressive a collection of products as possible. As such, it would be more than unusual for the web not to be filled with leaks and rumors about these upcoming devices. Acer, of course, has gra... |
28 May 2010
03:41 GMT |
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After the iPad announcement in January, 40% of the people surveyed by Retrevo held off on buying a netbook, and bought an iPad instead, the company reveals in its latest Pulse report. 30% held off on buying a netbook after the iPad was announced in January, and soon went for the iPad instead, a study showed. Retrevo... |
27 May 2010
06:28 GMT |
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Samsung has been releasing smartphone after smartphone over the past months, but it can't be said to have slacked off on the PC market either. In fact, not long ago, the PC and handset supplier revealed the existence of three upcoming mobile PCs, the P80, P30 and NB30 Pro, based on Intel processors. Now, the com... |
27 May 2010
02:40 GMT |
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Back in late 2009, when the Amazon Kindle became the company's best-selling product, it seemed likely that it would be one of the main driving forces behind the 2010 e-reader growth and, of course, one of Amazon's main points of focus. Then, the Kindle PC app was developed, showing that Amazon was more inte... |
24 May 2010
04:47 GMT |
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With all the talk about more powerful Intel Atom CPUs and their support for faster memory, there was no way that any PC supplier would miss the opportunity of being among the first to unleash a product based on them. In fact, with Computex just around the corner, it would be surprising not to see such a product. Micr... |
22 May 2010
06:21 GMT |
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There has been quite a bit of talk about the upcoming dual-core Intel Atom CPUs and how they will have 1.5GHz frequencies and support for faster memory. Intel aims to turn these new chips into the means by which new life will be instilled inside a market slowly getting saturated. It appears, however, that specs aren&... |
21 May 2010
09:15 GMT |
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Until not long ago, high-end laptops and certain travel-intended electronics were the only ones with integrated or optional support for 4G wireless connectivity. Lately, however, the amount of such mobile PCs has been steadily growing, along with the increasing coverage and popularity of fourth-generation networks th... |
21 May 2010
05:20 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Verizon has made a new netbook available for its 3G Mobile Broadband customers, namely the HP Mini 210-1076NR. The new device lands on the operator's network as an affordable computer that can offer enhanced connectivity in a slim and lightweight design. The HP Mini 210 is available in Black Cr... |
20 May 2010
06:24 GMT |
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Consumers that like to stay up to date with the latest happenings on the mobile front, especially those that plan to acquire a new netbook soon, will likely know that, not long ago, the ASUS Eee PC 1201PN became available for pre-order. The same consumer base would likely have frowned when noticing that there was no ... |
18 May 2010
09:37 GMT |
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Last week saw the emergence of a particularly intriguing report regarding Acer and the possibility of its Computex lineup to include a certain type of product. To be exact, a rumor somehow emerged, which stated that the Taiwanese company would take the opportunity to unveil the very first netbook running Google'... |
18 May 2010
05:35 GMT |
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The ARM architecture has been trying to get into the laptop business for a long time, but whatever attempts were made quickly met failure when they couldn't compete with systems based on Intel or AMD CPUs in terms of performance. The most recent of ARM's plans revolve around the possibility of getting hold ... |
18 May 2010
04:00 GMT |
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Months have gone by and the Pine Trail platform is running rampant on the netbook market, as newer and faster laptops show up on a regular basis. One of these newcomers was put together by Epson and has a faster CPU than most models currently on sale, as well as a significant battery life. This device is known as the... |
18 May 2010
03:33 GMT |
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