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If you haven't been keeping track, Acer has been going a bit downhill in terms of finances lately, for several consecutive quarters actually. It is this that kept pushing it lower on the worldwide top PC makers list (the one Lenovo is almost ready to lead). One reason was Acer's reliance on netbooks and... |
5 December 2011
10:01 GMT |
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A new Nvidia graphics driver provided for Asus’ notebooks has leaked a series of notebook GPUs that the chip maker wants to introduce in the near future as members of the GeForce 600M product family.The driver in question is marked as version 295.18 and apart from some cryptic "N13P" and "N13E" code names also ... |
2 December 2011
16:11 GMT |
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Ultrabooks are not a quest that all PC players are comfortable embarking on, with Gigabyte and Micro-Star International being, apparently, two of the companies with less enthusiasm than the rest.
In fact, both these companies are said to have held back from actually jumping in the fray. Neither actually has any ult... |
1 December 2011
17:11 GMT |
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Once in a while, tech company leaders sit down to have an interview or two, and this is precisely what Intel's CEO did a short time ago.The folks over at ZDnet are the ones who got the man to say a few (or more than a few) words on several topics that are of interest right now.One of them is the apparent declin... |
30 November 2011
11:23 GMT |
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Netbooks went through a spectacular fall in prominence during 2010 and 2011, mostly because tablets and, more recently, ultrabooks, have been stealing all the spotlight, but Acer isn't done with them yet. Acer decided to clearly say that it had no intention of backing out of the netbook market any time soon, o... |
29 November 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Jewels have always been present in history and, by the looks of it, aren't about to go anywhere, even if they have been getting some practical, tech-based uses nowadays. In this case, though, it isn't so much a case of gems getting technological uses as it is a case of technology getting gem-studded. Mo... |
26 November 2011
21:01 GMT |
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As the year draws to a close, so, too, must the financial calculations of corporations, which means that, whether through official or unofficial channels, the performance of companies, in this case ASUS, will become known.
Digitimes relayed some of what its ever anonymous sources were able to procure in terms of co... |
25 November 2011
17:01 GMT |
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Netbooks have not yet been written off as electronics whose time has passed, but some companies are doing more than just considering the prospect, like Samsung.
The time of low-end mobile personal computers, as they are today, may finally be nearing its end, or at least its twilight.
Though netbooks are not at al... |
25 November 2011
12:01 GMT |
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The Federal Communications Commission has again become the source of information on as-yet-unreleased products, particularly a pair of laptops from Dell. The assumed Dell E6520 and E6420 may or may not exactly be Ultrabook material, with their thickness of 15 to 20mm. Still, that much easily fits in ultrathin ter... |
19 November 2011
05:01 GMT |
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Ultrabooks may not have turned out to be very ultra, sales-wise, but that doesn't mean they can't start to be, especially with how many companies are going to keep promoting them, with or without the upcoming CES 2012 trade show. The 2012 edition of the consumer electronics show will prove just how determ... |
18 November 2011
08:43 GMT |
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It is unclear if touch support actually helps much in boosting ultrabook sales, but it is reported that Intel wants the first touch-based models to show up next year, 2012.
There are at least two things that can be said for certain about Ultrabooks.
One of them is that they were supposed to be the new wonder chil... |
18 November 2011
03:08 GMT |
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HP covered the Ultrabook, the lightweight and the mainstream laptop segments already, but it didn't forget about the high-end market, preparing a couple of Envy 17 models as well.
The Envy 17 and 17 3D, as the two are called, were actually launched alongside the Envy 15, which we already covered here, along wi... |
16 November 2011
16:41 GMT |
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The notebook market is not sleeping, as HP clearly showed it when it prepared not just a new ultrabook, but two full-fledged notebooks as well. The two laptops that HP has finished preparing 9among others) are the Envy 15 and Pavilion dm4, the latter actually being a pair of notebooks on its own. These machin... |
16 November 2011
07:30 GMT |
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Looks like Lenovo is going to join the Ultrabook fleet, even if not from the first boat, according to what reports are saying on the web.
Based on the same source that told us Lenovo was preparing an Android-Windows laptop, the company is making some Ultrabooks as well.
Unfortunately, there's no evidence tha... |
14 November 2011
17:01 GMT |
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The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 was impressive enough, until you ran into that problem where it tended to die at the worst times, so Lenovo figured it would fix that. The evidence of an impending update has been removed already, of course, or at least Lenovo tried to erase it. Engadget was able to spot and point it out, t... |
14 November 2011
04:57 GMT |
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Last time Samsung spoke of its Series 7 of products, it wasn't so it could launch a new mobile personal computer for gaming purposes, like now.
Instead, it delivered an 11.6-Inch Windows Tablet called, straightforwardly enough, Slate PC Series 7.
The machine that is now revealed to have reached South Korea, ... |
14 November 2011
03:28 GMT |
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LG would have been able to create a laptop more affordable than Ultrabooks by not submitting to the thickness rule, but it chose to go ahead and focus on performance instead.
The machine that the company eventually put together is not exactly something that will show up all over the world.
Instead, it is restricte... |
11 November 2011
18:41 GMT |
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Anyone worrying that tablets may be losing their groove can sit back and relax because at least one analyst thinks shipment levels will rise massively in 2012.
The way things are going, some might start to think that maybe tablets aren't going to keep growing in sales much.
After all, the fourth quarter is s... |
11 November 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Many people may not have thought much of it before tablets set themselves loose, but it seems Intel and ARM are both, to some extent, reaching into the other's territory, the latter more than the former. There used to be a time when Intel and AMD, with their x86 CPUs, had full control of the consumer PC market... |
11 November 2011
11:08 GMT |
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Windows 8 is Microsoft's next installment of its iconic operating system, so, naturally, PC makers are planning ahead, Samsung included.
Samsung is going to do its best to be at the front of the Windows 8 device flow, like every PC maker out there has a mind to.
Still, up to now, there wasn't much infor... |
11 November 2011
05:57 GMT |
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Toshiba may not have made the fastest step on the ultrabook market, but it did, arguably, take the boldest one yet, or at least this is what the price of the dynabook R631 suggests.
Right to the point, Toshiba just released, in Japan, an ultrabook that costs 139,800 Yen, which translates into $2,275 Singapore dolla... |
9 November 2011
05:03 GMT |
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Ultrabooks may not have impressed anyone with their shipment levels yet, but that doesn't mean they aren't going to do it later.
It is the belief of IHS iSuppli that ultrabooks will rapidly catch on once they really start shipping next year.
This prediction is in something of a stark contrast with the i... |
8 November 2011
20:11 GMT |
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Sure, the ASUS Ultrabooks were spotted well enough in the US, and one of them even got torn down, but it looks like Singapore is finally getting them as well.
The two ultrabooks that ASUS has up for order are called Zenbook UX21E and UX31E.
The UX21E (11.6-inch LCD) features a starting price of S$1,398, while the... |
8 November 2011
10:09 GMT |
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With ARM-based processors becoming more powerful with every new generation, the idea of using such devices for powering next-generation ultra-thin notebooks and entry-level PC seems extremely plausible, and Qualcomm wants to be one of the first ARM licensees to get into this market. This information was made public b... |
4 November 2011
09:36 GMT |
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There has been a visible shortage of new laptop releases recently, but Gigabyte decided to remedy this by launching two such items, each with their own Intel chips and NVIDIA graphics.
The two notebooks from Gigabyte go by the names of P2532F and P2532H and measure 15.6 inches in screen diagonal.
Essentially, they... |
4 November 2011
05:39 GMT |
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It was only a matter of time before Fujitsu announced another laptops and, sure enough, it completed the Lifebook SH771, which is supposed to have both good performance and battery life.
The Fujitsu Lifebook SH771 is said to have a battery life of 14 hours.
This would be a lot in any case, which makes it especial... |
3 November 2011
03:54 GMT |
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If anyone was actually expecting Ultrabooks to astonish the world with their success, their hopes will be fairly thoroughly dashed as soon as they find out that sales were disappointing.
Notebook makers were hoping for Ultrabooks to turn into the new wonder child of the market that would, like netbooks, once again ... |
31 October 2011
10:00 GMT |
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Apple is reportedly putting the finishing touches on a radically redesigned 15-inch MacBook that is believed to emerge sometime early next year.The recent discovery of new part numbers in Apple’s inventory system led to widespread belief that Cupertino is refreshing its MacBook Pro lineup ahead of the holiday s... |
31 October 2011
05:52 GMT |
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Some Ultrabooks are already showing up and, even though it stuttered a bit because of the strange PC-related woes, HP is apparently on the train. Whether or not HP would make Ultrabooks is something that has been the subject of speculation for a while. Now, speculations do not apply to this exactly, but to just w... |
30 October 2011
01:01 GMT |
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While ultrabooks are getting detailed left and right, PC makers are not forgetting about gamers that move a lot, like MSI made perfectly clear when it developed the GT780DX.
The GT780DX is a notebook measuring 17 inches in diagonal and equipped with top-notch CPUs and discrete graphics.
While the Intel Core i7 qu... |
28 October 2011
10:37 GMT |
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The majority of Ultrabooks, or at least those from Acer, won't show up until next month (November, 2011), but the company still managed to get one out sooner.
This Acer Aspire S3-951-2464G34iss, as Amazon calls it, is not actually the flagship product.
It is a bit too inexpensive and, consequently, underpowe... |
28 October 2011
04:41 GMT |
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The rumored MacBook Pro refresh is just around the corner, with a proven reliable source now revealing the configurations slated for release as early as this week.Via 9to5mac comes word that Apple is indeed upgrading its Pro line of notebooks. Don’t expect any major overhaul, though.According to the source leak... |
24 October 2011
04:08 GMT |
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TV sales aren't the only things dipping down, as reports also reveal the unsurprising fact that mobile personal computers are suffering as well, even causing vendors to hesitate in building up inventories.
No matter how good an original design manufacturer (ODM) is at making something, or how many of those i... |
14 October 2011
08:12 GMT |
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New internal code names for a bunch of new MacBook Pros indicate that a minor revision is on the way, possibly with Bluetooth 4.0 technology and a processor speed bump, according to a new report.Constrained MacBook Pro stock coupled with findings by the Cultofmac’s Mr. X suggest there will be a major revision t... |
14 October 2011
04:47 GMT |
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Notebook vendors seem eager to get touch support onto notebooks as a standard feature, such as it is, but this isn't exactly something as easy as it sounds, especially for the people actually tasked with making the screens in question.
By now, the fact that ultrabooks will, or are hoped, to start a new age f... |
6 October 2011
09:12 GMT |
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Adding to the attention that the media is paying to ultrabooks, a report has emerged, saying when HP and Dell are expected to make their own contributions.
If anything can be said about ultrabooks, it is that they have caused a great deal of talk around the worldwide web.
They were made as a way to steal back... |
5 October 2011
08:11 GMT |
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People who believed Fujitsu had not prepared another laptop besides the Lifebook SH76/E are grossly mistaken, as the company also designed the LifeBook SH54/E. Fujitsu did not exactly go out of its way to actually advertise the Lifebook SH76/E as an ultrabook, but the media did it well enough for it. After all, w... |
5 October 2011
04:42 GMT |
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Ultrabooks make a point of being thin enough to actually challenge tablets, so to speak, but Fujitsu decided to not have this as primary focus as long as it could implement more than enough features to make up for it. Fujitsu Japan developed and revealed two new ultra-light notebooks, one of which is the Lifebook S... |
5 October 2011
02:52 GMT |
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While most of us are more accustomed with seeing Android being used in smartphones and tablets, NEC has been working on developing an ultra-thin notebook concept that uses Google's mobile OS, and has recently showcased its creation to the press.What's cool about NEC's MGX prototype is that the device m... |
4 October 2011
09:40 GMT |
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Research conducted by market intelligence firm IHS iSuppli has revealed that although tablets like the iPad are enjoying a great deal of popularity nowadays, notebook PCs will live to fight another time.Around 2015, to be precise. That’s when the full-fledged laptop computer that uses a keyboard instead of a to... |
30 September 2011
09:41 GMT |
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Analysts again stepped up to state the fact that, despite the premature assumptions of certain parties, there is no way tablets will remove laptops from the picture any time soon.
People might not have noticed it, but the whole hype surrounding the tablet market is more or less identical to how netbooks were rece... |
30 September 2011
08:30 GMT |
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It seems that even positive reports involving Ultrabooks aren't enough to prompt laptop makers to embrace the new device type, which means Intel has to put some more effort into their promotion.
When looking at all the media coverage for ultrabooks, the overall impression is more or less mixed.
On the one... |
29 September 2011
09:01 GMT |
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A price war may soon start in the new born Ultrabook market as recent listing suggest Acer will sell the Aspire S3 for less than $899 (€660), which could make its ultra-thin notebook, the cheapest Ultrabook device in the market.The listing strikes me as at least a bit odd, as notebook makers, including Acer, hav... |
28 September 2011
08:20 GMT |
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We already covered the release of the new desktop driver for NVIDIA video cards and now we move to the Verde release, which brings the same benefits to the notebook market.
Battlefield 3 is the latest FPS (first-person shooter) to be developed by Electronic Arts, and EA will have the Open Beta out on September 29... |
27 September 2011
03:09 GMT |
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With HP's decision to oust Leo Apotheker and put Meg Whitman in his place, there is little doubt that some things will be changing, perhaps ever reverted, though nothing official is known yet.
HP made not just one, but multiple questionable business decisions over the past couple of months, not the least of ... |
23 September 2011
05:27 GMT |
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During the Computex 2011 fair, Asus promised that September will mark the introduction of the company's first Ultrabook model, the UX21, and it now seems like the laptop is finally getting ready for release as it was just spotted on a French website, which also revealed the European pricing of the unit. Intel de... |
23 September 2011
04:18 GMT |
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Acer is one of those companies that haven't been doing too well, what with CEO swapping and declining laptop share, but it seem to have gotten a momentary boost in demand thanks to other factors.
IT corporations may do their best to be as self-sufficient as possible, but things still sometimes happen that th... |
22 September 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Companies may have started out on the tablet front with high hopes, but it looks like the optimism has mostly gone away, according to reports that see iOS as too great an obstacle for the upcoming Android Ice Cream Sandwich from Google.
The Ice Cream Sandwich is the upcoming version of Google's Android opera... |
22 September 2011
05:23 GMT |
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We already uncovered information on most of the items that will run Microsoft Windows and are scheduled for this fall, but the company has now made an announcement of its own, where it says exactly what its plans are. Windows 8 may not be due for a few months still, but this doesn't mean Microsoft is going to ... |
21 September 2011
11:26 GMT |
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The market for large-size TFT-LCD displays could be seen as similar to that of DRAM, as far as marketing evolution is concerned, even though its decline isn't as sharp and hasn't been going on for quite as long.
The revelations on the part of market analysts that keep track of developments on the IT mar... |
17 September 2011
05:56 GMT |
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