2012 has been an interesting year for tablets. We’ve seen forecasts changed and adjusted to demonstrate increasing and rapid …
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Can HDTV Behemoth Vizio Chart a Similar Course with Its New PCs?
The first TV I ever bought was from Vizio. I was fresh out of college and the relatively young company offered me exactly what I was looking for — an attractive HDTV that I could actually afford.
To go from a brand-new …
PC in Your Pocket: $74 Android Stick Goes on Sale
If you need a dirt-cheap desktop PC and don’t mind Android, $74 will get you one that fits in your pocket.
The MK802 “Android 4.0 Mini PC” just popped up at online retailer AliExpress. It has a single-core 1.5 GHz processor, …
World’s Smallest Gaming Desktop! Wait, Do We Still Need Desktops?
Remember what Charles Ingalls used to call daughter Laura on Little House on the Prairie? That’s right, “Half Pint.” Those two words popped into my brainpan when I got a look at Alienware’s new X51, something it calls its …
Looking Forward to 2012: Apple TV, iPhone 5 and Goodnight PCs
Onward, tablets, smartphones and post-PC (yet still just as much “personal computing”) devices — call them whatever you like, 2012 will see a glut of me-too mobiles designed to untether us from stodgy office desktops and …
An Extra-Strength All-in-One: iMac Spring 2011 Review
Pity the poor iMac. In an ecosystem that boasts iPad 2s, MacBook Airs and iPhone 4s, Apple’s all-in-one desktop stalwart looks like the old stand-by. It’s had a few design changes over the years, going from a plastic enclosure to aluminum and getting that glossy edge-to-edge glass display, but it’s never been quite as sexy as the other …
eMachines Rolls Out Tiny, Inexpensive Entertainment PC
The eMachines Mini-e ER1402 (just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?) packs a decent amount of power in a 9-pound, 7-inch case that might be attractive enough to warrant a spot next to your TV.
Priced at $300, the computer features a 1.7GHz AMD Athlon Neo processor, Windows 7 Home Premium, NVIDIA nForce 9200 graphics, 2GB of RAM, and a …
Apple Updates Mac Mini Line
Remember the Mac Mini? It’s back! It was never actually gone, but there’s a newly updated version now. Apple promises that it’s been “completely redesigned” and although it looks similar to previously available models, the new line gets HDMI output, an SD card slot, a better graphics chipset from NVIDIA, and a cool …
Sony’s J Series All in Ones Sport Multi-touch and Blu-ray
Sony is getting ready to sell its “entry-level” VAIO J touchscreen all-in-one. It’s priced somewhat aggressively at $1100 and up for what you get—Intel Core i3 CPU, Blu-ray drive, 21.5-inch multi-touch display with 1920×1080 resolution, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, and Windows 7 Home Premium.
The press release mentions that …
AMD Bumps Notebook Battery to 8 Hours, Updates Desktop CPUs
AMD is finding its way further into the ultrathin, long battery life notebook arena with its recently announced 2010 “Vision” series CPUs. The line be available “in sleek and affordable notebooks that can deliver up to eight hours of battery life” while scoring “50% better than a comparable Intel-based system with Nvidia …
Lenovo Announces New Laptops, Desktops, All-in-Ones
Lenovo has unveiled its summer lineup of consumer computers. There’s plenty to choose from, so let’s cut the jibber jabber and get down to it.
IdeaPad Z Series
The Z Series laptops start at $649 and are available in 13.3- and 15.6-inch models. The company is positioning these machines as bringing “mobile multimedia to the …