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		<title>Why PCs Aren&#8217;t Dead&#8230;Yet</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/06/03/why-pcs-arent-dead-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Bajarin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following the business news lately, you&#8217;ve been hearing that demand for PCs is in decline. According to market researcher IDC, in the last quarter, PC shipments were down worldwide by 13.9%. And IDC forecasts that for all of 2013, PC shipments could be down about 7%. If you read the headlines, you might be led to think that the PC is dead and no longer of value. That is very far from the truth, though. Even with PCs being down 7% this year, we will still see over 340 million PCs and laptops sold around the world. While we will continue to see some erosion in PC demand each year going forward, PCs will continue to play an important role in business, education and even in the home. However, their usage model will be changing, which is inevitable given the fact that the PC is no longer the center of our digital universe. To get an understanding about the future role of PCs, tablets and smartphones, let’s look at how we at Creative Strategies think they will be used in homes, schools and business. For consumers, we see a real shift in the way they use digital technology. Most people’s lifestyles are very mobile. They go to work, go to school, go shopping, and go on social outings. Very few people are homebound, and digital technology needs to keep pace with people’s mobile lifestyles. So the tech world has given them powerful smartphones, tablets with bigger screens and laptops that are thin and light &#8212; and some with enough power to meet all of their digital needs. At the small-screen end, smartphones have become go-to devices for consumers and business users alike. Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins stated in a recent talk that “smartphone users reach for the phone 150 times a day, which includes 23 times for messaging, 22 times for voices calls, 18 times for checking time, along with multiple times when using it for social media, camera, alarms, music, playing games, looking at the<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=163855&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chromebooks Have a &#8216;Leap of Faith&#8217; Problem</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/04/18/chromebooks-have-a-leap-of-faith-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since Google launched the first Chromebooks two years ago, the company&#8217;s vision for always-on, cloud-based computing has been a tough sell. Now, we have proof of how tough it&#8217;s been. As Ed Bott at ZDNet reports, Chromebooks only account for 0.023 percent of Web traffic, according to NetMarketShare. Those stats jibe with an earlier report by (the admittedly unreliable) DigiTimes, which claimed that only 500,000 Chromebooks have been sold to date. While Samsung&#8216;s $250 Chromebook has been living at the top of Amazon&#8217;s best-seller list for a half a year, overall usage doesn&#8217;t seem very high. In fact, Windows RT, which has been panned as a commercial disappointment, has a greater share of usage than Chrome OS according to Bott. He concludes that it&#8217;ll be at least a few years before either operating system has a chance at mainstream appeal. That seems like a reasonable assessment. Still, as someone who owns a Chromebook (Samsung&#8217;s $450 Series 5 550), and who has been enthusiastic about the concept, I want to think about why Google&#8217;s web-based operating system hasn&#8217;t taken off. The overly simple answer is the one I&#8217;ve heard over and over: No one wants to buy a computer that only runs a web browser, when you could buy one that runs real software for roughly the same price. The real answer, I think, is a bit more nuanced, and it has a lot to do with the current state of the PC market. PC sales are tanking because households aren&#8217;t replacing all their old laptops or desktops. As Gartner has pointed out, families are relying on a shared PC for productivity, and in the meantime, they&#8217;re buying tablets or using their smartphones for casual computing. Chromebooks can&#8217;t compete with tablets for that kind of use. The laptop design just doesn&#8217;t make as much sense when you&#8217;re on a couch or laying in bed, and the Chrome Web Store isn&#8217;t a suitable replacement for native apps. Chromebooks are better as productivity devices&#8211;for sending e-mails, typing documents and doing web-based research.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=160414&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Intel Is Basically Trying to Revive the Netbook</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/04/17/intel-is-basically-trying-to-revive-the-netbook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The netbook is dead. Or so says nearly every pundit, analyst and research firm that watches the PC market. But don&#8217;t tell that to Intel, whose next-generation processors will power a wave of dirt-cheap Windows laptops later this year. CNet reports: &#8220;If you look at touch-enabled Intel-based notebooks that are ultrathin using [Bay Trail] processors. Those prices are going to be down to as low as $200,&#8221; said Intel CEO Paul Otellini. The Bay Trail chip is a complete redesign of the Atom micro architecture and is expected to get Atom chips closer to mainstream Intel chips in performance. Okay, so no one at Intel actually says the word &#8220;netbook.&#8221; You can&#8217;t blame them, given the death sentence the product category has received. But all the signs are there: sub-$300 price tags (possibly spurred by discount Windows 8 licenses), Atom-based processors and small screens (we assume, given that Atom chips are nearly impossible to find in larger displays). It all seems so familiar. The only difference &#8212; aside from the non-netbook nomenclature &#8212; is that these laptops will have touchscreens. But will they suffer from all the ailments that afflicted the netbooks of old? I owned an MSI netbook about five years ago. It had a low-quality display, an uncomfortable trackpad and a cramped keyboard. It easily became bogged down by running too many programs or browser tabs at once. It had to be replaced a few months in when its hard drive failed. When it got stolen a year later, I never considered buying another one. The inferior experience didn&#8217;t justify the cost savings over a regular work laptop. And for casual computing, the iPad became a better alternative. I don&#8217;t want to judge the next wave of netbooks without seeing the actual products. It&#8217;s just amusing to see Intel tout a category of PCs that it used to insist people should not like. You know what they say about desperate times.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=160428&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Haven&#8217;t Given Up on Windows 8 as a Concept</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/02/07/why-i-havent-given-up-on-windows-8-as-a-concept/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reviews for Microsoft&#8216;s Surface Windows 8 Pro are in, and they&#8217;re less than enthusiastic. Even in the most positive reviews, a common thread of complaints come up: Battery life is weak, critics say, and the hardware is thick and heavy compared to most tablets. When propped up like a laptop, the Surface Pro is tricky to use in cramped quarters, due to its wide stance, single angle of incline and floppy keyboard covers. My colleague Harry McCracken&#8217;s Surface Pro review sums it up: If I were shopping for an Ultrabook and my budget allowed, I’d consider it. But used with the applications I tried, Surface Pro doesn’t prove that one computing device can do everything well. Instead, it makes clear that there’s no such thing as no-compromise computing. That’s not the lesson Microsoft intended, but it’s a useful one nonetheless — for consumers, for the industry and maybe even for Microsoft. It&#8217;s easy to chalk up these reviews as evidence that Microsoft can&#8217;t pull off a single operating system for all kinds of hardware. But as someone who&#8217;s always liked the idea of Windows 8, I look at it a different way: The right hardware hasn&#8217;t arrived yet. Note that most Surface Pro reviews didn&#8217;t take umbrage with the software. The biggest problems with Surface Pro&#8211;its battery life and its bulkiness&#8211;are a result of the processor inside of it. Intel&#8216;s Core processors aren&#8217;t meant for tablets. They&#8217;re too power hungry, so they need big batteries and fans for ventilation. A tablet can&#8217;t accommodate those needs while staying reasonably thin and light. Microsoft could have used Intel&#8217;s Clover Trail-based Atom processor instead. But while Atom chips allow for slimmer tablets and longer battery life, they&#8217;re still too underpowered to handle everything Windows 8 has to offer. Jared Newman / TIME.com So part of my hope for Windows 8 is tangled up in Intel&#8217;s product roadmap. A future version of Atom, called Bay Trail, promises more computing muscle and even slimmer devices without sacrificing battery life. Meanwhile, the next version of Intel&#8217;s laptop processors, called<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=156293&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Please, Chromebooks, Don&#8217;t Turn into PCs</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/02/05/please-chromebooks-dont-turn-into-pcs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HP has produced a Chromebook, joining the likes of Acer, Samsung and Lenovo as they search for a credible Windows alternative. The sudden uptick in interest from PC makers worries me, and I&#8217;ll explain why shortly. First, a bit about HP&#8217;s product: Out of all the laptops running Google&#8216;s Chrome OS software, HP&#8217;s Chromebook is the largest, with a 14-inch, 1366-by-768 resolution display. Other specs include an Intel Celeron processor, 2 GB of RAM, a 16 GB solid state drive, three USB ports, an SD card reader and HDMI output. The laptop measures 0.83 inches thick, weighs a little under four pounds and gets a measly four hours and 15 minutes on a charge. (MORE: How the Tablet Came to Disrupt the PC Industry) The device is available now for $330. That&#8217;s pricier than some other Chromebooks like Samsung&#8217;s Series 3 ($250) and Acer&#8217;s C7 ($200), but cheaper than the Samsung Series 5 550 ($450), which is far and away the best of the bunch. Lenovo makes a rugged $429 Chromebook, but it&#8217;s for schools only. My concern is that as PC makers clamor to offer something besides Windows machines, they&#8217;ll do a disservice to what makes Chrome OS so useful. The browser-based operating system can&#8217;t install any software; it&#8217;s meant to be a fast, simple and safe way to get on the Internet, and that&#8217;s pretty much it. Accordingly, Chromebooks are at their best as lightweight, speedy machines with decent battery life. That ideal vision is starting to fray at the edges. Take, for instance, Acer&#8217;s $200 Chromebook. It&#8217;s desirable primarily because of its low price, but it has a few major drawbacks: At more than an inch thick, it&#8217;s on the chunky side for an 11-inch laptop, and its battery only lasts up to four hours on a charge. It also comes with a 320 GB hard drive instead of solid state storage, against Google&#8217;s own recommendations for Chrome OS. Solid state is faster and more reliable, so the hard drive seems like little more than a security blanket<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=156045&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here Come the Touchscreen Desktops and Laptops</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/10/12/here-come-the-touchscreen-desktops-and-laptops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The touch-friendly Windows 8 is about two weeks away from launch, so it's time for PC makers to start cramming touchscreens into all kinds of devices -- not just convertible tablets.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=148225&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Origin EON11-S Review: 11-inch Ultraportable Gaming, Alive and Well</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/06/19/origin-eon11-s-review-11-inch-ultraportable-gaming-alive-and-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple years ago, 11-inch laptop gaming was all the rage -- but with Dell pulling its Alienware ultraportable, does Origin PC's new Ivy Bridge-based EON11-S get the job done?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=136419&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Look for New MacBook Pros Until April?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/dont-look-for-new-macbook-pros-until-april/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/dont-look-for-new-macbook-pros-until-april/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would love nothing more than for Apple's new ostensibly overhauled MacBook Pros to get here in April, but even that's a best-case scenario, according to DigiTimes' latest supply chain whisperers.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=121305&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Soon: Ultrabook Price Cuts</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/15/coming-soon-ultrabook-price-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you're thinking about buying an Ultrabook--a thin and light Windows laptop that's meant to rival Apple's MacBook Air--you might want to wait until April.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=119145&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Up Close with Nikiski, Intel&#8217;s Concept Laptop of Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/12/up-close-with-nikiski-intels-concept-laptop-of-tomorrow/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/12/up-close-with-nikiski-intels-concept-laptop-of-tomorrow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Intel doesn't build laptops, the chip maker showed off a bit of design flare at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with Nikiski, a concept notebook that folds up into a touchscreen virtual assistant.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=113734&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AMD&#8217;s Answer to Ultrabooks: Make &#8216;Em Cheap</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/11/amds-answer-to-ultrabooks-make-em-cheaper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Intel-led legion of thin, light and beautiful may look like the future of laptops, but at the moment, their prices could give you a heart attack. Many of the ones on display at CES float around $1,000, and some are closer to $1,500. Because of this, AMD sees an opportunity to attack its rival chip maker, Intel, which created the Ultrabook concept.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=113453&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012: Year of the Ultrabook</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/12/2012-year-of-the-ultrabook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Bajarin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the introduction of ultrabooks, 2012 will probably be the most disruptive year in portable computing designs since the industry introduced “thin and light” laptops a decade ago.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=109232&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Techland: Good Laptop for $400 or Less?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/07/ask-techland-good-laptop-for-400-or-less/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're on the hunt for a computer that costs less than $400 and will mainly be used for word processing and web surfing.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=108961&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toshiba Portege Z835 Ultrabook Review</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/14/toshiba-portege-z835-ultrabook-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toshiba’s Portege Z835 is part of the first wave of Ultrabooks, and tries to get an edge with a relatively low price tag of $899. I’ve been using a Portege Z835 review unit for a week, and I think Toshiba’s pulled off a good first effort, but the lower price doesn’t come without sacrifice.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=104822&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cinq Brings an Extra Screen to Laptops for $249</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/21/cinq-brings-extra-screen-to-laptops-for-249/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=100613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once you&#8217;ve got a dual-monitor setup at your desk, it&#8217;s hard to go back to single-screen computing. In other words, using a laptop, with its one measly screen, stinks. Fortunately, Sideline is on the case with its Cinq companion monitor, a portable secondary screen that clips to any laptop and runs on USB power, using DisplayLink. Although it&#8217;s not the first USB-powered screen on the market, it&#8217;s the first one I&#8217;ve seen that attaches to the laptop itself by a set of rails and a clamp. Once attached, the Cinq can swivel around and switch between horizontal and vertical orientation. (MORE: &#8216;GScreen Spacebook&#8217; Fits Two Big Screens into One Big Laptop) As Cinq&#8217;s product photos demonstrate, it&#8217;s perfect for lounging barefoot by the pool in your slacks and tie, convincing yourself and the world that you&#8217;re getting real work done: The Cinq&#8217;s LED-backlit screen measures 10.1 inches with 720p resolution, and weighs 15 ounces. It has a response time of 16 ms, and viewing angles of 45 degrees on either side. The Cinq software is compatible with Windows and Mac, and it includes a built-in SD card reader, just in case your laptop doesn&#8217;t have one for some reason. One thing Sideline isn&#8217;t talking about is the screen&#8217;s effect on your computer&#8217;s battery life. Obviously, it&#8217;ll vary by laptop, but don&#8217;t expect to get as much juice as you did without a second screen in tow. Although Cinq&#8217;s product page still says its in pre-order, Slashgear reports that the Cinq is now shipping. I&#8217;ve e-mailed Cinq support to try and get a firm answer. (UPDATE: Ben Nickey, Sideline&#8217;s CEO, told Techland that the Cinq will be shipping in roughly three weeks. As for battery life, he said his MacBook Pro ran for about four hours with one Cinq attached, and about 2.5 hours with two extra screens, compared to about six hours without them. Video and other power-intensive tasks will drain the battery faster.) (LIST: Eight New Tablets and Ultrabooks You Should Know About)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=100613&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IDF Preview: Can UltraBooks Save the PC Industry?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/09/12/can-ultrabooks-save-the-pc-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Bajarin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley. This week, I will join around 5,000 others who will head to San Francisco to attend Intel&#8217;s Developer Forum. For Intel and much of the PC industry this is a critical event. As of now, the PC industry has slowed to about a 5% per anum growth and it is desperately looking for something new to rejuvenate the market&#8217;s interest in PCs. And the product that Intel hopes PC vendors and buyers will get excited about is something they call the UltraBook. UltraBooks, if you&#8217;re not familiar with the term, are simply a name that&#8217;s been created to describe a super thin and super light computer. Intel&#8217;s hope with this category is that it will inject some new life and consumer interest into the non-Apple side of the PC industry. Several UltraBooks have already been announced. The most noteable ones are from Acer, Samsung and Toshiba. (LIST: Eight New Tablets and Ultrabooks You Should Know About) What I find extremely interesting is that Intel and partners feel that we need a new term to revitalize the PC category. This year alone we will ship somewhere between 380 and 400 million PCs. That&#8217;s no trivial number. The problem is that annual PC shipments are not growing at the rate they once were. Other devices like smart phones and tablets are the areas of interest where rapid growth is taking place. Companies like Intel, AMD, Microsoft, Acer, Dell, HP / HP spinoff, etc. do not have strong product portfolios in these growth categories so if PC growth has stalled, it affects them greatly. Tablets aren&#8217;t cannablizing PC sales yet. However, our research suggests that a growing group of consumers are starting to at least explore the question of whether they need to buy a new PC or just buy a tablet to use with their existing PC. Apple on the other hand is outpacing the industry&#8217;s growth with Mac sales on<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=96476&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eight New Tablets and Ultrabooks You Should Know About</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/09/03/the-tablets-and-ultrabooks-of-ifa-2011-you-should-know-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tech companies have been flexing their design muscles at the IFA trade show in Berlin this week, trying to prove that Apple&#8217;s not the only one that can make ultra-thin, ultra-light laptops and tablets. Turns out that these PC makers can out-slim the iPad and the MacBook Air after all. They just needed Apple to start the fire. Here&#8217;s a peek at the best-looking tablets and &#8220;Ultrabook&#8221; laptops revealed at IFA 2011.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=95928&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;GScreen Spacebook&#8217; Fits Two Big Screens into One Big Laptop</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/07/18/two-screens-one-laptop-gscreen-spacebook-up-for-pre-order/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dual-screen computing junkies may finally have a portable solution in GScreen&#8217;s Spacebook, a laptop with two screens that&#8217;s now available for pre-order. Although I&#8217;ve yet to see it up close, I&#8217;m already terrified by this monstrosity. The main attraction is a pair of 17.3-inch displays that slide into a side-by-side view, sitting in a frame that weighs 10 pounds and measures nearly two inches thick when folded shut, according to Mashable. Two configurations are available, one with a dual-core Intel i5 processor and 4GB of RAM, and the other with a quad-core Intel i7 processor and 8GB of RAM. Both models include 1GB Nvidia GeForce graphics processors, 500GB hard drives, DVD drives and Windows 7. No word on battery life for either model, but don&#8217;t expect great things with two screens vying for power. (MORE: Laptop Battery Life Has Officially Reached Insane Levels) The price: $2,395 for the dual-core version and $2,795 for the quad-core version. GScreen wants half your money up front with no ship date in sight. But read the fine print: GScreen takes a $50 processing fee for cancelled orders, and offers only a 14-day return window for unsatisfied customers. And if the product is defective, you&#8217;ve only got 30 days to send it back for a refund. For now, there&#8217;s no mention of a replacement warranty. All those conditions make me a bit nervous about the Spacebook, which first appeared in 2009 and until now was presumed to be vaporware. Pre-ordering expensive hardware from a small company &#8212; especially one that hasn&#8217;t shipped any products to consumers &#8212; seems like a big gamble, so you may want to wait until the Spacebook materializes before dropping more than a grand on the prospect. In the meantime, consider a less ambitious solution for dual-screen laptop use: MIMO sells a USB-powered 7-inch portable monitor for $139. Or if you&#8217;ve got a tablet, you can use it as a second display with apps like Air Display for iPad ($10) or iDisplay for Android ($5). MORE: How to Turn Your iPad into an<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=90529&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Race to Beat the MacBook Air Is On</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/07/11/the-race-to-beat-the-macbook-air-is-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laptop heavyweight HP may soon try to take on Apple&#8217;s MacBook Air with an ultra-thin notebook of its own. The laptop would be part of a new category of PCs that Intel is calling &#8220;Ultrabooks,&#8221; measuring less than an inch thick and selling for under $1,000. According to DigiTimes&#8217; unnamed sources, HP&#8217;s early entrant would use Intel&#8217;s Core i7 dual-core processors, with speeds of 1.7 GHz or higher. At least two models may be available at first, and could arrive in September or earlier, the sources said. (MORE: Next in Notebooks: Super Thin &#8216;Ultrabooks&#8217; to Cost Under $1,000) So far, Asus is the only PC maker with confirmed Ultrabook plans. Its UX21 notebook (pictured) is due this holiday season, and looks pretty slick from what we&#8217;ve seen in photos and video. Intel has big plans for the Ultrabook category, claiming that it&#8217;ll account for 40 percent of the chip maker&#8217;s consumer laptop products by the end of 2012. Although the first wave of these computers will run on Intel&#8217;s existing Sandy Bridge processor platform, next year Intel plans to transition to &#8220;Ivy Bridge,&#8221; whose 3D microprocessors can theoretically halve power consumption while increasing performance. Intel obviously sees a trend in personal computing toward thinner and lighter, rather than simply more powerful. This may seem obvious now, but keep in mind that the original MacBook Air, which launched in 2008, was a flop, and PC makers who tried to imitate Apple, such as Dell with its Adamo laptops, got burned. But now, Apple&#8217;s new MacBook Air is a hit, contributing to a 28 percent increase in Apple&#8217;s notebook sales last quarter. That&#8217;s because it&#8217;s cheaper than its predecessor &#8212; starting at $999, compared to $1,799 for the original &#8212; and has better specs. Ultrabooks will have similar cheap-but-capable ambitions, which should make the laptop market rather fun to watch this holiday season. MORE: Two-Minute Video: Samsung Takes On the Macbook Air<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=89695&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s First No-Glasses 3D Laptop Arrives Next Month</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/07/05/worlds-first-no-glasses-3d-laptop-arrives-next-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still probing for the point of three-dimensional legerdemain as a grumbler and entertainment snob who&#8217;ll skirt the 3D versions of most things (especially movies), but if you&#8217;re impressed by what seems increasingly like a fad, you can lay hands and eyeballs on the world&#8217;s first no-glasses 3D laptop for just north of $2,000 next month. It has an appropriately trendy name to help persuade your pocketbook—the Qosmio F750, which makes it sound like a cross between a fashion mag (or a cocktail) and a Ford pickup. It can lay claim to the title &#8220;first glasses-free 3D laptop,&#8221; though the world&#8217;s first glasses-free 3D mobile device was technically Nintendo&#8217;s 3DS, released in Japan last February and stateside in March. (LIST: 25 Gotta Have Travel Gadgets) The F750&#8242;s actually unique angle: as Techland editor Doug Aamoth noted in January, it can handle 2D and 3D images simultaneously on its hefty 15.6-inch, 120Hz, 1920 by 1080 pixel display. It lets you to essentially split the screen, rolling something like Avatar in a 3D-enabled window while allowing you to update Twitter or Facebook in another displayed in standard 2D. The other intriguing bit involves the F750&#8242;s webcam, which tracks the position of your eyes, allowing the screen mesh to shift such that the 3D effect is continuous within a broader field of view (we noted from 15 to 20 degrees at CES 2011). That&#8217;s a feature you won&#8217;t find on Nintendo&#8217;s 3DS, and in the latter case it&#8217;s a serious point of contention, since you have to hold Nintendo&#8217;s games portable rock-steady and game within a painfully narrow field of view to maintain the 3D illusion. Having the option to move your head naturally should enhance the sense of viewing images or videos with geometric depth without having to maintain a rigid or unnatural head (and eye) position. Alas, the technology can only handle one viewer at once, meaning you&#8217;re flying solo if you want to pair up for a little 3D movie-watching. Other bits and bobs under the hood include an Intel<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=89033&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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