Sad but true: We have no national holidays in this country that pay tribute to our great technological heritage. But if we did, April 3rd would be a good candidate. On that day in 1981, at a trade show in San Francisco, a startup called Osborne Computer Corporation announced the Osborne 1, the first mass-produced portable computer. That …
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First Look at Acer’s Dual Screen, No Keyboard ‘Iconia’ Laptop
Acer announced the Iconia laptop back in November. Winter set in, months passed, and here we are in late March with the Acer Iconia 6120 priced at $1200 and shipping to retailers next month.
The UPS man dropped the Iconia off at my place this morning and after an awkward exchange wherein he joked that he didn’t think it’d be safe to …
New Lighter, Faster MacBook Pro Notebooks Have Landed
Just in time for Steve Jobs’ 56th birthday, Apple has rolled out new MacBook Pro models. There are two 13-inchers, two 15-inchers, and a lone 17-inch version. Prices run $1,200 to $2,500 before optional upgrades.
All models feature Intel’s new-ish Core i5 or i7 processors in dual- and quad-core flavors, four gigabytes of RAM, …
Laptop Battery Life Has Officially Reached Insane Levels
Attention, laptop-toting members of the global workforce: In an effort to maximize potential productivity to stratospheric levels, new portable computers with 30+ hour battery life will soon be entering the market.
Who to blame? Start with Lenovo. The company unveiled the ThinkPad T420 yesterday, promising that the machine “reaches …
Can You Be “In Love” With Your Gadgets? Study Says Yes
Plenty of us spend hours using our laptops, smartphones, gaming consoles and other gadgets. They come with us everywhere, and when they malfunction or break, it’s often hard to go on without replacing them immediately. But can you actually be in love with a possession? Researchers at Arizona State University say it’s possible.
It’s …
CES: How Toshiba’s Glasses-Free 3D Laptop Works
Toshiba’s leading the charge into glasses-free 3D. The company is showcasing both glasses-free 3D TVs and laptops here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and while true glasses-free 3D TV is still more than a year from hitting the market, the glasses-free 3D laptops will be available later this year.
I’m still not sold …
CES: Samsung ‘Notebook 9’ Series to Challenge MacBook Air
Apple’s most recent line of MacBook Air computers is an impressive competitor in the ultraportable notebook market. While the 11-inch MacBook Air weighs in at just 2.2 pounds, the 13.3-inch version actually strikes me as somewhat more impressive given that its got a nice, big keyboard and the screen resolution is a whopping 1440×900 …
Someday, Nobody Will Ask “PC or Mac?”
In this week’s Technologizer column at TIME.com, I take a stab at answering technology’s longest-running question: “PC or Mac?” My answer won’t please everybody–it’s a topic that instantly sends some people into prickly, combative mode–but it’s the only one that makes sense: “It depends on what you’re trying to do, and how much money …
Two Minute Video: Powerful Acer Notebook Travels Like a Netbook
At first glance, the 11.6-inch Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830 looks like an ordinary netbook; it’s about an inch thick and weighs around three pounds.
Under the hood, however, there’s a powerful Intel Core i7 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive. While the computer looks and feels like a netbook, it definitely performs like a …
Acer Prepping Keyboardless Dual Touchscreen Laptop?
This may be nothing or it may be the very future of portable computing as we know it! As with all rumors, it’s probably somewhere in between.
Apparently Acer is working on a 15-inch notebook that swaps out the hardware keyboard and trackpad for a second touchscreen. The design appears similar to Toshiba’s
HP Rolls Out 17-inch 3D Laptop, 14-inch Beats Edition, and More
Hewlett-Packard has announced newly updated 17-, 14-, and 13.3-inch consumer notebooks and revamped its 10.1-inch Mini 210 netbook.
The HP Envy 17 3D is a 17.3 inch, 3D-capable laptop with an Intel Core i7 processor, Beats Audio, ATI graphics, Blu-ray support, and up to 2 TB of storage. Pricing hasn’t been set yet, but the
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Two Minute Video: Laptop Buying Tips
Whether you’re a soon-to-be college student looking for a new laptop or a grown adult looking to cash in on the bevy of laptop deals that retailers will be offering during the coming weeks, here are some quick and simple tips to keep in mind when shopping for a portable computer.
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