Tim Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.
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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’s Developer Forum. For Intel and much of the PC industry …
The Race to Beat the MacBook Air Is On
Laptop heavyweight HP may soon try to take on Apple’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 “Ultrabooks,” measuring less than an inch thick and selling for under $1,000. According to DigiTimes’ unnamed sources, HP’s early entrant would use Intel’s Core
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World’s First No-Glasses 3D Laptop Arrives Next Month
I’m still probing for the point of three-dimensional legerdemain as a grumbler and entertainment snob who’ll skirt the 3D versions of most things (especially movies), but if you’re impressed by what seems increasingly like a fad, you can lay hands and eyeballs on the world’s first no-glasses 3D laptop for just north of $2,000 next …
When All You Want Is the Web: Google ‘Chromebooks’ Are Here
Google’s big bet on web-only laptops has now been fully realized with the consumer availability of Chromebooks. There are two models—one from Acer and one from Samsung—each available either with a 3G cellular connection built-in or as lower-priced Wi-Fi-only versions.
The Acer AC700 starts at $350 for the Wi-Fi version, with the …
Android vs. Chrome: The Inevitable Showdown
I spent most of Tuesday and Wednesday this week at Google’s massive I/O developer shindig in San Francisco. And then I wrote a Technologizer column for TIME.com on the first day’s keynote, which was jam-packed with Android news. But I could just have easily written a column about day two’s keynote, which was devoted to Google’s Chrome …
Two Minute Video: Samsung Takes On the MacBook Air
This 13-inch Samsung Series 9 notebook I have here is a sexy slab, my friends. It tips the scales at 2.88 pounds thanks to Samsung’s use of aircraft-grade “Duralumin” which is apparently twice as strong as aluminum.
The backlit keyboard is one of the best I’ve used and the computer itself feels like it’s generally in hyperdrive—it …
Alienware Bolsters Gaming Portables, Adds Monster 18-inch
13 too small? 15 too big? Why not settle for 14-inches of portable powerhouse gaming? Or don’t settle at all with the “most powerful 18-inch gaming laptop in the universe.” Or how about just going the ultraportable route with “the most-powerful sub-14-inch notebook in the universe”?
Two Minute Video: Acer’s Dual Screen, No Keyboard Laptop
The $1,300 Acer Iconia laptop is certainly unique. The machine features two 14-inch touchscreens instead of the tried and true screen-and-keyboard combination, while retaining the same form factor as a standard laptop.
The bottom touchscreen is home to the Acer Ring, which is activated by touching all five fingers to the glass. …
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 …
Two More Everlasting Lenovo Laptops Board the Workaholic Pain Train
We all had a good laugh a couple of weeks ago when Lenovo and HP announced laptops that were capable of eclipsing 30 hours of battery life on a single charge. Think of all the overworked office drones slumped over in their $49.99 task chairs after a 30-hour mail merge marathon!
Hilarious stuff, to be sure. But Lenovo won’t quit. It …