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, …
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 …
New technology from processor makers Intel and AMD has paved the way for some nice advancements as far as laptop features are concerned. While laptops have generally gotten powerful enough to replace desktop computers for most people, that power has come at the expense of weight, heat and battery life in many instances.
Intel’s …
Google’s web-only Chrome OS (operating system) will hit the consumer market next year, with several major manufacturers selling inexpensive notebooks that boot directly into a web browser–no desktop, no “Start Menu,” no “Dock,” just the web.
Until consumer products become available, Google has loaded Chrome OS onto a prototype …
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 …
This thing is crazy, and maybe in a good way. At Intel’s developers conference today, Dell showed off what appeared to be a netbook at first glance. Then the guy holding it apparently swiveled the 10-inch touchscreen around 180 degrees inside its own frame, closed the computer as one would do with a standard notebook, and …
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
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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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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We’re going to have to connect some dots on this one, but let’s explore how Apple might go about selling an 11.6-inch version of its ultraportbale MacBook Air notebook.
For starters, an analyst named Keith Bachman reportedly said in a recent research report that Apple will be announcing two new MacBook Air models at its press …
Upgrading the RAM in your laptop is one of the easiest, quickest, and cheapest ways to improve your computer’s performance. The actual process is super simple, though some computer shops charge upwards of $50 for what amounts to less than five minutes worth of work.
Check out the above video to see how it’s done.
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While $1,629 seems like a lot to spend on a notebook nowadays, it’s oddly comforting to know that you can get a decked-out computer with very few compromises for well shy of two grand.
Such is the case of HP’s EliteBook 2540p, a 12-inch rugged-but-portable notebook with a low-voltage Intel Core i7 processor, six-cell battery, Windows …