More than a few times, I reached into my bag thinking I was pulling out my iPad but instead pulled out the $1,400 Acer Aspire …
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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 …
New Toshiba Ultrabook Goes Super-Widescreen for Around $1,000
When it comes to laptops, I’ll take as many pixels as I can get for as cheap as I can get them in as portable a package as possible. We’ve basically got the standard 1366×768-resolution screens found in 13- and 14-inch laptops …
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Sony Introduces an Ultrabook, and an Ultra-Ultrabook
Asus Taichi: Windows 8 Laptop Sports Rear-Facing Touchscreen
According to The Verge, the recently-announced Asus Taichi is “essentially a laptop with a display on both sides of its lid” that’ll be available in 11.6- and 13.3-inch screen sizes.
Each display features a full 1080p …
Lightest Ultrabook on the Planet? Gigabyte Unveils X11 Carbon Fiber Laptop
When you’re down to fighting over tenths of a pound, claims of “world’s lightest” are more about marketing than utility, but Gigabyte’s X11 appears to fit the company’s billing as such: Gigabyte just confirmed its 11.6-inch …
Technology’s Perfect Storm Is Coming This Fall
Thankfully, I’ve never been in a perfect storm. I have seen a movie about it, but the worst storms I’ve encountered were of the lightning, thunder and torrential downpour variety when I attended college in the Midwest. I came …
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HP Introduces New Ultrabooks and Sleekbooks (But Let’s Just Call Them Notebooks, Shall We?)
HP is taking this whole Ultrabook thing pretty darn seriously. After launching the Folio business Ultrabook last November and the Envy Spectre high-end model in January, it’s back with another Folio and three additional Envy …
Would a $799 MacBook Air Threaten Next-Gen Ultrabook Sales?
Apple may launch a significantly less expensive MacBook Air to undercut sales of next-gen “ultrabook” style laptops due in the second quarter of this year. It’s just another rumor, mind you, but if it happened, the thinking is …
Intel and Microsoft’s Secret Weapon Against Apple
Intel and its partners are about to launch the biggest promotion of a new product category called Ultrabooks since the company’s wi-fi based Centrino launch early last decade. And Microsoft is about to launch a major update to …
Don’t Look for New MacBook Pros Until April?
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.
It’ll be “April, at the …
Coming Soon: Ultrabook Price Cuts
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.
That’s when Intel is expected to launch its Ivy Bridge processor …