Tag: Laptop
Tech company in 'not bringing out a netbook' shocker
Well, this is a turn-up for the books. NVidia and VIA are NOT, repeat NOT, bringing out a netbook. In a world where brands are getting resurrected solely for the netbook market, it’s notable when a technology company decides that it’s not going to release its own pint-size laptop with no cd drive.
Originally, it was hoped that the two companies would produce a netbook featuring a mobile version of the VIA Nano chip, rather than the industry-standard Intel Atom chip. Those plans are now on hold, as are plans to build MIDs using the chips. Nvidia and VIA’s plans to build desktop machines together are, you’ll no doubt be pleased to hear, firmly intact.
NVidia and VIA (via TrustedReviews)
Related posts: Asus discontinues 700 and 900 range of Eee PC netbooks | HP announces Mini 1000 and Compaq Mini 700 netbooks, including designer option
EMERGING TREND: Large laptops that are powerful. Like the quad-core Alienware M17 Notebook
Less than 24 hours after we revealed Asus has come up with the amazing idea of making larger PCs that are significantly more powerful than the rubbish little netbooks we’re currently all dying under piles of, Alienware has jumped on the BIG BANDWAGON – revealing its awesome new M17 Extreme Gaming Notebook.
The M17 is Alienware’s first laptop to feature Intel’s mobile quad-core processor, with the range-topping Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 backed up by ATI’s CrossFireX dual-graphics technology and DDR3 memory. If money is literally no object due to your parents having invested heavily in property in the early 1970s, there’s room inside for two 5400rpm 500GB hard drives in RAID configuration for 1TB of storage space…
Asus also does BIG and EXPENSIVE and HEAVY laptops like the 14.1" B80A
Asus isn’t just there for the small and cheap things in life. It also creates monster power-laptops that you might think twice about carrying about with you for fear of dislocating a shoulder.
Like this thing here, the B80A, a new prestige, top-of-the-line model for the power business user who is buying things on expenses so doesn’t mind how much it costs.
Packing a Core 2 Duo of your choice up to the T9400, a 14.1″ screen, Windows Vista and hard drive support for SATA models running at a battery-eating 7200rpm, it is every bit the laptop for the image-conscious man in a suit about Euston train station. Here is how Asus describes the needs of the business user…
Sony in yet another burning battery mess – 100,000 laptop batteries recalled in latest safety concern
Poor old Sony is infuriating laptop makers the world over once again, today issuing a recall of over 100,000 batteries it has supplied to numerous portable computer makers.
The recall involves batteries manufactured by Sony in 2004 and 2005, which were supplied to the likes of HP, Toshiba, Acer, Dell and Lenovo. Sony says there have been around 40 overheating incidents involving the batteries, and, like poor workmen the world over, it has blamed the quality of raw materials and factory errors for the problems, rather than just admitting it’s rubbish at making batteries…
Medion Akoya P6612 16" laptop for £580 at Aldi
Whoa. Aldi isn’t somewhere that I shop at a lot, but this is an amazing deal. It’s a Medion Akoya P6612 16″ laptop for just £580. The specs on the P6612 are fantastic for that price…
Apple beefs up MacBook Air with more storage and better graphics, but it's still thin
The original MacBook Air launched just over eight months ago, claiming to be the thinnest and lightest laptop available.
It came with either 80GB hard drive or 64GB solid state drive (at a price), 2GB of RAM, 13.3-inch widescreen display, and Core 2 Duo processor.
Today, Apple unveiled its successor, offering more memory and beefier graphics for around the same price. It’s still bank-account-drainingly-expensive, but chic always costs…
Sony launches VAIO NS1 notebooks and JS1 all-in-one desktop PCs
Sony continues to speed ahead with the rollout of its new VAIO range of PCs, with the introduction of the NS1 Series of notebook PCs and the JS1 Series of all-in-one desktops.
Sony states that the PCs are designed for everyday home use, which would suggest that they’re not the most powerful systems the company has ever produced. They’re no pushovers either.
The NS1 Series of notebook PCs feature an Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB hard drive, a Blu-ray combo drive, 15.4-inch X-black 1,280 x 800 LCD, and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 graphics unit…
Sony unveil the Vaio TT – the world's lightest laptop with Blu-ray
This is the 11.1″ Sony Vaio TT notebook PC. Nice, isn’t it? Sony reckons it’s the world’s lightest notebook PC that has a Blu-ray option. I’m not going to test them on that – I’ll just take them at their word. You’re not lying to me, are you Sony…?
Samsung X460 14" laptop – portable, but not a mobile phone
Doesn’t anyone at Samsung search for their product names on Google before releasing them? The Samsung X460, as well as being a new laptop, is also a mobile phone. It’s not even a good mobile phone…
Shiny Video Preview: HP HDX16 and HDX18 Premium Laptops
As well as getting a look at the HP TouchSmart IQ800 yesterday, I also got to have a sneaky peek at HP’s new series of HDX Premium laptops, and gosh they’re swish. Very sleek design, Apple-style light-up logo, titanium casing, and swooshes across the trackpad below the keyboard. Beautiful…
