LAPTOPS & ULTRATHIN ULTRABOOKS
Acer’s Ultrathin Aspire S5 at CES Fattens Ultrabook Profits

Can Acer keep the price of the Aspire S5, world’s thinnest ultrabook at 15-millimeters, to less than a stack of twenty-dollar-bills about 18-millimeters thick? That would be approximately one-thousand US dollars, and slightly thicker than the S5. If the answer … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Ultrathin Ultrabook Security, Connectivity Drive Business Sales

Ultrathin Ultrabooks using Intel's new ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) chip-sets, and other ultrathins using AMD's APUs (accelerated processor units) are set to be a driving force in business, enterprise laptop sales for 2012 and beyond. A convergence of features, characteristics, capabilities, hardware, and net-book-like form-factors are already creating a new normal.

 

AMD
Ultrabooks & Ultrathins: The Incoming Tidal-Wave

Intel has taken an initiative so bold and defined, with clear and workable methods of implementation, that the results in the next 18 months could electrify notebook industry sales-volume in a manner similar to jump-starting your car's battery with a 50,000-volt power line.

 

APPLE
Ultrabook vs Laptop vs Notebook vs Netbook

Convergence may be a word we will be hearing more often, and it accounts for the mild confusion related to defining the differences between Laptops vs Notebooks vs Netbooks; and now the new Ultrabooks. The basis for that confusion is the simple fact that there are no specific and fully agreed upon industry standards which would actually be the definitions.

 

DELL
DELL Discontinues Netbooks – A Short Story with a Long Future

Dell confirms consumer-oriented netbooks, with screens 10-inches or smaller, are essentially finished, having been diminished by rising tablet sales. Dell says its future lies in thin and powerful, which certainly means ultrabooks for the immediate future.

 

DELL
That Round Logo on Some DELL Products May Actually Be the Winners’ Circle

More than ever the accelerating trend is definitely toward thinner & lighter, while sacrificing none of the power and battery life of thicker, heavier machines. Both the Dell INSPIRON 14z and the XPS 14z have taken a big step in that direction, and the differences between them are somewhat analogous to that automotive scenario.

 

LAPTOPS & ULTRATHIN ULTRABOOKS
Laptops / Notebooks – Buy New, Used, or Refurbished?

When it comes to gifts or just everyday practicality buying a refurbished or used computer should be a real consideration; and as you will see there are plenty of reasons above and beyond price alone. What's the difference between "refurbished" and "used"?

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
3D Displays, Flying Cars & Jet-packs

When people fantasize about technology advances they would love to own, flying cars, Jet-packs and hassle-free 3D devices just might top the lineup. Every year aren't we all assured at least two out of three of those will arrive next year, or at least soon?

 

DELL
Shift Happens & It May Not Smell Like Coffee at Dell

With Dell, Acer, and HP seeing declines of more than 10 percent, Lenovo and Apple were the only PC makers in the top five that that gained market share in year over year numbers. Lenovo grew a whopping 28 percent, while Apple added more than 13 percent.

 

LAPTOPS & ULTRATHIN ULTRABOOKS
Flooding in Thailand Causes More than a Spike in Water Levels

After an especially torrential monsoon season, massive flooding in Thailand has destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and left countless factories underwater, including some of the major players in the hard disk drive industry.