Tag Archives: USB 3.0

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
Samsung Refreshes Its Notebook 9 Series With Two New Laptops

CES delighted us with so many different laptops this year, showering us with Windows 10 devices in particular. We saw a lot from Samsung during the big event last month, but one laptop series had a nice refreshing take to … Continue reading →

 

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
Acer’s Latest Chromebook 11 is Plenty of PC for $179

The good and bad thing about Chromebooks, with the high-end Chromebook Pixel from Google being the exception, is their practicality. They are simple, yes, running on a web-only OS, and leaving out the fancy bells and whistles. But some people … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Toshiba’s Satellite Radius 12, a 12.5-Inch Laptop Sporting a 4K Ultra HD Display

Screen resolution is a technology that keeps getting better and more competitive, and at the end of last year, the Toshiba Satellite Radius 12 made a splash as being the first 12.5-inch convertible laptop with a 4K Ultra HD display … Continue reading →

 

DELL
The Dell Latitude 7370: Based on the XPS 13, Tweaked for Business Users

Dell wants to prove that business notebooks can be sleek and sexy, a department that Microsoft and Apple know a lot about (the Surface Pro and MacBook lines are some of the nicest looking laptops around, and are being found … Continue reading →

 

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
Lenovo at CES: The Yoga 900S, World’s Thinnest Convertible

Hooray! It is finally that time again! The 2016 Consumer Electronics Show is well underway, and that means endless computer and gadget-making companies are going to grace us with their latest. What better company to start off with than Lenovo, … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
The New Dell Inspiron 11 3000 Series: An Okay Try at a Hybrid, but Too Expensive

Notebook Review stated it well, “Windows 10 device makers must think there is market gold in taking underpowered Windows 10 laptops, adding a touch screen along with a tablet mode, and pushing them as 2-in-1s”. If all the computer giants … Continue reading →

 

LAPTOPS & ULTRATHIN ULTRABOOKS
Asus Announces New N Series With Skylake Processing and Nvidia GPUs

Asus does a good job saying what’s what when it comes to high standards in laptop hardware. Wondering what that currently means? It means saying “Yes” to Intel’s new Skylake CPUs, which are becoming the “it” factor in most computers … Continue reading →

 

MINI / NANO PCS
For Less than a $100, You Can Now Purchase a Desktop PC That Fits in Your Pocket

It’s $99, is roughly the size of a thick business card and can (potentially) replace your desktop PC. Meet the newest pocket PC on the block, the Kangaroo – a Windows 10-equipped micro PC from Infocus that is smaller than … Continue reading →

 

APPLE
Intel Could Be to Thank for the Resurrection of Thunderbolt 3

One of the best things to come from this year’s Computex was a rejuvenating move for Thunderbolt-equipped devices. Despite the peripheral-connectors being good, fast products for carrying and connecting data (created by Intel and Apple nonetheless), no one has ever … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
This Tiny Windows 10 PC Is Inside a Tiny Power Adapter

Among the many Windows 10 pieces (laptops, notebooks, desktops) coming our way, Microsoft wanted to show off something interesting during this week’s Computex conference. Dubbed the Quanta Compute Plug, this device isn’t your ordinary PC. It’s an alternative, but fully … Continue reading →

 

INTEL
The Origin EON15-X Is a Gaming Laptop with Desktop Power

While the growing trend for tablets, hybrids, Chromebooks and even laptops continues to move towards the arena of thinner, lighter and cheaper, there are some things your computer simply needs a little more girth to do. This is especially true … Continue reading →

 

LAPTOPS & ULTRATHIN ULTRABOOKS
What We Know About Acer’s New Predator Line of Gaming Devices

This week, during the company’s press conference, Acer announced a new line of gaming devices including a monitor, 2 notebooks, a tablet, and a desktop computer. You may know that Acer hasn’t really been a gaming company up until recently. … Continue reading →

 

DELL
Dell Adds Premium Options to Their Inspiron 15 Laptop Lineup

In between working on the “world’s thinnest tablet” and developing the world’s smallest 13-inch notebook, Dell has been busy adding some pretty sweet upgrades to their mid-range products as well. While the record-setting devices are nice, not everyone can afford … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Desktop Lovers Will Love Intel’s New Iris Pro GPUs

This week, during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Intel showed off a new integrated graphics line using fifth-generation Core processors for desktop PC enthusiasts and desktop gamers. First announced back in January, the “65-watt, unlocked desktop Core i7 … Continue reading →

 

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
Samsung’s High-Class, High-Speed SSD T1

For us desktop/laptop lovers, storage devices usually amount to hard drives, but it looks like the future of storage just may be SSD (solid state drive). During CES a couple weeks back, Samsung unveiled their own external USB 3.0 SSD … Continue reading →