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Intel: Haswell-based Ultrabooks starting at $599 by holiday season

Intel: Haswell-based Ultrabooks starting at $599 by holiday season
  • Posted March 26, 2013, 10:41 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • We’ve been hearing about cheaper ultrabooks ever since Intel begun pushing the category almost two years ago. The first wave of devices mostly failed to adhere to the proposed $1,000 price point, and while things have improved ever since, we’ve…

A third of PC owners are shifting tasks to mobile devices

A third of PC owners are shifting tasks to mobile devices
  • Posted February 8, 2013, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • A new report from NPD Group further drives home the notion that the PC industry has a serious problem on its hands. As we all know, the problem in question is mobile devices – they continue to chip away at…

Global PC sales fell in Q4 2012 despite Windows 8, holiday deals

Global PC sales fell in Q4 2012 despite Windows 8, holiday deals
  • Posted January 11, 2013, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • A quarterly report from industry analyst IDC indicates that PC shipments have been unusually soft. According to the group, PC sales dipped 6.4 percent in Q4 2012 when compared to the same period last year. Additionally, Q4 led to a 4.5…

Mobile Radeon HD 8000M GPUs announced, shipping now

Mobile Radeon HD 8000M GPUs announced, shipping now
  • Posted December 18, 2012, 12:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Mobile Computing Breaking News
  • AMD has extended its line-up of mobile GPUs with a few brand-new models filed under its latest class of Radeon: the HD 8000M-series. The new chips deliver better performance, but are expected to do so with reduced power consumption, lower…

Leaked slide reveals 10W and 13W Ivy Bridge variants

Leaked slide reveals 10W and 13W Ivy Bridge variants
  • Posted December 6, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • It appears a recent rumor indicating the imminent launch of low-power Ivy Bridge processors just got upgraded from "vaguely possible" to "pretty darn likely". According to this leaked PowerPoint slide from VR-Zone (Chinese), 10W and 13W Ivy Bridge "Y" variants are set to…

Acer's latest ultrabooks sport touch screens, Windows 8

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  • Posted October 12, 2012, 11:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Acer continues to fortify its upcoming Windows 8 line up. The company's latest additions are the M5-481PT and M5-581T: touch screen-enabled, Ivy Bridge-toting "ultrabooks" equipped with 14-inch and 15.6-inch displays, respectively. Both models will feature reasonable prices tags of $699…

Vizio enters the PC market with fancy-looking, competitively-priced Ultrabook and AIO systems

Vizio enters the PC market with fancy-looking, competitively-priced Ultrabook and AIO systems
  • Posted June 15, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Industry News With Video
  • Vizio originally announced aspirations to branch out from the television market and build PCs earlier this year at CES. The company has now made good on that promise by introducing a complete line of Windows 7 computers that includes a…

Rumor: Sunset planned for Sandy Bridge in Q3, makes way for Ivy Bridge

Rumor: Sunset planned for Sandy Bridge in Q3, makes way for Ivy Bridge
  • Posted June 13, 2012, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Based on information provided by industry sources, Digitimes reports that Intel will begin phasing out Sandy Bridge processors this September. Intel's recent announcement of several brand-new, dual-core processors allow Ivy Bridge to finally thrive in spaces where Sandy Bridge has remained a long-term…

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