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Macbook Air gutted: teardown reveals Haswell brain, big battery heart
- On the outside, Apple's newly-released Macbook Air is essentially indistinguishable from previous iterations; even the model number is the same (A1466). Its familiar exterior though belies a number of tweaks and changes, much of which are exposed by iFixit's compulsory…
MSI GS70 gaming laptop boasts touchscreen trackpad, thin aluminum design
- MSI showed off at Computex today what could be the future of its gaming laptop line-up: an all-aluminum 0.85-inch thick laptop packed with high-performance hardware. Dubbed the GS70 Stealth, the 17.3-inch gaming laptop features an ostensibly premium-quality design and a…
HP Envy/Pavilion revamp, more touchscreens, 3200x1800 LCD, 20" tablet
- With the advent of another school year on the way, HP is revamping its consumer laptop line-up. Engadget takes a detailed look with some hands-on photos of HP's rejiggered notebook families. Amongst the changes are a broad adoption of Intel's Haswell…
Intel: Haswell-based Ultrabooks starting at $599 by holiday season
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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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