Previous
Toshiba Tecra M9L-12K review
Reviews There is no Turbo Memory module (also known as Robson), but then we’ve not seen much of this in any Core 2 Duo notebooks to date, and it's currently not as well supported as Intel might like. At 2.4kg, this isn't the lightest of notebooks to carry...
[July 2, 2007, 0:00]
Dell announces 17-inch notebook
News Dell said its 17-inch wide-screen display offers a 26 percent larger viewing area than a typical 15.4-inch display, the next smallest screen size available in notebooks. Although 17-inch notebooks have been on the market from companies such as...
[October 26, 2004, 18:00]
HP announces HSDPA laptop
News Expanding the range of HP Broadband Wireless notebooks to include mobile connectivity from Vodafone and worldwide standards such as 3G/3G broadband is critically important to addressing a truly global customer need for pervasive, high-speed...
[July 7, 2006, 12:45]
HP unveils latest mobile hardware
News The majority of the range will be available in late August, with HP releasing two budget business notebooks in late July. Rob Kingston, HP group manager for commercial product marketing, said that in order to maximise choice, HP's complete range of...
[July 25, 2008, 10:34]
Notebook market grows as PCs falter
News Notebooks have been on the upswing for the past four years. In the second quarter, notebooks also got a boost from an emerging category: new models that use desktop Pentium 4 chips. The race will be close in the coming quarters as Dell continues...
[August 1, 2002, 15:36]
Windows XP cut down to size
News Mini-notebooks, which weigh around 2 pounds and have 10- or 12-inch screens, generally sell in modest numbers. Still, many of the design ideas that first emerged with these notebooks -- such as metallic cases, which first cropped up in the failed...
[October 27, 2003, 10:20]
Intel edges into Transmeta territory with new chip
News It is also releasing a similar 500MHz Celeron for budget notebooks. Spindler said Intel's current 600MHz Pentium III for notebooks, which consumes more power than the new chips, outperforms Transmeta's Crusoe.
[January 30, 2001, 10:59]
Apple MacBook (13in., 2GHz Core Duo): a first look review
Reviews Although plenty of notebooks out there start for considerably less than the MacBook, the value gap between Apple notebooks and the PC competition has narrowed significantly. Both are considerably above the average for notebooks.
[May 23, 2006, 12:00]
Get ready for the 9-to-5 notebook
News Four hours is the current standard for thin notebooks, although that allotment remains elusive in real life. The average power consumption of those notebooks, however, comes to 12 watts or more. Computer makers, meanwhile, are working on making...
[June 7, 2005, 11:25]
NEC sets sail with Transmeta's Crusoe
News But sources say the company's NEC Computers, which already markets PCs and notebooks in North America, is considering adding the new notebook to its lines. The NEC announcement, which bolsters Transmeta's stable of design wins, occurred the same...
[October 17, 2000, 14:34]
Intel ad campaign cries 'Unwire'
News The Centrino family, which includes Intel's new Pentium-M processor, a supporting chipset and an 802.11b radio module for wireless networking, will form the core of a new generation of lightweight notebooks from computer manufacturers.
[March 3, 2003, 15:37]
Toshiba brings out business-card-sized SSDs
News The new interface specification will provide "a high-performance, cost-effective storage solution for smaller devices like notebooks and netbooks", said the consortium, which includes Toshiba. Our latest 32nm mSata and Half-Slim caseless modules...
[September 22, 2009, 13:30]
SightSpeed to Announce Linux Version
Blog I suppose that this is because Dell was a major motivation in getting this done, so that they could offer it on their mini-notebooks with Linux the same way that they offer it on their regular Windows notebooks.
[September 15, 2008, 18:03]
Compaq, Dell shy off Crusoe chip
News On display were notebooks from Hitachi, IBM and NEC, as well as the motherboard from a notebook currently in development by Fujitsu. Others, including Hewlett-Packard and Gateway, are rumoured to be showing off TM 5400 notebooks behind closed doors...
[June 29, 2000, 7:06]
AMD passes 90-nanometre milestone
News At the same time, it revealed that the first of those processors to appear in a PC will be members of a family of low-power mobile Athlon 64 chips, due to show up in notebooks in "coming months," a company representative said.
[August 18, 2004, 9:00]
Consumers spur notebook boom
News Breaking that down by year, IDC predicts that notebooks will make up 27.5 percent of PC shipments in the United States in 2003, 33.7 percent in 2004, 40.7 percent in 2005 and 44.3 percent in 2006. Notebooks are not expected to approach the 50...
[January 12, 2004, 10:05]
Sony's 'not-netbook'
Blog Very small and light notebooks such as Toshiba's Libretto, Sony's VAIO C1 and HP's OmniBook 300 had been around for a long time, and were often called 'mini-notebooks' to distinguish them from more powerful ultraportables (which you could do...
[January 8, 2009, 13:50]
Dell Latitude D620 review
Reviews There are certainly smaller notebooks in Dell's Latitude lineup -- the Latitude X1, for example -- but the D620 is light enough for occasional travel and moving throughout the office. Both notebooks feature three handy volume buttons, plus a...
[June 27, 2006, 13:00]
Microsoft accused over $8.52bn Vista bill
Blog An academic at the University of Washington, the economist Keith Leffler, came up with the estimate of between $3.92 billion (£2.8bn)and $8.52bn to upgrade the world's notebooks and PCs so that they can run a full version of the OS.
[January 26, 2009, 16:25]
Intel pushes Centrino to consumers
News It was in 10.8 percent of notebooks sold at retail in December, Centrino's highest percentage so far, said Steve Baker, an analyst with NPD Techworld. Still, manufacturers say that some people, often second- or third-time notebook buyers and...
[February 23, 2004, 9:05]
