CTL’s latest Chromebox is a small desktop computer that features the kind of hardware you’d expect to find in a pretty good portable notebook. Starting in November, the company will offer a version of the CTL Chromebox CBx1 with an Intel Core i7-8550U quad-core processor for $599. For that price you get a computer with […]
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Intel unveils NUC mini PC with Core i7 Broadwell
This year Intel will launch its first NUC mini-desktop computer to feature an Intel Core i7 processor. The NUC line of computers are tiny desktop PCs with Intel chips. They’ve been around for a few years, but up until now you haven’t been able to find one with anything more powerful than a Core i5 chip. […]
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Zotac mini desktops now come with Core i7 options
Zotac is adding a bit more power to its line of mini-desktop computers. The company has offered Zotac Zbox computers with Core i3 and Core i5 options for a little while, and now Zotac is offering systems with up to an Intel Core i7 processor. Unfortunately we’re still talking about Intel’s 3rd generation Core chips. […]
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Intel introduces new low power chips for thin and light laptops
Intel has added three new chips to its line of Sandy Bridge processors. While most of the company’s laptop chips use between 25W and 35W, the new chips have a TDP of just 17W. That’s about twice what you’d expect from the latest Intel Atom chips, but it should be good enough to offer better […]
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Lenovo IdeaPad U160 reviewed: Ultraportable desktop replacement?
Over the last few years we’ve seen a lot of 11.6 inch laptops from major PC makers. Most of these new thin and light laptops have been budget machines that are designed to fill a niche between a low power netbook and a full-fledged laptop or desktop PC. They’re not usually designed as full-on desktop […]
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Panasonic Let’s Note shows high-end 10 inch notebooks are alive and well
A funny thing has happened in the mini-laptop space over the past few years. With the success of low cost ultraportable netbooks, it seems like virtually every notebook you see with a 10 inch or smaller display is a low cost, low power machine, typically with an Intel Atom processor. But that doesn’t mean the […]
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New ULV chips coming soon
While the Intel Atom line of chips may reign supreme in the netbook space, I’ve become a pretty big fan of Intel’s CULV chipset over the last few months. These low power chips show up in thin and light computers including a number I’ve recently reviewed such as the Asus UL20A, Dell Inspiron 11z, and […]