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CTL Chromebook VX11 is an inexpensive rugged laptop for education

CTL’s latest Chromebook is an affordable laptop designed for classroom use. The CTL Chromebook VX11 features an 11.6 inch display, a 180-degree hinge, a water-resistant keyboard, reinforced ports and hinges, and a drop-resistant design. The CTL Chromebook VX11 has a list price of $229, but it’s up for pre-order for $209. With an Intel Celeron […]

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ECS Liva Z2 mini PCs with Gemini Lake Refresh chips coming soon

ECS is preparing to update its Liva Z2 line of mini PCs with several new models sporting 6 watt Intel Gemini Lake Refresh chips. The new ECS Liva Z2 and Liva Z2V will be available with up to an Intel Pentium Silver N5030 processor and supports up to 8GB of DDR4 RAM (with two SODIMM […]

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CTL launches NL71 series rugged Chromebooks with Intel Gemini Lake Refresh chips

In the two months since Intel launched its Gemini Lake Refresh line of inexpensive, low-power notebook processors, we haven’t seen many PCs that are actually powered by the chips. There’s HP’s new ProBook X360 G5 EE… and until now that was about it. But today CTL introduced the new CTL NL71 Chromebook series featuring Intel Gemini […]

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HP launches new ProBook x360 convertibles for education market

HP is updating is line of laptops designed for use in classrooms with two new 11.6 inch convertible laptops. The HP ProBook x360 11 G5 EE is available now, while the HP ProBook x360 11 G6 EE is coming in March. Both feature durable designs with features including bumpers, reinforced corners, and spill-resistant keyboards. They’re both […]

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Intel launches Gemini Lake Refresh chips for low-power laptops, desktops

Intel’s first chips based on the new “Tremont” architecture for low-power, low-cost processors could be available by the end of the year, with around a 30-percent performance boost compared with processors featuring previous-gen “Goldmont+” CPU cores. But Intel isn’t done with Goldmont+ just yet. As anticipated, the company has introduced six new “Gemini Lake Refresh” […]

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Report: Intel Gemini Lake Refresh low-power chips are on the way

Intel’s upcoming 10th-gen Core “Ice Lake” processors may be blurring the lines between low-power Y-series chips and higher-performance U-series processors, but Intel is also continuing to crank out cheaper, lower-power Celeron and Pentium “Gemini Lake”chips based on its Atom-based “Goldmont Plus” architecture. Now it looks like a new set of Gemini Lake Refresh processors are on the […]