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MacBook Air gets a spec bump, price cut: Now starting at $899

Apple is giving its thin and light laptops a little makeover. The company has revamped all of its MacBook Air laptops by moving to newer Intel Haswell processors, which should give the notebooks a slight performance boost and a little more battery life. At the same time, Apple is knocking $100 off the price of […]

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Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite update brings a little Haswell action

The Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite is a reasonably thin and light laptop that sells for a much lower price than the company’s high-end ATIV Book 9 Plus. Unfortunately the original ATIV Book 9 Lite was also overpriced for a laptop with a relatively slow AMD processor that could hardly even compete with an Intel […]

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Zotac launches ZBOX Nano ID67 mini PC with Intel Core i3 Haswell

Zotac unveiled a new line of ZBOX mini-desktop computers with Intel Haswell processors recently. But it looks like the company has quietly introduced a model that didn’t make the original press release. The Zotac ZBOX Nano ID67 is now available for purchase from a few retailers for around $324 and up. This little computer features […]

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HP 810 EliteBook Revolve updated with Haswell chips, slimmer and lighter chassis

The HP 810 EliteBook Revolve made its retail debut back in March, and now it’s time for a refresh. New models will be shipping soon, and HP’s showing them off at an event in Barcelona this week. Don’t judge this book by its cover. Like the Microsoft Surface Pro 2, there haven’t been any major […]

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Zotac ZBOX mini PCs get a Haswell upgrade

Zotac is updating its ZBOX line of tiny desktop computers with new Intel Haswell processors. The update to 4th-generation Intel processors should bring better graphics and GPU performance and lower power consumption — which could make these little guys good options for home theater PCs, among other things. As usual, Zotac will offer barebones models […]

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Gigabyte BRIX mini-desktops with Haswell now available for $300 and up (barebones)

Gigabyte BRIX line of mini-desktops are full-fledged computers with Intel or AMD processors in a case that’s not much larger than a DVD drive (although there’s not actually room in the case for an optical disc drive). This fall the company is updating the BRIX lineup with new models sporting Intel Haswell processors which should […]