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 […]
Intel introduces 9 new Haswell chips
Intel had added 9 new chips to its line of processors based on its 4th-generation Core architecture. They range from a Core i7 chip that sells for more than $1000 to more affordable low-voltage processors priced under $300. All of the new processors are aimed at notebooks and other mobile devices, but some are designed […]
Toshiba launches $280 Haswell-powered Chromebook
Toshiba is introducing its first Chrome OS laptop, cleverly called the Toshiba Chromebook. It’s a 13 inch laptop with a $280 price tag and an Intel Celeron 2955U Celeron processor. In other words, for the same price as the HP Chromebook 11 you get a device with a bigger display, a faster processor, and possibly […]
Lini PC offers small Linux computers with Haswell chips
One of the nice things about Ubuntu and most other Linux distributions is that you can install them on pretty much any PC without paying a penny. In many cases, everything will work perfectly out of the box — but when it doesn’t, you could find yourself spending a lot of time researching tricks for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lenovo updates $800 IdeaPad Yoga 11S convertible with Haswell
The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11S is a Windows notebook with an 11.6 inch touchscreen display which you can push back 360 degrees until it’s back to back with the keyboard, letting you hold the device like a tablet. Lenovo started selling the Yoga 11S in June, offering models with Intel’s 3rd generation Core, or “Ivy […]
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 […]