Ultrabooks are all the rage with big name PC makers in the these days. Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony, and Toshiba all have thin and light laptops they’d like to sell you — and the Apple MacBook Air is probably the first ultrabook, even if it doesn’t wear that label. But just like every other […]
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Future Chromebooks could have Ivy Bridge processors… maybe
The first notebooks to hit the streets running Google Chrome OS were powered by Intel Atom low power processors. The good news is that means the Acer AC700 and the Samsung Series 5 Chromebooks get decent battery life. The bad news is that they feel surprisingly sluggish for computers that don’t really run much software […]
Ivy Bridge ultrabooks on the way (could mean cheaper Sandy Bridge models)
PC makers are charging anywhere from $800 to $1900Â for ultrabooks, the new class of thin and light laptops featuring Intel processors. But prices for the current crop of ultrabooks could fall soon, in order to make room for next-generation models. Every ultrabook available right now features an Intel Sandy Bridge processor, with most featuring Intel […]
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 […]
Gigabyte to unveil ultraportable laptops with Sandy Bridge chips this summer?
Gigabyte has been making mini-laptops with 10 to 12 inch displays for a few years, including some of the first convertible tablet-style netbooks with touchscreen displays. But Gigabyte’s mini-laptops tend to be pricier than the competition, partly because they’re so jam-packed with high performance features. So it doesn’t come as a huge surprise that the […]
Acer: We’re not phasing out netbooks
Yesterday Computer World reported that Acer was developing an Android tablet with an Intel Sandy Bridge processor and that the company would be scaling back its netbook plans to make room for tablets. Today Acer says neither of those things is quite true. In a statement released today, Acer says that the role of personal […]