Pick up the Acer Swift 7 (2019) laptop and you almost won’t believe that it is a laptop. It’s barely thicker than an iPhone, measuring just 9.95mm (0.4 inches thick). And weighing just 890 grams (a little under 2 pounds, it’s lighter than some hardcover books. Acer’s laptop has a 14 inch display, but it’s more […]
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Samsung Series 5 NP535 not-an-ultrabook packs AMD Trinity CPU
Samsung recently introduced a line of Series 5 ultrabook thin and light computers with Intel Ivy Bridge processors and solid state disks. But what happens if you swap out the Intel CPU for an AMD part and use a hard drive instead of a solid state disk? Apparently you can knock about $100 off the starting price, […]
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Asus introduces U32U thin, light, and AMD-powered notebooks
The Asus U32U is a new thin and light laptop from Asus. It looks a bit like an ultrabook, but measuring about 0.9 inches thick, it’s just a little too chunky to qualify. More importantly, the Asus U32U is powered by an AMD processor, and Intel owns the trademark on the word “ultrabook.” So let’s […]
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Prototype shows AMD’s answer to Intel’s ultrabooks
Most of the top PC makers have already hopped on the ultrabook bandwagon, introducing thin and light laptops with the latest Intel processors, quick boot technology, and other newfangled features. But while Intel has trademarked the word “ultrabook” it certainly doesn’t have the monopoly on ultraportable laptops. Chip maker AMD is hoping that computer makers […]
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AMD’s answer to Intel’s ultrabooks coming in early 2012?
Ultrabooks are a new class of thin and light laptops which feature Intel processors, solid state disks, and other premium features including fast boot and resume-from-sleep speeds. If you’re wondering why they need Intel chips, it’s because Intel coined the word “ultrabook” and has trademarked the heck out of it. But Intel doesn’t have a […]
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Hitachi plans to make super-slim hard drives
One of the advantages of using a solid state disk instead of a hard drive is that it lets you build thinner laptops. SSDs don’t need the same kind of cooling as hard drives, and they can generally be thinner as well. But you still get a lot more storage for your buck with hard […]
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Intel unveils next-gen ultrathin laptop chips
Intel has just unveiled its plans for the ultra-thin laptop space. The company will have a series of new Celeron, Pentium, and Core i-series chips designed to balance power consumption and performance. At the bottom of the line, there will be a 1GHz Celeron U3400 chip and 1.2GHz Pentium U5400 processor. These will have a […]
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HP Pavilion DM1 dual-core netbook reviewed
Somewhere in the space between Atom netbooks and full-blown laptops, there’s a space for the HP Pavilion DM1. With an Intel SU2300 dual core CPU under the hood, this ultrathin is powerful enough to compete with chunkier notebooks while thin and light enough to feel like a netbook. Netbooked has gotten their hands on one, […]