LG has just announced their entry to the Ultrabook category, the 13.3″ Xnote Z330. While the outside cover has a concentric circle, etched pattern similar to that of the ASUS Zenbooks (although more subtle and originates from the corner instead of from the center of…
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Acer Aspire S5 Ultrabook Announced at CES 2012 [Video]
Today Acer announced the 13.3-inch Aspire S5 Ultrabook, their follow-up to the Aspire S3, one of the first Ultrabooks out on the market.
It’s the world’s thinnest Ultrabook (for now), measuring at 15mm at its thickest point, and weighs in at 1.3 kg. Similar to…
Nokia Concept Design Blends the N9 with the Sony Tablet S
A Nokia tablet concept design has arrived which is a blend of the Nokia N9 smartphone and Sony’s tablet S. Cameron McKinnon has made the tablet absolutely enormous measuring in at 14.3 inches.
Nokia Tab uses a massive 14.3 inch display, a 12 megapixel camera…
Samsung Series 5 Ultra: High Performance Ultrabook Launches in Korea
Samsung has been flirting with the Ultrabook space with its Series 9 laptops even before Intel started pushing the new product category. Samsung isn’t entering the space mildly, the two models are being announced today are high end all the way. The 14-inch version measuring…
Latest 11.6″ Macbook Air $150 Off for Black Friday
If you’re after one of Apple’s ultra thin Macbook Air’s this just might be the deal that you’re looking for. The latest Macbook Air is $150 off from $999 to $849. This is actually a deeper discount than what Apple is offering as they are…
New Dell Ultraportables (Ultrabooks?) Hit FCC
A couple new ultra-thin laptops from Dell have shown up in FCC listings, found by the publication Wireless Goodness:
As can be seen in the diagrams above, the devices are barely thicker than an Ethernet port, strongly hinting at an Ultrabook offering from Dell. But…
OCZ Announces the First 1TB Laptop SSD
OCZ has announced a 1TB SSD that will pop right into your laptop! The Octane SSD uses the standard 2.5-inch size that you find in most notebook computers. In addition to the higher capacity, this SSD also uses the new Indlinx Everest controller, which provides…
Reliance on SSDs May Be Another Sticking Point for Ultrabooks
Ultrabook manufacturers continue to run into problems trying to design models that have optimal performance, ultra-low weight, and ultra-thin chassis, but significantly undercut MacBook Air pricing. The latest sticking point is needing to use SSDs for primary storage in Ultrabooks. They can be used to…
Ultrabook’s Considering HDD Integration for Cost Savings
Ultrabooks are starting to hit the streets and they are coming out at below the expected price point with models like the Toshiba Z830 or the ASUS series coming is at $899. In order to keep the price low and the performance high, apparently manufactures…
Intel SSD Featuring Thunberbolt Demo at IDF 2011
Apple released Thunderbolt on their Macbooks with the PC world wishing that USB 3.0 was just as cool. It seems that you’ll be able to choose between the high transfer speeds of Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 on your PC. What we got to check out…
Manufactures Looking for CPU Price Drop on Ultrabooks
I saw this one coming a mile away! I’ve been saying for weeks now that Intel should subsidize the end cost of Ultrabooks for the consumer and apparently the manufacturers agree! Both Acer and Compal are looking Intel to help them drop the price on…
64GB of Memory on Intel X79 Demo at IDF 2011
We usually don’t cover extreme desktops but when we saw this one, we just had to share. Kingston Technlogy Demoed a pre-production system that includes a Sandy Bridge-E processor, a GIGABYTE X79 series motherboard (GA-X79-UDS) and 8GB memory modules at IDF 2011.
The chipset and…
Corsair announces new force GT SSD
The standard 2.5 inch HDD is often lacking in the speed department. Do you often find yourself quoting Maverick from Top Gun “I feel the need, the need for speed!” You answered yes to that question (unless you are using alien technology). Well Corsair has…
SanDisk unveils faster new U100 and i100 SSDs for UMPC market
SanDisk has unveiled a pair of new Solid State Drives (SSD) from Computex today aimed at the Ultra Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC) market. More specifically, the tablet and Intel blessed “Ultrabook” market. The U100 reaches 450MB/s read speed and 340MB/s write speed using the SATA…
MyDigitalSSD launches Bullet Proof mSATA SSD
MyDigitalSSD has launched a new series of ‘Bullet Proof’ SSDs for the mobile market that use the new mini-SATA (mSATA) interface, introduced back in 2009 as a smaller yet speedy alternative to the standard SATA interface that can fit into increasingly thinner and smaller devices…
