Category: Laptops / Notebooks
Microsoft scrambles to counter the rise of OpenSource Linux on ULPCs
It seems that Asus’ Eee PC masterstroke took more than rival laptop manufacturers by surprise. Microsoft has been caught off guard by the sudden popularity of the cheap, diminutive devices and doesn’t like the fact that OpenSource Linux Operating Systems are benefiting the most from it…
Apple revealing tablet device at WWDC?
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off this year on June 9, and every Mac fan is already suffering sleepless nights and moist dreams over what gadget Steve Jobs may pull out of his trousers this time.
Today’s rumour is centred around Apple’s showing at WWDC and the current iPhone drought. If the 3G iPhone hits before June as these current shortages suggest, what will Steve flop out at Apple’s premier tech showcase in June?
Apparently, according to MacRumours, it’s going to be a multitouch-powered tablet computer. Apple itself called WWDC a “landmark event” – so it clearly thinks it’s got something decent…
Shiny Video Preview: Toshiba Portégé M800 laptop
Yesterday I got hands-on with the Portégé M800 laptop minutes after it was announced, and have to say I was really impressed with my first trial of it. With its white glossy casing, silver accents and white LED lights, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was an updated MacBook. But no – it runs Vista, and will…
Toshiba rolls out the Satellite A300 notebook, with a 15.4" display
In addition to the Portégé M800, Toshiba also announced the Satellite A300 notebook at the Paris press launch this morning.
Continuing the stylish lines of the M800, the A300 has a 15.4″ display, runs on Vista, and is entertainment-heavy with a Regza-Link, inbuilt FM tuner, Harmon/Kardon integrated speakers and Dolby Sound room technology.
Available in Glossy Mercury Silver, the A300…
Toshiba adds the limited edition Portégé M800 notebook to their collection
At a press launch in Paris this morning, Toshiba has given the masses a couple of new laptop models to gnaw their teeth over indecisively. The Portégé M800, pictured, is unlike their previous Portégé offering (the R500), as it’s finished in a pearl-white casing, with silver contrasts and white LEDs.
Measuring in at 13.3″, it will be released into the wild in Europe, the Middle East and Africa later this year, Q3 to be ‘precise’…
No Eee Pc rival from Toshiba for now
It has been very noticeable how slow the big mainstream laptop makers have been in responding to the phenomenon that is the Eee PC. You would have thought that given the speed of the Eee Pc bandwagon it would have…
Japan gets three new Eee PC colours – 4G XP model now comes in pink, green and blue
Of course, it’s not just “pink,” “green” and “blue”, though. That would be boring. That would be too easy, too predictable. They need SPECIAL NAMES! The new Japanese XP-packing Eee comes in “Sky Blue,” “Rush Green” and “Brush Pink.”
Here is the Sky Blue variant. It’s a little flash of summer to brighten up your afternoon. I have drawn in the Sun myself, for extra summer realism.
Sky Blue we understand. It’s blue. Like the sky is occasionally. Rush Green we also sort of understand, as, presumably, Asus means it’s as green as some rushes.
But Brush Pink? The phrase “as pink as a brush” doesn’t ring any bells…
AMD to launch "Business Class" PC range, as it attempts to stop Intel taking over the world
AMD’s going down the whole making-a-PC road, it appears, announcing that it’s launching a complete “solution” aimed at business users.
The AMD “Business Class” PC will be licensed out and sold by partners like Dell, Acer, Fujitsu-Siemens and HP, and will come in a variety of Phenom and Athlon processor specs – plus it’ll support AMD-owned ATi graphics cards and also those of its DEADLY RIVAL Nvidia…
ASUS announces the bamboo Eco Books will launch in June, to the distress of pandas
Those attractive notebooks made from laminated bamboo look set to drop in June, according to a Chinese newspaper.
The reported price is NT$50,000, which converts to a concise $1,651.80, or £832. On the whole, ASUS notebooks tend to be quite affordable, so I would be very surprised if they charge the UK market over £1,000 for it. Their ‘Eco Book’ monikers…
Video: MSI Wind notebook – anyone out there speak Turkish?
Remember this little fella? This is the MSI Wind notebook, or netbook…
