By Brandon Russell |
As companies continually improve smartphone and tablet displays, the next battleground is slowly moving toward high resolution laptop screens. And not even Google’s Chromebook Pixel, which has a resolution of 2560 x 1700-pixels, has the highest PPI around. That distinction belongs to Samsung with its…
By Maximum PC |
There’s a new mobile sheriff in town. Mobile gamers rejoice, for AMD hasn’t forgotten about you. On the contrary, the Sunnyvale chip designer just unveiled its Radeon 8970M, which AMD claims is the fastest laptop GPU on the entire planet. And not only is it smoking fast,…
By Brandon Russell |
MacBook Air supplies are becoming constrained ahead of Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference, indicating the beloved laptop is in for a refresh. A number of top resellers, including Amazon and MacMall, are all seeing dwindling availability, particularly the high-end 13.3-inch models. Low inventory is typically…
By Brandon Russell |
In addition to detailing iOS 7, Apple is expected to announce new MacBook Air models sporting Intel’s Haswell processor. That’s great, and means you’ll be able to pick up a slick piece of hardware with even better internals. Frankly, if you’re in the market to…
By Todd Haselton |
We know that Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference will focus on iOS and OS X, as it does every year, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be treated to new product announcements. Even though Apple CEO Tim Cook said we won’t see any new products until…
By Todd Haselton |
The PC industry is in a sharp decline as consumers gravitate more towards smartphones and tablets. Intel hopes to change that trend, largely blamed on Windows 8 itself, by introducing its new Bay Trail processors that will enable low cost Windows 8 machines. How cheap?…
By Maximum PC |
Is there a market for high priced Ultrabooks? Sometimes you have to throw caution to the wind and hope everything works out, which is exactly what Samsung’s doing with its new Series 9 Premium Ultrabook. It’s a $1,400 Ultrabook that flies in the face of conventional wisdom…
By Todd Haselton |
The Google Chromebook Pixel is a beautiful device, even if it does clock in at a relatively expensive $1,449 at the high end. Unfortunately, until today, we weren’t sure when the model with Verizon 4G LTE was going to ship from Google. Now we know.…
By Adriana Lee |
One of the major complaints about Acer’s C7 was its 3.5 to 4-hour battery life. While full-fledged laptop users may be used to middling longevity, Chromebook users aren’t. In fact, run-time is supposed to be one of the splashier benefits of this niche. Without processor-intensive applications,…
By Jon Rettinger |
Google’s Chromebook series of laptops are largely companion devices, what you use in addition to a computer you already have. For your money users got a vessel running Chrome OS, which provided every Google Web service imaginable. But outside of that, functionality is pretty limited…
By Adriana Lee |
Google’s new Chromebook Pixel is, in a word, stunning. The hardware’s form factor is beautifully designed — by the company itself, not some third-party partner — and many of the details are droolworthy: i5 processor, a touch display with impressively high resolution (even more than Apple’s…
By Brandon Russell |
That mysterious Chromebook Pixel laptop we saw is real and it costs $1,299. That’s a hefty price tag for a device with only 32GB of storage (the 64GB model with LTE is $1449). But the screen… the 12.85-inch (3:2 aspect ratio) display has 4.3 million…
By Brandon Russell |
Google has reportedly finalized touchscreen laptops running Chrome OS—perhaps that still mysterious but very interesting Chromebook Pixel is one of them? According to the Wall Street Journal, the devices are set to be available later this year, though it’s unclear when. Our best guess would…
By Roy Choi |
A new report states Apple is prepping for the next generation MacBook Air in the third quarter of 2013. The source claims the update will include a “facelift” and the usual hardware upgrades including new Intel Haswell processors and possibly the addition of Retina Display…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple didn’t only drop the price of new MacBook Pro with Retina display and MacBook Air models, it also lowered the prices of its refurbished models.These are generally a good buy, especially if you’re looking to pick up a new laptop at a discounted price…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple announced on Wednesday that it has dropped the price of its 13-inch MacBook Pro with a Retina display to $1,499 for the 128GB model and $1,699 for a newer model with 256GB of storage and a faster 2.6GHz processor. Meanwhile, it also updated its…
By Brandon Russell |
Google’s upcoming May event might introduce more than just an Android upgrade and another flagship phone. If the teaser you see below is legit, the company has a new touchscreen Chromebook in the works, dubbed Pixel, that will allegedly match Apple’s Retina MacBook Pro for…
By Todd Haselton |
Remember the HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook that leaked last week? HP just made it official, and it’s available in the United States now for $329.99. The Chromebook is powered by an Intel Celeron processor with Intel graphics and is equipped with a 16GB solid-state drive.…
By Todd Haselton |
Best Buy just reached out to let us know that, today and tomorrow, customers can purchase a MacBook Pro for $1,049.99 – $2,599, depending on the configuration, which is $150 – $200 off of the regular price. The retail outlet is also offering up to…
By Todd Haselton |
There are already a couple of Chromebook options on the market and it looks like HP is about to hop on the bandwagon. The image above is part of a spec sheet obtained by The Verge that details a notebook with a 14-inch screen, an Intel Celeron…
By Brandon Russell |
Best Buy is running a pretty banging deal on Apple’s MacBook Air, snipping $200 off of four of the 2012 models. This isn’t some refurbishment deal; these are brand new and have never been opened. The promotion goes until tomorrow, so hopefully you have the…
By Jon Rettinger |
Samsung unveiled several new products at CES, including televisions, new notebooks and new software. Among those new laptops, however, is the multitouch 15.6-inch Series S Chronos. It’s powered by a 2.4GHz Intel Core i7 processor and features dedicated AMD Radeon HD 8870 graphics, 1TB of…
By Jon Rettinger |
Samsung thinks you shouldn’t have to sacrifice power for portability in a laptop, and that is what the company is aiming to solve with the Series 7 Ultra. Ultrabooks are definitely the flavor du jour as of late, but one of the biggest issues has been that…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung just took the wraps off of the Series 7 Ultra, its latest Windows 8 notebook. The device features 8 hours of battery life, which Samsung says means you can fly from Paris to New York on without having to worry about ending up with…
