We received the HP’s newst laptop, the Spectre x360, late last year. It’s a beautiful computer with a premium built and top-of-the-line specs. The Spectre x360 is a great machine to consider if you are in the market for a new laptop. Now that it’s a few months old, our video editor Ron Parida decided to revisit the Spectre x360 and see how well it holds up in real-life tests. His usage...
Gaming laptop brings the bling Gold seems to be the ‘in’ thing among mobile devices these days, so why not extend the color option over to laptops? That must have been what MSI was thinking when it conceived limited edition versions of its GS60 Ghost Pro 3K and GS60 Ghost gaming notebooks. Each one packs high end hardware inside a “luxurious golden chassis” measuring 15.35 inches by 10....
A gaming laptop without the bulk The gaming category is one of the last frontiers for thin and light form factors in the mobile space, and if iBuyPower’s new Battalion MS1771-1 and MS1771-2 are any indication, gamers needn’t worry about lugging around big and heavy laptops. Despite wielding 17.3-inch Full HD 1080p (1920×1080) displays, these Battalion systems are billed as “ultra-thin...
We've already run through our favorite, but somewhat pricey, choices of laptops for back to school. However, we know not everyone can afford a $2,000 laptop. So we've put together a collection of our favorite units under $600. We were pleasantly surprised to see the quantity and quality of options in this price range.
Time: 5-15 minutes Cost: Free to $20 Difficulty: None Like many users, I use my laptop fairly regularly. I use it daily for work and occasionally for some gaming, which usually prompts my wife to ask, “Who are you killing today: Zombies? Aliens?”. But I keep it near me just about all the time. Laptops, tablets and smartphones are great useful tools and the more you use them the more...
The following post is sponsored by Best Buy. Head over to Best Buy for your back to school needs. It’s already that time of a year again. The ritual of returning back to school, and in conjunction the trip to store to stock up for school. And if you’re headed off to college you’ve got the literal laundry list of clothes, socks, underwear (never forget the undies). From my college...
Company touts energy efficiency and graphics performance ahead of Haswell launch The arrival of the next generation of Intel Core processors is drawing near and, as you would expect, the chipmaker is busy drawing the world's attention to all that is worth highlighting about its upcoming "Haswell" (codename) chips. The company most recently talked up the 22nm chips it is widely expected...
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, it’s also more efficient than previous designs, which means you can expect longer battery life, according to AMD....
Palm Pilot, you’re about to have some company up there in the tech afterlife: Word has it that the last two netbook makers — Acer and ASUS — are kicking this device category to the curb and ending production. So much for Acer chairman and CEO J.T. Wang’s stance that netbooks aren’t dead. Last September, the exec vowed to The Wall Street Journal that production would continue. It’s...
Samsung has been working its pre-CES buzz, and now the South Korean company has unleashed yet another goodie for the masses. Actually, there are two: Meet the Chronos and the Ultra, the new pair of Series 7 laptops. Both are Windows 8-based machines with JBL speakers and HD screens of 1,920×1,080. The Chronos (top) is a 15.6-inch, multi-touch laptop that features a 2.4 GHz Intel Core...