Posts from 'Laptops, tablets and PCs' category

Sony kicked out yesterday their new desktop system LA3. This PC is actually a Media Center, capable of functioning as a computer, DVD or TV, while being very slim and having some incredible good looks. Unfortunately, all these don't come cheap at all.The LA3 packs an Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 processor with 1.83 Ghz, a NVidia GeForce Go 7600 potent graphic board, 2 GB of RAm and a massive 320 GB storage disk. All these in a compact case, measu...

Do you remember when we spoke about MIDs, Intel's version of UMPCs with mobile operating system?MIDs are supposed to be available at a much affordable 500 $ price point, with almost the same software capabilities of current UMPCs. Below there's a video with a beta version of MIDINUX in action. ...

After I presented another add from the "Get a Mac" line a couple o days ago, here's another one.It's really short and kind of stupid, having the voices of Cartman and Towelie behind. So, just take a look ...

We all love Apple products, and especially their laptop series, the MacBook. But what if the MacBook would be slimmer, better looking and easier to carry around?Just take a look at this concept, called the Mactab. Designed by Yann Le Coroller, the Mactab could be the MacBook of the future.Mactab, a cool independent laptop concept Like you can see from these pictures, the device is incredibly thin. The screen and the keyboard are not tied...

The "Get a Mac" ads are already famous, but here's a special one, with South Park inspired characters.Althoug having nothing in common with the South Park comedy series or its creatores, it's still nice. So Enjoy ...

If you ever felt attracted by the UMPC concept and followed our news about those products you might know we always complain about price. But not things changed, as Samsung released today the Q1 Ultra, which starts from 799 $, a very affordable price point for budget users.The lower model, the one that you can get for only 799 $, has a very respectable Intel Ultra Mobile Processor A100 600 MHz CPU, 1 GB DDR2 400 MHz RAM a 40 GB hard drive and ...

If you're a maniac at least a little you must have dreamed sometimes about a cool workstation, with big LCD screen, two of them at least and a cool operating system that allows natural interaction, without interfering with your other tasks like drinking coffee or eating pizza, and keeps working while you don't.Microsoft apparently shares the same vision and introduced the Center for Information Work (CIW), the giant's vision for productivity ...

Acer are launching their new laptops series later today, in Milan. For now, we don't know many things about these new gadgets, but it's certainly a good news that they decided for a redesign at last. Acer were known for their accessible laptops, that came with some pretty dull designs though. All except the Acer Ferrari line of course...Due to appear today is the Acer Aspire Gemstone line and also the new Travelmates. The new Acer Aspire Gem...

Do you remember hybrid hard-drives? If you don't get a quick look here, it about those special hard disks Microsoft promised a few years ago to increase performance and lower consumption in Windows Vista. Time passed, Vista saw the light of day, but no hybrids in sight. That changed today, when Samsung (today's pioneer in IT industry) launched the R55 laptop, the first production model fitted with a hybrid hard drive.Samsung promises bit t...

The battle for supremacy on the growing external hard drives market is fierce, with some big names fighting over the bone, like Seagate, Western Digital and Samsung. Toshiba was not one of the big guys, but could become one pretty soon, after launching the first 2.5" external drive with 200 GB storage space, and USB 2.0 connectivity for data transfer.The Toshiba drive has unfortunately only a 4200 rpm drive inside, which is a little slow for ...