Archive for: Laptops

Envy 17 pops up on HP.com begging to be officially launched

HP’s clearly been updating its website with new products over the past few days, but our guess is that the Envy 17 that was just added to the domain slipped through a bit early. We wish there were more details thrown up there, but unfortunately the spec and data sheet pages come up blank. One [...]

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MacBook Pros with NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M silicon making questionable graphics switching decisions

“With every choice you make, ask yourself: is this a good choice, or is this a bad choice?” That’s the sage advice we were constantly given as tykes — and it’s advice that replays in our feeble brains every day as we write news. Turns out it’s also a piece of wisdom Apple’s latest round [...]

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Battalion Touch CZ-11 multitouch gaming laptop gets Core i7 processor, keeps things classy

iBuyPower’s back with a refresh to its simple, yet understated 15-inch touchscreen gaming notebook. The Battalion Touch CZ-11, newly announced today, features a Intel Core i7 processor, ATI Radeon HD 5650 graphics, a 15.6-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) multitouch display, 4GB memory, 500GB storage, WiFi b/g/n, and optional Blu-ray — not too shabby, right? [...]

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Dell Precision M4500 now shipping with $1,549 starting price

With specs and prices easily reaching into the stratosphere, we weren’t quite sure where Dell’s new 15-inch Precision M4500 workstation would land — the 17-inch M6500 has a starting price of $1,799, but that’s only after $310 of “instant savings.” Well, it looks like we’re getting off (relatively) easy with the M4500, with a Core [...]

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Dell Latitude E6410 and E6510 emerge overseas, Core i5 / i7 and all

We spotted this suit-and-tie wearing pair sneaking through the FCC’s lairs a few weeks ago, and now we know the whens and wheres of buying one… in the UK, anyway. The Dell Latitude E6410 is currently listed with a base price of £749 ($1,128) and features a 14.1-inch display (WXGA and WXGA+ options), a Core [...]

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ASUS Eee PC T101MT headed to US in April for $499

Well beginning of April, you sure do like tablets for $499, don’t ya? While the Eee PC T101MT has been available to suave Europeans since February, ASUS has let out word that the 10-inch, multitouch tablet will start shipping in the US sometime in April for $499. Not a bad deal considering the Pine Trail-powered [...]

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Envy 14, Envy 17, and Pavilion dm4 cited in HP support docs

Hardcore HP-heads have been poring over support docs tirelessly looking for indications that a presumed lineup refresh this spring will include previously leaked Envy 14 and 17-inch models, and what do we have here? “HP Support Assistant CVA documentation, SP47326″ includes references to both, meaning that a release is either in the works or someone [...]

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Acer launches Aspire Ethos line with swanky 5943G and 8943G models

Acer’s aspirational laptops have a new Ethos to them now, and it clearly has something to do with entertainment. The newly revealed 18.4-inch 8943G sports a 1920 x 1080 resolution and a true 5.1 surround sound setup, meaning that somewhere within its shell reside five miniature speakers and a sub. Processor options range all the [...]

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Samsung’s R30 and R80 Touch of Color laptops now on sale

Plain they are not, and Samsung’s Touch of Color laptops that were launched at the tail-end of CES this year have finally begun to ship. As of now, the Core 2 Duo-equipped R430, Core i3-packin’ R480, and Core i5-based R580 / R780 are all on sale at Best Buy, with prices ranging from $629.99 to [...]

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HP EliteBook 8740w pumped up with Intel Core 2010 CPUs, ATI / NVIDIA graphics

Fear not mobile workstation lovers, it may have taken HP a bit more time to refresh its 17-inch EliteBook 8740w, but it’s officially here now and ready to champ at the bit with a combo of cutting edge features / specs. We’ll start with the externals first — the 7.8-pound, magnesium-alloy chassis is covered in [...]

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