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May 31st, 2007 at 11:24 am »
Comments (0)After Dell broke the ice and started officially shipping Dell Ubuntu Linux laptops, we decided to take a look how they stack up against laptops produced by specialized Ubuntu notebook vendor - System 76.
The conclusion - things does not look too bad for System 76.
So far Dell is selling only one notebook - 15.4″ […]
May 29th, 2007 at 9:35 am »
Comments (0)In the beginning of this month Sony announced one more ultraportable notebook line - Sony VAIO TZ series.
TZ series were building on the experiences and success of the previous Sony VAIO TX notebook line. Sony VAIO TZ laptops kept the same screen size (11.1″), but got lighter (1.19 kg) and stronger thanks to carbon fibre […]
May 25th, 2007 at 10:38 am »
Comments (0)Today BenQ has expanded it’s Santa Rosa notebook line with the release of the new 13.3″ Widescreen ultraportable laptops - BenQ Joybook S32/S32W.
As most of the latest Joybooks, BenQ S32/32W has the great shiny looks, utilizing BenQ’s Laminated Color metal technology. It comes in two - black and white colors.
May 24th, 2007 at 10:46 am »
Comments (0)The wait is over and Dell Ubuntu Linux notebooks and desktops systems are here.
Today Dell has officially launched 3 new systems - Dell Inspirion E1505n notebook, Dell Dimension E520n and XPS 410n desktops - with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled.
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:08 am »
Comments (2)What’s with Samsung and it’s obsession with thinness?
First they went for the worlds thinnest laptop - Samsung X11. Then they’ve got worlds slimmest phone - Samsung X820. Then, with Samsung Ultra Edition II, their phones got even thinner .
And now it’s time for the thinnest Samsung Ultra Slim Mouse 8.0.
May 18th, 2007 at 11:24 am »
Comments (0)They say that imitation is the ultimate form of flattery. In that case AOpen must be the ultimate flatterer. As soon as MacMini launched, AOpen came out with their minPC version.
Then they came up with their own version of Shuttle XPC - small form factor AOpen XC Cube barebone system.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:03 am »
Comments (0)Unlike X60 Core Duo Tablet PC, that took almost a year to get launched after the first leaks have appeared on the net, Lenovo ThinkPad X61 Santa Rosa based tablet PC will see the light pretty soon.
A draft of the Lenovo X61 Tablet PC announcement letter has prematurely appeared on the on IBM site and […]
May 16th, 2007 at 10:08 am »
Comments (0)Fujitsu took its time - more then a year - with it’s first UMPC offering. But instead of having a simple UMPC, they decided to build on their Tablet PCs/Convertible notebook experience. And produced something really interesting - Fujitsu U Series Tablet Convertible UMPC.
Fujitsu Lifebook U8240 is the first of the devices to use […]
May 14th, 2007 at 11:24 am »
Comments (0)Toshiba Tecra M9 Centrino Pro notebook is the first Toshiba’s business notebook to get Santa Rosa chip upgrade.
Since it was not able to field a lot of configuration options for the business flagship, Toshiba went to great lengths to get the price/spec equation for Tecra M9 right.
May 14th, 2007 at 10:56 am »
Comments (0)Gateway wasn’t the vendor to announce the biggest number of laptops with next gen Intel Centrino Duo (Santa Rosa) chips inside. But it is among the first to actually start shipping them to the buyers.
In addition to it’s 14.1″ Gateway E-265M laptop, Gateway also decided to upgrade it’s popular 15.4″ notebook line with Santa Rosa […]