What kind of gaming system can you get for £1,099 inc vat? Perhaps you are contemplating a desktop replacement style laptop but are wondering how the performance will compare? With this in mind we approached UK system builder DINOPC and they built a desktop and a laptop system at the …
Read More »PCSpecialist Optimus V X13 Review
UK system builder PCSpecialist have earned an excellent reputation in recent years by delivering cost effective rigs, using high grade components. Today we look at one of their new mobile systems, the Optimus V X13. This diminutive 13.3 inch laptop is loaded to the gills with high end hardware, including …
Read More »Dell gives free tablet with PC or electronics purchase
For a limited amount of time the Dell Venue 7 media tablet will cease to be a product and will become a competitive advantage of Dell. The PC maker on Wednesday kicked off a campaign that grants every U.S. student who purchases a personal computer, a large display, or a …
Read More »Intel: We will integrate 3G/4G modems into all our platforms
Intel Corp. said this week that its future PC platforms will be equipped with its own 3G/4G modems so to enable wireless Internet connectivity everywhere and on every device. The move will clearly make notebooks and slates with integrated baseband capabilities more affordable eventually, whereas Intel’s chips will get more …
Read More »Microsoft: ultra-affordable Windows devices are incoming
At its annual worldwide partners conference Microsoft Corp. said that later this year its partners will release ultra-affordable devices running the company’s Windows operating system. The family of such devices will include notebooks that cost $199 – $249 and tablets that are priced at $99. Microsoft’s most important rivals these …
Read More »Hewlett-Packard may return to market of gaming notebooks
Although Hewlett-Packard acquired VoodooPC, a boutique PC maker, to compete for the market of high-end gaming PCs in 2006, by now the company has completely withdrawn from this market. According to a media report, HP plans to re-enter the market of gaming PCs with a brand-new laptop later this year. …
Read More »MSI GS60 2PE Ghost Pro 15.6 inch Laptop Review
Today we have a very special review for our readers, a look at the world's slimmest and lightest 15.6 inch Gaming Notebook. The MSI GS60 2PE Ghost Pro is currently available in 3 different flavours – one will ship with a 3K screen, another with Nvidia GTX860M discrete graphics. The …
Read More »Intel licenses wireless charging technology from WiTricity
At the Computex 2014 trade-show Intel Corp. announced that its reference designs based on the Skylake generation of microprocessors will support Rezence, a wireless charging standard developed by the Alliance 4 Wireless Power (A4WP). This week Intel actually licensed wireless charging solutions for computing devices designed by WiTricity. The A4WP’s …
Read More »Intel wants to get rid of cables with ‘Skylake’-based devices
The upcoming systems powered by the Core M “Broadwell” microprocessors will certainly be impressive. But the real revolution awaits us sometimes in 2015 – 2016, when Intel Corp.’s partners roll-out devices based on the code-named “Skylake” central processing units. Those mobile systems are expected to be completely wireless and therefore …
Read More »Computex: AMD launches Kaveri laptops
Working with HP, Lenovo and Acer, AMD has unveiled a new line up of mobile processors at Computex 2014 in Taipei. KitGuru was on hand as the brand new systems were unboxed and secured to the tables on the AMD stand. Pricing is to be confirmed, according to AMD folks …
Read More »Asus to demonstrate ‘the next incredible thing’
Asustek Computer plans to showcase a brand new product at the Computex Taipei trade-show. While the company does not reveal what kind of device it will roll out, it definitely expects it to impress the crowd. This week Asus uploaded a video to YouTube that depicts a person, who is …
Read More »HP begins to sell media tablets for $99 in the U.S., £99 in the U.K.
Ever since Apple started to sell its iPad media tablet four years ago, many observers have wondered whether and when slates from well-known brands be available for $100, an important psychological price-point. This week Hewlett-Packard finally started to sell a tablet that costs only $99.99 in the U.S. Separately, HP …
Read More »Microsoft unveils Surface 3 Pro, calls it a laptop replacement
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday introduced its all-new Surface 3 Pro tablet aimed at business users and enterprises. The slate is extremely thin and light, yet, it has a high-definition retina-class 12” display, is based on a high-performance x86 microprocessor and sports Windows 8 Pro operating system. Microsoft claims that the …
Read More »KitKat won’t be coming to international Galaxy S3 devices
Samsung is cherry picking which devices it pushes the Android 4.4 KitKat update to but it's singling out a lot of early device adopters as the Galaxy S3 i9300, better known as the international version of the phone, won't be getting the update. According to a statement from Samsung, the …
Read More »Tesco is planning to launch its own smartphone
Upon the success of Tesco's budget Android tablet option, the Hudl, the supermarket has revealed that it is now focussing on bringing out its own Hudl branded smartphone. The supermarket's latest device is said to be out by the end of the year, just in time for the holidays which …
Read More »HTC One M8 mini specs and body leaks
The HTC One M8 launch has passed and most of the hype has settled but it seems that HTC is almost ready to reveal the mini version of its new Android flagship as some specs and the images of the phone leak. EVLeaks is behind this one, revealing what appears …
Read More »Gigabyte P35K-CF4 UltraBlade Review
The Gigabyte P35K UltraBlade is a sleek 15.6-inch laptop that measures a mere 21mm thick when the lid is closed. Open the lid and the main part of the chassis is less than 17mm thick which is pretty amazing when you discover the P35K is powered by a Core i7 …
Read More »Google might ditch the Nexus line in favour of ‘Android Silver’
Google is currently rumoured to be working on the Android Silver project, which will change the way the company markets the best Android smartphones. Unfortunately though, it could spell trouble for the Nexus line, which is quite disappointing as Nexus devices have been a hit amongst mobile enthusiasts. Phones in …
Read More »LG G3 expected to be revealed May 27th
It's that time of year where all of the top Android handset competitors are releasing new flagship devices, We just recently had the HTC One M8, the Galaxy S5 and now LG is jumping in to the arena with the G3, which is expected to be announced on the 27th …
Read More »AMD unveils new-generation low-power, ultra-low-power APUs
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday unveiled two new families of accelerated processing units with low and ultra-low power consumption. The new chips, previously known as Beema and Mullins, will power thin laptops, 2-in-1s, as well as various Microsoft Windows-based tablets. Unfortunately, the majority of actual devices based on AMD’s new …
Read More »AMD to release ‘Beema’ APU next week, chips already shipping
Advanced Micro Devices has started a countdown till the announcement of an important chip in three days from now. The company wants its customers to guess, what is going to be unveiled. Based on the image that AMD demonstrates, it is fairly easy to guess that it plans to reveal …
Read More »Samsung might be working on a 7 Inch smartphone
Rumours are suggesting that Samsung is currently working on a 7″ smartphone, not a tablet or even a phablet but an actual smartphone, taking our screen sizes to the extreme. Samsung has been experimenting with new screen sizes for the last couple of years, bringing us phones like the 6.3″ …
Read More »Toshiba introduces notebook with 15.6” 4K display
Toshiba Corp. this week unveiled the industry’s first 15.6” laptop with ultra-high-definition display that has earned Technicolor colour certification. The laptop is designed for both creative professionals as well as multimedia enthusiasts who want to enjoy video, photos and applications in resolution never available before on laptops. The new Toshiba …
Read More »Sony warns 26,000 Vaio laptops at risk of catching fire
Sony has issued a warning today urging users to stop using the Vaio Fit 11A laptop as soon as possible due to a battery fault that potentially puts 26,000 laptops at risk of catching fire. It all comes down to a manufacturing fault found in Panasonic's batteries which now puts around …
Read More »MSI GE60 2PE Apache Pro 15.6in gaming notebook
Laptops are rarely given much credit when it comes to gaming ability, but the GE60 2PE Apache Pro from MSI has the potential to turn that idea on its head. Packing the ‘hot-off-the-shelf' Nvidia GTX 860M, an Intel i7 4700 HQ CPU with 12GB of DDR3 and a 128GB SSD …
Read More »Chromebook shipments totaled just around 2.1 million units in 2013
Although a number of PC makers are pretty vocal about the success of notebooks based on ChromeOS operating system, actual sales of such computers are pretty low, according to market analysts. Apparently, the global market share of Chromebooks in 2013 was about 0.6 per cent. ABI Research estimates that 2.1 …
Read More »HTC admits to One (M8) benchmark cheating
It seems that some phone makers are still cheating in Android benchmarks as HTC has admitted that it optimised the One (M8) to push itself harder than normal in order to get higher benchmark results. People began suspecting that this was the case when the new HTC phone began dominating …
Read More »Lenovo recalls 150 thousand laptop batteries due to fire hazard
Lenovo Group on Friday said it would recall as many as 150 thousand laptop batteries due to fire hazard. The batteries powered over ten different ThinkPad notebook models, which were on sale in the U.S., Canada and China. According to the U.S. consumer product safety commission, Lenovo has received two …
Read More »Microsoft and Nokia deal won’t close until April
Microsoft's $7.17 billion Nokia buyout deal was announced late last year, the deal was expected to finally close this month however, regulators have delayed the finalisation until April as a few more approvals need to be made. Microsoft's Executive Vice President, Brad Smith, announced the small delay in a blog …
Read More »MSI Shows Off New Gaming Notebooks
Earlier this week KitGuru was invited to attend the launch event for MSI's new range of gaming notebooks. Star of the show was the debutant GS60 which is the lightest and thinnest 15.6″ gaming notebook on the market. But before gorging on the glamorous GS60, let's outline the key features …
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