Notebook

Microsoft Corp.’s Surface series of media and business tablets is staring to gain traction on the market. According to the company’s latest financial results, sales of Surface doubled in the second quarter of the fiscal 2014 (calendar Q4 2013). Unfortunately, the slates still bring only losses to the software giant. …

Advanced Micro Devices is confident that its upcoming microprocessors code-named “Beema” and “Mullins” designed for low-power laptops and tablets, respectively, will outperform Intel Corp.’s existing Atom system-on-chips that belong to the code-named “Bay Trail” platform. AMD claims that its upcoming “Beema” and “Mullins” accelerated processing units for various low-power devices …

Intel Corp. reiterated plans to start volume production of its next-generation microprocessors code-named “Broadwell” using 14nm process technology this quarter. Manufacturing yields of the chips have improved, according to the company. Commercial introduction of the new chips is expected in the second half of the year. Intel’s code-named “Broadwell” central …

Jason Chen, a former executive from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. who recently became chief executive officer of Acer Group, has failed to impress investors who attended his press conference in Taiwan early on Monday. The new head of the company did not present a lot of ideas regarding the future …

In an attempt to make devices based on its chips more competitive, Intel Corp. plans to bring human-like senses to a broad range of personal computers, the company outlined at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. To make this possible, the chip giant has developed a combination of software and …

Today we are analysing the Alienware 17 – a powerful  gaming machine which fits into the Alienware range between the 18 that we looked at a few weeks ago and the 14 which has yet to pass through our labs. Is it worth a shortlist? writing essay service We were …

Last week Apple introduced its new line of Macbook Pro laptops with retina displays and they were made immediately available after the event. Like with any Apple launch,  a wave of customers instantly ordered whatever they could afford but the usually happy and satisfied Macbook Pro owners aren't so impressed …

Today we are going to take a look at one of the most powerful gaming notebooks to ever hit the market, the Alienware 18.  This fits in right at the top of Alienware's range and is one of the most expensive gaming notebooks that is currently available on the market. …

Even with touch screens being so common in Windows 8 laptops now, I think it's time we stopped putting our grubby fingers all over their nice HD screens. HP agrees, which is why its newly announced notebook, the Envy 17 Leap Motion SE, supports gesture input. Set for release this …

Medion has been in the consumer hardware business for quite a while and is now branching out with a range of gaming notebooks. In a press release, the company has announced the ERAZER X7825 gaming notebook. The X7825 comes equipped with an Intel Core i7-4700MQ clocked at 2.4GHz, 8GB of …

Almost a year ago now we took a look at the XMG P502 from MySN UK which turned out to be a pretty decent portable gaming machine.  This was one of their first ventures into the UK market, after the German company set up a dedicated UK arm to handle …

MSI has unveiled its GS70 series of gaming notebooks built for gamers on-the-go. Weighing 2.6kg, and measuring in at less than an inch thick, MSI's GS70 models represent the thinnest and lightest 17-inch gaming laptops on the market. Powered by an Intel Core i7 4700HQ processor, 16GB of 1600MHz DDR3L …

With gamers and enthusiasts still a crucial part of AMD's mobile GPU strategy, the California-based semiconductor company has launched HD 8900M – a series of products which it touts to include the “world's fastest notebook GPU”. Powered by AMD's GCN architecture and built on a 28nm process, the HD 8900M …

Laptops aren't exactly as vogue as they once were at the moment, weathering the netbook trend of a few years ago and now sitting quietly in the corner while everyone plays with their tablets. But Sega's Note PC certainly makes me want to get a new one, since it comes …

We all love a bargain, but scouring the high street technology stores on the day after Xmas did not seem to generate any serious surprises. KitGuru is sent some snaps and breaks out ‘Analysis 101' to see just how well the shoppers are doing today. Will records be set? While …

Today we are going to look at one of MySn's fully loaded gaming notebooks, the XMG P502, which combines a powerful Ivy Bridge CPU with nVidia's all singing, all dancing GTX 680M graphics card. All of this is contained within a 15.6" form factor which isn't much more bulky than your average multimedia machine.

The move from desktop to laptop was gradual. Given that we've had portable computing solutions since 1981, it took until the last part of 2008 before the laptop became the dominant PC life form. The latest research shows that Apple's forte will take a lot less time to pass laptops. …

It has been determined via several retailers that shipments of 2011 model 15-inch MacBook Pros are slowing down including variants that are based on higher processor clock speeds, which is indicative that Apple is lowering production in preparation for the new 2012 model roll-out. It's not uncommon that we see …

After many months of Ivy Bridge talk and still another month or so to go before its supposed launch date, it's been discovered that there doesn't appear to be any Core i3 models coming out for notebooks; rather, Ivy Bridge mobile parts will be confined to Intel's Core i7, Core …

Lenovo has added itself to the list of notebook manufacturers jumping the gun on Ivy Bridge with a Pre-Order listing appearing online for its Ivy Bridge-equipped IdeaPad Y480 notebook. Sporting Intel's upcoming Core i7-3610QM quad-core 2.3GHz processor, this 14″ notebook with a model code of “20934FU” is now listed on …

With the confirmed delay of Intel's next-gen Ivy Bridge processors for the mobile segment until June this year and current Sandy Bridge Ultrabooks still fetching rather hefty pricing, Taiwanese based notebook vendors are apparently looking to mix the pot in the interim by preparing for market some “Ultrabook-like” notebooks that …

Apparently Apple is seriously thinking about producing a 14-inch sized MacBook Air with primary motivation for this sized notebook stemming from the Asia market. It's been determined that Asians are particularly fond of 14-inch notebooks and this size makes up between 35 and 40% of the total notebook market across Asia, …

Dell has cut it fine in delivering on its promise to bring the XPS 13 Ultrabook to market this February. It is now available for purchase from Dell's website with shipments commencing as of now at a base price of $999 US. The XPS 13 is a 13.3-inch sized Ultrabook …

Some more info has come to light on the whole delayed Ivy Bridge subject that surfaced a week or so back. When word initially surfaced about the delays we were lead to believe it was the entire lineup that would be affected, but thankfully within a couple of days We …

ASUS decided to launch an Ultrabook striving to gain attention with its stylish, elegant design cues in an equally fitting manner at the Milan Fashion Week in Italy. Say hello to the new Zenbook UX21 Rose Gold Ultrabook. The Rose Gold edition of its UX21 stays with the 11-inch sized, …

While much of the focus has been on AMD in the graphics realm recently with the birth of the HD 7970 in particular, NVIDIA is getting some real momentum happening in the mobile segment with its new 28nm TSMC based architecture, Kepler being well into production and apparently now shipping …

We've known for a while now that Kinect will be making its way to PCs as software developers have been given access to Kinect for Windows SDK. But what's of particular interest is in the way it will be used with notebooks. You're probably quick to picture a large awkward …

As the UK's biggest LAN event ever prepares to kick off at the International Centre in Telford over this Bank Holiday weekend, major sponsor Medion is launching a huge competition to win a £1,000 Pro-Gamer Laptop. Entry is simple and one lucky reader will be enjoying the mobile gaming goodness …

At the opening day of the Gadget Show LIVE at the Birmingham NEC, visitors were able to get hands-on with the fastest MSI notebook yet. It's a bit of a beast and KitGuru spies were on hand to snap the snaps. It's hard to imagine an industry where records are …

KitGuru has looked at a number of impressive gaming laptops over the past few months including the bespoke Cryo Mercia.  Like Cryo, Kobalt Computers is a relatively small operation who cater for the enthusiast end of the market.  Their laptop range starts at £859 inc. VAT with the budget friendly …