MSI has announced a new mobile workstation that goes by the name of GT60 Workstation. The new MSI product comes with powerful Intel Core i7 processors, a 15.6-inch anti-glare display that works at 1920 x 1080 and covers 95 per cent of the NTSC gamut and a professional NVIDIA Quadro K2000M video card with a 28 nm chip with 384 stream processors. Other specs include up to 32 GB of DDR...
Notebooks
Dell releases Inspiron 3521 and Inspiron 5521 notebooks
29 November 2012 | Notebooks
US computer maker Dell has started the sales of two new Inspiron notebooks – the Inspiron 3521 and Inspiron 5521. Both come with more than decent hardware and surprisingly low prices – so they are worth taking a look at. Measuring 376 x 259 x 25 mm both laptops weigh 2.5 kg and come with a range of Intel Ivy Bridge processors including Pentium Dual-Core, Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7...
Radeon HD 8550M graphics card seen in ASUS laptop
22 November 2012 | Notebooks, PC
The next generation of AMD HD graphics cards is still somewhere in the future – or so AMD says – but some sharp eyes have seen the yet unannounced Radeon HD 8550M graphics card installed in a certain ASUS laptop – the ASUS VivoBook U38DT-R3001H – that you can now pre-order online. There’s very little information on this graphics card in particular except tha...
System76 debuts Ubuntu-powered gaming laptop
20 November 2012 | Notebooks, PC gaming
It may seem strange at first but Linux Ubuntu can power gaming laptops too – or so System76 thinks. To prove this the company has released a new powerful gaming laptop that runs the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 12.10. The novelty known as Bonobo Extreme weighs 3.9 kilograms and offers fast Intel Core i7 processors that run between 2.4 GHz and 2.8 GHz. ...
ASUS launches ultra thin notebook in Europe
15 November 2012 | Featured, Notebooks
ASUS has treated its European customers and fans with a new ultra thin 13.3-inch notebook model VivoBook U38DT. The new notebook model comes with a quad-core AMD A8-4555M APU and features APU-integrated AMD Radeon HD 7600G graphics and an external Radeon HD 8550 graphics card with 1 GB of VRAM. In addition the VivoBook U38DT comes with a 13.3-inch touch screen TN disp...
Maingear announces Nomad 15 gaming laptop
13 November 2012 | Gaming, Notebooks
US company Maingear known for making high-end PCs has announced the addition of the powerful Nomad 15 gaming laptop to its product list. As the name suggests the Nomad 15 comes with a 15-inch display. The most expensive version will give you a quad-core Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7-3840QM processor at 2.8 GHz (3.8 GHz in Turbo mode), a Full HD display at 1920 x 1080 pixel...
Acer works on Chromebook AC710
12 November 2012 | Notebooks
Acer will soon update its Chromebook line with a new device that will be called Chromebook AC710. When it hits the market it will replace the current Chromebook AC700 device released last year. Unlike the Intel Atom-based AC700 the upcoming Chromebook AC710 will be based on an Intel Ivy Bridge processor with the actual chips being Core i3 or Core i5. The Chromebook AC...
ASUS prepares Taichi 31 dual display laptop
12 November 2012 | Notebooks
The well-known Taiwanese hardware maker ASUS prepares a new dual-display laptop – the Taichi 31 – that should be launched by the end of 2012. The new company product will offer two displays – one 13.3-inch that will sit where a laptop display usually sits and another 11.6-inch one that is located on top of the lid. Thus the device can function as a laptop and then as a tablet wit...
MSI prepares Windows 8 notebooks for mid-November
9 November 2012 | Notebooks
Unlike most other companies MSI has been missing on the Windows 8 market until now. The company will quickly fix this blunder though with the launch of its first Windows 8 notebooks in mid-November. The new notebook galore will include high-end G-series notebooks, multimedia C-series and ultra-thin X-series notebooks. In addition Micro-Star International (MSI) will of...
Gigabyte adds three new notebooks to product range
1 November 2012 | Notebooks, PC gaming
Trying to appeal to more customers and gain a larger market share the Taiwanese Gigabyte has added three new notebook models to its product range – the sleek U2442 ultrabook, the powerful P2542G Blu-Ray gaming notebook and another notebook of the same class – the Gigabyte P2742G. The Gigabyte U2442 offers a sleek form factor and a weight of just 1.57 kg. Based on a 14-inch ...
Intel brings new Atom processor to market
30 October 2012 | Notebooks
Intel has quietly launched the Atom D2560 chip – based on the Saltwell architecture the new piece of silicon is here to replace the D2550 as the top chip of the series. Based on 32 nm technology Atom D2560 comes with two x86 cores at 2.0 GHz and supports Intel’s Hyper-Threading technology that allows the two cores to process four threads at the same time. The new Atom chip also...
