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ThinkPad x220 Review – Editor’s Choice Ultraportable w/ 15 Hour Battery

ThinkPad x220 Review – Editor’s Choice Ultraportable w/ 15 Hour Battery

The Lenovo ThinkPad x220 is a new 12.5″ ultraportable notebook that will be available for purchase in April. We’ve had a chance to use the ThinkPad x220 as our primary notebook for the past several weeks and we have been blown away by what this 2nd Gen Core i5 powered ultraportable can do all while [...]

Posted by | 03/23/2011 | 0 Comments More
MacBook Air Getting Second-Gen Intel Core CPU in June?

MacBook Air Getting Second-Gen Intel Core CPU in June?

It looks like Apple may refresh the ultra-portable MacBook Air notebook–available currently in 11- and 13-inch screen sizes–to accommodate Intel’s second-generation Core processor, known as Sandy Bridge according to the latest Internet reports. Our own Josh Smith had written over at Notebooks.com that the move will deliver for Apple and to consumers better graphics performance: [...]

Posted by | 02/11/2011 | 4 Comments More
Samsung 9 Series Ultra-Portable Challenges MacBook Air with Intel Sandy Bridge Processors (Video)

Samsung 9 Series Ultra-Portable Challenges MacBook Air with Intel Sandy Bridge Processors (Video)

Earlier at the Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung had announced a thin and light ultra-portable professional notebook running on Microsoft’s Windows 7 OS that will give the OS X MacBook Air a run for its money. The 9 Series ultra-portable class from Samsung will come in either an 11.6- or 13.3-inch screen size, challenging the similar-spec’ed [...]

Posted by | 01/07/2011 | 8 Comments More
New Lenovo ultraportables leaked

New Lenovo ultraportables leaked

The folks at Liliputing, who seem to keep an eye out for German news, report a new ultraportable from Lenovo is on the way. Though it should pack more punch than the standard netbook, the starting price tag for the X100e is well within reach at $449. Display: 11.6″ 1366 x 768 screen CPU: AMD [...]

Posted by | 11/19/2009 | 3 Comments More