The planned Microsoft Surface event has kicked off and the announcements are now official, first up we are looking at the new Surface Pro 2 which brings all the expected upgrades we expected along with a few extras. The new Surface Pro 2 includes Intel’s latest Haswell chips which not only increase performance by 20-percent […]
Toshiba announces new Satellite U and M range laptops, bringing Haswell and Nvidia GT 740m into the mix
Toshiba have announced their latest range of Satellite U and M models which will be sporting Intel’s 4th gen Haswell processors and Nvidia’s latest mobile graphics. The M50 and M50t will offer the Haswell processors and the option for Nvidia GT 740 and the M50D and M50Dt will be offering AMD’s latest generation APU’s and […]
Samsung intros two new Ultrabooks, the ATIV Book 9 Lite and Plus
Samsung had tablets and smartphones to announce, not to mention a camera or two, but they haven’t forgotten the ultrabook market and had two new ultrabooks to push out. The new line are dubbed the ATIV Book 9 Plus and Lite, with obvious name inclinations for specs. Starting with the Lite we have a Quad-Core […]
Gigabyte announce new gaming laptops with Haswell Core I7 and Nvidia GTX 765M/770M graphics
Gigabyte have announce their latest gaming laptops dubbed the P27K and P25W. Both laptops will include Intel 4th gen processors with the P25K supporting up to 16GB of RAM a 15.6-inch 1,920 x 1,080 display and Nvidia GTX 770M graphics with 3GB of Memory, the P25W also includes an option for 2 x 256GB mSSD […]
Fujitsu announces new Lifebook UH90 Ultrabook: Haswell, and a 13-inch 3,200 x 1,800 resolution touchscreen display
The Ultrabook announcements certainty aren’t low coming out of Computex. Fujitsu are up to announce their latest Ultrabook which is dubbed the Lifebook UH90. This new thinner, lighter, faster, and stronger laptop if that isn’t enough to warrant the upgrade offers a performance bump to Haswell with a Core I5 clocked at 1.6GHz (i5-4200U). also […]
Acer Aspire S3 announced: Haswell CPU’s and 13-3-inch 1080p IPS display
Acer has another Aspire for us that is launching along side the Aspire S7. The S3 itself will be a more mid-range aimed device with less specs. The device will include a 1080p IPS touchscreen, other choices from will include an Nvidia GT735M graphics, either 1TB hard drive or smaller size SSD. Availability is also […]
Acer announce the new Aspire S7 Ultrabook: 13.3-inch IPS display 2,560 x 1,440, Haswell CPU’s
Acer are pushing out their new line of Aspire Ultrabooks with the S7 getting it’s Haswell refresh. The latest version will include a 13.3-inch IPS display with 2,560 x 1,440. The new laptops will also be Haswell based give the options to the users on what one to choose from when configuring the purchase. Other […]
Intel Haswell official launch on June 4th, details revealed
Intel have lifted the curtains on Haswell and are officially shipping it on June 4th (this coming Tuesday). Let’s dive right into what Haswell will be bringing to the table and there are some pretty cool things to talk about. The first thing is that Haswell is truly being emphasized on Mobile and Intel have […]
Intel shares info on 4th generation HD 5000 graphics
Intel have released some details on their upcoming Haswell core processors, the details are for the integrated graphics that will be accompanying the lastest series of processors from Intel. The HD 5000 graphics cores will see some massive performance boosts over last years chips. There is also a new naming system involved which is detailed […]
Intel set to shutdown Motherboard business within three years
Intel has announced plans to discontinue their motherboard division over the next three years. This move while silently unexpected won’t affect Intel’s business as a whole. Their upcoming Haswell architecture will still see motherboard development and support, however afterwards all operations will be suspended. Any employees in that division will be transitioned in the next three years into other divisions. Intel […]