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Toshiba Portégé R705 Review: The Ultra Ultraportable [Review]
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Toshiba\'s Portégé line has always been the head of the company\'s shelf-with prices to check. The Portégé R705 upends that lineage: It\'s capable, sure, however it\'s also affordable. So does it live up to its fancy double-accent-marks? Spoiler alert: yes. It\'s not that the Portégé R705 is the fastest laptop obtainable. Or the prettiest. Nevertheless it\'s ...
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Gateway LT32 to hit retailers soon for $450
We’re not sure why Gateway’s waited so long to release the details and pricing on the LT32 — considering it’s pretty much a rebadge of the Acer Aspire One 721 we just reviewed — but lo and behold the HD-capable, 11.6-inch ultraportable will be hitti…
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Toshiba Portégé R700 slides in with a thin design, Core power and an affordable pricetag
Toshiba‘s announced more than enough laptops for us in the past week, but the 13.3-inch Portégé R700 is ranking pretty high up there on our favorite list. The ultraportable has gotten a complete redesign at its core — there’s a new magnesium chassis that’s been re-engineered with an internal honeycomb metal that aims to dissipate heat, as well as a new chiclet style keyboard. Yet, despite its mostly metal build and onboard optical drive, it measures less than an inch thick and only weighs three pounds — yep, Toshiba is in fact claiming it’s the lightest 13.3-inch laptop ever. Rather unexpectedly, it doesn’t chicken out with ultra-low voltage power — instead there will be Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 versions. And the pricing is really enticing — the Core i3 version with 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive will retail for $999, the i5 model with a 320GB 7,200rpm drive for $1,299, and an i7 / 128GB SSD combo for $1,599. And there will also be a blue colored Best Buy version with a Core i3 CPU, 4GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive for $899. Told you it was rising to the top of our list. These bad boys start shipping today, but if you need some more info before whipping out the plastic, hit the gallery below and the press release after the break.
Gallery: Toshiba Port�g� R700 hands-on
Gallery: Toshiba Protege R700 press shots
Toshiba Portégé R700 slides in with a thin design, Core power and an affordable pricetag originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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AMD in no rush to build tablets, says netbooks are priority one
According to DigiTimes, processor vendor AMD isn’t terribly concerned about powering the next iPad or even a would-be assassin; the company’s still waiting to see if the tablet market even takes off. The silicon firm will still work on desktop PC products and graphics cards, but is currently focused on graphically potent ultraportables; according to the publication, they’re also not terribly interested in following in competitor Intel’s smartphone footsteps. Of course, that’s the same basic thing AMD execs said in 2008, right before Intel ate their lunch. We reached out to a company spokesperson this afternoon, and received the following statement:
Our current generation of notebook platforms has not been designed for tablets. Our focus continues to be on ultrathin and mainstream notebooks which address the vast majority of the PC market opportunity.
AMD in no rush to build tablets, says netbooks are priority one originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Intel ‘Canoe Lake’ prototype netbook preview
Tablets may be attracting all of the attention right now, but it’s clear that Intel‘s keeping a broad focus on mobile computing. During today’s PC Client keynote at Computex, the company took a moment to talk up Canoe Lake, an experimental platform that’ll enable 720p video playback on a machine that’s barely thicker than a couple of envelopes stacked together. We got a chance to peek the prototype on hand in Taipei, and we were told that Intel designed the device you’re peering at above completely in-house as a way to sell PC makers on the idea. They also affirmed that a GMA 3150 GPU was inside, and that the platform was capable of handling high-def multimedia. The machine was indeed functional, but few tricks were shown — the 10-inch display looked suitable enough, though it would certainly take us a few days to stop noticing that monster gap between the keyboard and LCD. But hey, you’ve got to cram those components / battery / fairy dust somewhere, right? Look for a plethora of Canoe Lake-based systems (probably fashioned like the gapless netbook at the tail end of the gallery below) to start shipping in “the second half of this year” from companies that Intel simply can’t name as of yet.
Intel ‘Canoe Lake’ prototype netbook preview originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Intel boosts netbooks with dual-core Atom, slims ‘em down with ‘Canoe Lake’
You’re really coming full circle at this year’s Computex, aren’t ya, Intel? It was at the Taipei show two years ago that Chipzilla introduced the first Atom netbooks, and though it’s taken awhile, the company is finally announcing dual-core Atom processors for the category (not to mention slightly changing its party line on the power of the sub-laptops). While the details on the speeds and feeds of the new Pine Trail N series CPUs are being kept under wraps for now, we’ve been told that they’ll support DDR3 RAM and provide comparable performance to the dual-core desktop Atom processors, yet still maintain similar battery life to current netbooks. Intel still plans to keep these Atom chips in 10-inch systems, and told us that users will see the speed benefits in multitasking and browsing, rather than in HD playback and gaming.
But netbooks aren’t only about to get faster, they’re also going to go on a serious diet. Intel also unveiled its new “Canoe Lake” innovation platform for netbooks, which is what’s behind that 14mm thick machine pictured above. The platform can support single- and dual-core Atom processors, but provides significant cooling to allow for 50 percent thinner systems. However, “Canoe Lake” is merely a reference guideline for other manufacturers to use, so there’s no telling what the machines that use this could end up looking like. The dual-core Atom for netbooks goes into production next week and should be shipping in netbooks before the holiday season. And as for that super thin laptop you’re inevitably still peering at? Intel expects its partners to use the platform and have products out by the end of this year. We don’t know about you, but the pictures below may keep us salivating until then.
Gallery: Intel “Canoe Lake” netbook
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Intel boosts netbooks with dual-core Atom, slims ‘em down with ‘Canoe Lake’ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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WiMAX-equipped ThinkPad Mini 10 visits FCC
Submitted in late April and available for public consumption today, here’s an exciting little FCC disclosure from Lenovo. It’s that mysterious ThinkPad Mini 10 creature we’ve been seeing prowling the Australian outback, this time showing up as a test mule for Lenovo’s new WiMAX module. The antennae in this submission are likely headed for retail inside things like the almost identical X100e and the rest of Lenovo’s US line. We’re liking this trend of seeing netbooks and subnotebooks leaving the factory with WiMAX already integrated, but do beware the price premium that’ll come attached. Lenovo already asks for $150 extra to stick a Gobi 2000 3G chip in a ThinkPad X100e, we don’t expect the 4G option to be any less dear, but we can at least expect it soon(ish).
[Thanks, Vance]
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WiMAX-equipped ThinkPad Mini 10 visits FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 May 2010 04:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Another Dell ultraportable, this one AMD-based (and cheaper)
Last week we saw a nice little semi-rugged ultraportable (or notelet, as I like to say) introduced by Dell, and although it seemed just a little underpowered for the price, its build quality might make up for it. And here we have another ultraportable, an Inspiron, showing up on Dell Singapore. Powered by the newest mobile AMD chipset and Neo processors and the usual better-than-netbook-but-not-quite-notebook specs, it seems like a perfectly decent little fellow.
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Ask Engadget: what’s the best 13-inch Core i5 / i7 Wintel ultraportable for running OS X?
We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Dan Murphy [great name!], who needs to know which ultraportable on the market today is best equipped to roll both ways… if you know what we’re sayin’. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.
“Real simple: what’s the best Core i5 or Core i7 13-inch laptop (with discrete graphics) for running both Windows 7 and Mac OS X? I’m a video and photo guy who does marketing work for a university, and while I’ve been using a Dell M1330 to operate on both sides of the fence, I’m in dire need of a hardware upgrade. I’m not fussed by the Windows vs. Mac debate and use both on a daily basis, but I need as much power as possible in an ultraportable form factor in order to handle both of these operating systems (sorry, 13-inch MacBook Pro, but you aren’t cutting it). Here’s hoping your readers can help out!”
We’d sure the master Hackintoshers out there would love to help out, and we’re sure Apple will weep when realizing they’d have a sale if they would’ve crammed a Core i5 into their 13-inch MBP while refreshing the other guys last month. Go on, folks — let this guy in on your secrets in comments below.
Ask Engadget: what’s the best 13-inch Core i5 / i7 Wintel ultraportable for running OS X? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 23:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple refreshing the MacBook Air this week?
The Macbook Air needs some help. It’s woefully underpowered compared to every other ultraportable and its advertised 5 hour battery life is nothing special these days as the new MacBook Pros can rock-out twice as long. But just maybe Apple has something in store for the razer-thin notebook as soon as this week.
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MacBook Air feeling the wind of change?
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/MacBook_Air_feeling_the_wind_of_change’; A tipster who apparently correctly predicted the recent MacBook Pro refresh has alerted Australian Macworld to a new SKU making its way through Apple’s systems down under. According to said “well-placed” source, the MC516LL/A K87 BETTER BTR-USA code string identifies an incoming batch of all-new MacBook Air laptops. This makes all the sense in the world given the recent hubbub about Intel offering ULV versions of its 32nm Core 2010 processors and the Air’s overdue need for an upgrade, but there is the proviso that this could also be referring to shipments of new 27-inch LCDs, to match the ones found on the latest iMac generation. Either way, we’re looking at some unannounced hardware rapidly making its way to Australia. Hey, doesn’t Apple make a habit of announcing new goodies on Tuesdays?
MacBook Air feeling the wind of change? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 May 2010 05:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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