Neowin News Feed for: Notebooks

Lenovo reveals cheaper thin-and-light IdeaPad laptops

John Callaham — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:49:20 +0100

Lenovo has just launched three new models of its IdeaPad S Series laptops, which cuts the price of the thin-and-light style of Windows PC notebooks down to as low as $499. Read more...

Dell: Windows 8 touch-screen notebooks will cost more

John Callaham — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:41:13 +0100

Dell has confirmed that Windows 8 notebooks with touch screen features will cost more than their non-touch screen counterparts when they are launched. Dell plans to offer a range of Windows 8 products Read more...

Quanta sues AMD over alleged defective notebook chips

John Callaham — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:44:00 +0000

Quanta, the world's biggest contract manufacturer of notebook PCs, had filed a lawsuit against AMD, alleging that the company delivered defective processors to Quanta. Read more...

Lenovo unveils 2012 line up of notebooks, ultrabook is the magic word

Owen Williams — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:57:00 +0000

CES is almost here, and Lenovo's showing off their new range of 2012 notebooks. There's quite a few, and the company didn't want to be left out of the Ultrabook fad, bringing the new chassis to light. Read more...

Window 8 ARM notebook partners selected?

John Callaham — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:53:40 +0000

A new rumor claims that Microsoft is letting ARM-based processor makers pick two hardware partners to make notebooks that will run the upcoming ARM version of Windows 8. Read more...

Windows 8 ARM notebooks coming in June 2013?

John Callaham — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:01:01 +0000

A new rumor claims that the ARM version of Windows 8 could officially launch by the end of 2012 and that ARM-based Windows 8 notebooks could launch in June 2013. Read more...

Qualcomm could make PC processors, fight with AMD & Intel

John Callaham — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:49:34 +0000

A Qualcomm executive states that the smartphone and tablet processor company could make the big leap to providing chips for PC desktops and notebooks at some point in the future. Read more...

Market share of notebooks with Blu-ray drives to rise to 10%

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:35:29 +0000

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The market share of notebook PCs with Blu-ray drives is expected to increase from 1% this year to 10% in 2008 due to notebook makers more willing to adopt cheaper Blu-ray combo optical disc drives... Read more...

Intel lining up 11 Penryn 45nm processors for new notebooks

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:15:24 +0100

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Intel plans to launch five 45nm notebook processors (Penryn) to go along with its Santa Rosa Refresh platform in the first quarter of 2008. These will be followed by another six for Montevina in the... Read more...

MSI to ship over 800,000 OEM notebooks in 2007

Slimy — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:41:22 +0100

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Micro-Star International (MSI) is expected to ship over 800,000 OEM notebooks this year plus a substantial amount of its own Megabook-branded notebooks, according to company sources. To boost the sales of its own-brand notebooks, the... Read more...

Over Half of Notebooks to Use Flash by Q4 2009

Slimy — Wed, 02 May 2007 23:02:09 +0100

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iSuppli Corporation has concluded that the use of NAND flash memory in notebooks is expected to increase sharply in the next few years: nearly 60% percent of the 40.1 million notebooks that will be shipped... Read more...

Fujitsu Rolls Out Three "Santa Rosa" Notebooks

Slimy — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:44 +0100

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Fujitsu has lost no time and has released three new Santa Rosa-based notebook models for the Japanese market. The company launched two 15.4" Santa Rosa notebooks: the FMV-BIBLO NX and FMV-BIBLO NF. The NX features... Read more...

IRS lost 490 notebooks, many with unencrypted data

Slimy — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:44:36 +0100

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The Treasury Department's Inspector General for Tax Administration has released a report on the Internal Revenue Service and found that 490 laptops had been reported stolen between January 2, 2003 and June 13, 2006. Unfortunately,... Read more...

Intel and Nokia Scrap Plans for 3G Module for Notebooks

Slimy — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:40:08 +0000

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The world's top supplier of x86 microprocessors for notebooks, Intel, and the leading producer of mobile phones, Nokia, have both decided to scrap the plans to jointly develop HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) module for... Read more...

Suit calls on Dell Canada to replace notebooks

dl0711 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:55:09 +0000

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Dell Canada Inc. faces a lawsuit filed by an Ontario man on behalf of Canadians who own certain models of Inspiron notebook computers with purported defects that cause complete system failure, the plaintiff's lawyer announced... Read more...

Apple and HP Set to Deliver LED Notebooks

lardiop — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:27:45 +0000

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Apple and HP are both poised to introduce notebooks in 2007 that use LED-backlit LCDs, according to new rumors. Taiwanese newspaper DigiTimes reports that the two computer makers are expected to launch these notebooks in... Read more...

Dell to Launch Sub $500 Notebooks

MonkeyClaw — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:52:32 +0100

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Dell is preparing to launch a new range of notebooks costing under $500 according to reports. The new range is said to be powered by processors from AMD. Taiwanese news site Digitimes quotes notebook... Read more...

AMD 64-bit dual-core notebooks keep pricing edge

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:48:12 +0100

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The unit price of AMD Turion 64 X2-based notebooks is about US$150 less than an Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom)-based notebook, according to product portfolios that notebook vendors have offered. AMD still has an edge... Read more...

Widescreen Notebooks To Become Standard By 2008

Tech_Dude_5000 — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:00:05 +0100

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Notebook PCs are rapidly moving toward a future filled with more pixels and more screen real estate, thanks to the unexpectedly rapid proliferation of widescreen displays. Once fairly rare beasts, widescreen notebooks—notebooks with screens... Read more...

Dell to equip AMD-based notebooks with ATI graphics chips

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:47:00 +0100

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Forthcoming Dell's AMD-based notebooks, which are expected to be available in late October or early November, will be equipped with ATI Mobility Radeon graphics chips, according to sources at Taiwan notebook makers. Although it will... Read more...