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New Samsung Series 9 notebooks outed: Core i3, i5 and i7 options

PC News Zone — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:36:00 +0000

Samsung has outed a new range of Series 9 notebooks, with three new 13.3-inch models and two new 11.6-inch models, priced from $1,049. The new Series 9 machines keep the styling of the models that began shipping in May, but add in new Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors, up to 256GB SSDs and up to 6GB of DDR3 memory. The new 11.6-inchers are the NP900X1B-A02US, with a Core i3-2357M, 2GB of memory and a 64GB SSD, and the NP900X1B-A01US, with the same processor but twice the RAM and storage. They’ll go on sale in August, priced at $1,049 and $1,249 respectively. Samsung’s 13.3-inch versions, meanwhile, are all available from today. The NP900X3A-B01US has a COre i5-2467M processor, 4GB of memory and a 128GB SSD, and retails for $1,349, while the NP900X3A-B02US has the same CPU and RAM but doubles up the SSD for $1,649 in total. Finally, there’s the $2,049 NP900X3A-A05US with a Core i7-2617M processor, 6GB of DDR3 memory and a 256GB SSD. There’s still FastStart, which Samsung reckons will see the Series 9 boot in less than three seconds, along with a casing allegedly twice as strong as aluminum and USB 3.0 connectivity. The displays are also billed as twice as bright as rivals offer.

Booktop T1125P a Laptop, Convertible Tablet and Desktop in One!

pcnz_admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 06:06:22 +0000

Gigabyte has unveiled at Computex the Booktop T1125P a new All In One Laptop that is unfortunately only available so far for the Taiwanese/Chinese market.
The T1125P is not your ordinary laptop but a true 3 in 1 solution that incudes a powerful Core i3/i5 ULV compact laptop, but also a tablet (Convertible) fitted with a 11.6 multitouch capacitive screen and a really capable desktop thanks to a unique charging docking station that includes, a DVD Super Multi Drive HDMI, USB 2.0 and D-SUB!
The T1125P comes with an NVIDIA GeForce 410M with 1GB of VRAM, a 3.5G Model and THX TruStudio Pro Speakers.

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Lenovo IdeaPad U300s/U3s Ultrabook revealed

pcnz_admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:13:13 +0000

Intel may have launched its Ultrabook platform with a demo of ASUSâ€™ UX21, but thatâ€™s not the only Ultrabook at Computex this week. Lenovo has brought along the IdeaPad U300s/U3s, NotebookItalia spotted, a slender Sandy Bridge ultraportable channeling the style of the IdeaPad U260.

Hardware specifications are unknown at the moment, as is release date and pricing, though of course Intel has said that Ultrabooks will come in at under the $1,000 mark. Weâ€™re guessing a roughly 12.5-inch display, in keeping with the U260, and probably a Core i3 processor.

Beyond that thereâ€™ll be the usual Sandy Bridge integrated graphics, wireless options and, given Lenovoâ€™s track record, probably a few integrated WWAN options too. No sign of the U300s on the companyâ€™s site yet, but weâ€™ll update when we know more.