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Apple quietly reduces MacBook Air pricing by $500

Apple Mac Book Air

As we reported on earlier, the price of flash memory and solid state drives (SSDs) is steadily declining and with that drop in hardware costs comes a drop in the price of Apple’s MacBook Air notebooks.  Apple is now selling its 1.8GHz model with a 64GB SSD for $2598, down from $3098 [...]

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Fujitsu invokes design elements with new Lifebook

Fujitsu Lifebook p8010

Long known for their business class machines, Fujitsu is turning away from the boring corporate black in its latest model, the consumer-centric LifeBook P8010 LE. The special edition laptop comes with a pink exterior, and is one of the few in the Fujitsu lineup to offer 3G cellular access built into the [...]

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Apple notebooks sales jump up 61% in 2008

According to DisplaySearch, a market research firm, Apple’s laptop shipments have grown from 900,000 in Q1 2007 up to 1.4M in Q1 2008. The 61% increase now places Apple seventh in the laptop market with a 4.6% share.
HP leads the market with a 20.8% share, followed by Dell at 15.1% and a closely trailing [...]

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New Dell Studio Laptops announced

 
Dell Studio Laptops

The new Studio line of laptops from Dell has just been officially announced at Dell.com and things are much simpler than we’re used to. Aptly named the ‘Studio 15’ and ‘Studio 17’, the two new machines come in just two sizes, the 15.4in or 17in models, respectively.
However, Dell clearly doesn’t know which colour [...]

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Toshiba unveils 2.4 pound Portege R500-S5007V notebook with 128GB SSD

Toshiba R500

Toshiba announced what the company is claiming as the “world’s first laptop with a 128GB SSD.” This new 2.4 pound laptop measures a thin 0.77″ and packs quite a punch under the hood with features that include:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor U7700 - 1.33GHz, 2MB L2, 533MHz FSB with 64 bit
2048 PC2-5300 DDR2 [...]

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HP takes the wraps off ultra thin notebook, the Voodoo Envy 133

HP Voodoo Envy 133

HP unveiled an ultra thin notebook, the Voodoo Envy 133, to rival Apple’s MacBook Air. This high-end laptop is only 0.7 inches thick, a tad thinner than the Air’s 0.76 girth.
The Envy 133 is encased in carbon fiber and can be colored to the users liking. The device sports a [...]

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HP, Dell rule notebook market in Q1 2008

Q1 market share rReports are in for the notebook market, and they show that HP is leading with Dell hot on its heels, followed closely by Acer. For the sixth consecutive quarter, HP’s share of the laptop market was over 20% (up almost 2M from Q1 last year). The laptop market still remains [...]

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HP launches new Pavilion and Compaq notebook lineup

HP Pavilion dv7

This morning HP released a slew of new notebook computers that included both budget consumer-geared notebooks as well as some business oriented devices. All of the new laptops released are set to offer Intel’s Centrino 2 or Centrino 2 with vPro or AMD’s Turion 54 X2 Ultra dual-Core mobile processors.
The new consumer [...]

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New Lenovo Centrino 2 ThinkPad laptops surface - including 12-inch X200

Lenovo ThinkPad SL

Evidence is showing that Lenovo will soon offer faster performing notebooks to its line-up, including a small but powerful X200 12-inch 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo using the Centrino 2 chip with vPro from Intel. The widescreen X200 is set to feature up to 64GB SSD, DDR3 RAM, 3G data, GPS, WiMAX, WiFi, [...]

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Acer adds Atom-based low cost laptop to its lineup, the Aspire one

Acer Aspire one

Laptop manufacturer Acer presented its newest compact and low cost mobile laptop, the Aspire one. Powered by Intel’s power-thrifty Atom 1.6GHz processor, the new notebook offers a full mobile experience with built-in 802.11b/g WiFi connectivity, and comes in a lightweight package of 0.9kg (2lbs). Measuring 248mm x 170mm x 29mm [...]

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