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New PC market figures from IDC show strong consumer notebook sales and education spending in the desktop space made the last quarter of 2007 the strongest PC quarter of the year.
The overall PC hardware market in Q4 grew by 18.6 per cent year-on-year, PC hardware analyst, Liam Gunson, said.
“Notebook prices have [...]

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Round Rock (TX) - The high-definition war is over and it suddenly appears that Blu-ray is becoming much more affordable, with more products supporting the technology surfacing every day: Dell is the first major notebook vendor to offer Blu-ray capability for less than $900 in one of its notebook models. But a closer look reveals [...]

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Intel on Friday confirmed it will ship quad-core chips designed specifically for notebooks, most likely for desktop replacement laptops, later this year.
The quad-core chips will be based on the Core 2 Duo microarchitecture and will ship in the third quarter, Intel officials said.
Intel declined comment on chip details, though enthusiast Web sites [...]

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New York (NY) - Design, “of course”, is always a matter of taste but if you like to stand out and enjoy the interest and attention a MacBook Air is sure to deliver, you typically will have to shell out extra bucks for that privilege. That could change somewhat with Acer’s new Gemstone notebooks, which [...]

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Acer unveiled a line of multimedia-optimized laptops in New York this week at its splashy, first-ever US press conference, where it also announced the close of its acquisition of Dutch computer-maker Packard Bell.
Acer unveiled the Aspire 8920 and 6920 series of notebooks, with a new design the company is calling Aspire Gemstone “blue.” The [...]

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Cupertino (CA) - Apple updated its Macbook and Macbook Pro models with new processors, new graphics chips, more hard disk space and the Macbook Air’s multi-touch trackpad.
The Macbook Pro is now available with Intel’s latest 45 nm Core 2 Duo processors with Penryn core. The entry-level 15″ Macbook Pro is still priced at $1999 ($200 [...]

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