Components For Laptop

The quad-core chips that have sat at the top of the microprocessor heap for two years are about to begin to be replaced by their bigger, burlier older brother - the 6-core processor.
Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group, Wednesday afternoon announced that the company is set to release [...]

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Group of enraged shareholders file class action for backdating practices which sunk their shares’ worth
Angry investors have filed suit against Apple Inc., CEO Steve Jobs, former financial officer Fred D. Anderson, former general counsel Nancy R. Heinen, and several members of the company’s board of directors on Friday. They allege that

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There’s something I have to say at the outset of this review: From the time Apple announced the first 17-in. PowerBook G4 models five years ago, I’ve always been a little prejudiced against them. I’d never have tried to talk someone out of buying one, but I always shared my opinion that a laptop with [...]

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Productivity enhancements will be the source of significant gains in GDP
With the proliferation of Smartphones, notebooks, and high-speed mobile broadband networks it will come as no surprise to most that mobile broadband is shaping up to be a big business in itself and that the use of mobile broadband can help workers in many areas [...]

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Intel will delay the launch of its upcoming Centrino 2 platform for laptop computers to resolve issues related to the chipset and the antenna used with the wireless chipset.
Centrino 2, also called Montevina, is the next version of Intel’s popular Centrino platform for laptops and was previously slated for a June launch. Computer makers are [...]

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One writer/analyst is speaking out blasting XP “holdouts” and lauding Windows Vista while comparing XP to a crummy airport terminal
Don’t like Windows Vista? Love Windows XP? Well columnist/pundit Rob Pegoraro with Fast Forward, carried by The Washington Post, doesn’t like your attitude. Having heard a wealth of criticism for Vista and praise for XP, Pegoraro [...]

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Small notebook makers could see battery shortages linger
Batteries are one of the components used in laptop computers that can greatly affect availability and the cost of the notebook. A battery shortage in the notebook industry affects all suppliers to some extent, but small notebook makers will get hit the hardest.

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With Acer planning to launch two low-cost PC series, the 8.9-inch Aspire and 12.1-inch Slim Gemstone Aspire, the company is expected to see total low-cost PCs shipments of 6-6.5 million in the second half of 2008, according to sources at notebook ODMs. The company is expected to go head on with ASUS and the EeePC [...]

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Lenovo on Monday launched the much-anticipated ThinkPad X300 ultraportable, challenging Apple’s MacBook Air as the lightest and thinnest notebook available today.
Weighing started at 2.93 pounds (1.33 kilograms). Lenovo claims ThinkPad X300 is more feature-rich than Apple’s 3-pound MacBook Air. Lenovo has included three USB ports and an ultrathin DVD burner, while MacBook Air has [...]

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