Dell E and Dell E Slim new low-cost Linux and XP Netbooks

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

New information about the Dell mini Notebook that appeared under Micheal Dell's arm at the end of May have leaked.

Engadget received several slides detailing a Dell E and a Dell E Slim notebook.
The Dell E would have an 8.9 inch screen, 1.6Ghz Diamondville CPU, 4,8 or 16GB Flash memory, 512 or 1GB RAM, and Wifi. The Dell E would be available with Linux or Windows XP. Read more

Posted on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:55:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

How to keep Windows XP

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

PC World takes a closer look at your options on keeping Windows XP and how long you will be able to buy new Windows XP licenses.

The official XP doomsday is the end of this month, June 30th, but Microsoft has left several doors open to still get XP after that date. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:34:14 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Safari 4 released to Developers

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Apple has apparently started sending the next version of the Safari browser to developers.

Safari 4 would be part of the next update of OS X Snow Leopard. Maybe it will even come earlier as Snow Leopard is still a year out.
Apple promises to have the fastest Javascript implementation ever in Safari 4. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:48:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

HP Announces its DV4, DV5 and DV7 Notebooks

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

HP has also introduced today three new notebooks in the DV series. The line includes the 14.1” dv4, 15.4” dv5, and the 17” dv7. The dv4 offers options including a TV tuner and Blu-ray drive along with wireless broadband. Processors offered in the line will include the latest from AMD and Intel.

The dv5 offers the same options plus discrete NVIDIA graphics cards and the dv7 adds options for ATI and NVIDIA graphics. All three systems have a new liquid-metallic HP Imprint 2 surface design, magic chrome touch controls, and one touch access to stored media. A complete line of accessories is being introduced along site the notebooks. Read more

Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

New Voodoo Desktop and Notebook Announced

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

HP’s Voodoo gaming line added a couple new products to its line with a new Omen gaming desktop and a new ultra-mobile notebook called the Envy 133. The new Voodoo Omen will initially be an invitation only system sent to users who have purchased Voodoo machines before. Full availability will be later in the summer.

The starting price for the very customizable Omen is a whopping $7000 and includes a 7-inch auxiliary display, liquid cooling, top loading cables, interior lighting and more. The Envy 133 will retail for $2099 and uses a 13.3” LCD. The keyboard is backlit and the touch pad recognizes gestures. Read more

Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

HP Launches TouchSmart All-in-One PCs

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

HP introduced a new all in one PC called the HP TouchSmart family. The TouchSmart systems feature HP software designed to be operated with the touch of a finger. HP says that users can watch TV, create playlists, listen to music and check weather and email without using a mouse or keyboard.

The systems require only one power cord to set them up and are built around a 22-inch LCD and use Intel Core 2 Duo processors. The systems include 4 GB of RAM and a media card reader and high capacity hard drives. The TouchSmart with TV tuner will retail for $1499 systems without the TV tuner will retail for $1299. Read more

Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

OS X Snow Leopard Preview

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Apple previewed Mac OS X Snow Leopard at the WWDC 08.

Rather than focusing primarily on new features, Snow Leopard will enhance the performance of OS X, and improve quality.
Snow Leopard is optimized for multi-core processors, taps into the computing power of graphic processing units (GPUs), enables larger amounts of RAM and features a new media platform with QuickTime X. Read more

Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:26:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

HP Blackbird 002 Coming to Retail Outlets

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

HP announced today that its popular Blackbird 002 will be coming to select retail outlets this summer. HP says that the Blackbird 002 will be available in an exclusive configuration through Amazon.com, Newegg.com, and some Best Buy, Circuit City, J&R and micro Center retail stores.

HP says that this is the first time that the Blackbird has been offered at retail locations. The exclusive configuration for retail outlets will sell for $3299 and feature a Core 2 Quad Q9450 CPU, Vista Home Premium, liquid cooling, 9800 GT graphics in SLI, 4GB corsair dominator RAM, 500 GB storage and more. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Snow Leopard is OS X 10.6 - WWDC 08

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

The rumored animal name for the next update of OS X was correct. Apple calls OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Apple is introducing Snow Leopard to developers this afternoon at the WWDC 08. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:37:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Round-up of mini Notebooks at Computex 2008

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Futurelooks published a round-up of the new mini notebooks that have been unveiled at the Computex 2008.

Quote: "It would nearly impossible to cover all of the subnotebooks that were on display at COMPUTEX Taipei 2008, but we managed to round up a good number of them for your perusing pleasure. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Jun 2008 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Apple Mac Fusion at WWDC 08?

Topic: Notebooks and PCs

Besides the 3G iPhone there are sure some other news Apple will announce at the WWDC 08. A new rumor appeared that suggests Apple would release a new Mac Mini type computer aimed at developers dubbed Mac Fusion.

Last October a rumor about a smaller version of the Mac mini dubbed Mac nano would be coming from Apple. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:30:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr