Not a long time ago, the moniker ‘Ultrabook’ was taken for laptops that boasted a small 13-inch screen, a very thin chassis, no optical drive and a low- to middle-end graphics card. However, the concept is changing fast and new notebooks pouring in the market are soaking more and more specifications in. The latest device […]
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The Timeline Ultra M3 has clean lines, a matte black plastic body, and an aluminum lid. The entire laptop’s construction has a hollower feel than the rock-solid metal build of a MacBook Air or even the Razer Blade. This Acer has the veneer of a budget-level machine, and the keyboard and screen to match. The […]
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The 15.6-inch LED screen is a major letdown when it comes to resolution. A maximum resolution of 1,366×768 pixels feels like cheating when all the other graphics and processor upgrades are thrown in; after all, this laptop boasts a next-gen Nvidia GPU, so why not show off a higher resolution? It baffles me, and while […]
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However, there is one performance aspect of note: when running on battery, even on “high-performance” settings, benchmark results dipped. Street Fighter IV dropped to 30.5 frames per second at 1,366×768 with the same graphics settings on battery power; when outputting to a 1080p monitor via HDMI, the frame rate dropped to 20.8 fps. The laptop […]
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The speakers are in the front side giving a loud audio, which is welcome. However, fall short of the quality suggested by the Dolby Home Theatre Professionally Tuned label that hovers above the keyboard. Again, the speakers are fine for normal laptop use, but audio on ultrabooks like the Asus Zenbook put it to shame. […]
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The technology world saw a boom last year, in terms of efficiency and effectiveness and the masses saw substantial changes in both personal and mobile computing. Where smartphones and tablets made their way to the market with a huge bang, laptops were not an exception. Apple released its first ultra-thin laptop, Macbook Air in 2007 […]
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HP Folio 13 The HP Folio 13 is the best in the non-Apple products in terms of performance, price, and ergonomics, provided you can live with a less-than-razor-thin design. Although you might have to sacrifice the thinness in this device, it is certainly cheaper than most of the bunch and the Beats Audio version also […]
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Meanwhile, the slowest of the Core i-series from Intel might not be the best option to upgrade the operating system to Windows 8 upon its arrival in the latter half of 2012. Lenovo IdeaPad U300s The less expensive of two available configurations matches up with the low-end MacBook Air, with a 128GB SSD and Intel […]
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Apple offers two basic versions of the iPad. One version has only a Wi-Fi radio for Internet connectivity. This lets people connect to the Net to check e-mail, surf the Web, stream video, play games, or whatever else they want to do with the device over a Wi-Fi connection. The other version of the iPad […]
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The good thing about 4G technology is that it can also work as a WiMax device, turning the source of 4G into a WiFi hotspot. However, in case of iPad only Verizon offers such feature, while AT&T claims that they are still working with Apple on it. On Verizon’s network, the user can turn the […]
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