This week we're expecting big things from Apple. One of them is a MacBook Air refresh, and some tempting details surfaced over the weekend. The leaked data inspires one interesting thought: Are we about to say bye-bye to the optical drive?READ»
Will laptops become irrelevant in the brave new world of tablets? Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn doesn't think so -- and corrects the record on a supposed slump in notebook PC sales. Or does he?READ»
August was an awful month for notebook PC makers. Sales growth, slowing since the iPad arrived, has slipped into negative numbers. But has Apple cursed the industry, or is the story murkier than that?READ»
Sony said it wouldn't enter the true netbook market as it was just "a race to the bottom" in terms of PC specs. Well, someone in the company's decided it's also a market worth lots of money, as there's now a Vaio netbook.It's called ...READ»
A recent survey says that consumers have no idea about the weaknesses of netbooks versus notebooks, and have no idea how best to exploit the mini PCs. Disney meanwhile does understand, and has come up with a great netbook audience: ...READ»
In an unexpected move on Monday, when everyone was looking at the new iPhones, Apple also tweaked its notebook lineup. Among the changes: The 13-inch MacBook Pro now has a non-removable battery. Why does Apple love to torture us so ...READ»
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the future of mobile computing: The Smartbook. In the same way that a netbook filled a previously unknown need by being something between a laptop and a smartphone, a Smartbook device is halfway ...READ»
Though Intel and Psion have kissed and made up over the trademark term "netbook," it doesn't matter. A new PC from Toshiba has finally killed the genre. It's dead and gone. Because the mini NB205 is the quintessential ...READ»
Alienware has been hinting at the release of its new gaming laptop with a cryptic "All Powerful" campaign. But it looks like someone at the company didn't speak to marketing, and released info on the M17X anyway. It's a ...READ»
New research by IDC points to falling sales of the chip that drives the majority of netbook PCs--Intel's Atom CPU. One suggestion is that the first quarter 33% drop is a sign that the netbook's rise to fame is on a down trend. In ...READ»
It's always refreshing when a lateral-thinking-inspired product revolutionizes a market. And that's partly what makes the netbook computer so interesting. Netbooks are growing up fast, and both market-leader Acer and its original ...READ»
Defining the difference between a "netbook" PC and a "notebook" one has never been an exact science--despite several ridiculous lawsuits that would make you think otherwise. But Asus has decided to confuse ...READ»
Nokia may be entering the laptop business. In an interview this week, Nokia's CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said, "We are looking very actively also at this opportunity." His reasoning is sound: Mobile computing devices and ...READ»
So AMD's nose-to-nose battle with Intel in every corner of the CPU marketspace really isn't going to happen for netbook CPUs. News about AMD's low-power Neo CPU has arrived and it's not a direct rival to Intel's suite of Atom ...READ»
The Nano Touch device currently being demoed by Microsoft research adds a wonderful twist to modern touchscreen tech: the back surface of the device is touch-sensitive too. Though this sounds clumsy at first, it's actually a rather ...READ»
LG's showing neat display technology in its new 14.1-inch LCD screen for laptops: It's apparently the first that lets you switch between back-lit and transreflective modes at the flick of a switch. And that means you can see the ...READ»
The rise of solid-state drives gets a boost today (despite recent industry woes) as Toshiba reveals what it says is the world's first 512GB SSD for laptops. The 2.5-inch drive is aimed at the notebook crowd, as well as desktop PC ...READ»
They may not be Eee PCs, but rest assured, Asus [TPE:2357] has once again created a good product with an incredibly stupid ancillary trait. This time it's not the name, but the... smell. Yes, the F6 line of laptops, which is new ...READ»
Seeing the incredible consumer interest in "netbooks" -- aka UMPCs, sub-notebooks, or "nettops" -- Intel [NASDAQ: INTC] has announced it will begin production of solid-state hard drives with the "value ...READ»
