Laptops (1579 articles)

Acer planning frameless laptop?

Digitimes is reporting that Acer has plans to build a rather revolutionary-sounding new laptop which doesn't have a back casing on its screen - it uses the back of the screen's glass substrate instead.

The plan uses toughened glass from Corning - which the company...

Pixel Qi offers DIY screen replacement kits

Display company Pixel Qi has announced that it'll shortly begin selling DIY kits to convert your laptop's display into one of its transflective screens. On its blog, the company said that performing the conversion is "only slightly more difficult than changing a lightbulb".

On...

Tell us your PC fails and win a HP mini 311 netbook

To many people computers are a mystery. It’s a good job that the more IT literate amongst you are around to help friends and family with home computer issues. Despite the smiling countenance and stiff upper lip of the technology bod every now and then a situation...

Tech deals: Dell Inspiron 1545 for £349

Buying a laptop can be a tricky number, with all the top manufactures shouting: "look at mine, it's got bells and whistles and everything". The majority of the time, however, you don't need all the bells and whistles.

Which is where the Dell Inspiron 1545 comes...

Google Exec: Desktops will be redundant in 3 years

A senior Google executive has forecast that the humble desktop PC will be redundant within 3 years, and mobile will emerge as the primary screen from which people will get their news, information and entertainment.

Google Europe boss and head of sales, John Herlihy,...

Acer updates laptop ranges with Core CPUs

Acer has unveiled a whole host of laptops at CeBIT 2010 - a technology tradeshow in Hannover, Germany. There's the Acer Aspire 8942, Acer Aspire 5942, Acer TravelMate 6594, Acer TravelMate 7740, Acer TravelMate 5740, and the Acer TravelMate 8x72. Almost all of them are...

Acer reveals Aspire One 752 multimedia netbook

Acer has launched what appears to be the Jacques Kallis of laptops at CeBIT 2010 - a high end all-rounder. It looks to provide mobility as well as some decent power as well. Unlike Kallis, however, the Acer Aspire One 752 is nicely lightweight at 1.4kg which is where...

Panasonic unveils Toughbook CF-C1

Panasonic has launched a new Toughbook - the Toughbook CF-C1. It's a lightweight, business-oriented machine which promises to take rather a lot of punishment. You might even manage to get it to survive a commuter train journey, which only the hardiest of laptops manage.

It...

Lenovo expands ThinkPad lineup

Lenovo, who nabbed the ThinkPad brand from IBM a few years back, has rolled out a whole pile of new ThinkPad machines, from the small, to the large, to the non-keyboarded. There's the X201, the X201 tablet, the W701 and the W701ds. Let's take a look at them in a little...

BCC announces a computer called Alex

The Broadband Computer Company has announced an easy-to-use 15-inch laptop aimed at people who aren't very good with technology, and with it a manifesto of five "clear computing" points that it reckons makes life a whole lot easier. The computer's name is Alex.

Alex...

Macbooks getting Optimus dual graphics too?

Nvidia's Optimus graphics may well be showing up in the next generation of the Apple Macbook Pro, if rumours prove accurate. The technology allows a laptop to automatically switch between integrated and discrete graphics, offering power when it's needed and more battery...

MSI launches GX640 and GX740 gaming notebooks

MSI has announced that two new models are to launch into its GX gaming notebook series in Europe, with the 15-inch GX640 and the 17-inch GX740 due to go on sale in the UK in March.

Powered by the latest Intel Core i5 processor the GX series boasts "obscene performance...

Acer reveals Aspire One 532G netbook

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Acer has announced the Aspire One 532G netbook - which comes with Nvidia's ION graphics acceleration with 512MB of video memory. That should mean that it's considerably more capable than most netbooks at gaming, Hi-Def video playback...

Win a Dell Studio 16 XPS laptop

Pocket-lint has teamed up with Dell Outlet to bring you the opportunity to win one of their high end XPS laptops. Whether you are into gaming, films, photography or general PC usage this laptop is a fantastic prize for any PC lover. Just follow this link to www.dell.co.uk/outlet/pl...

Toshiba unveils Tecra A11 and M11 laptops

Last in the laptop bonanza that Toshiba has dropped on us are the Tecra A11 and M11 notebooks. These are also aimed as business users, but with more of a mobile focus than the Satellite Pro S500.

As such, they have smaller displays - the M11 at 14-inch, and the...

Toshiba announces Satellite Pro S500 laptop

Aside of its dalliances with touchscreens, Toshiba has also rolled out the Satellite Pro S500 - a business-oriented laptop with extended security and ergonomic features.

It's got a 15.6-inch, 16:9 display along with a specially-designed scratch-resistant chassis,...

Toshiba reveals touchscreen U500-1EX laptop

Toshiba has announced a whole range of laptops, and amongst the pile is the touchscreen-equipped U500-1EX notebook. It's got a 13.3-inch display, but this ain't no netbook - instead packing a range of more high-end specs than your average ultraportable.

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Nvidia Optimus auto-switches on your graphics on demand

Nvidia dropped a note about its Optimus technology in a short blog post prior to CES this year, but we've got the full low down from Nvidia for the service that launches today.

Nvidia Optimus seamlessly bridges the gap between integrated and discrete graphics...

VIDEO: Nvidia Optimus demonstrated

Nvidia Optimus is going to be rolling out with most major manufacturers this year, giving you the benefit of long battery life from integrated graphics, or great performance from a discrete GPU, without you, the user, having to manually switch.

The great thing...

Daily Tech Deal: Acer Aspire Timeline 5810T £349.99

For today's tech deal we have the Acer Aspire Timeline 5810T, on sale at Play.com for £349.99.

Play are suggesting that you're saving £150 off the RRP, which technically might be true but in reality it looks like elsewhere this would be costing you around the...

15 easy tips to make Windows boot up faster

So the Sony Vaio Z can boot up faster than a speeding photon. Well, bully for those people who are happy to shell out 2000-odd pounds for a laptop and a further 2000 even ones too. The rest of us may not be able to fire up the old Microsoft Windows at quite that same...

PHOTOS: Sony VAIO Z series hands on

If you want it all in a small package, you'll probably be looking at a Sony VAIO Z series. This is the carbon fibre and aluminium number that, at the top of the range offers you an Intel Core i7 processor, 6GB RAM and 255GB SSD memory.

The screen may only be 13.1...

Dell Alienware M11x priced in US and UK, UK gets spec boost

Dell has released pricing details in the UK and the US for its new Alienware gaming laptop the Alienware M11x first announced at CES.

Although on the surface gamers are likely to cry "rip-off" Britain once again when they see the $799 price tag replaced with a...

Sony Vaio E Series notebooks announced

Sony's new E Series of Vaios has been announced and replaces the NW Series in its consumer notebook line-up. Said to be compact, the claim for the E Series is that it offers multimedia features you'd expect to find on bigger, bulkier options.

Spec for the...

PHOTOS: Sony VAIO E series hands on

Sony has just announced the launch of its new E series, joining the line-up of models for 2010. We got our hands on the new machine and shot off a quick gallery for you.

The new VAIO E series comes in and replaces the NW series. Like the NW, the new E series will...