The ThinkPad Helix has finally become available on Lenovo.com, after many delays, but as you would expect there are no bargain prices to be found for this premium notebook to tablet convertible. The starting price is $1,679, and Lenovo isn’t even pretending that’s a sale price, you pay full sticker for new. At the base [...]
The much anticipated IdeaPad Yoga 11s is now selling via Lenovo.com for the reasonable starting price of $799.99. The Yoga 11s is a convertible notebook to tablet Windows 8 device, unlike the earlier released Yoga 11 this model has the full version of Windows 8 so you’re not limited to just Windows apps, you can [...]
The much anticipated and delayed ThinkPad Helix is now shipping, though apparently only from where it’s slipping through the cracks of retailers. In particular it appears that PC Connection shipped off a few ThinkPad Helix units for those that ordered this configuration as posters in the Lenovo support forums are reporting their overnight option shipments [...]
Nvidia recently announced their new 700 series lineup of mobile graphics cards and said they would soon be available inside manufacturer systems, and that is indeed the case as the Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 gaming oriented notebook is now available to configure with the Nvidia 750M graphics card. The Nvidia 750M is an update to the [...]
For those that have been patiently awaiting the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix since its announcement at CES in January and promised February availability, your wait may soon be over. At least according to the Lenovo twitter feed which posted the statement this weekend: “Update on ThinkPad Helix: now expected to arrive in April. Apologies–rest assured we’re [...]
Asus launched a couple of new notebook additions to its VivoBook lineup this week in the form of the S500 and S550 15-inchers. The VivoBook S500 comes with a set Intel Core i5 1.7GHz configuration while the S550 comes with a selection of Core i3, i5 or i7 processors depending on the model number. Right [...]
Google’s Nexus 7 and the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE are the first 4G Android tablets available through network provider EE
The Windows 8 store has relaxed a restriction on PEGI 18-rated games, with The Witcher 2 and Grand Theft Auto 4 the first to go on sale
£159 tablet gives Google’s Nexus 7 its first real competition
For those that like high resolution screens but prefer smaller sized laptops, your ticket number has just been called in the form of the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display from Apple. The MacBook Air 13-inch with Retina display (MBPR 13) was announced today at an Apple event in San Francisco, it will have [...]
The first business Ultrabook from Dell, the Latitude 6430u, is now shipping via Dell.com and starts at $900. The base model Latitude 6430u features a 14-inch matte display with 1,366 x 768 resolution, Core i3 processor, 128GB SSD and 4GB of RAM. There are plenty of upgrade options, for instance you can get a faster [...]
The new Microsoft Windows 8 OS gets released this Friday, there will be an unveiling event in NYC and it will be available to purchase worldwide. However, the best deals for those that want to upgrade to Microsoft Windows 8 Pro are right now. Amazon.com is offering the Windows 8 Pro upgrade for $68.88, a [...]
The Lenovo IdeaPad Y480 is notable for the fact it’s a budget friendly portable gaming laptop, it was released in Spring 2012 with an Nvidia 640M graphics card and since then people have been waiting and hoping to see an upgraded Nvidia 650M graphics card available that Lenovo initially mentioned would act as the GPU. [...]
The eagerly awaited ThinkPad X1 Carbon is now available for order on Lenovo.com for the starting price of $1,249. The base configuration of the X1 Carbon comes with an Intel Core i5 2.60GHz processor, 128GB SSD and 4GB of RAM. You can spend up to $1,859 in order to get a more powerful version with [...]
The HP Pavilion m6 first showed up at Best Buy last month, and now finally the m6-1000 15.6” Ultrabook is now available online at HP.com to configure. Pricing starts at $849.99 without any coupon, but if you use coupon code NBQ1148 it bumps the price down to $749 (that coupon expires July 19th, 2012). The [...]
The Vizio laptops that have been receiving so much buzz of late are now available via Walmart.com and should be in stores July 2nd. When ordering from the website the availability is indicated as next Monday. The pricing starts at $948 for the 14-inch thin and light model with 14” screen and 3rd Generation Intel [...]
The new Dell Vostro 3360 and small business targeted laptop is now available for purchase via Dell.com. The Vostro 3360 is a 13.3” screen laptop with a very thin and light design. It has a thickness of only 0.74”which means it’s as thin as many Ultrabooks on the market. The weight of 3.68lbs is fairly [...]
Dell has now made available their new Vostro 3460 business laptop with a starting price of $599 on Dell.com. The Vostro 3460 was announced last week by Dell along with the Vostro 3360 and Vostro 3560. This Vostro 3460 model sits right in the middle in terms of size, it has a 14” screen and [...]
Here’s an interesting statistic, with the introduction of the Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display the average selling price of an Apple laptop selling in Amazon.com’s top 20 list of laptops is, at the time of this writing, an eye popping $1,580, 3 times the cost of a PC laptop. That’s mostly because the new [...]
Remember the Pavilion m6 HP announced in April? We’d almost given up hope it would be released, but just this week it started showing up in Best Buy retail stores and is available on BestBuy.com for $729.99 as the Pavilion m6-1045dx with an Intel Core i5 configuration. The great news is that the Core i5 [...]
The Dell Vostro 3560 is a new 15.6” screen small business laptop that started selling today on Dell.com with a starting price of $599. The Vostro 3560 sports the latest Intel processor technology, the third generation Core processors dubbed Ivy Bridge. You can configure up to a Core i7 Quad Core processor and there’s even [...]
HP’s lineup of 2012 EliteBook and ProBook business laptops are now available for purchase via HP.com. The big news with these new releases is of course the fact they now integrate Intel’s 3rd generation Core i3, i5 and i7 processors along with improved HD 4000 integrated graphics. HP ENVY Pro Ultrabook 4 – 14” screen [...]
The much awaited Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 15.6” screen gaming laptop is now finally available for purchase on Lenovo.com a month after its smaller brethren the 14” screen Y480 was released. The very good news is that the Y580 comes with the powerful Nvidia GeForce GTX660M graphics card as a standard. The Nvidia GTX660M is much [...]
Toshiba has announced and started selling its Portege Z930 13.3” screen Ultrabook, an update to the Z835 we reviewed last year, essentially it’s just a minor refresh and Toshiba is now pushing this more as a business oriented Ultrabook as they now have a consumer level Satellite Ultrabook 845 that costs around $700. Toshiba has [...]
Consumers who buy a new PC between now and Jan. 31 can pay US$14.99 for an upgrade to Windows 8, the next version of Microsoft’s PC operating, Microsoft announced Wednesday.
