It's officially spring, so why is your computer still moving like it's half frozen? After all those long winter nights surfing shady sites, it's no wonder. Here's how to give your most important devices a spring cleaning fit for a May Queen.
Until now, Chromebooks hadn't been much more than glorified netbooks; underpowered curios best suited for technological novices. The 13-inch, touchscreen, retina-displayed, full-powered Chromebook Pixel, though, appears to be anything but. And it should be enough to make Apple at least a little nervous. At least until you get to the price.
The anodized aluminum Pixel is purpose-built for working in the cloud. Rather than the standard 16:9 resolution, the Pixel is optimized for viewing Internet-based content with a 2560x1700 resolution on a 3:2 aspect ratio—which provides 18 percent more vertical space than the conventional 16:9 layout. That's 4.3 million pixels total, 239 per inch—appreciably more than the 13-inch retina MacBook Pro's 227 ppi. What's more, the display is Gorilla Glass and doubles as a capacitive touch screen.
When the world's largest PC manufacturer starts making Chromebooks, what does it mean? Does it reveal a degree of uncertainty about the direction of the PC? A response to the perceived complexity of Windows 8 machines? An underserved market it can exploit?
Why not all of the above?
Early Monday morning, Hewlett-Packard announced the Pavilion 14 Chromebook, a $329.99 netbook boasting both a larger screen - 14 inches - than rival Chromebooks, as well as a new pricing tier. HP's Pavilion 14 brings the total Chromebook count to four: the $229 Samsung Chromebook, the $199 Acer C7, the $449 Samsung Chromebook 550, and the Pavilion 14. HP's screen may be the largest of the bunch, but its processor - a dual-core Intel Celeron - sits below the Chromebook's 550's Intel Core processor.
HP will be launching its first Chromebook in February, according to a leaked document found on the HP website.
Chromebooks are Google's name for laptops that run its stripped-down, Web-friendly Chrome operating system.
The document is no longer on the site but it revealed pretty detailed plans and specs for a device called the HP Pavilion Chromebook.
It will have a 1.1GHz Celeron processor, 2GB of RAM, a 16GB solid-state drive, and a 14-inch, 1366x768 display, reports Nathan Ingraham on The Verge.
Galaxy Note II owners, listen up.
The Galaxy Note Smart Dock is the latest cool accessory for your phone, turning it into a small-scale laptop by providing loads of accessory ports.
Want to type into your phone on a USB keyboard? Want to connect it to an HDTV with an HDMI cable? You can do all that while cradling your phone upright with this device.
It's available for $99 on Samsung's site.
Google's having a rough day, but here's some good news: It has a new Chromebook, and this time it's $250. That's pretty amazing.
Chromebooks are an overlooked part of Google's arsenal, but they really shouldn't be. If you don't need specific programs, and just need a computer to work on docs on and browse the web, Chromebooks are pretty much the best inexpensive laptops you can get.
In college, one essential tool in getting work done is a laptop. It’s a lifesaver in countless situations. You’ll need one in case you forgot to make some changes in your presentation. You’ll need one in case you need to look something up for your homework. There are countless situations where a laptop comes in handy in a classroom setting.
The question is though, what should you choose? Well, that depends on what kind of laptop user you are. There are plenty of laptops out there, and many can do plenty of stuff. Believe it or not, some people still might think it’s a good idea to buy a desktop at this point and time. Saving money and getting twice the power for the same price as a laptop sounds great, however mobility is the number one necessary in college.
It took us a while until we finally came up with this list of 40 Awesome and Cool Laptop Stickers and I'm sure that you'll find this article both inspiring and useful.
If you're not looking for a laptop for heavy gaming or video production, you're probably just looking for one that can accommodate a variety of basic user needs. A dedicated graphics chip or an SSD would be nice additions, but you'd rather have the extra cash.
You can't skimp on the basics, though. Does the laptop have a solid processor? Will you have enough RAM for busy workdays or a big enough hard drive for your music, and maybe a couple of movies? These laptops have it covered.
The laptop world has always moved toward more compact and portable designs, but the latest crop of laptops and tablets are thinner and slimmer than any we've seen before. Consumers are consistently clamoring for technology in smaller packages, and manufacturers keep releasing ever skinnier models every year. As we test and evaluate products, we don't ignore the less technical details of width and weight. For every benchmark test we run we also break out our measuring tapes, calipers, and scales to get an accurate read on every aspect of the laptop, and we've picked out the 8 thinnest laptops on the market today.
Batteries are perhaps the biggest limiting factor in creating amazing technological advancement. As superhero expert E. Paul Zehr said in this recent interview with Smart Planet: The power source is the biggest challenge in using robotics of the sort worn by Iron Man, “Maybe something innovative will come out of all the work done with electric cars, although you wouldn’t want to lug a 200-pound battery around. So we could very well have a suit that we could control…but if you still have to plug it into the wall? Forget it. That’s not going to work.”
Despite everyone's assumptions, we geeks are not always privy to the latest and greatest technology. If you're stuck with an old, slow, crappy computer, there are a few things you can do to make the best of a bad situation. Here are our top 10 favorites.
While modern-day teenagers pour massive amounts of personal information onto social networks, one father took offense to a Facebook comment created by his daughter and decided to reach beyond the standard punishment.
Looking for the best bang for your PC buck? Our friends at Laptop Magazine and Laptop Mag—who oversee 140+ notebook and netbook reviews every year—have rounded up the top performers under $500.
For years, analysts have debated whether tablets will eventually replace laptops. Turns out that consumers largely believe they will--and the elderly are far more convinced of that fact than whippersnappers.
Considering that super thin, flexible, touch-screens and large capacity solid-state storage are just around the corner we expected to find many more examples of interesting concept designs for laptops. Here are the best that we found, however this is one case where we think the realized products will outstrip the concept designs.
Over the past couple of years, 3-D has been making its way onto PCs faster than consumers can say, “Wouldn’t it be great to watch a two-hour movie on my laptop while wearing battery-operated glasses?”
I tend to post a lot of cheapie laptops, largely because I like things that are cheapie, but also because I think most users can get by with a dual-core processor, minimal RAM, and so on.
Whether you’re buying for a spouse, a parent, a child or yourself, laptops make great gifts. Even if your recipient already owns a portable notebook, she may need a new one that is faster, lighter or better at media playback.
Apple suppliers are currently shipping components for a super-thin 15-inch MacBook, reports DigiTimes.
This points to Apple working on either a 15-inch MacBook Air or a thinner-than-usual 15-inch MacBook Pro, though we think the Air is far more likely.
