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Dynabook, formerly Toshiba, has introduced its new entry-level business laptop that promises to offer an attractive balance between performance, portability, and price. The Tecra A40 is a typical ‘working horse’ type of notebook with a 14-inch Full-HD display, a mainstream CPU, a battery life of over 10 hours, and a three-year on-site warranty for select configurations in the US. The Dynabook Tecra A40 is aimed at a wide audience and attempts to find the right balance of peculiarities to offer something for everyone. To that end, the notebook is equipped with a 14-inch Full-HD monitor with or without touch support. The mobile PC comes in an a modest chassis made of black plastic and featuring a slip resistant coating. The chassis is 19.9 mm thick...
Acer’s TravelMate X514-51: A 14-Inch Commercial Laptop under 1 kg (2.2 lbs)
Acer has introduced its new thin-and-light commercial notebook aimed at small and medium businesses. Outfitted with a 14-inch display and based on Intel’s Core i5/i7 processors, the TravelMate X514-51...
19 by Anton Shilov on 3/14/2019Cincoze DX-1100 Ultra Compact Rugged System: Xeon-E with Custom I/O Expansion
Cincoze has introduced its new ultra-compact rugged embedded workstation for use in space-constrained environments. The Diamond Extreme Series DX-1000 system supports Intel’s 8th Gen Core as well as Xeon...
18 by Anton Shilov on 3/8/2019Lenovo at CES 2019: 7th Gen ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gets Thinner
Lenovo this week introduced its 7th Generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops. The new notebooks got a number of tangible improvements when compared to their predecessors. The latest ThinkPad X1...
16 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2019Samsung Unveils 2019 Notebook 9 Pen 13 & 15
Samsung on Thursday introduced its next-generation Notebook 9 convertible laptops that will hit the market next year. The new lineup of convertibles includes models with a 13.3-inch display or...
38 by Anton Shilov on 12/14/2018LG Releases Gram 17 Laptop: An Ultra-Thin Notebook with a 17.3-Inch Display
Due to their size and lack of portability, 17-inch notebooks are not exactly popular among road warriors. Instead this is largely the domain of desktop replacement-class machines, which in...
33 by Anton Shilov on 12/6/2018ASUS Releases VivoBook 14 (X420UA): Inexpensive Ultra-Portable with Premium Look & Feel
ASUS has introduced its latest mainstream VivoBook 14 laptop, with the new model in some ways bringing the series a bit closer to its premium counterparts. The new VivoBook...
18 by Anton Shilov on 11/28/2018HP Launches ProBook 400 G6 Series: Thinner & Sleeker Workhorses
HP on Wednesday introduced its sixth-generation ProBook 400-series laptops, which are aimed at small and medium businesses. Just like their direct predecessors, the new HP ProBook 400-series G6 systems...
10 by Anton Shilov on 11/28/2018Apple Announces 2018 MacBook Air: Entry-Level Laptop Gets Essential Refresh
This morning at a keynote in New York City, Apple took the wraps off of their latest notebook update, the 2018 MacBook Air. The entry-level member of Apple’s laptop...
75 by Ryan Smith on 10/30/2018HP Launches Ultra-Thin HP Spectre 13 x360: Quad-Core i7, Gigabit LTE, 22.5 Hr Battery Life
Originally launched as stylish high-performance ultra-portables, HP’s Spectre-series laptops have quickly gained popularity among multiple user segments. As a result of this, HP’s Spectre laptops and convertibles also began...
17 by Anton Shilov on 10/24/2018HP Launches EliteBook x360 1040 G5: Now with 14-Inch Display and 32 GB of RAM
HP on Tuesday announced its first EliteBook-branded convertible, the EliteBook x360 1040 G5. Walking a fine line between an ultraportable laptop, a convertible, and a high-end laptop, HP has...
15 by Anton Shilov on 10/23/2018iBASE Launches MI995 Mini-ITX Intel CM246-Based Board for Xeon E
iBASE introduced one of the industry’s first Mini-ITX motherboards for Intel’s Xeon E processors on Tuesday. The MI995 is based on Intel’s mobile CM246 PCH and is aimed at...
7 by Anton Shilov on 10/17/2018Lenovo Reveals Yoga C930 Convertible: 13.9-Inch LCD with Dolby Vision, 8th Gen Core i7
Lenovo has introduced its new Yoga C930 convertible notebook. Just like last year’s Yoga 920 PC, the new generation Yoga laptop is based on Intel’s 8th Gen Core i-series...
21 by Anton Shilov on 9/5/2018Dell Announces Latest Precision Entry Level Workstations: Powerful 1U Rack and SFF Desktops
Today Dell has introduced new and updated lineups in their Precision entry-level workstation lineup. In this case, Dell has brought forth the Precision 3930 Rack (1U workstation), Precision 3630...
18 by Joe Shields on 7/12/2018Apple Updates MacBook Pro Family for 2018: More CPU Cores, DDR4, & Same Form Factors
A surprising no-show at this year’s Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference was any kind of hardware refresh for Apple’s Mac products. While WWDC is first and foremost a software...
104 by Ryan Smith on 7/12/2018The GIGABYTE H370N WiFi Review: Mini-ITX with HDMI 2.0 and 802.11ac Wave 2
GIGABYTE has released a version of their most popular mini-ITX motherboards on the market with the H370N WiFi - a small form factor board designed to offer users a...
26 by Joe Shields on 6/21/2018Lenovo Unveils ThinkPad P52: 8th Gen Core or Xeon, Quadro 3200, and 128GB RAM
The new ThinkPad P52, according to Lenovo, 'sets the standard for mobile workstations by combining ThinkPad build-quality along with cutting-edge technology'. All the horsepower is designed to handle modern...
21 by Joe Shields on 6/15/2018GIGABYTE Sabre 15 and 17 Gaming Laptops: Affordable Portable Gaming
Typically when you think of GIGABYTE/AORUS, you think of laptops like the Aero 15X or X9. Beautiful, powerful laptops with budget-breaking prices. However, GIGABYTE is now trying to spread...
11 by Joe Shields on 6/6/2018HP Announces ProBook x360 440 G1 Notebook: Slim and Secure Convertible
HP introduced the new HP ProBook x360 400 G1 they say is designed to adapt to the way growing business and on-the-go professionals work both inside and outside of...
2 by Joe Shields on 6/6/2018Acer Unveils New Nitro 50 Series Gaming Desktop PCs: Affordable Gaming
This week Acer has also announced their new Nitro 50 Series gaming desktop PCs, further expanding its Nitro product family. Acer says that they created the Nitro 50 Series...
12 by Joe Shields on 5/24/2018