Today Sony is launching their newest line of laptops, the VAIO Fit series. There will be two different lines, the Fit and the Fit E, and all of the new laptops are "thin and light" and feature aluminum exteriors. Sony didn't provide detailed specifications, but it sounds like the VAIO Fit series is going after users that like the idea of an Ultrabook but aren't willing to pay the higher price premiums. That likely means entry level models will come with conventional HDD storage rather than SSDs or hybrid solutions, though Sony does note that SSDs and hybrid options are available on higher spec models. Noteworthy features of the VAIO Fit laptops include 1600x900 HD+ LCDs on the 14" model and 1080p displays on the...
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Alienware M17x R4 Notebook Review: Ivy Bridge and the GeForce GTX 680M
Alienware recently updated their Bronze Editor's Choice award-winning M17x R4 gaming notebook to include Intel's Ivy Bridge processors and optional AMD Radeon HD 7900M series graphics or NVIDIA's new...
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Dell's Enterprise Windows 8 Rollout Begins
While today we already have a review up of Dell's enterprise all-in-one, the OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One, our meeting with them in San Francisco bore fruit with two additional pieces...
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Dell OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One Review: Dell's All-in-One Goes Enterprise
The all-in-one market is a tough nut to crack, both for the vendors and in many ways for the press as well. Apple sidestepped the landmine entirely by simply...
20 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/19/2012
Ivy Bridge Gets 4K Display Support in October
This October Intel will be providing a driver update for Ivy Bridge that will enable 4K x 2K resolution support as well as hardware accelerated 4K video decode. You'll...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2012
Midrange System Buyer's Guide
Intel has dominated the midrange and high-end segments of the desktop processor market since the release of its Sandy Bridge architecture in early 2011. A few months ago we...
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HP Brings Windows 8 Ready All-in-Ones
At our briefing with HP in the city, we had a chance to see just how far their Spectre branding was stretching by taking a look at their refreshed...
20 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/10/2012
Intel’s Pentium and Core i3 Desktop Ivy Bridge CPUs Arrive
We knew the Core i3 Ivy Bridge CPUs were coming, but details on precisely when that would happen and how much they would cost were a bit harder to...
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Razer Introduces Blade R2: Faster, Less Expensive
Earlier this year, I took a look at Razer’s first foray into gaming systems, the Blade notebook. I came away pretty impressed overall, particularly with the level of design...
45 by Vivek Gowri on 8/31/2012
HP's Convertible Windows 8 Tablet and Bleeding Edge Ultrabooks
I've taken meetings with HP and Toshiba (their press release is impending) in sunny San Francisco, California to see what they have in store for us when Windows 8...
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ASUS UX31A: Putting the Ultra in Ultrabooks
When Intel first came up with their Ultrabook initiative last year—and yes, it was basically just a rechristening of ultraportables with the thin factor of a MacBook Air—they also...
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AVADirect Quiet Gaming PC System Review Part II: Can Ivy Bridge and Kepler Make Up the Difference?
The last time we reviewed AVADirect's Quiet Gaming PC was in January. I was mostly pleased with it, but it went awry in the places that boutique systems often...
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HP Envy 14 Spectre Ultrabook Review: Something More Than Envy
It's interesting, we recently met up with HP in San Francisco to see what they have planned for the future (and they do have some very compelling stuff in...
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Lenovo ThinkCentre M92 Tiny System Review: Pint-Sized Power
It's hard not to notice the direction computing is going, both in the enterprise and at home. Notebooks are getting thinner and lighter, tablets are taking off, and on...
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Samsung Series 7 NP700Z7C Review
We recently posted our first look at Dell’s new XPS 15, a Windows-focused laptop that took more than a few design elements of the standard MacBook Pro 15. While...
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Dell Precision T1650 Workstation Review: Ivy Bridge Xeons Bring Performance
This year has seen a revitalized Dell aggressively attacking HP on the enterprise workstation front. While HP has been content to recycle last year's models, Dell has made substantial...
38 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/31/2012
Dell XPS 15 L521X: A Detailed First Look
Last week Dell’s new XPS 15 L512x landed on our doorstep, and we’ve been hammering on it ever since. Combining many of the best elements of the previous generation...
109 by Jarred Walton on 7/25/2012
Dell Announces New Precision M4700 and M6700 Mobile Workstations
Today Dell is updating their Precision Mobile Workstation lineup with two new model, the 15.6” M4700 and the 17.3” M6700. Along with Ivy Bridge processors, Dell is adding new...
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Acer Aspire S5 Ultrabook Review: The Steady March of Progress
First generation technology is seldom perfect, and the fruit of Intel's ultrabook initiative was no exception. While vendors came out in force with some fairly impressive pieces of hardware...
82 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/9/2012
Acer Aspire V3-571G-9435: The Value Proposition
We’ve had plenty of Acer laptops come in for review over the years (along with visits from their close relatives, Gateway). Rarely do we find such laptops reaching for...
87 by Jarred Walton on 7/4/2012
Dell Updates XPS 14 and 15 with New Chassis, New Hardware
If you couldn't tell already, it's definitely refresh season around here and Dell has been sure to keep news about their comprehensive refreshes coming through in a steady trickle...
53 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/26/2012