Last week we launched a new sort of buyer’s guide for AnandTech with our Best Budget Ultrabook recommendation. We’ll be fleshing out the “best XYZ” recommendations for other components and categories over the coming months, but for now my focus is on the notebook sector, and the plan is to have a new recommendation for laptops every Friday. Last week was a budget Ultrabook, and this week is the true budget category for all laptops. Let me know what you’d like me to cover next, keeping in mind that there are probably five or six categories of laptop that I’ll rotate through on a regular basis. With that out of the way, let’s talk briefly about the budget laptop sector. Laptops comprise everything from Chromebooks...
HP EliteBook 8570w Notebook Review: The Other Side of the Coin
We recently reviewed Dell's top of the line Precision M6700 mobile workstation and found that the overall design left something to be desired compared to HP's high end EliteBooks...
54 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/18/2012AMD Announces Their First 8000M GPUs
AMD held a press briefing today on their upcoming 8000M graphics chips, which they are calling the "second generation GCN architecture" parts. We’ll have more on that in a...
88 by Jarred Walton on 12/17/2012AMD's Radeon HD 7970M: Ivy Bridge vs. Trinity Video
In one of the most "interesting" moves I've seen in the mobile market, MSI has equipped their GX60 gaming notebook with an HD 7970M...paired with an AMD A10-4600M APU...
81 by Jarred Walton on 12/14/2012Dell Precision M6700 Notebook Review: The Enterprise Split
When you think about it, the enterprise workstation market really only has three key players. You have HP, who produce some excellent mobile workstations but have been stagnating horribly...
126 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/12/2012Holiday 2012 Ultrabook and Ultraportable Guide
We’ve provided some buyer’s guides for system builders so far, but today we’re going to ditch the DIY sector and instead look at pre-built laptop options, with a focus...
78 by Jarred Walton on 12/12/2012TeamViewer 8 Released, with Windows 8 and Retina Support
TeamViewer is one of those applications that some people have heard about and love, while others have no idea what it is. At its core, TeamViewer is a remote...
29 by Jarred Walton on 12/6/2012HP EliteBook 2170p Ultraportable Review: Business Class, But Business Savvy?
We recently reviewed Acer's Aspire V5-171, a notebook that proves that there's a life (and a market) after netbooks but before ultrabooks. The essential gap that's materialized has been...
44 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/30/2012AMD Enduro Beta, Take Three!
We've been discussing AMD's Enduro 5.5 update for a few months now; when last we checked in, everything was almost in place...everything except fully optimized DX9 support. A little...
35 by Jarred Walton on 11/27/2012Acer Aspire V5-171 Notebook Review: The Death and Rebirth of the Netbook
With all of the coverage we've done of ultrabooks in recent months, it's easy to forget that the big vendors are still out there plugging away with more basic...
29 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/21/2012Google and Acer Bring Chromebooks to $199
It seems we're not through with new Chromebooks yet. Google's tagline for their lightweight PC operating system initiative is "Chromebooks for Everyone," and to that end they are racing...
28 by Jason Inofuentes on 11/12/2012The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 9
This past month has been insane thanks to many of our travel schedules. With things finally settling down I was able to get together with Brian and Vivek to...
49 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/7/2012Samsung Chromebook (XE303) Review: Testing ARM's Cortex A15
Google announced the Chrome OS project two years ago, and with it came the first Chromebook: the CR-48. The Chrome OS concept seemed revolutionary at the time. In 2010...
148 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/31/2012LG and Google Announce the Nexus 4, Starts at $299
This isn't how they wanted to do it, but LG and Google are going ahead with the announcement of the Nexus 4, and it's a steal. The lineage of...
91 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/29/2012ASUS Windows 8 and RT Products Revealed
ASUS has spent the last few years showing how good design can yield big dividends in the Windows notebook and Android tablet markets. With today’s announcement of their Windows...
17 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/23/201213-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display: Hands On
We just spent some time with the other major announcement from today: Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The 3.5 lbs machine is obviously lighter than the 15-inch...
24 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012Apple's iPad mini Event Live Blog
We've lined up and are getting ready to bring you live coverage from Apple's special event today. Widely expected to make an appearance are the iPad mini as well...
89 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2012AMD’s 12.11 Mobility Catalyst: Enduro Hotfix [Mostly] Included
We already posted our overview of the 12.11 Catalyst drivers when used with desktop GPUs, but notebook users are naturally wondering where the promised mobile Hotfix driver is. The...
45 by Jarred Walton on 10/22/2012Google Reboots The Chromebook: ARM Meets Notebook For $249
Google's been known to throw the spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. And for every GMail and Android, there's a Wave and Buzz. At best, Google's Chromebook...
51 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/18/2012Inside Microsoft's Surface RT Tablet
Along with the first pricing and availability details, Microsoft gave us some additional insight into Surface in a tour of the design and engineering facility where the project was...
73 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/16/2012Microsoft Surface RT Starting at $499, Available 10/26, Preorder Today
Earlier this summer Microsoft did the somewhat unexpected and announced first party Windows RT and Windows 8 tablet hardware under the Surface brand. Microsoft wanted to have flagship devices...
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