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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 Announces Predator Orion 3000/5000 Series Gaming Desktops
As part of their pre-Computex Global Press Conference, Acer today has unveiled a pair of new SKUs for their Orion Series of Gaming Desktops, filling out the series with...
1 by Joe Shields on 5/23/2018HP Unveils EliteBook x360 1030 G3 Convertible: Quad-Core CPU, 700-Nits LCD, 18 Hrs
HP has announced its new high-end 13.3-inch convertible aimed at demanding consumers, enterprises, and government agencies. The third-generation EliteBook x360 1030 hybrid notebook got more compact yet more powerful...
5 by Anton Shilov on 5/18/2018HP 13-inch Elite x2 1013 2-in-1 PC: Quad-Core, Thunderbolt 3
HP has announced its third-generation Elite x2 2-in-1 hybrid PCs for enterprise and government clients. The new Elite x2 1013 systems received faster quad-core processors along with a larger...
8 by Anton Shilov on 5/17/2018HP Envy x360: 13-inch with Ryzen, 15-inch with Ryzen or Core 8th Gen
In another announcement today out of the HP camp, the company has shared with us some updates to the Envy x360 line of convertibles. The Envy x360 13 is...
30 by Joe Shields on 5/14/2018HP Envy Notebooks: Updated Styling and Display, Now with 8th Gen Intel
In a flurry of announcements this morning, HP has shared its latest updates in the Envy 13-inch and 17-inch laptops. HP has updated its exterior styling, a reduction in...
11 by Joe Shields on 5/14/2018Intel Taps Additional Facility to Assemble & Test Boxed Coffee Lake CPUs
Intel last week announced plans to start using an additional assembly and test facility to produce boxed versions of its six-core Core i5/i7 (Coffee Lake) processors. The addition of...
15 by Anton Shilov on 5/2/2018MSI Unveils New Vortex Desktop Workstation and Updated Mobile Workstations
MSI has announced updates to its mobile workstation lineup infusing them with Coffee Lake CPUs and Quadro based graphics cards as well as introducing a new pint-sized (Liter size...
5 by Joe Shields on 4/19/2018MSI Upgrades Budget Laptops with Intel’s CFL-H: Six-Core Notebooks Start at $1,099
Traditionally, PC makers tend to upgrade their premium product series with the latest CPUs or GPUs first and only then expand usage of new chips to more affordable product...
9 by Anton Shilov on 4/14/2018MSI GT63/GT83 Titans Upgraded with Six-Core CPUs, Samsung’s PCIe SSDs
Among the many laptops getting a refresh this month alongside Intel's new 8th gen Core processors are the 15.6-inch GT63 and the 18.4-inch GT83 desktop replacement laptops, both of...
11 by Anton Shilov on 4/13/2018Intel Core-B Processors: 8th Gen BGA with 65W TDP
During the mêlée of last week and Intel announcing the next wave of 8th Gen Core processors, there were a few products that Intel did not include in the...
33 by Ian Cutress on 4/12/2018Mainstream Gaming: HP Updates Pavilion Gaming Desktop/Laptop Lineups
On the heels of Intel releasing their 8th Generation Core processors in late 2017, OEMs hustled to get their next generation of desktops and laptops ready to accept that...
4 by Joe Shields on 4/11/2018MSI Announces GS65 Stealth: Thin & Lighter 15-Inch Gaming Laptop
When most think of gaming laptops large bulky devices with aggressive styling and likely some RGB LED flare setting themselves apart from the pool of monotonous portables. However, for...
18 by Joe Shields on 4/10/2018MSI's GT75 Titan DTR Laptop Gets Coffee Lake Treatment: Core i9 + GeForce GTX 1080
MSI has updated their GT series of gaming laptops (GT63, GT75, and GT83) all receiving an upgrade to the 8th generation Intel CPUs. The GT75 will now support up...
7 by Joe Shields on 4/10/2018ASUS ROG Spring System Updates: Gaming Big and Small
With this week's major launch of the rest of the 8th Generation Core lineup, virtually every last major OEM is issuing significant updates to large parts of their product...
17 by Anton Shilov & Joe Shields on 4/6/2018Origin PC Evo15-S Gaming Laptop: Core i7, GTX 1070 Max-Q, 1080p144
Today Origin PC released its new Evo15-S gaming laptop. The new device uses NVIDIA’s Max-Q based video cards to give a notably thinner and lighter device than the average...
13 by Joe Shields on 4/3/2018Dell's Spring Range: New 8th Gen Alienware, Laptops, and Monitors
Inspiron All-in-Ones On the desktop side of matters, Dell has announced updates to the entire range of its popular Inspiron All-in-One desktop line, starting from its cost effective 22 &...
34 by Ian Cutress, Anton Shilov & Joe Shields on 4/3/2018Intel Expands 8th Gen Core: Core i9 on Mobile, Iris Plus, Desktop, Chipsets, and vPro
The march from Intel for everything to be under the ‘8th Gen Intel Core’ branding is now at its climax: today is the official launch of several new 8th...
124 by Ian Cutress on 4/3/2018Panasonic Unveils Let’s Note SV7: 12.1-Inch, Quad-Core CPU, TB3, ODD, 21 Hrs, 2.4 Lbs
Panasonic has upgraded its 12.1-inch series laptops with Intel’s quad-core 8th Generation Core i5/i7 CPUs. The new Panasonic Let’s Note CF-SV7-series notebooks are the only ultra-compact PCs to feature...
25 by Anton Shilov on 2/13/2018VAIO S Laptops Updated With 8th Gen Core CPUs & TruePerformance to Prolong Turbo Time
VAIO has updated its popular 13-inch VAIO S laptops sold in the U.S. with Intel’s latest 8th Generation Core i5/i7 processors featuring four cores. Besides new CPUs, the systems...
11 by Anton Shilov on 2/12/2018MSI at CES 2018: New Desktop PC’s - Updated Trident 3 Arctic, Infinite X, and Aegis Ti3
MSI’s has released information about three new updated lines from their Gaming Desktop segment. The Trident 3 Arctic, revealed in March 2017, The Infinite X, and the Aegis Ti3...
7 by Joe Shields on 1/11/2018