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$1,000 is the new $2,000 for laptops: HP steps up low cost notebook parade

Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show this week PC makers are sending a distinct message: The sub-$1,000 laptop is the new $2,000 laptop. You can get more functionality, style and even a little fashion for a grand. Meanwhile, the push to merge the netbook and notebook categories is well underway....

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Laptop Computer, HP Firebird, Crothers, HP Mini, Price Difference, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-06

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Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?

Nvidia unveiled its next-generation graphics processing unit GPU architecture, dubbed Fermi, and announced a key supercomputing win with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The takeaway: Graphics and visualization are becoming key to scientific discoveries. And Nvidia could be a major player. Oak Ridge's supercomputer will be used...

Tags: Supercomputer, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Supercomputing, GPU, Fermi, Oak Ridge, CNET News, JMP Securities Alex Gauna, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Can ultrathin laptop David beat the netbook Goliath?

Are netbooks too portable, inexpensive and popular to beat? Brooke Crothers writes on his CNET blog that the netbook's popularity is perhaps too great to overcome by the burgeoning ultrathin laptop market, and takes Apple COO Tim Cook to task for bashing netbooks in April for being...

Tags: Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Brooke Crothers, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-14

$299 laptop specials keep back-to-school shoppers happy; would you buy over a Netbook?

Specials for fully-featured notebook PCs with $299 price tags are helping laptops stake out ground against the popular 10-inch Netbook segment in a tough economy. With bigger screens, optical drives, much more memory and some graphics horsepower to speak...

Tags: Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-17

Analyst: Cheap ultrathin laptops push design limits; cracked plastic

Been eyeing a thin-and-light laptop recently? You know, the kind that usually comes prefixed with the "Macbook Air killer" tag? Be careful what you wish for. Broadpoint AmTech analyst Doug Freedman said Wednesday to CNET contributor Brooke Crothers that some...

Tags: Apple MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, OEM, Manufacturer, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Design Limit, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Intel drops Centrino, explains Core i3, i5, i7 branding

Intel says it plans to phase out "Centrino" as a PC brand and offered more insight into its branding scheme for its upcoming Core series of processors, including Lynnfield" and "Clarksfield" chips. In a post yesterday on Intel's website, spokesman Bill Calder wrote...

Tags: Brand, Intel Centrino, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Intel Corp., Branding, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Is Windows 7 really too expensive?

It's not even on store shelves yet, but Windows 7 might come with a price tag that may be a higher hurdle than expected for some early adopters. Windows 7 is beating Vista in just about every...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Driver Preparation, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-18

EU's Intel ruling: Are there intangible benefits for AMD?

AMD has been broadcasting the EU's $1.45 billion antitrust fine against Intel for nearly a week. AMD is touting the EU ruling almost a week after the antitrust commission hammered Intel.  As Brooke Crothers notes, AMD's EU chatter borders on gloating. Check out AMD's home page: ...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., European Union, Corporate Law, Benefits, Security, Business Operations, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Intel: Netbooks are about seeding next-gen customers (kids)

Intel made the case that its netbook focus isn't hurting profit margins and isn't cannibalizing notebook demand. Meanwhile, the chip giant provided a few statistics on how folks actually use netbooks.  Intel's exec parade and messaging regarding netbook demand seemed to resonate with analysts. Wachovia analyst David...

Tags: Intel Atom, Netbook, Intel Corp., Chip, CNet News, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Intel launches new chip logos, rating system

Intel has revamped its processor badging and rating system, reports CNET's Brooke Crothers, and while consumers are the main target, business systems will get new badging as well. The new badges have a "peel away" look that reveals a die graphic in the upper right hand corner,...

Tags: Intel Corp., Chip, Branding, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Marketing, Hardware, Networking, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Netbooks vs. Laptops: Nvidia 9400M 'Ion' chipset stirs competition

Just because there isn't an Apple netbook doesn't mean there isn't a chance to crowd the market. Nvidia is launching its GeForce 9400M "Ion" graphics chipset for Netbooks and small desktops today, with the intention of replacing Intel as the go-to provider of the 945 chipset that...

Tags: NVidia Corp., Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-17

Netbooks, mini-notebooks, ultraportables and semantic fun with AMD

AMD is targeting what Intel calls the netbook market, but not completely. Here's a tale of semantic fun on Friday night. When I read Brooke Crothers report on how AMD wasn't entering the netbook market I was shocked. After all, I was one of those people that...

Tags: Mini-notebook, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Intel's roadmap comes into focus: Can rivals respond?

Intel's developer forum in San Francisco has more than its share of chest thumping and as the roadmap comes into focus you really wonder how competitors will respond. To be sure, Intel won't have a cakewalk, but it's making a lot of waves, creating new markets (Netbooks...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Intel takes aim at Nvidia, AMD's ATI

Intel is wading into the graphics chip market and its wake could roil Nvidia and AMD's ATI. On Monday, Intel is disclosing details (Intel statement, Techmeme) about Larrabee, a chip that will have stand alone graphics processing and aim for the gaming market. While Nvidia and AMD...

Tags: NVidia Corp., ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Larrabee, Jon Peddie, Semiconductors, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-04

What's next for the MacBook Air?

Brook Crothers at CNet's nanotech blog has posted an interesting piece about what upgrade options might be coming for the MacBook Air. Drives Apple dropped the price of the 64GB Solid State Disk SSD option by US$400 on Thursday but Crothers points to higher capacity, 128GB...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, Battery, Disk, Engineering, Hardware, Intel Corp., jason D. O'Grady, MBA, MLC, Notebooks, Notebooks & Tablets, Solid State Disk, Processor

Blog posts 2008-07-07