At Computex, Intel has introduced a new type of mobile computers called Ultrabook. According to her, it's thinner and lighter devices that combine the functions of tablets and notebooks. At the same time, they are designed for mass market and should cost less than $ 1000. The thickness of the computer, as defined by Intel Ultrabook, should be less than 20 mm, and battery life - about 10 hours. The first models will be built on Ultrabook processors Intel Sandy Bridge, and then they move to 22 nm chips Ivy Bridge (you're the first half of next year). In 2013, will be presented to 22 nm processors Intel Haswell with markedly reduced energy consumption, too focused on this type of devices.
We have already mentioned that the thinnest laptop Dell XPS 15z is now available in some regional online stores manufacturer, although the announcement was not. Now the laptop is available in the U.S., moreover, published a full official press release on the new product. According to the company, the model of Dell XPS 15z - this "world's slimmest 15-inch laptop on the planet." Questionable statement, since the thickness of the notebook is 24.7 mm - a little bit, but not amazing. In addition, it is the first representative of a new series of slim notebooks Dell.
The company ASUSTeK Computer introduced a new teaser that hints at novelty, preparing to debut at Computex 2011. It appears on the image and signature, the new version netbook ASUS Eee PC, and having a thin design. True, it is difficult to discern exactly how the device looks like, because the image is grayed out. But here came to the rescue Resource Notebook Italia: he published a picture of a thin netbook, which is on the profile is very similar to the image on the teaser.
We have already mentioned in the news about the new slim netbookASUS Eee PC X101. One of its distinguishing features is its low price - only $ 199, but now it has become clear than it is due. As the resource TechInStyle.tv (blog of updates to ASUS), $ 199 - a basic cost model with the operating system MeeGo. Another version called the ASUS Eee PC X101H runs on Windows 7, it is more advanced in terms of performance, more expensive and has a greater thickness.
Sony has introduced new notebook series VAIO F. They are already available in the U.S. Shop Sony Style for $ 1100. Powerful new laptops are equipped with 16.4-inch display with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels and built on quad-core Intel Core i7 (architecture Sandy Bridge). Novelties discrete graphics - NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M (1 GB) or 520M (512 MB), they are equipped with up to 8 GB of RAM and hard drive capacity to 750 GB or SSD up to 512 GB.
At Computex 2011, Intel demonstrated a reference design of a thin notebook called Keeley Lake. Journalists are a few resources, attended the event and were able to examine the device and then share their impressions. What they did not fail to do: the network is already available photo and video. The device is a thin notebook-transformer with swivel touch screen, which can be deployed and lowered to the keyboard, turning the notebook into a tablet.
At Computex 2011, Intel talked about their line of Atom processors, the next generation, designed for netbooks, smartphones and tablets. It is planned that the line of Intel Atom in its development will be able to get ahead of Moore's Law - the transition from 32 nm technology to 22 nm and then to 14 nm is planned for 3 years. The new chips promise to be more compact and energy efficient. More specifically, the netbook is a new platform Intel Cedar Trail, parts of which will be based on a 32-nm technology. It is assumed that netbooks based on it will be able to do passive cooling.
Gigabyte has demonstrated at Computex 2011 Gigabyte S1080 tablet and all spoke about the imminent international release. Recall, this model was shown at CeBIT 2011 in March and in April went on sale in the Taiwan market. Now the novelty is shown at Computex 2011. According to preliminary data, the tablet will be sold in the U.S. in June at a price of about $ 625 - $ 700.
List of products on the official website of Gigabyte, recently added to three other motherboards designed to work with processors AMD FX Series (Zambezi) in the performance of AM3 +.
The year before, in May, the company Hewlett-Packard (HP), as we have already mentioned in the newswithdrawn70,000 faulty batteries laptops. They followed 15,000 notebook batteries recalled to China. In the category of dangerous were many models, sold from August 2007 to March 2008. The company feared that the batteries could overheat, so the users were instructed to replace them in the service of HP. Now the company has decided to further protect users and to revoke a new batch of batteries.
