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Asus Strix GL702ZC uses 8 Core AMD Ryzen

by Bob Raikes

Asus has a new laptop which features an AMD Ryzen eight core processor and is claimed to be the first to use this chip. The GL702ZC also supports FreeSync on its integrated 17.3″ UltraHD …

Tags:AMD| Asus| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Vol 24 #47 Product Round Up

by Bob Raikes

Asus has a new laptop based on the Qualcomm snapdragon 835 and running Windows S. The display is a 13.3″ IPS FullHD LCD with 8.9mm bezels. The unit has 4G LTE connectivity (with up …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 47

HP Has Qualcomm-based 2-in-1

by Bob Raikes

HP has launched the HP Envy x2 a Windows 10 detachable PC that is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip. The device has a claimed battery life of 20 hours and uses a …

Tags:3G & 4G| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 46

PNY PrevailPro Supports Four UltraHD Displays

by Bob Raikes

PNY Technologies, Inc. announced new PrevailPro P4000 and P3000 ultra thin and light mobile workstations. The workstations use Nvidia Quadro P4000 or P3000 Pascal GPUs and Intel Core i7 (seventh gen) and HM175 chipset. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| Nvidia| Vol 24 - Issue 46| Workstations

Gaming Notebooks Shipments Up 22% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

According to Digitimes, approximately 5.5 million gaming notebooks will be shipped worldwide in 2017, a 22% growth from the 4.5 million units shipped in 2016. The MSI GT75VR 7RF Titan Pro gaming notebook. Citing …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Lenovo P52S Has Quadro Graphics & “Side Dock”

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo has released some new tower workstations, the P520 and P520c, and a new mobile workstation, the P52s. There are three 15.6″ display options, with FullHD, FullHD Touch or UltraHD resolution. The system uses …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 44| Workstations

Toshiba Denies PC Business Sale, but Sells TV Business

by Bob Raikes

Just as we were going to press, there was a story from Nikkei that reported that Toshiba was in talks with Asustech (Asus) to sell its PC division, although Lenovo was also said to …

Tags:Asus| Hisense| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Hisense to Buy Toshiba TVs – Asus for PCs?

by Bob Raikes

Hisense of China has done a deal with Toshiba to buy the TV business, in the form of Toshiba Visual Solutions Corporation. Hisense will buy 95% of the organisation, which has 700 employees, for …

Tags:Asus| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Round-up at Fujitsu Forum

by Bob Raikes

At the Forum, German company, Witech, was showing a ‘wireless desk’. I remembered seeing something before from Fujitsu at CeBIT some years ago, and it seems that this was around five years ago. The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Fujitsu Forum 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| tablets| Thin Clients| Vol 24 - Issue 42| Wireless Charging

Global Shipments of Notebooks Declined in Q3

by Andrew Fenn

Global notebook shipments declined in the third quarter of 2017, according to a new report released by Digitimes Research. Excluding detachable hybrid notebooks, shipments dropped by 4.2% year-on-year, down to 40.79 million units. A …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Micro Center Introduces PowerSpec Gaming Notebooks

by Bob Raikes

Micro Center in the US is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its PowerSpec desktop computer brand by offering the first PowerSpec mobile computers ever – the PowerSpec 1710 and 1510 gaming notebooks. PowerSpec’s 1st …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 41

IDC Looks at China’s eTailer Trends for Devices in 2017

by Bob Raikes

IDC released some data on the eTailer market in China. We have included a couple of charts, but if you are interested in printers, PCs and other categories, including VR and tablets, it’s worth …

Tags:China| Desktop Monitors| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 41