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Acer’s New Laptop ‘Refreshed’ With UltraHD

by Raverstead

Acer launched the Aspire V Black Edition gaming laptop earlier this year, and has waited very little time before refreshing it with an UltraHD screen. The new Aspire V Nitro Black Edition features a …

Tags:Acer| Game Playing| IPS| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Asus Brings First QD Laptop to Market

by Raverstead

The Asus Zenbook NX500 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 23), which uses a 3M quantum dot enhancement film, is now on sale. It costs $2,700, but Asus notes that it is a limited edition …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quantum Dots| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Asus Optimises Networks for Laptop Gaming

by Raverstead

Asus’ Republic of Gamers’ G751 laptop is a powerful model for gaming-on-the-go. Users can hit dedicated keys to access Steam and one-click gameplay recording, as well as the Asus Sonicmaster and Audiowizard features. Copper …

Tags:Asus| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Core-M Drives HP’s Macbook Challenger

by Raverstead

Challenging the Macbook Air, HP’s Elitebook Folio laptops are extremely thin, at 15.7mm and lightweight. The Elitebook 1020 weighs 1.2kg, but the Elitebook 1020 Special Edition (SE) uses a magnesium-lithium alloy and carbon fibre …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 21 - Issue 48

HP Predicts The Omen Will be Gaming’s Future

by Raverstead

The HP Omen is a gaming notebook focused on performance and portability. Powered by a quad-core 2.5GHz (3.5GHz in boost mode) Intel Core i7 CPU and with Nvidia Geforce 860M graphics, the Omen is …

Tags:Game Playing| HP Inc| IPS| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Lightest Laptop’ Claimed by Gigabyte

by Raverstead

The 15.6″ P35X v3 from Gigabyte is marketed as the lightest laptop in its size category. Weighing between 2.2kg and 2.3kg, depending on components, the unit is less than 21mm thick. Dual heat pipes …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Taiwan Notebook ODMs Report Buoyant Sales

by Super User

Taiwan’s notebook ODMs, Quanta Computer and Compal, reported strong sales in September. Quanta’s sales rose 4.8% month on month and 11.8% year on year to NT$85.1 billion ($2.8 billion), bringing sales from January to …

Tags:Compal| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quanta| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

HP Targets Unchanged by Split

by Super User

Sources in the Asian supply chain have said that HP is still targeting ‘at least’ 31 million notebook shipments next year. Taiwanese makers had apparently been concerned that the company’s split (Display Monitor Vol …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Digitimes Reports Notebook Market Growth in Q3

by Super User

Digitimes Research has released preliminary quarterly shipment numbers for the notebook market. According to its data, the global market for notebook computers (excluding 2-in-1 computers) showed an increase of 6.4% sequentially and 2.6% year …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Dell Boosts Laptop Graphics Performance

by Super User

A new product, designed to increase laptop framerates, is accompanying Dell’s Alienware 13 laptop on its European launch. Announced for the North America market in August, the Alienware 13 is a 13.3″ gaming device …

Tags:Dell| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Toshiba’s Kira-102 is for Travelling Professionals

by Super User

A new notebook under Toshiba’s Kira brand has been launched in Europe. The 13.3″ Kira-102 is officially an ultrabook, designed for travellers who do not want to compromise on performance. It features 2560 x …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Toshiba Keeps us Busy

by Super User

Toshiba had its usual stand but now that we’re covering both mobile and large displays, practically everything that the firm was showing was of interest – we were in the hall around 90 minutes, …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21