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Computing

Rumour: Core i5/i7 MacBooks Coming This Month

7:39AM April 6, 2010 | John Herrman

I’ve got plenty of questions about this report (like, who the hell is Apple Daily?), but a lot of the pieces fit: rumour has it that Core i5 and i7 MacBooks are coming this month. This would be great news, for people who want MacBooks! More »


Computing

HP ProBooks Get Prettier Inside And Out

4:01PM March 1, 2010 | Brian Barrett

HP’s ProBook S-series wants to be your everything: punchy enough for work, stylish enough for home. And with a new brushed aluminium industrial design and Core i3/i5/i7 processing power, they may just bridge that gap. More »


Nvidia Optimus Switches Between Amped Up And Power-Sipping Graphics

1:00AM February 10, 2010 | Brian Barrett

We’ve seen more than a few Core i5 notebooks recently, all of which have been hamstrung by Intel’s weak integrated graphics. Now, Nvidia’s Optimus enables their discrete GPUs to work in current-generation Intel PCs, whether Intel likes it or not. More »


Computing

Dell’s Inspiron Laptops Are All Arrandale, Available Today

3:54AM January 8, 2010 | Mark Wilson

13 inches, 15 inches and 17 inches, Dell’s Core i3 and Core i5 Inspiron laptops should go on sale later today.


New Core i7, i5, i3 Processor Family: Did We Mention They’re Fast?

3:20AM January 8, 2010 | Brian Barrett

You’re going to be seeing Intel’s latest iteration of high-powered processors popping up all over the place soon – specifically, more than 400 PC platform designs and 200 embedded devices. Time to meet your next computer’s guts. More »


Computing

What’s Inside The Next MacBooks?

8:00AM December 30, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Intel’s announcing superfast and incredibly efficient new notebook processors in a few days. They’re the biggest jump in notebook hardware since the Core 2 Duo. But we might not see them in MacBooks for a while. More »


Intel’s New Superefficient-But-Fast Laptop Core i5 Chips On Jan. 7

10:20AM December 18, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Intel’s dropping a big bowl o’ chips on January 7 – 17 of ‘em – like the first lower-end Core i3 chips, but we’re most excited about the Arrandale Core i5 for laptops: still fast but more efficient ’cause they’re shrunk to 32nm. More »


Intel’s 32nm Arrandale Core i5 And i7 Chips For Anorexic Notebooks

8:04AM November 13, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

We know, the Core i7-i5-i3 stuff is confusing. Not to make it worse, but Digitimes outs some of Intel’s notebooks plans for next year: a triplet of processors of Core i7 and i5 processors, codenamed Arrandale, for skinny laptops. More »


Software

Microsoft And Intel Promise Better Battery Life In Windows 7

3:30PM September 2, 2009 | Danny Allen

At an event in San Francisco yesterday, the Wintel-twosome claimed that Intel’s upcoming processors, and Windows 7′s improved power management, will provide longer battery life, and better performance in certain programs. More »


Roadmap For Intel’s First Nehalem-Based Mobile Chips Leaked

11:20AM July 16, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Details for Intel’s new quad- and dual-core i7 and i5 chips have leaked in the form of a roadmap, so we’ve got some excellent specifics, including release dates and prices. More »