Top Stories notebooks
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Short Battery Life Sinks First Windows 8 Notebooks
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Best Battery Life: 10 Laptops That Last 7+ Hours
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Is ThinkPad's New Keyboard Better Or Worse?
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7 Ways Ultrabooks Beat The New MacBook Air
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Apple's New MacBook Pro Is One Amazing-Looking Laptop
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Apple's New MacBook Air Wedge Design Patent Could Destroy Ultrabooks
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Asus And Acer: The Netbook Is Dead
Netbooks, those tiny, underpowered computers that were once held up as the saviour of the laptop market, have long since fallen from favour. When Dell announced it was ending production, the end was nigh — and now the last remaining manufacturers, Asus and Acer, have confirmed that the netbook is officially dead.
Future Of Notebook Cooling Is A Lot Closer Than You Think
Just when you thought we might be getting on top of notebook cooling, Sandy Bridge and Intel’s “ultrabook” initiative came along. Heatpipes and low-profile fans make a difference, but I’m still not comfortable with the idea of components hitting 80-90°C under load, even if they’re rated for such high temperatures.
Foxconn Patents Ejectable Trackpad That Doubles As A Wireless Mouse
Some swear by Synaptics’ trackpads, while others love the little rubber nub on Lenovo’s Thinkpads. When you have a flat surface though, nothing beats an actual mouse when wielding the pointer on your notebook. It’d be nice if said mouse folded seamlessly into your mobile PC, which is precisely what Foxconn wants to do, going by its new patent.
Why Does Dell’s Ubuntu XPS 13 Cost More Than The Windows Version?
Dell’s Ubuntu-powered XPS 13, codenamed Project Sputnik, started life as an internal R&D project. Now it has grown up and is available to buy online in North America — but why does it cost more than a Windows equivalent?
Touch Laptops: What’s Great — And What’s Not
I’m a little embarrassed to admit how much I like the Surface RT. I wasn’t expecting a lot when I ordered it, but after a day of use, I realised this was more than Yet Another Gadget. It might represent a brave new world of laptop design. How can you not love a laptop that lets you touch Zardoz to unlock it?
Three Windows Tweaks To Cool Your Overheating Ivy Bridge Notebook
Intel’s “3rd generation” CPUs, codenamed “Ivy Bridge”, bring a number of improvements over the previous generation, Sandy Bridge. Unfortunately, for those of us used to getting progressively faster and cooler performing CPUs from Intel, Ivy Bridge delivered on the former front, but not so much the latter.
