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XPS 15 2-in-1’s maglev keyboard may find its way into other Dell laptops — Frank Azor

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Much ado has been made of Dell’s new maglev keyboard, currently exclusive to the XPS 15 9575 2-in-1. Utilizing rare-earth magnets to repulse the keys back up once depressed, the keyboard still provides a decent amount of feedback despite its meager 0.7mm of travel....
Intel’s 10nm Cannon Lake hardware delayed for 2019

Ever since the debut of the ‘Broadwell’ platforms of CPUs back in 2014 and up to the launch of ‘Coffee Lake’ in 2017-18, Intel has been optimizing the 14nm fabrication process for more speed and efficiency. The much awaited next step in advancing its micro-architecture would...
Is the new XPS 15 9575 2-in-1 faster than the old XPS 15 9560? Yes, no, and maybe.

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Take a look at the r/Dell sub-reddit and one of the most common questions you’ll see being asked whether one should upgrade from the XPS 15 9560 to the new XPS 15 9575 2-in-1. Naturally, one of the main factors influencing this decision is...
Apple Macbook Air 2014 – specs, price and what’s new

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For many, the Macbook Air might well be the best ultra-portable available these days. It doesn’t pack as many features as some of the top ultrabooks you can find in stores, but it does provide a well balanced experience for an attractive price. And...
Broadwell Asus 2-in-1s: Transformer Book Chi T300 and V

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Intel are going to release their updated architecture later this year, code named Broadwell, which will replace the current Haswell platform as the go-to for modern ultraportables. That means we’ll start seeing a lot of potential Broadwell running prototypes in the next couple of...
Samsung Series 9 spotted at the IFA with WQHD display (2,560 x 1,440 pix res)

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Although it still hasn’t technically entered the ultrabook market, Samsung has made quite the waves with the Series 9 laptops.These have never been marketed as “ultrabooks”, but, as far as we are concerned, both the 2011 first-generation and the second-generation released back in spring...
Toshiba Portege Z930 – a tweaked and updated Z830

Toshiba might have brought two entirely new lines of ultrabooks to the public over in Berlin at the IFA 2012, but that doesn’t mean the old Portege Z830/Z835 has been forgotten. One of the best 13-inchers from last year has been refreshed and rehashed,...
Sony Vaio Duo 11 – a tablet/ultrabook hybrid

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Now this is quite the surprise! We were expecting a bunch of cool new “toys” to be unveiled at the IFA 2012 in Berlin, but the Sony Vaio Duo 11 is actually something special. It’s a tablet in ultrabook clothes (or the other way...
HP debuts 15-inch Spectre XT TouchSmart premium ultrabook with touchscreen

HP did miss the first wave of ultrabooks back in fall of 2011, but the California-based tech manufacturer has clearly gone out of its way to recover the lost ground. You couldn’t have missed the beautiful 13-inch Envy Spectre XT even if you wanted...
AsusPro BU400 business ultrabook introduced at the IFA, to hit the market in October

Toshiba and HP might have been the road-openers when talking about business-oriented ultrabooks, but that doesn’t mean there’s no place for additional competition in the niche. And competition we shall clearly have, with the AsusPro BU400 looking like a very functional and cool laptop...
Asus Zenbook U500, the first ever 15-inch Asus ultrabook

The ultrabook “branch” of portable computers is a relatively young one, but in the year since we saw the first ever ultrabook released, the niche has evolved and changed significantly. Not only are the new ultrabooks snappier and more elegant than the ones from...
Toshiba Satellite U920t, the convertible tablet/ultrabook

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Toshiba gave us quite a lot of work to do with all of the company’s IFA 2012 unveilings. After only releasing the Portege Z830 in the first ultrabook wave from last year, the Japanese now revealed a budget-friendly Satellite U940, a premium U840 and...
Toshiba introduces budget-friendly Satellite U940/U945 and premium U840/U845 ultrabooks

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Toshiba has been one of the busiest bees at the IFA 2012 in Berlin, strengthening the company’s line-up of ultrabooks with no less than four fresh new devices. However, each of these has a particular focus and a certain niche it’s ready to attack,...
Acer Aspire S7 – new 11.6 and 13.3 inch ultrabooks, with Windows 8 and touchscreens

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While the first generation Acer ultrabooks (the Aspire S3) was not so well received by reviewers and customers all around the globe, Acer seem to have learned their lesson and worked hard on their new devices. The Acer Aspire S7 is their latest creation,...
Asus Transformer Books announced – powerful ultrabooks with detachable displays

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I was actually expecting this. Knowing how fond Asus were of their lines of Transformer Tablets, I was looking forward to Computex 2012 hoping for a proper convertible Windows laptop as well. And now we have it: the Asus Transformer Book. Basically, the Transformer...