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So, the time has finally come where you want more from your laptop than just work. And you’ve gotten to the point where you want to step up from gaming consoles. Maybe you aren’t really into the new PS4 or the new Xbox One and want to stay true to what you already know. It’s a fact that your current laptop isn’t going to be able to handle the games that you want to play. So it would be time for an upgrade, right? What better time than now with Christmas only weeks away. So where do you turn to get a good quality gamingRead More →

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AMD hasn’t been doing too well lately, but that hasn’t kept the company from trying to dethrone Intel at every possible opportunity. The company’s latest attempt includes the realm of ultra-thin laptops, a realm where the Ultrabook design has had some difficulty gaining ground with the large portions of the notebook market. AMD’s latest attempt to take down Intel comes in the form of the Asus VivoBook U38N, which has officially cleared the FCC and should be coming to retailers very soon. The device features all of the trademarks of an Ultrabook, including the lightweight and super-slim design, along with a hybrid storage solution. TheRead More →

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Laptops and desktops packing AMD’s new Trinity processors are expected to go on sale in consumer markets this quarter, butting heads with Intel’s next iteration of Core processors, which are based on the company’s Ivy Bridge microarchitecture. AMD’s new A-Series chips, which have been code-named Trinity, are targeted at mainstream laptops and desktops, according to AMD CEO Rory Read. These chips are the direct successor to AMD’s current line of A4, A6 and A8 chips, which were code-named Llano. Along with the Trinity chips, AMD is also planning on launching new C-Series and E-Series processors, which are known as Brazos 2.0, for low-power and low-costRead More →

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Ultrabooks, the super-slim notebook computers designed around an Intel core and set to dethrone Apple’s MacBook, are seen as a very successful and productive market by many in the tech industry. However, AMD doesn’t think too highly of the Ultrabook brand and is reportedly planning to introduce its very own super-slim netbooks powered by the company’s A Series Trinity APUs. AMD is planning on offering better prices on these devices compared to the products released by Apple and other companies, which will subsequently start a price war in the world of ultra-thin, ultra-portable notebook computers. AMD is currently looking at a price of around $500, theRead More →