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The new Alienware 18 laptop from Dell is enhancing its performance with a 4.4GHz Intel Core i7 chip! The company also announced an Alienware 17 laptop with the option of having Core i7 chips with clock speeds outshining the 4.0GHz threshold. It’s rare in laptops to have processors running at this frequency, other than in gaming laptops. Having higher clock speeds help boost PC performance. That’s why gamers normally overclock CPUs to run faster. Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are always trying to beat each other with the best performance by increasing their desktop CPU clock speeds. Chip makers, over the last decade, have focusedRead More →

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The Microsoft Surface 3 is the very first tablet to ship out with an Intel Atom “Cherry Trail” processor, but this is only the beginning. There will be plenty of tablets coming out that will be using this new processor. One of them is a possible 8 inch Android tablet. This news comes from an Intel Developer forum based out of China. The information found on the forum says that the new Android tablet is powered by an Intel Atom X5-8300 processor and is apparently being manufactured by BYD but has the Lenovo name on it. There isn’t much information to go off of here,Read More →

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Sponsored By RentOurLaptops.com–A Brand By Rentacomputer.com As if Dell’s Alienware computers weren’t already monsters, they are now giving their new Alienware 18 laptop even more power with an overclocked 4.4GHz Intel Core i7 chip. On Thursday they also announced a new 17 inch laptop that has an optional i7 chip that overclocked past the 4.0GHz point. Overclocking a processor is pretty common in the gaming world. It boosts the PC performance and makes everything run a lot faster. Intel and Micro Devices are always trying to find new ways of cranking up their clock speeds and are always fighting to make computers run faster thanRead More →

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What do you really sacrifice when you pick a laptop over a desktop? Are you really sacrificing anything now that laptops are more advanced than ever? It used to be that when you were deciding between the two, you had to pick between power and mobility. For me I would always go with a desktop as I can contact Computer Repairs Ipswich anytime I want to repair it and also upgrade it as per my wish and will. With as far as we have come with advancing our technologies and improving upon them, the line between the two is becoming more and more blurred. ChoosingRead 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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Intel recently demoed a new bit of technology that is poised to get rid of many of the connectors and cables that computers use to connect to a plethora of peripherals and other devices. Known as WiGig, the tech has been in development since 2009 and looks to replace cables by using a high-bandwidth, high frequency wireless data system. According to President of WiGig Alliance and Director of Millimeter Wave Technology at Intel Ali Sadri, “Since inception of the WiGig alliance back in 2009, we always had the vision that we need to develop a very high-throughput wireless technology that is capable of doing thingsRead More →

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Intel has just begun shipping four new Celeron chips that are intended for low-priced laptops as it plans on gearing up for the back-to-school shopping season. These new dual-core Celeron 877 and 847 chips, which are based on the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture, are a part of the same family of processors that appeared in last year’s low-price $200 to $500 range. The 877 chip will allow vendors to cut prices while also boosting performance. These new Celeron chips have integrated graphics as well as virtualization support. The processors do not have some of the features available on Intel’s faster Core series processors, like Quick Sync videoRead More →

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According to insider sources, the first wave of Intel-based Windows 8 tablets are expected to hit store shelves this November. According to one source who reported to CNET on the subject, “The schedule is tight. Looking at what windows is trying to achieve not only with a new OS, but a new OS that needs to run four to five architectures — three ARM, Intel, and AMD.” One thing that the source mentioned that is very interesting is that we should expect more than just Windows 8 tablets. According to the source, over 50% of the 12+ designs will be hybrids, or convertible tablets. These designsRead 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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Eurocom has been hard at work adding some of the latest server technology into laptops, including an all new eight-core Intel Xeon processor. These laptops are packed with things that other laptops could only dream of and have even received a brand new name from Eurocom, who is calling these laptops “mobile servers”. The device itself is actually called the Panther 4.0 and is no lightweight laptop like Apple’s MacBook Air. In fact, the Panther 4.0 isn’t really thin or light at all, though it does pack server equipment into a laptop chassis and could be sold as a mobile version of entry-level servers. TheRead More →