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Chromebook vs Netbook. Round-one with the $200 Acer E11
Acer E11 and Acer CB3. Both $200 laptops. I bought an Acer E11 Windows laptop. It’s pretty much an Acer C3 Chromebook running Windows. Same N2840 CPU. Same 2GB of RAM. Same 32GB eMMC SSD. Same weight...
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Budget Windows 8 + SSD laptops must keep-up with Chromebooks
We’ve got some great Windows 8 tablets out there with relatively fast SSDs that are costing less than Chromebooks. If you look at the Acer Switch 10 and ASUS Transformer Book T100 you’ve even got a...
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Windows 8 Store Market Share. 1% Seems Right.
This is all Microsoft had to say about ‘Windows Momentum’ last week. (See image.) …so I did some digging and calculations. Here are some figures that might help ISVs more than the useless figures given...
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Intel announces a Dual-OS platform
Just minutes ago at the CES keynote, Intel announced, briefly, that they have a dual-OS platform ready. Windows and Android on one device. The live demo worked! We know little right now apart from...
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Microsoft Surface Pro 2. Real-World Battery Life Review
This is a post by Surface Pro 2 owner Hector Gomez who shares his battery life report after one month of usage… When Microsoft announced the first Surface Pro it got hit with many reviewers claiming...
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Test: DVD rip speed with Handbrake and Quick Sync on Ultrabooks
Backing up DVDs is an important topic for many people. Transferring the DVD to a portable format isn’t easy though and can take a lot of time. My daughter is away this weekend and I thought it would...
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See Average Battery Life and Check for Connected Standby on Windows 8
What’s Connected Standby? It’s the hardware and software that turns a PC into a smart device. Always on, Always Connected! You can find more information here and I encourage you to read it and to...
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Dell XPS 12 Video Review by Chippy
I’ve been doing a lot of testing on the Dell XPS 12 over the last 4 days. Here’s a 16 minute video of my findings. If you’re interested in Ultrabook Convertibles, take a look at this video because it...
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Touch coming to Lenovo U310 and U410 Ultrabooks
We’re expecting a number of Ultrabook refreshes over the CES 2013 week and here’s the first of them. The Lenovo U310 and U410 are getting a touchscreen upgrade. Liliputing reports a fairly...
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Connected Standby – What is it? What can it do? Overview and Demo
This ground-breaking integration of Windows 8 and PC hardware will change the way you use a PC and it’s likely to be an Ultrabook-exclusive for much of 2013 and 2014. Connected Standby is ‘on’ for...
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Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 13 Arrived at Ultrabooknews
The Yoga wasn’t my favorite Ultrabook of 2012 but it was incredibly popular when we wrote about it. Over on YouTube it was our most-watched video of 2012. We got hands-on with the Lenovo Yoga at CES...
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Ultrabook Convertible Developer Guidelines
As part of our continuing co-op with Intel on highlighting interesting and useful Ultrabook resources we’ve got another bunch of info for software developers this week – a very useful guide to...
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The Lucky 13 Security Checklist. Prepare your Windows PC for better...
I’m preparing to go to Mobile World Congress where one of my worries will be security and privacy. To that end I’ve hardened my Windows build and written it up below as a checklist of tasks that I urge...
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Budget Windows 8 + SSD laptops must keep-up with Chromebooks
We’ve got some great Windows 8 tablets out there with relatively fast SSDs that are costing less than Chromebooks. If you look at the Acer Switch 10 and ASUS Transformer Book T100 you’ve even got a...
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Windows 8.1 Update Details Given at MWC 2014 (Slides, Notes)
In an event at MWC14 Microsoft gave some details about changes coming in a Windows 8.1 update “later this Spring.” The new updates Spring focuses on three things. 1- UI changes for non-touch users....
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32 Windows 8 Features That Don’t Get Enough Credit.
Windows 8 has its problems. We all know there are new user-interface issues to sort out and for Microsoft and its wide-ranging collection of customers it must be one of the most difficult challenges...
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Intel announces a Dual-OS platform
Just minutes ago at the CES keynote, Intel announced, briefly, that they have a dual-OS platform ready. Windows and Android on one device. The live demo worked! We know little right now apart from...
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ASUS T100 at IDF. Baytrail, Transformer, Windows 8.
Update: Hands-on video, specs and image set now posted here. Developing: Asus announced the T100 Baytrail Transformer at the IDF day 2 keynote. It’s based on Baytrail. HD display. over 10hrs of...
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Toshiba Encore Launched. 299 Windows 8 + Office Tablet
Information coming in from IFA… Toshiba just announced what could be the first Bay Trail tablet. ‘Latest’ Atom technology wasn’t detailed because it’s ‘so new’ so we can assume Bay Trail I think. 299...
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Acer Iconia W5 with Windows 8.1 Preview. How-To and Features.
Windows 8.1 Preview was announced and released at Microsoft’s BUILD event this week and I’ve been testing it on an Acer Iconia W5 Clovertrail based tablet similar to the W3, 8-inch devices that...
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