Latest News about Laptops & PCs from www.thinkdigit.com http://www.thinkdigit.com Sun, 26 May 2013 13:05:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.thinkdigit.com/images/logo.jpg http://www.thinkdigit.com Laptops & PCs News http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Asus-India-launches-Transformer-AIO-P1801-starting_14751.html   Asus India launched today the ASUS Transformer AiO P1801, an All-In-One PC like no other. The Transformer AIO is capable of running both Android 4.1 and Windows 8, a first of its kind feat. The AIO is an 18.4 inch tablet that essentially docks onto a station, but it does all that with quite a bit of ease. ASUS Transformer AIO consists of a desktop PC Station with a 3rd generation Intel Core desktop processor for outstanding Windows 8 performance, and a detachable 18.4-inch display with its own [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14751 swapnil.mathur@9dot9.in (Swapnil Mathur) Wed, 22 May 2013 12:44:08 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Asus-India-launches-Transformer-AIO-P1801-starting_14751.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Best-Business-Laptops-under-Rs-50000-May_14694.html   Business laptops/notebooks are generally assumed to be an expensive lot. These machines are lighter, slimmer, more compact and better-built when compared to the wide array of consumer laptops available in the market. Our list of the best five affordable business laptops is an attempt to look for notebooks that meet most of the business user needs without being heavy on the wallet. We have shortlisted the below top five business laptops on the basis of the following criterion. Display: All of t [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14694 soham.raninga@9dot9.in (Soham Raninga) Fri, 17 May 2013 12:23:19 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Best-Business-Laptops-under-Rs-50000-May_14694.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/HP-reveals-SlateBook-x2-Split-x2-Android_14657.html   HP has announced two new devices that you can use as a laptop and after detaching the screen, as a tablet. The SlateBook x2 runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) while the Split x2 runs on Windows 8. Both devices are expected to launch in the U.S. in August. The SlateBook x2 has a 10.2-inch IPS display with a great resolution of 1920x1200 pixels at 222 ppi and 400 nits of brightness. The SlateBook x2 is powered by a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 4 processor and 2GB of RAM. It offers 16GB of internal st [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14657 editor@thinkdigit.com (Nikhil Pradhan) Wed, 15 May 2013 11:01:20 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/HP-reveals-SlateBook-x2-Split-x2-Android_14657.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Top-5-ways-to-make-your-laptop_14638.html   Guest Feature*: A laptop has become more than just a household gadget.Everybody wants to bring the best brand home. There are numerous branded companies, which offer discounts during festivities and other happy hours. Customers prefer laptops over desktop for the simple reason that they are handy and portable. Users get frustrated and disappointed when the system keep on locking up in few seconds and also keeps freezing. Especially, in a scenario when you are working on the important document, a [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14638 editor@thinkdigit.com (Guest) Tue, 14 May 2013 12:42:04 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Top-5-ways-to-make-your-laptop_14638.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Intel-announces-PC-awareness-initiative-in-India_14556.html   Intel has announced a new initiative that aims to increase domestic adoption of technology in India. The six-week long campaign begins from Jaipur and will attempt to reach out to customers across 40 cities in 10 states in the country. The campaign includes sensitising masses through various means including print ads, radio jingles and its experimental on-ground programme called 'My Discoveries'. Intel's My Discoveries initiative envisages making consumers aware about things they can learn thro [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14556 kul.bhushan@9dot9.in (Kul Bhushan) Wed, 08 May 2013 05:52:55 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Intel-announces-PC-awareness-initiative-in-India_14556.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/HP-refreshes-ProBook-laptop-range-lines-up_14524.html   HP has refreshed the ProBook range of notebooks, complete with a thinner and lighter design and a different look. The new models are made of aluminum, with spill-resistant keyboards and a soft-touch finish. The The ProBook 430, 440, 455 and 470 models will be available in screen sizes that range from 13.3-inches to 17.3-inches. However, the really interesting bit about this refresh is that the processor options include Intel’s Ivy Bridge, the upcoming Haswell and AMD’s Richland serie [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14524 vishal.mathur@9dot9.in (Vishal Mathur) Mon, 06 May 2013 06:27:33 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/HP-refreshes-ProBook-laptop-range-lines-up_14524.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Intel-powered-Android-notebooks-due-soon-for-as_14453.html   Android-powered notebook devices running on Intel's Atom mobile processor will cost around $200, as told to CNET by Dadi Perlmutter, Intel executive vice president and chief product officer. Last week Intel CEO, Paul Otellini, did mention that the new Intel notebooks might cost up to $200, but it wasn’t clear if that price was intended for an Android OS or a Windows OS. Pricing for Windows 8-based laptops will depend on Microsoft and have been predicted to be on the higher side. Perlmutt [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14453 editor@thinkdigit.com (Cyril Vatteli) Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:49:26 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Intel-powered-Android-notebooks-due-soon-for-as_14453.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y500-gaming-laptop_14422.html   The IdeaPad Y500 is a great laptop for gamers and also for people looking for a super-powered home entertainment machine.
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14422 vishal.mathur@9dot9.in (Vishal Mathur) Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:17:03 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y500-gaming-laptop_14422.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/HP-ENVY-dv6-high-end-laptop_14421.html   The HP ENVY dv6 is a premium laptop that outperforms most other machines in its category. It also has a great keyboard and is built really well.
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14421 vishal.mathur@9dot9.in (Vishal Mathur) Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:59:55 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/HP-ENVY-dv6-high-end-laptop_14421.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Intel-Haswell-update-tipped-for-new-MacBook_14403.html   It is not a good morning till we get one Apple rumour out of the way, on a daily basis. Fret not, because today, it isn’t about the iPhone or the cheaper iPhone or the iPad. We diversify a little, and look at MacBooks this time. Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, someone whose track record about Apple related speculations is better than most, is talking about the MacBook refresh. The prediction suggests that the MacBook Pro line-up will see a solid refresh, getting Intel’s new Haswell p [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14403 vishal.mathur@9dot9.in (Vishal Mathur) Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:41:02 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Intel-Haswell-update-tipped-for-new-MacBook_14403.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/MacBook-Pro-is-the-best-machine-to_14367.html   If we were to look at it that way, the debate of Windows vs. Mac should be pretty much over now! According to the latest data released by Soluto, the Apple MacBook Pro 13 is the most reliable machine to run Windows on. Soluto collected data from 150,000 laptops, the process beginning on January 1, 2013 and ending on April 1, 2013. Each machine was analyzed for crashes, blue screens, boot time and background processes. The collection was done only from PCs used by consumers who had signed up for [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14367 vishal.mathur@9dot9.in (Vishal Mathur) Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:55:31 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/MacBook-Pro-is-the-best-machine-to_14367.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/56-of-Indias-Gen-Y-buy-their_14341.html   A survey says a majority of India's Generation Y buys their first laptop depending on looks and design rather usability and performance. The survey, commissioned by PCQuest, says 56 percent of them go for design and other factors like internal DVD drive more than long use or stability and processing speed that determines performance. Durability is last on their minds. However, when it comes to their second laptop purchase, they are more conscious and tables are reversed. Durability along with [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14341 kul.bhushan@9dot9.in (Kul Bhushan) Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:54:36 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/56-of-Indias-Gen-Y-buy-their_14341.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y500-59-346619-Review_14306.html   Lenovo and ‘gaming laptops’ don’t really turn up in the same sentence. But, with the Y500, they are coming fairly close to it. Before we begin with the review in earnest, we must say that while Lenovo has only one version of the Y500 retailing in India (the exact spec model that we have for review), there are various configurations available globally, including versions with the SLI graphics option. What we fail to understand, in case of Lenovo and many other laptop manufacture [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14306 vishal.mathur@9dot9.in (Vishal Mathur) Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:57:35 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y500-59-346619-Review_14306.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/The-PC-and-its-struggle-for-survival_14300.html   The traditional PC is dying a slow and natural death and while a lot of the decline in sales is a result of the personal computer evolving and transforming towards better form factors (which aren’t yet classified as PCs), the PC industry itself is perhaps equally responsible for the rapid decline. Here are 10 reasons why I feel PC sales are dying and the possible underlying corrections that the industry should consider to prevent the steep slide. Check out our coverage of the Q1 2013 IDC [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14300 soham.raninga@9dot9.in (Soham Raninga) Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:01:10 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/The-PC-and-its-struggle-for-survival_14300.html http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Netbooks-to-go-extinct-by-2015-claims_14242.html   Close on the heels of the news of the worst PC shipment numbers in Q1 2013, new research from iHS Suppli has put the expiry date for the Netbook category by 2015. The netbook market sales have been dipping since the advent of tablets and off-late we are seeing a lot of 11-inch and 13-inch notebooks powered by ultra-low-voltage processors from both Intel and AMD that make the sub-11-inch netbook a hard sell. According to the iHS Suppli, total netbooks that will ship in 2013 will just be around 3 [...]
Read the entire article]]> http://www.thinkdigit.com/rss_news/articledetails_rss.php?id=14242 (Nimish Sawant) Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:07:15 +0100 http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-and-PCs/Netbooks-to-go-extinct-by-2015-claims_14242.html