Asus and Acer Cedar Trail Netbooks Now Open for Pre-order

The newest Intel Atom microprocessor, Cedar Trail, is now available in some new netbooks for pre-order.According to some analysts, the new microprocessor does not offer such a great leap from the previous one. Users, however, will still benefit with the changes that Intel Atom has introduced.One improvement, for instance, is in the graphics processor. Formerly, Intel Atom N2600 and N2800 were able to handle as crisp images with 1080p High Definition video playback. now, however, the Cedar Trail microprocessor will have an even better HDMI output, which is able to transmit uncompressed data. Another improvement is that these new chips... Read full post here

IDF2011: Toshiba Z830 Ultrabook Hands On Preview

 Toshiba's Portégé Z830 ultrabook is among the first crop of notebooks coming to market built upon Intel's Ultrabook platform. Intel sees the ultrabook as the ideal computer that can be built using today's technologies. Netbooks showed that the public was interested in having a light, portable computer - but they were, by and large, anything but thin. Apple's MacBook Air has been an unqualified success. More importantly, however, is that it showed that the public is willing to pay a premium for portability - which means low weight and super thin stylings. Intel has taken that success and decided that there's a... Read full post here