Articles on Performance, Intel Corp.
Get longer uptimes with Windows 7 - Sep 2, 2009
Crave Ruston Panabaker, Microsoft's principal program manager of strategic silicon partnering, shows how later builds of Windows 7 were able to let the processor enter low-power states for longer periods of time, ... Read story »New Dell desktops with new Core i5 and i7 chips - Sep 9, 2009
Crave Dell launched its new Studio XPS 8000 and Studio XPS 9000 desktop computers, intended for users requiring a decent amount of power under the hood for multimedia or gaming. That ... Read story »Intel's new Core i7 and i5 chips make fast performance affordable - Sep 9, 2009
Crave Individual chip reviews are up around the Web, and the consensus seems to be universal admiration for the new Core i7's, and Core i5 especially, in terms of performance, value, and ... Read story »
Gateway LT3104g/LT3105g (AMD Athlon 64 L110 Processor 1.2GHz, 2GB RAM)
Review In the battle for Netbook market share supremacy, Intel's Atom CPU stands nearly unchallenged despite a handful of offerings with AMD and Via CPUs. So it's surprising we found so much to like about the 11.6-inch Gateway LT3104g. This uses an AMD Athlon 64 L110 1.2GHz processor to provide a...
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ThinkPad T400s (touchscreen) (Core 2 Duo Processor SP9600 2.53GHz, 3GB RAM)
Review Lenovo's ThinkPad brand is virtually synonymous with business laptops, and the company (like IBM before it) has spent years perfecting the nondescript black-box system with its iconic TrackPoint and double set of mouse buttons. We liked the 14-inch T400s ("s" for "slim") when we first saw...Intel brings Core i7 to laptops - Sep 24, 2009
Features Intel mobility tech guru Mooly Eden shares details on the two new "Clarksfield" processors, which will be the fastest notebook chips ever from the chipmaker, and spotlights some Core i7 portables to come. Read story »Intel unveils next-generation processor roadmap 
- Sep 24, 2009
Features The chipmaker offered a glimpse of its upcoming processors at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Read story »
Asus W90Vp (Core 2 Duo T9600 Processor 2.8GHz, 6GB RAM)
Review If you're on the fence deciding between buying a desktop gaming PC and monitor or going with a less powerful but more mobile laptop, let us introduce you to the Asus W90Vp. It isn't much to look at as gaming notebooks go. But it has everything we expect and more in the features department,...
Nokia Booklet 3G (Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz processor; 1GB RAM)
Review Mobile phone maker Nokia is jumping into the Netbook pool with its recently announced Booklet 3G laptop, offering a premium-feeling system at a rock-bottom price, as long as you agree to a mobile data contract. The Booklet 3G is easily one of the nicest-looking Netbooks we've seen. Also a...
Asus UL50 (Core 2 Duo ULV SU7300 Processor 1.3GHz, 4GB RAM)
Review This year has undoubtedly been defined if not by Netbooks, then by the growth of affordable thin laptops that shed the size--and even optical drive--in an effort to provide a more portable, larger-screen computer. Whereas this used to be the domain of highly expensive "executive" machines, such...
Sony Vaio VPC-X118LG/B (Intel Atom Z550 Processor 2GHz, 2GB RAM)
Review While PC makers are focused on the low-cost market, Sony doesn't seem to be very interested in this segment. The Japanese maker is well-known for its cutting-edge designs and the Vaio X series is the epitome of that passion. In fact, the first impression one gets is that this Vaio is just a...Four tips to choosing an SSD - Jul 28, 2009
Crave Just a year ago, solid-state drives had sky-high prices with 64GB models going for well over S$1,200. Today, you can score a unit with the same storage capacity for under S$400. ... Read story »Interview with Intel's Pankaj Kedia @ Computex 2009 - Jun 11, 2009
Blogs During Computex 2009, Intel announced the new "Ultra-thin" category to differentiate with Netbooks which currently use one of its mainstream CPU Atom chipes. Besides this, ARM-powered Linux Netbooks were unveiled at ... Read story »Intel to bid farewell to Centrino with new rebranding - Jun 18, 2009
Crave The Centrino brand was a success for the chipmaker. By combining the processor, chipset and wireless radio under a single label, it helped consumers to easily identify a machine with Wi-Fi ... Read story »
Samsung N310 (Intel Atom N280 processor 1.66GHz, 1GB RAM)
Review We've gotten to the point where mainstream Netbooks are a fairly rigid format. Slap together an Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and a copy of Windows XP, and you've got your hands on essentially the same product sold by PC makers such as Dell, HP, and Acer. The...Jump to page: [1] 2
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