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Microsoft officially announced that there is an update coming to Windows 8 later this year, likely September, in the form of “Windows Blue” (a.k.a Windows 8.1).  According to a Microsoft blog, a public preview of Windows 8 will be shown in June at the BUILD developer conference.  There are high expectations that the Windows 8.1 [...]

HP is giving their ProBook budget friendly business lineup of notebooks a makeover this summer by making them slimmer and lighter just in time for the beach season (36% thinner and 18% lighter than the previous year to be precise).  But that’s not all, they’ll also be more muscular with newer and faster Intel and [...]

The HP EliteBook 2570p is a 12.5” screen portable business laptop built for those that demand a little more durability than your average user.  The EliteBook 2570p is constructed of a rigid magnesium-alloy chassis and meets mil-spec standards for durability and ability to withstand extremely adverse conditions.  What this means to your average business user [...]

The Lenovo ThinkPad T430 and the ThinkPad Edge E430 14” business laptops are similar in many ways, so what makes the T430 so much more expensive with a starting price of $685 versus $494 for the E430?  There of course has to be enough of a difference between these two business laptops to justify the [...]

HP has just announced an update to its ProBook 4545s (along with the 4445s and 4446s) with a significant performance boost; however, the look and design still remains the same as last years model. The new laptops are exclusively equipped with an all-new 2012 AMD A-Series accelerated processor along with AMD VISION Pro graphics so [...]

Ultrabooks are continuing to become more and more mainstream in the laptop market, so it’s no surprise that Dell has added another one to its repertoire by announcing the Latitutde 6430u Ultrabook. The 6430u is built to cater towards the business user and is designed to not only be mobile, but also tough against the [...]

Panasonic has updated their ToughBook lineup with the latest release of their ToughBook 31, a 13" ruggedized laptop for field workers (e.g. policeman, fireman, outdoor workers, oil rigs). Included in this update is a faster processor, expanded storage, and a more responsive touchscreen. The Toughbook 31 is powered by the new 3rd generation Intel Core [...]

Dell has a nice deal right now on their small business line 15.6” screen Dell Vostro 3560.  For $859 you can get the Vostro 3560 with Intel Core i7-3612QM 2.10GHz processor, 6GB RAM, 500GB 7200RPM hard drive with 32GB mSATA, AMD Radeon 7670M graphics, Full HD 1920 x 1080 screen and backlit keyboard.  On top [...]

With the advent of the Apple iPad more people are now aware of what an IPS (in-plane switching) display is and the advantages of it.  Most tablets on the market these days come equipped with an IPS display.  This makes sense, the major benefit of an IPS display is its extremely wide viewing angles, meaning [...]

If you’re looking for an ultraportable business notebook from Lenovo then the X-series is the place to look, and amongst the X-series the two stand out offerings for serious users are the X230 and X1 Carbon (X1C).  The X230 is simply an evolution of a long line of past ThinkPad X notebooks stretching back over [...]