Entries in Core i5 (7)

Tuesday
Jan222013

Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet to drop on February 9 in Canada for $900

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Good news for everyone who has been holding out for the Microsoft Surface Pro tablet, it is coming to Canada and the US on February 9th. The not so good news, it will cost $900 for the 64GB model which means the top of the line 128GB model will likely cost over $1000.

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Thursday
Jan102013

CES 2013: Intel focuses on Mobile as PC demand wanes

Photos by Alex Davies

Intel's been making some serious inroads to mobile and this is evident everywhere at CES 2013. As a response to shrinking PC sales and a sudden surge of competition in mobile from the likes of Samsung, Qualcomm and NVIDIA, Intel's gone all-in on their mobile strategy. Hit jump for a roundup of Intel's CES 2013 announcements.

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Wednesday
Nov282012

Samsung launches premium Windows 8 compatible Ultrabooks 

 

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Samsung Canada revealed a series of Windows 8 enabled premium Ultrabooks under the Series 9 and Series 5 line. They also revealed their ATIV Smart PC 11.6-inch tablets which can work as Ultrabooks with optional keyboards. Also launched for the holiday buying season was a new 23-inch all-in-one PC with multi-touch capabilities as well as gesture control. Stay tuned for detailed video demos of all the new Windows 8 Samsung

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Saturday
Sep222012

Review: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook  

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

With its consumer focused IdeaPad U310, Lenovo showed that it ‘got’ the Ultrabook segment and impressed us with a solid, powerful and distinctive Ultrabook with great battery life and an even greater value at around $600.

With the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon, Lenovo has put all of its efforts into creating one of the most distinctive new notebooks in the market. 

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