Review: Samsung NPQX411 Intel Core i5 Notebook

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

14-inch notebooks are still the most common and popular in the market. For most school and office-focused work it presents the perfect combination of portability and power. Samsung's aluminum covered NP QX411 notebook exemplifies the upper midrange for a 14-inch with an Intel Core i5 Processor, 4GB of RAM and an impressive feature set.

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Apple updates iMac line with quad-core i5 processors and Thunderbolt I/O

Apple updated the iMac line today and has given the all-in-one  consumer desktops quad-core Intel Core i5 processors all around, improved AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR5 memory and 3 times the performance of previous models.

The new iMacs also feature Apple's new Thunderbolt high-speed optical transfer technology which is touted to be 20 times faster than USB 2.0. iMacs come in 21.5 inch models starting at $1,999  for the 2.5Ghz model ($1,499 for the 2.7GHz) and  27 inch models at $1,699 ($1,999 for the 3.1GHz model).

Apple updates MacBook Pro line with next gen processors and graphics, introduces Thunderbolt

Apple has revamped their entire MacBook Pro line with state of the art Intel Core processors starting with dual-core i5 chips in the 13-inch MacBook Pro and up to quad-core Intel i7 chips in the 15 and 17-inch MacBook Pros. Also updated are the graphics chipsets that now use powerful AMD Radeon Graphics. Apple is also introducing a new  optical and data transfer I/O named  Thunderbolt which is more than 12 times faster than FireWire 800 and up to 20 times faster than USB 2.0. Also updated is the built-in camera which is now called a FaceTime HD camera. Hit jump for the official release and more details.

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