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Samsung Announces Notebook 7, 7 Force

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Samsung Announces Notebook 7, 7 Force

Samsung announces a pair of notebook offerings-- the Notebook 7 and Notebook 7 Force, both promising "serious speed and power" within a design more than a little reminiscent of the latest MacBooks.

“The new Notebook 7 and Notebook 7 Force blend elegant design with impressive power and top-notch speed to give consumers an unparalleled experience,” the company says. “These devices expand our portfolio in new directions, giving consumers the opportunity to pick the device that perfectly suits their lifestyle.”

The Notebook 7 comes in 13- and 15-inch sizes, and features a glass HD display within a durable solid frame with minimal bezels. Internal specifications include an 8th gen Intel Core processor, up to 16GB RAM and up to 512GB of SSD storage. The 15-inch model can also carry an Nvidia GeForce MX250 and a spare M.2 slot for further storage.

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Two 4K Displays for Asus ZenBook Pro Duo

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Two 4K Displays for Asus ZenBook Pro Duo

Asus takes on the dual-screen laptop at Computex 2019 with the ZenBook Pro Duo-- a machine featuring not one, but two 4K displays in the shape of a main 15.6-inch OLED panel and a secondary IPS "ScreenPad Plus" above the keyboard.

The second display is set directly above the keyboard, and is the same width and half the width as the main display. In other words it is something of an overpowered MacBook Pro Touch Bar, since it is touch-enabled and allows for dedicated shortcuts and function buttons for specific apps. It also doubles as either a regular display or even two, since users can split it into two small 16:9 windows.

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Lenovo Aims ThinkBooks at SMBs

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Lenovo Aims ThinkBooks at SMBs

Lenovo launches ThinkBook at the Accelerate 2019 event-- a notebook sub-brand dedicated to SMBs featuring a line of ultra-slime Windows 10 products promising both portability and ease-of-use.

According to the company, ThinkBook is aimed specifically at SMBs buying consumer laptops for perceived design and price advantages, even as they lack extended services and warranties. In addition, ThinkBook notebooks feature a sleek, minimalist look, something the company says is in demand from young tech-savvy execs.

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Lenovo Claims First Foldable PC

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Lenovo Claims First Foldable PC

It was perhaps inevitable-- following the arrival of the foldable smartphone Lenovo claims to have the first "foldable PC," a device with a large flexible display making part of the premium ThinkPad X1 range.

According to the Lenovo, the yet unnamed device is an actual "full-fledged laptop with a foldable screen," not a tablet or a hybrid. The foldable display is a 13.3-inch OLED number offering 2K resolution in a 4:3 aspect ratio, making the device around he size of a larger hardback book. Further hardware details are scant, since the company simply says it is Intel-powered, runs Windows and features a full-day battery life.

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HP Presents Dual-Screen Omen X 2S

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HP Presents Dual-Screen Omen X 2S

Customers wanting to multitask while playing games can get to do so with the HP Omen X 2S-- a laptop featuring a secondary display embedded above the keyboard complete with dedicated hotkeys.

The 6-inch 1080p second display allows for a variety of tasks, such as messaging friends on social media, browsing Spotify, watching Twitch or YouTube videos, or act as a hub for Omen Command Centre software, all without interrupting on-screen action. In addition, users can "cut" parts of the main screen, such as the map, and magnify them on second display.

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Lenovo Brings ThinkBook Back

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Lenovo Brings ThinkBook Back

The CITE 2019 show in Shenzhen, China sees Lenovo bring the ThinkBook range back with the ThinkBook S, a pair of models in 13- and 14-inch displays in minimalist business-style machined aluminium bodies.

First spotted by news site Notebook Italia, the ThinkBook S machines appear to be an update on the previous-gen IdeaPad laptop line. Technically dubbed the ThinkBook S540-13-IWL and the ThinkBook S540-14-IWL, the two notebooks respectively feature 13.3- and 14.1-inch 1920 x 1080 resolution IPS displays paired with Intel Core i7-8565U (Whiskey Lake) processors, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD storage. Select SKUs also feature AMD Radeon 540X graphics.

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Intel Tests Laptops at Project Athena Open Labs

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Intel Tests Laptops at Project Athena Open Labs

Intel announces plans to open three labs in Taipei, Shanghai and Folsom, California, to test components for upcoming laptops based on "Project Athena," the specification for the thin laptops of the future.

In case one needs a refresher, Project Athena is a next-gen laptop initiative Intel revealed back at CES 2019. The program is reminiscent of the Ultrabook initiative, but whereas ultrabooks merely pushed thin-and-light designs Athena is more about performance. Thus, Intel promises battery lives reaching up to 20 hours, near-instant awakening from sleep states, 5G connectivity and productivity-boosting AI technologies. In short, it is the Chipzilla take on Qualcomm-powered Always Connected laptops.

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Acer Slides Out the Gaming Laptop Keyboard

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Acer Slides Out the Gaming Laptop Keyboard

Gaming laptop design is in good part about efficient thermal management, and Acer claims to have an appropriate solution in the Predator Helios 700-- a keyboard users can slide out to expose two air intakes.

Acer calls it the keyboard "HyperDrift," and says the mechanism allows for improved cooling and performance. The keyboard slides towards the user, making for an admittedly bulky device, even if it adds an ergonomic wrist rest. Furthermore, the keyboard includes MagForce switches on the WASD keys for "analog-like" control, as well as per-key RGB lighting and a Turbo hotkey to overclock the CPU.

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HP Presents 15-inch Chromebook

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HP Presents 15-inch Chromebook

HP announces a first 15-inch Chrome OS notebook-- the simply named Chromebook 15, a device featuring a full-size keyboard complete with number pad, as well as an IPS touchscreen and 64GB of storage.

The display inside the device is technically 15.6-inch, and offers 1920 x 1080 resolution. The aforementioned keyboard features backlit keys, while inside the laptop are an Intel Pentium Gold 4417U CPU, integrated Intel HD Graphics 610, 4GB DDR4 SDRAM and 64GB eMMC storage. Connectivity comes through x2 USB-C ports, x1 USB 3.1 port and a microSD card reader.

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