Tag: CESLAPTOPS

With the massive success of netbooks, companies like Lenovo discovered a lot of consumers aren't so much interested in cutting-edge notebooks anymore as they are convenience. So it set out to create an extremely portable device with enough power to fill the niche between smartphones and netbooks: the smartbook. For the most part, the 10.-inch Skylight accomplishes that goal. The ...

Lenovo, the company behind the rock-solid Thinkpad line of laptops (a personal favorite of at least one Switched staffer), has unveiled (intentionally or not) a boatload of new machines ahead of this week's CES festivities. We've seen a couple of uncharacteristically shiny Thinkpads, as well as the business class X100e netbook, but by far the most interesting thing is the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid. At ...

It's a bit ahead of schedule, but information about new laptops and PCs scheduled to be unveiled this week at CES is already leaking out to a gadget-hungry public. First up is HP, or Hewlett Packard, and Engadget got the scoop on eight new computers from the company, including three new models being added to its Mini line of netbooks. Details are still a bit thin, but here's a quick rundown of ...

Other than the Palm Pre, the biggest darling of CES has clearly been the Sony VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC. There has been plenty of coverage of the clutch-purse-like device, but we wanted to boil it down to just what you really need to know. We spent some time with the tiny "don't call it a netbook" from Sony and came away quite impressed with it on the whole. We couldn't truly test any ...