PC & Laptops

Lenovo Yoga 730 It’s been less than six months since ZDNet reviewed the Lenovo Yoga 720, the then-latest version of its popular convertible laptop. But as highly thought of as that hybrid was, Lenovo is already back at MWC with an upgraded version. Predictably dubbed the Yoga 730 series, the ...

KDE Slimbook II Linux laptop A little more than a year ago, Linux developers KDE and a Spanish hardware manufacturer joined forces to offer the KDE Slimbook, a 13.3-inch laptop running a Ubuntu-based OS with mid-range specs and a mid-range price. Now KDE is back with the Slimbook II, which, ...

Apple’s own T2 co-processor inside the iMac Pro desktop. A new Bloomberg article is reporting that Apple plans to expand the number of Macs using its own co-processor chips this year, a move that could foretell a future where Intel is no longer inside Apple’s computers. According to the report, ...

Lenovo 500e Chromebook As part of its educational announcement yesterday, Microsoft unveiled a new low-cost Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 and priced to compete with Chromebooks in the classroom market. But, ironically, Lenovo itself was busy announcing additional new education notebooks, some of which include Chromebooks. The device that Microsoft ...

Razer Project Linda Razer isn’t afraid to float some interesting product ideas around CES each year. Over the past few years, the gaming hardware company has offered up such concepts as Project Christine, a modular desktop PC, and Project Fiona, a Windows 8 gaming tablet. This year is no exception, ...

Planet Computers Gemini PDA The ever-maturing PC industry hasn’t deterred manufacturers large and small from embracing crowdfunding as a method of bringing new systems to market, whether they need the funds to produce their new product, or just want to gain publicity and guarantee some upfront sales. Not every launch ...

Ataribox Have you played Atari today? Once a jingle’s catchphrase as well as a legitimate query, a resurrected version of the brand is hoping you’ll soon be asking that question again with the forthcoming Ataribox. Available to pre-order on Thursday for a special price via an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, the ...

Some of Amazon’s Cyber Monday laptop deals. As the biggest online retailer in the known universe, no one is more equipped to handle Cyber Monday than Amazon. Among all of the deals it will be touting today, including sales on its own Fire tablets, the shopping Goliath has a number ...

Dell’s Cyber Monday ad Dell is traditionally the first tech retailer to release its Black Friday ad, but as an online seller of its computers, it’s embraced Cyber Monday with equal verve, offering a 12-page ad with plenty of deals on its laptops and desktops. While some of its sales ...

Office Depot/OfficeMax Cyber Monday ad. The combined Office Depot and OfficeMax chain may still have plenty of brick-and-mortar locations left, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t ready to participate in Cyber Monday festivities, which it’s already kicked off. Just as with its Black Friday approach, the office superstore is focusing ...