Category: Laptops

Lenovo has launched a trio of laptops under its Essential category. These three laptops include B50, G50 and Z50. The new Lenovo B50 is an office notebook for beginners. It offers a choice of a 15.6-inch matte touch display with a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels or with a full HD display with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels. All new models under B50 series come with Windows 7 operating system on board.

Lenovo B50 specifications

The options are wide: Up to Intel Core I7 fourth generation Haswell processor or an AMD A8 series APU, an optional graphics card called the NVIDIA GeForce 820M or AMD Radeon R5 M230, up to 1 TB HDD or a hybrid SSD, fingerprint reader and audio system by Dolby Advanced Audio v2.

Lenovo G50 Specifications

The new G50 is again an affordable and entry-level notebook with a 15.6 inch large HD screen with a resolution of 1,366 x 768. A DVD burner and a HD webcam comes installed too since it is an "essential" laptop. Dolby Advanced Audio v2 hardware is also there again. The G50 runs Windows 8.1

Lenovo Z50 Specifications

On the other hand, Z40 and Z50 notebooks are multimedia designed. Both come with an optional Full HD display and an option to choose between AMD processors. Other specs include an AMD-R7-series dedicated graphics card, a DVD writer, Dolby Home Theatre, a hard drive and a 720p webcam.

The B-and G-series notebooks will go on sale in U.S. for about USD 400 in July. The Z40 with 14-inch display will hit the shelves in May and the Z50 with 15.6-inch screen will become available in August. The Z notebook is already available from 580 U.S. Dollars.

Fujitsu has launched two windows laptops and one Android tablet.

Fujitsu ARROWS Tab M504 HA4 Specifications Price

* 10.1-inch IPS LCD display packing 1280×800 pixels
* MediaTek MT8125 (1.2GHz, quad-core) processor
* 16GB flash storage, Android 4.2 operating system
* 1GB RAM
* IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN, Bluetooth 3.0 + HS
* 1.2 mega pixel front webcam, 3MP rear camera
* microSD card slot, Micro HDMI output, Micro USB 2.0, headphone output interface.

Battery life is about 13 hours and the box size measures 272 × 186.5 × 10.2mm (height x width × depth).

* Mid-may is its release date

Fujitsu LIFEBOOK S904 / J Specifications

This laptop was released in late April.

* Full HD (1,920 × 1,080 dot) 13.3-inch IGZO / WQHD (2,560 × 1,440 dots) display
* Core i5-4300U CPU 1.9GHz with onboard video
* Memory 2 – 10GB
* Storage 320GB/500GB HDD / 320GB HDD with small SSD cache (hybrid storage) /  128GB SSD
* DVD-ROM/DVD Super Multi drive

OS is Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit but you can for Windows 7 Professional (32bit/64bit) as well.

LIFEBOOK E734 / H Specifications

Not much is known about this laptop except for the fact that it packs a 13.3 inch display with 1366×768 pixels. We do however know that it cost 273,100 Yen and would be made available in late May.

Official pages

• http://www.fmworld.net/biz/android/m504ha4/
• http://www.fmworld.net/biz/fmv/lifebook/s904j/

Colorovo CityTab Supreme 10 tablet is a device that runs  Windows 8.1. It is powered by the new bay trail-t Intel Atom Z3740D processor. It is already up for pre order on Agito.pl and is offered in two variants – with keypad for 1199 PLN or without one for PLN 1099.

Colorovo CityTab Supreme 10 Specifications

Display: 10.1-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, 10-point touch,
Processor: quad -core Intel Atom Z3740D clock frequency of 1.33 GHz to 1.83 GHz up,
GPU: Intel HD Graphics
RAM: 2 GB DDR3
NAND Memory: 32 GB + micro SD slot (up to 64GB)
Camera: 2 megapixel,
Camera: 5-megapixel,
Communication: 802.11ab/g/n WIFI, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI output, USB port,
System: Windows 8.1 with MS Office 2013
Battery: 8000 mAh.

The Atom Z3740D is an excellent quad core processor that handles the windows 8.1 operating system just as well as it handles Android.

Toshiba has released four new 13.3 inch laptops in business series, Portege under R30-A series. Four models under this series along with their prices are:

* Portege R30-A-15C: Core i7-4600M vPro, FULL HD, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, 1,999 EUR
* Portege R30-A-14G: Core i7-4600M vPro, Full HD, 4GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 1949 Euro
* Portege R30-A-157: Core i5-4200M, HD, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, 1,399 EUR
* Portege R30-A-13X Core i3-4000M, HD, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, 1,049 EUR

All look and feel similar measuring 316 x 227 x 26.6 millimeters and weighing about 1.5 kilograms. Common specifications include USB 3.0, optional LTE / UMTS, WiFi, HDMI, VGA, fast SSD and 500 gigabyte hard drive.

It shall be noted that none of these Toshiba laptops are touch enabled. If touchscreen is something you want you might have to take a look around elsewhere.

Toshiba has released two new laptops in Germany. First is Satellite Pro C50-A-1L4 that retails for EUR 460 and comes with Intel Pentium 2020M. Its specifications include 15.6 inch HD 1366×768 pixel resolution, non reflective coating, windows 8.1 64 bit eidtion, 4 gigabytes of RAM, 500 GB of hard disk, DVD burner, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, 100 Mbit LAN and a multi-SD card reader as well.

Coming to Toshiba Portege Z10-A-12M, it is a whole new different product with 2500 euros price tag and detachable hinge. Yes it is a lot of money but there are not a lot of ultrabooks that offer detachable screens. To compensate the high price tag, Toshiba has equipped it with a powerful Intel Core i7 4610Y haswell processor.

Other specifications include 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM and built in LTE. To output the built in display to a bigger screen, you get micro-HDMI out, HDMI out and Intel WiDi technologies.

Mouse Computer has released a 15.6 inch gaming laptop PC under G-Tune branding. Called the NextGear Note i540, it comes with Nvidia GeForce GTX 850M GPU and a full HD anti glare display. There are going to be five models of it, each offering different configurations.

"NEXTGEAR NOTE i540BA1" with Core i3 4000M (2.4GHz), 4GB RAM, HDD 320GB, DVD Super Multi drive costing 79,800 yen (excluding tax).

"i540BA1 SP NEXTGEAR NOTE" with Core i7 4700MQ (2.4GHz), 8GB RAM, HDD 500GB, DVD Super Multi drive costing, 99,800 yen (excluding tax).

"NEXTGEAR NOTE i540SA1" with Core i7 4700MQ, 16GB RAM, SSD 128GB, HDD 500GB, DVD Super Multi drive costing, 119,800 yen (tax not included).

"NEXTGEAR NOTE i540GA1" with Core i7 4800MQ (2.7GHz), 16GB RAM, SSD 128GB, HDD 1TB, the DVD Super Multi Drive, 139,800 yen (tax not included).

"NEXTGEAR NOTE i540PA1" costing 169,800 yen. Its specifications include Intel Core i7 4900MQ (2.8GHz), 16GB RAM, SSD 128GB, HDD 1TB, Blu-ray drive.

Ports and connectivity options include IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.0 + LE, Gigabit Ethernet, SD card / Memory Stick slot, 2 megapixel camera, USB 3.0 × 3 (1 port shared with eSATA), USB 2.0 × 1 interface, HDMI output, mini D-Sub15 pin, voice input and output.

Battery life is about 6 hours. Body size is 374 × 252 × 31.4mm (height x width × depth) and the weight is around 2.5 kilo grams.