tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10774176916810181032024-03-13T03:54:22.838-07:00Linux Hybrid GraphicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-15482310444150061172012-09-23T01:39:00.003-07:002012-09-23T01:39:42.577-07:00Maarten Lankhorst (Canonical) on NVIDIA Optimus Support<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://plus.google.com/112618693262561054267/about">Maarten Lankhorst</a> 's presentation on the status of NVIDIA Optimus Support for Ubuntu. Maarten works for Canonical and intends to bring some level of Optimus support in Ubuntu 12.10.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-63113549258863238472012-06-27T05:56:00.001-07:002012-06-27T05:56:56.624-07:00More Dell laptops with hybrid graphics<h3 class="post-name" style="font-size:2.5em;font-family:Arial;margin-top:7px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:3px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2012/06/26/dell-xps-14-and-15-laptops-complete-our-most-competitive-xps-lineup-ever.aspx">Dell XPS 14 and 15 laptops complete our most competitive XPS lineup ever</a></h3> <div class="social-share-right-align-blogpost" id="componentDivRight_gig_containerParent" style="float:right;margin-bottom:5px"><div id="componentDivRight" style><div class="gig-bar-container gig-share-bar-container"><table 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style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;font-size:10px;color:rgb(77,77,77);background-image:none;background-color:initial"> <tbody style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;background-image:none;background-color:initial"><tr style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;background-image:none;background-color:initial"> <td id="componentDivRight-reaction3-left" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;font-size:10px;background-image:none;background-color:initial"> </td><td id="componentDivRight-reaction3-icon" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;font-size:10px;background-image:none;background-color:initial;zoom:1;vertical-align:middle;text-align:left;background-repeat:repeat no-repeat"> <div id="componentDivRight-reaction3-email_img" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:16px;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;font-size:1px;background-image:url('http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%2Cover%5D.png%7C2%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2FrightCountImg.png%7C38%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Ficons%2F%5Bfacebook%2Ctwitter%2Clinkedin%2Cemail%2Cshare%5D.png%7C16%2C16');background-color:initial;height:16px;line-height:16px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> </div></td><td id="componentDivRight-reaction3-right" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;font-size:10px;background-image:none;background-color:initial"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td><td 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style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:5px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;background-image:none;background-color:initial"> <div class="gig-button gig-share-button gig-button-up gig-button-count-none" id="componentDivRight-reaction4" title="" alt="" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;background-image:none;background-color:initial"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;font-size:10px;color:rgb(77,77,77);background-image:none;background-color:initial"> <tbody style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;background-image:none;background-color:initial"><tr style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;background-image:none;background-color:initial"> <td id="componentDivRight-reaction4-left" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;font-size:10px;background-image:none;background-color:initial"> </td><td id="componentDivRight-reaction4-icon" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;font-size:10px;background-image:none;background-color:initial;zoom:1;vertical-align:middle;text-align:left;background-repeat:repeat no-repeat"> <div id="componentDivRight-reaction4-share_img" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:16px;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;font-size:1px;background-image:url('http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%2Cover%5D.png%7C2%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2FrightCountImg.png%7C38%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Ficons%2F%5Bfacebook%2Ctwitter%2Clinkedin%2Cemail%2Cshare%5D.png%7C16%2C16');background-color:initial;height:16px;line-height:16px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> </div></td><td id="componentDivRight-reaction4-right" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;width:auto;float:none;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;font-size:10px;background-image:none;background-color:initial"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="clear-either-side" style="clear:both"></div><div class="post-author" style="padding-top:6px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-weight:bold;display:inline;margin-left:36px"> <span class="avatar" style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-right-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><a href="http://en.community.dell.com/members/Lionel_5F00_Menchaca/default.aspx" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none"><img src="http://media.community.dell.com/en/communityserver.components.avatars/00/00/00/21/02/4TKPY1T9RYI0.jpg" alt="" style="max-width: 32px; max-height: 32px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></a></span><span class="user-name"><a class="internal-link view-user-profile" href="http://en.community.dell.com/members/Lionel_5F00_Menchaca/default.aspx" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none">Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger</a></span> </div> <div class="post-date" style="padding-top:6px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:0px;font-size:12px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-weight:bold;display:inline"><span class="value" style="margin-left:3px">26 Jun 2012 2:00 AM </span></div> <div class="post-attributes" style="display:inline;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);margin-left:8px;padding-top:6px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:0px"><ul class="attribute-list" style="list-style-type:none;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:8px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;list-style-position:initial;display:inline;background-image:url('http://media.community.dell.com/Themes/fiji/Images/icon-sprite.gif');background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"> <li class="attribute-item post-reply-count" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:3px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;display:inline"><span class="attribute-value" style="font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,90,225);margin-left:18px"><a href="http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2012/06/26/dell-xps-14-and-15-laptops-complete-our-most-competitive-xps-lineup-ever.aspx#comments" class="internal-link view-replies" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none">11</a></span></li> </ul></div><div class="post-content user-defined-markup" style="overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden;max-width:100%;word-wrap:break-word;line-height:1.5em;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(201,234,248);padding-top:10px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);margin-top:22px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px"> <p>Since <a href="http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2012/04/27/intel-ivy-bridge-goodness-coming-soon.aspx" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">we started introducing</a> Ivy Bridge-based machines, I've been getting pinged by several people like<a href="https://twitter.com/Devon2012/status/212367675589017601" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">@Devon12</a>, <a href="http://en.community.dell.com/members/erikschoof/default.aspx" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">ErikSchoof</a> and <a href="http://en.community.dell.com/members/prof.dre/default.aspx" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Prof.Dre</a> and elsewhere like the awesome group of folks on <a href="http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-xps-studio-xps/650572-new-dell-xps-l521x-ivy-bridge.html" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">this long XPS thread</a> on NotebookReview.com have asked when our top of the line XPS laptops would be available with Ivy Bridge. I can finally answer that question—customers in the United States can order our <a href="http://dell.to/Ld6DWV" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">XPS 14</a> and <a href="http://dell.to/NHOjbH" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">XPS 15</a> laptops beginning later today. They are also available for order in several countries around the world. Here in the United States, the <a href="http://dell.to/Ld6DWV" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">XPS 14</a> starts at $1,099 and the <a href="http://dell.to/NHOjbH" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">XPS 15</a> starts at $1,299.</p> <p>For those of you who are familiar with our <a href="http://dell.to/MUTArA" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">award-winning XPS 13 Ultrabook</a>, you already have a good idea of what to expect from both of these new XPS machines. We focused on using high-end materials like machined aluminum and silicone to create systems that feel sleek yet solid. I've been here at Dell almost 17 years, and in my opinion, these systems are the best laptops we've ever made. I also believe with the mix of performance, features, portability and battery life, these XPS laptops can compete with any other laptops currently available.</p> <p>For the <a href="http://dell.to/Ld6DWV" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">XPS 14</a>, we focused on extended all-day battery life and extra levels of connectivity—both key features for customers who spend a lot of time on the road. We designed the <a href="http://dell.to/NHOjbH" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">XPS 15</a> for content creators and for customers who want an uncompromising multimedia experience.</p> <p>I got to kick the tires on both of these new XPS machines. In that short period, it was easy to see these laptops pack a lot of performance and functionality into a small package. Things that stood out to me were the brilliant edge-to-edge displays, the solid build quality throughout and desktop-like performance. In terms of build quality, both machines use materials like anodized machined aluminum in places where extra support is needed, silicone at the laptop base to keep it cool and light, and Corning Gorilla Glass to reinforce the edge-to-edge displays. For the palm rests, we use magnesium alloy with soft touch paint for a smooth yet solid rubberized feel.</p> <p>Both machines have bright, sharp edge-to-edge displays, support third-generation i5 and i7 Ivy Bridge processors from Intel, USB 3.0 ports, mini DisplayPort and HDMI Out ports to connect to external displays, 3-in-1 media card readers, great sound quality enhanced with Waves MAXX Audio 4, backlit chiclet keyboards, responsive <a href="http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2012/04/09/multi-finger-gestures-on-the-xps-13-ultrabook-trackpad.aspx" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">multi-gesture trackpads</a>, and integrated HD webcams perfect for Skype video chats or Google+ Hangouts. Both the XPS 14 and the <a href="http://dell.to/NHOjbH" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">XPS 15</a> support SSD drives and traditional 2.5" hard drives. That means you can have all the speed benefits of SSD drives with the extra storage capability that comes with traditional hard drives. The configs that include SSD drives also include <a href="http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2012/04/13/dell-whitepaper-intel-responsiveness-technologies-setup-guide.aspx" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Intel Responsiveness technologies</a> that Bill blogged about (see previous link).</p> <p><a href="http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-07-metablogapi/2781.image_5F00_1E2AEED4.png" target="_blank" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"><img width="164" height="161" title="Dell XPS 14 - Ethernet jack close-up" align="right" alt="Dell XPS 14 - Ethernet jack close-up" src="http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-07-metablogapi/4578.image_5F00_thumb_5F00_0F140FFA.png" border="0" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important; background-image: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></a>One other nice touch on both systems is the custom Ethernet port. Both are too thin to include a full Ethernet jack, so our design teams made a hinged metal bottom that expands to let you insert a standard Ethernet cable without requiring a separate adapter cable. This is handy when you are in a hotel that offers broadband via Ethernet instead of Wi-Fi.</p> <p>See close-up shot of the Ethernet jack on the left. The Ethernet jack is between the AC power connector and the HDMI port (click on the image to see a larger version of it). Speaking of images, you can see large versions of all these and more on the <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/117161668189080869053/albums/5758149660885810049" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">XPS 14 and XPS 15 Laptop album</a> on Dell's Google+ page. </p> <p><strong>XPS 14: Power, portability and up to 11-hour battery life</strong></p><p><a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/117161668189080869053/albums/5758149660885810049/5758149710085171522" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"><img width="550" height="280" title="Dell XPS 14 laptop back to back" alt="Dell XPS 14 laptop back to back" src="http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-07-metablogapi/0172.Dell_2D00_XPS_2D00_14_2D00_laptop_2D00_back_2D00_to_2D00_back_5F00_thumb_5F00_34945FA1.jpg" border="0" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important; background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></a></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:x-small"><strong><em>Dell XPS 14 laptop – click on the image above to see a larger version</em></strong></span></p><p>The <a href="http://dell.to/Ld6DWV" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">XPS 14</a> is less than an inch thin (0.81 inches or 20.7mm) and starts at just 4.6 pounds (or 2.1kg). When we asked customers what they wanted in a 14-inch laptop, it was pretty clear that great performance high on the list. Even more important though, many customers made it clear that battery life is critical. That's why our product team decided early on in the development cycle, to remove the optical drive so we could maximize battery life. The end result? The XPS 14 delivers up to 11 hours of battery life<a name="_ftnref1_6486"></a>[1] with an i7 processor, a 512GB SSD drive and the 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630m discrete graphics card. On a side note, if you order a configuration with an SSD drive, the XPS 14 is an Ultrabook.</p> <p>Like <a href="http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2012/01/10/dell-xps-13-ultrabook-combines-performance-and-style-with-ultra-portability-xps13.aspx" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">the XPS 13</a> before it, the XPS 14 features an edge-to-edge display protected with Corning Gorilla Glass reinforced with a machined aluminum back. The edge-to-edge display allows us to fit a 14-inch display in a more compact system. This brilliant 1600x900 HD display is rated at 400 nits (a measure of screen brightness capability) and looks great in any environment.</p> <p>With third-generation Core i5 and i7 processor support and up to 8GB of RAM, performance on the XPS 14 is rock solid. The base model comes standard with Intel's integrated HD 4000 graphics, but those of you who want more graphics horsepower can opt for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630m with 1GB GDDR5 memory. The NVIDIA discrete option also supports <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/content/optimus_technology/optimus_technology_popup.html" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">their Optimus technology</a> to give you extra power when you need it, less when you don't. The standard XPS 14 models come equipped with Intel's 6235 wireless adapter to enable 802.11 a/g/n Wi-Fi compatibility + Bluetooth 4.0.</p> <p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/117161668189080869053/albums/5758149660885810049/5758326384155925202" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"><img src="http://en.community.dell.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-07/8625.XPS-14-WWAN-option-_2D00_-D2D.jpg" border="0" alt=" " style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; "></a><span style="font-size:x-small"><strong><em></em></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:x-small"><strong><em>XPS 14 with integrated Mobile Broadband - Click on the image to see a larger version</em></strong></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:left"> Customers who need more than just robust Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capability can choose the <a href="http://dell.to/MqG8it" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">XPS 14 featuring integrated mobile broadband</a> technology (see above image). Those systems come equipped with Intel's 6150 WiMax/ WiDi combo card and they also feature an attractive black leather back to help ensure there is no signal interference with the built-in antennas (see image below). Beyond that, there are options for integrated EVDO/ HSPA and HSPA+ connectivity. There's also a pay-as-you go option called <a href="http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/landing/en/dell-netready?c=us&l=en" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Dell NetReady mobile broadband service</a> that we also <a href="http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2012/06/19/new-dell-inspiron-13z-and-14z-thin-laptops-now-available-in-the-united-states.aspx" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">offer on other laptops</a>. Bottom line, customers who purchase the XPS 14 with integrated mobile broadband can connect in many places where a Wi-Fi network is not available.</p> <p>Here's a quick video overview of the new <a href="http://dell.to/Ld6DWV" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Dell XPS 14</a> laptop:</p> <p></p><div id="video_296c8c67-25b8-4ebf-a33a-0b5d8889f1c4"></div><p></p><p><strong>XPS 15: Uncompromised performance in a slick, thin design</strong></p><p><em><a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/117161668189080869053/albums/5758149660885810049/5758149746719098434" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"><img width="550" height="399" title="Dell XPS 15 laptop - straight shot" alt="Dell XPS 15 laptop - straight shot" src="http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-07-metablogapi/0083.Dell_2D00_XPS_2D00_15_2D00_laptop_2D002D002D00_straight_2D00_shot_5F00_thumb_5F00_50093BD7.jpg" border="0" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important; background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></a></em></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:x-small"><strong><em>Dell XPS 15 laptop – Click to see a larger version</em></strong></span></p><p>The<a href="http://dell.to/NHOjbH" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"> XPS 15</a> includes many of the XPS 14 features in a package less than an inch thick (0.91 inches or 23.2mm) and starts at 5.79 pounds (2.6kg). Its larger 15.6-inch display supports full HD resolution (1920x1080) and a brightness of 350 nits. The XPS 15 also supports up to 16GB dual-channel DDR3 1600 MHz memory. It also includes a slot load Blu-ray disc drive and supports larger standard 3.5-inch hard drive options up to 1TB. In addition to support for the NVIDIA 630m that we offer in the XPS 14, customers who need even more graphics horsepower can opt for the GeForce GT 640m with 2GB GDDR5 memory. Both discrete card options support NVIDIA Optimus technology. With all its hardware prowess, the XPS 15 still gets up to eight hours of battery life. <a name="_ftnref2_6486"></a>[2]</p> <p>I installed <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Adobe Lightroom</a> version 3.6 to edit and publish several 4000 x 3000 resolution photographs I took with my trusty GF-1 camera. It made short work of the photo processing. Even with the entry-level i5 config I was using, I could tell the XPS 15 was faster than my nearly two-year old <a href="http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2010/05/12/studio-xps-7100-amd-6-core-processors-in-a-dell-desktop.aspx" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Studio XPS 7100 desktop</a>machine I use at home. The XPS 15 also made easy work on other intensive tasks like streaming HD content via Netflix and Hulu+ . Blu-ray movies looked and sounded amazing on the full HD display. Bottom line, the XPS 15 is fast. If you work with high-resolution still images or edit HD video all day, the XPS 15 is a great option. Same for those of you who use a laptop to watch HD content.</p> <p>Here's a quick video overview of the new <a href="http://dell.to/NHOjbH" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Dell XPS 15 laptop</a>:</p> <p> </p><div id="video_8835cf52-8197-44b3-bb40-aa53ff8b24c0"></div><p></p><p><strong>Service and Support</strong></p><p>Both the XPS 14 and 15 laptops come with <a href="http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/sna.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~topic=americas-best-protection" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">America's Best Standard Protection Plan</a> just like all other XPS machines do. That means in addition to the <a href="http://content.dell.com/us/en/gen/d/solutions/limited-hardware-warranties.aspx" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Limited Hardware Warranty</a>, you'll receive <a href="http://content.dell.com/us/en/home/d/help-me-choose/hmc-total-support-package.aspx?ref=CFG#hmcTab2" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">in-home service</a>after remote diagnosis, Premium Phone Support with extended phone support availability, one year of<a href="http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/services/client_support/completecare_svc?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Accidental Damage service</a> and one year of <a href="http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/lojack?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">theft protection</a>.</p> <p><strong>Business-class Features</strong></p><p>We first introduced business-class options with the XPS 13 notebook to make it easy for IT organizations to support and manage them in an enterprise environment. Optional business-friendly features include Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for BitLocker Data Encryption, ProSupport, and Configuration Services such as static imaging and asset tagging. These enterprise features are a big reason why almost half of Dell's XPS 13 Ultrabooks are <a href="https://plus.google.com/117161668189080869053/posts" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">sold to business customers</a>.</p> <p>As you can tell, I'm pretty excited about these new XPS laptops. For more information, you can check out the XPS press release or for a full list of specs, take a look at the <a href="http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-postattachments/00-20-13-07-79/XPS-Laptop-Spec-Addendum-_2800_6_2D00_26_2900_.pdf" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">XPS laptop spec addendum</a>. Otherwise, please post your comments or questions here, ping me at <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/LionelatDell" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">@LionelatDell</a> on Twitter or ask away on <a href="https://plus.google.com/117161668189080869053/posts" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Dell's Google+ page</a>. Speaking of Google+, Wednesday at 4pm, I'll be joining a Hangout hosted by Rev Davis (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/askrevatdell" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">@AskRevatDell</a>). Rev's guest will be Donnie Oliphant, director of XPS notebook product planning. I'll be there to join in the discussion with Rev and Donnie to talk about all things XPS notebook. It will be a great chance to ask questions to one of the key folks who helped make these products happen. </p> <p></p><hr align="left"><p><em><a name="_ftn1_6486"></a><span style="font-size:x-small">[1] <b>battery life: </b>Tested system equipped with NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M graphics, Intel Core i7-3517U<b> </b>and<b> </b>512GB SSD. Based on testing using the Mobile Mark 2007 battery life benchmark test. For more information about this benchmark test, visit <a href="http://www.bapco.com">www.bapco.com</a>. Test results should be used only to compare one product with another and are not a guarantee you will experience the same battery life. Battery life may be significantly less than the test results and varies depending on your product's configuration, software, usage, operating conditions, power management settings and other factors. Maximum battery life will decrease with time and use.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-size:x-small"><em><a name="_ftn2_6486"></a>[2] <b>battery life: </b>Tested system equipped with 6GB memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M graphics, Intel Core i5-3210M, 500GB hard drive and 32GB mSATA SSD. Based on testing using the Mobile Mark 2007 battery life benchmark test. For more information about this benchmark test, visit <a href="http://www.bapco.com">www.bapco.com</a>. Test results should be used only to compare one product with another and are not a guarantee you will experience the same battery life. Battery life may be significantly less than the test results and varies depending on your product's configuration, software, usage, operating conditions, power management settings and other factors. Maximum battery life will decrease with time and use.</em></span></p> <div><span style="font-size:x-small"><em><br></em></span></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="post-attachment-viewer"><div class="post-attachment" style="line-height:28px"><span class="value" style="display:inline-block"><a class="internal-link download-attachment" href="http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-postattachments/00-20-13-07-79/XPS-Laptop-Spec-Addendum-_2800_6_2D00_26_2900_.pdf" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(51,153,204);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;padding-left:34px"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(233,233,233)"></span></a></span></div> </div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-35423138818292124212012-06-22T08:30:00.001-07:002012-06-22T08:30:17.607-07:00Eurocom Monster 11.6 inch laptop @ www.engadget.com<h4 class="post_title" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-size:30px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.05em;clear:both;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/22/eurocom-monster-11-6-inch-notebook-ivy-bridge-kepler/">Eurocom Monster 11.6-inch notebook: Ivy Bridge, Kepler, 16 GB RAM, multiple personalities</a></h4><div class="post_info" style="margin-top:2px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:medium"> <div class="post_byline" style="margin-top:5px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"><span class="caption" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-style:italic;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;font-family:georgia,serif!important">By <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/steve-dent" rel="author" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Steve Dent</a> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/steve-dent/rss.xml" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; 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border-image: initial; "></div> <div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"></div></div><div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"> </div></div><div class="post_body" style="margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-align:center"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/22/eurocom-monster-11-6-inch-notebook-ivy-bridge-kepler/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)"><img alt="eurocom-monster-11-6-inch-notebook-ivy-bridge-kepler" height="331" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/06/m2285-06-22-12-02.jpg" width="570" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 4px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></a></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">Mobile gamers and server pros aren't exactly cut from the same cloth, but <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/eurocom" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">Eurocom</a> is targeting them both with its<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/29/origin-pc-EON-11-S-gaming-laptop-announced/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">Clevo rebadged</a>, 11.6-inch, sub-four-pound Monster notebook. That idea is crazy enough to work, since a fully spec'd model will have an <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/23/intel-ivy-bridge-performance/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">Ivy Bridge</a> Intel Core i7-3920XM processor, 16GB of DDR3-1600 of RAM, a 240GB SSD or 1GB Hybrid drive, and on-board NVIDIA GT 650M graphics running at 850MHz. The 1366 x 768 screen might be a touch undersized for gamers, but they could let that slide since the processor can be safely overclocked up to a decent 3.8GHz. As for business pros, the company claims the Monster could be used as a portable server, run multiple VMs of Windows and Linux, or high-end engineering apps like MatLab. As <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/03/eurocom-racer-2-with-ivy-bridge/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">usual</a> with Eurocom, you can configure the system in dozens of ways, including matte or glossy screen, Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge processors and multiple RAM or disk setups. Pricing and delivery dates weren't given, but if it's up your alley, check the PR and your wallet -- or hit up Ned in accounting.</p> </div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-51773096397927888242012-06-15T02:22:00.001-07:002012-06-15T02:22:44.932-07:00ASUS S series with Nvidia optimus<h2 class="title"><a href="http://ultrabooknews.com/2012/06/06/asus-s-series-ultrabooks-will-start-at-599/">ASUS S Series Ultrabooks will start at $599</a></h2> <p>We're gradually getting more and more information on the ASUS <a href="http://ultrabooknews.com/2012/06/05/asus-s-series-s46-s56-ultrabooks-revealed-in-computex-videos/">S46 and S56</a> Ultrabooks and it's looking like they will be the budget offering this back-to-school season. DVD is included along with a range of ports, a mainstream screen and that might even be a replaceable cylindrical cell battery pack on the back there. Starting price - a new record low of $599. Is that the sound of AMD's ultrathins being crushed?</p><div class="entry"><div class="postbody entry clearfix"> <p><a href="http://ultrabooknews.com/files/2012/06/ASUS-Series-S-Ultrabook-21.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="ASUS Series S Ultrabook (2)" alt="ASUS Series S Ultrabook (2)" src="http://ultrabooknews.com/files/2012/06/ASUS-Series-S-Ultrabook-2_thumb1.jpg" height="180" border="0" width="580"></a></p> <p>The range goes up from $599 but it sounds like the 15" model will start at $799</p> <p><span id="more-4089"></span> </p><p>Expect this to sit right alongside the Lenovo U310, the Dell Inspiron 14z, the <span class="wp_keywordlink"><a href="http://ultrabooknews.com/database/Toshiba/Satellite%20U840" title="Toshiba U840" target="_blank">Toshiba U840</a></span>/U845, Sony <span class="wp_keywordlink"><a href="http://ultrabooknews.com/database/Sony/VAIO%20T13" title="Sony VAIO T13 Details and Specifications" target="_blank">VAIO T13</a></span> and lower-priced 1st-gen Ultrabooks in the back-to-school battle this year. There's going to be a big choice come August.</p> <p>$599. How about that!</p> <p>Video below is from <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com">Laptopmag</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>The video below shows the 15" ASUS S56 with a confirmed removable battery. It's a hulk of an <span class="wp_keywordlink"><a href="http://ultrabooknews.com/database/CCE%20Info/Ultrabook" title="CCE Info Ultrabook Details and Specifications" target="_blank">Ultrabook</a></span> but hey, this could really make a difference to someone used to carrying around 3KG of laptop.</p> <p></p> <p><br></p></div></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-7596160764755206362012-06-14T23:16:00.001-07:002012-06-14T23:16:33.820-07:00VIZIO laptops with NVIDIA Kepler-Class GeForce GPU<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(110,110,110);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/14/vizio-first-laptops/">http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/14/vizio-first-laptops/</a></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(110,110,110);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <em><strong>Design, Power and Entertainment Reign Supreme in VIZIO's Incredibly Sleek and Sophisticated, Premium PC Line Unveiled Today</strong></em></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(110,110,110);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <em>Irvine, CA - June 15, 2012 - VIZIO, America's #1 LCD HDTV Company*, announced today the availability of its highly anticipated line of innovative personal computers designed to work hard and play hard. By combining its entertainment know-how with the unmatched power of the latest Intel® Core™ processors, VIZIO intends to set a new standard for the Windows® experience. The premium line, which consists of the VIZIO Thin + Light, Notebook and All-in-One PC, was created to break through the clutter present in the mainstream market and prove that power, design and entertainment can flawlessly co-exist in a PC.</em></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(110,110,110);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <em>Similar to its entrance into the HDTV category nearly a decade ago, VIZIO took careful inventory of the needs and wants evident in the PC space. The result is a sophisticatedly handsome PC line that meets the productivity and power standards consumers expect, while delivering the entertainment and design differentiators they desire. Calling on its HDTV background, VIZIO developed the PCs with contrast, image quality and viewing angles top of mind, giving PC users an experience only HDTVs could previously deliver. Combined with an NVIDIA® Kepler™-Class GeForce GPU, the brilliant HD display of the VIZIO PCs makes watching movies, gaming and streaming TV shows more enjoyable than ever. Deep and resonate SRS Premium Sound HD™ serves as an ideal complement to stunning image quality but can also stand alone, allowing music junkies to immerse themselves in rich, custom-tuned audio.</em></p> <div><em><br></em></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-16657657835478790312012-06-13T07:58:00.001-07:002012-06-13T07:58:22.211-07:00Updated Nvidia binary drivers for GeForce GT 650M/660M/670M/675M and other models -- includes HP DV6T-7000 and MacbookPro Retina modelsNvidia has just released the 295.59 version of the binary drivers. This comes with a new list of supported card models, including the ones seen in HP DV6T-7000 laptops and the newly announced Macbook Pro Retina laptop by Apple:<br> <a href="http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/linux-display-ia32-295.59-driver-uk.html">http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/linux-display-ia32-295.59-driver-uk.html</a><br><br>We got the DSDT information from one of the HP laptop users available here:<br> <a href="http://bugs.launchpad.net/lpbugreporter/+bug/752542/comments/521">http://bugs.launchpad.net/lpbugreporter/+bug/752542/comments/521</a><br><br>Although this should pave the way for a better hybrid-graphics, there are still no reports of compatibility. 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Notebook Specifications</h2>
<a class="lightbox" href="http://www.notebookcheck.net/typo3temp/pics/13add3882b.jpg" rel="lightbox" style="background-color: white; color: #8a091a; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><img align="right" alt="Asus UX32VD" border="0" class="tx-nbc2fe-ersingle-image" height="100" src="http://www.notebookcheck.net/typo3temp/pics/305caefeae.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;" title="Asus UX32VD" width="150" /></a><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Notebook:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Asus UX32VD (</span><a href="http://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-UX-Series.62986.0.html" style="background-color: white; color: #8a091a; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">UX Series</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">)</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Processor:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a href="http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i5-3317U-Notebook-Processor.74464.0.html" style="background-color: white; color: #8a091a; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Intel Core i5 3317U</a><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Graphics Adapter:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a href="http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-620M.72198.0.html" style="background-color: white; color: #8a091a; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 1024 MB</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Display:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 13.3 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels, glossy: no</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Weight:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 1.47kg</span><br />
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<b>Average Score:</b> <span class="rating" style="background-image: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 0px; color: #83af4b; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="average">87%</span> - good</span><br />
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price: - %, performance: 87%, features: 70%, display: 96% mobility: 91%, workmanship: 84%, ergonomy: 86%, emissions: 80%</div>
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<span class="rating" style="color: #83af4b; float: left; font-size: medium; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span class="average">87%</span></span><a href="http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asus-Zenbook-UX32VD-Ultrabook.75591.0.html" style="color: #8a091a; text-decoration: none;">Review Asus Zenbook UX32VD Ultrabook</a> | <b>Notebookcheck</b><br />
<b>Miracles happen.</b> The first rumors about Asus' new, revised Zenbook series made some waves: Full-HD IPS displays in skinny 13" cases. Hard to believe: non-reflective display surfaces! The rumors turned out to be true, in front of us sits an Asus UX32VD, one of the first specimen of the series with the sought after display panel.</div>
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<b>Asus Zenbook Prime UX32VD</b><br />
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One of the coolest-looking of the original generation of ultrabook laptops was the Asus Zenbook UX31E. When we knocked the original UX31 Zenbook for copying the MacBook Air without offering a significant discount, we expected the follow-up Asus ultrabook to -- like similar laptops from HP, Toshiba, and Dell -- come in at well under $1,000.<br />
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/22/2012</div>
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<span lang="DE">With the recent announced <b>UX21 and UX31 Ultrabooks</b>, provided by the Taiwanese manufacturer<b>Asus</b> and marketed under the self-created term <b>Zenbook</b>, the already existing UX series moves back to the foreground. In 2009 Asus showed the slim notebook UX50V with energy efficient hardware and a 15-inch display. Today, three years after the first device of this series Asus presents two devices in the Ultrabook-class with <b>11.6 - and 13.3-inch display</b>. The category Ultrabook itself was launched by Intel to the fire up the market of the top dog Apple with its MacBook Air 11 and MacBook Air 13.</span></div>
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<span lang="DE">Significant milestones for this project are <b>a sleek design</b>, <b>fast and energy-saving hardware</b> as well as a <b>decent battery lifetime</b>. Asus uses a alloy-chassis, a solid state drive and a lithium-polymer battery, which is integrated. In the first reviews for the two new devices the available ports, the bright screen and the minimalistic background noises in idle-usage models are highlighted. Disadvantages are the reflective surface of the display and the missing option to expand the integrated hardware.</span></div>
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<span lang="DE">Asus offers the Zenbook UX21 (11.6 inches) and the UX31 with the larger 13.3-inch screen <b>from 999 €</b> (MSRP) upwards. In regard to other devices you'll see that Asus only sell premium devices at the moment. Acer offers the Aspire S3 Ultrabook already from 799 € (MSRP) upwards. But in comparison the devices from Asus get a better result in the most reviews out there.</span></div>
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<b>NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M</b>: Based on the old GF108 in 40nm (GT 525M) or also as a 28nm Fermi shrink without dedicated display ports (can only be used with Optimus). </div>
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» Further information can be found in our <a href="http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Laptop-Graphics-Cards.130.0.html" style="color: #8a091a; text-decoration: none;">Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards</a> and the corresponding <a href="http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html" style="color: #8a091a; text-decoration: none;">Benchmark List</a>.</div>
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<b>3317U</b>: Ivy-Bridge-based ULV-CPU in Q2 2012. Offers a core clock of 1.7 - 2.6 GHz and an HD 4000 GPU (350 - 1050 MHz). The TDP is rated at 17 W.» Further information can be found in our<a href="http://www.notebookcheck.net/Notebook-Processors.129.0.html" style="color: #8a091a; text-decoration: none;">Comparison of Mobile Processsors</a>.</div>
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<b>13.3"</b>: This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Netbooks, UMPC and some subnotebooks have tinier displays. Nevertheless, the majority of standard laptops has a higher format. The advantage of a small display is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.» To find out how fine a display is, see our <a href="http://www.notebookcheck.net/DPI-Fineness-of-Displays.1310.0.html" style="color: #8a091a; text-decoration: none;">DPI List</a>.</div>
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<b>1.47 kg</b>: This sub-notebook weighs less than the average of all notebooks and represents a medium class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 11 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.</div>
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<b>Asus</b>: ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated, a Taiwanese multinational company, produces motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, PDAs, computer monitors, notebook computers, servers, networking products, mobile phones, computer cases, computer components, and computer cooling systems. The company's 2007 revenues reached US$6.9 billion. ASUS also produces components for other manufacturers. The Eee PC initiated the netbook boom in 2008.</div>
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<b>87%</b>: This is a good rating above average. Nevertheless you should not forget, that 10-15% of all notebook-models get a better rating.</div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-91410720851247409402012-06-08T13:38:00.001-07:002012-06-08T13:38:44.478-07:00Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 goes on sale melding quad-core Ivy Bridge and GeForce GTX 660M - Engadget<p></p><div class="paddingTop" style="padding-top:10px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:7px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 goes on sale melding quad-core Ivy Bridge and GeForce GTX 660M</span></div> <div class="btmBorderBlock" style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:7px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"> <span class="xxGrayText" style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(89,89,89)"><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">BY</span> <a href="http://m.engadget.com/bloggers/jon-fingas/?icid=eng_art_author" style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(14,172,219);text-transform:uppercase">JON FINGAS</a> </span><br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"> <span class="xxGrayText" style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(89,89,89)">POSTED JUNE 8TH 2012 1:10AM</span></div> <div class="center" style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;text-align:center;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"> <img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims/MOBL/5/760/560/50/http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/06/lenovo-ideapad-y580-front-profile-a.jpg" alt="" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "> <br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"> <span class="caption" style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"></span></div><div class="paddGen4deg" style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"> <span class="paraText mediumText" style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;color:rgb(69,69,69)"><p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;text-align:center"> <span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"></span></p><p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"> The Y580 led the <span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">avalanche of Lenovo IdeaPads</span> unveiled at CES; its dependence on both <span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Intel Ivy Bridge</span> processors and <span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Kepler</span>-based NVIDIA graphics kept it out of the spotlight for some time, but it's now ready to ship out. The finished 15.6-inch laptop skews very clearly to gamers and other performance mavens. The range starts off with a quad 2.3GHz <span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Core i7</span>, a <span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">GeForce</span> GTX 660M and 8GB of RAM. Any heavier outlays of cash upgrade the display resolution, optical drive and storage to as much as a 1080p screen, a Blu-ray combo drive and a 1TB hard drive with a companion 32GB SSD for good measure. None of them will win a contest for sheer portability, but a tight official price spread between $1,299 and $1,549 ($1,039 and $1,239 on sale) guarantees that it won't be hard to get exactly the PC you need to play <em style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Spec Ops</em>.<br style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"> </p></span></div><p></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-31420048698870813402012-06-06T02:08:00.001-07:002012-06-06T02:08:39.266-07:00Samsung Series with NVIDIA GeForce GTM G630 graphics<h4 class="post_title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.05em;clear:both">It is unclear if this models are going to be NVIDIA Optimus, more details soon.</h4> <h4 class="post_title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.05em;clear:both"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05em"><a href="http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/series-5-notebooks">Samsung refreshes Series 9, 5 and 3 laptops, unveils two new Series 5 systems</a></span></font></h4> <div class="post_info" style="margin-top:2px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><div class="post_byline" style="margin-top:5px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"> <span class="caption" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-style:italic;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;font-family:georgia,serif!important">By <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/sarah-silbert" rel="author" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Sarah Silbert</a> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/sarah-silbert/rss.xml" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></a> posted <span class="post_time">Jun 5th 2012 at 11:38PM</span></span></div> <div class="post_content_types" style="margin-top:2px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:right"><div class="post_category" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"> </div><div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"></div></div><div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"> </div></div><div class="post_body" style="margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);letter-spacing:0px"> <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:center"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/samsung-series-9-series-5-series-3-ivy-bridge-refresh/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/01/samsung-series-9-15-inch-1326236336.jpg" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 15px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 600px; height: 399px; "></a></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We knew <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/series+9/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">Series 9</a> laptops with Ivy Bridge weren't too far off when Samsung prematurely leaked the news on its own site. Well, if you've been patiently awaiting a refresh, your day has come: the company held a press event in New York City today where it showed off both the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/redesigned-samsung-series-9-laptop-announced/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">13-</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/09/15-inch-samsung-series-9-review-2012/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">15-inch</a> models with Intel's third-generation Core processors in tow. Hardware-wise, there aren't many changes to what you saw on the earlier models, though Samsung added Bluetooth 4.0 support and shaved 0.1 inches off the silhouette.</p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Along with the Series 9, Samsung's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/series+5/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">Series 5</a> laptops are getting new Ivy Bridge innards. The only changes besides the processor upgrade are Bluetooth 4.0 support and a USB 3.0 socket. And the low-end Series 3 isn't getting overlooked entirely either: the company is upgrading the line to dual-core Sandy Bridge CPUs (previous models ran Pentium units).</p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">But that's not all: on top of all those refreshes, the company has two new Series 5 machines. The Series 5 500 starts at $799 and offers a 14-inch 1366 x 768 display, 500GB of storage space and a third-gen Core i5 CPU. The 15.6-inch Series 5 costs $100 more and features a Core i7 Ivy Bridge processor along with a 750GB hard drive. Both models also include NVIDIA GeForce GTM G630 graphics. Sammy says they will be up for order by mid-June.</p> <div><br></div></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-26702761963249069962012-06-05T06:08:00.001-07:002012-06-05T06:08:11.315-07:00Alienware and NVIDIA GTX680M<h1 class="post_title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.05em;clear:both;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Alienware M17x and M18x land new NVIDIA GTX680M graphics option</h1> <div class="post_info" style="margin:2px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:medium"><div class="post_byline" style="margin-top:5px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"> <span class="caption" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-style:italic;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;font-family:georgia,serif!important">By <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/mat-smith" rel="author" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Mat Smith</a> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/mat-smith/rss.xml" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></a> posted <span class="post_time">Jun 5th 2012 8:41AM</span></span></div> <div class="post_content_types" style="margin-top:2px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:right"><div class="post_category" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"> </div><div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"></div></div><div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"> </div></div><div class="post_body" style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-align:center"> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/alienware-m17x-and-m18x-land-ne-nvidia-gtx680m-graphics-option/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)"><img alt="Alienware M17x and M18x get NVIDIA GTX680M graphics option" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/06/alien.jpg" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 4px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 600px; height: 399px; "></a></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">Never one to let high-powered mobile gaming hardware pass it by, Alienware has announced that its <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/04/dell-to-upgrade-unshipped-alienware-orders-to-ivy-bridge-cpus-fo/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">endlessly-tweaked</a> M17x and M18x will both get the chance to dance with <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/nvidia-geforce-gtx-680M/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">NVIDIA's latest GPU belle</a>. The <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/19/alienware-refreshes-m14x-m17x-and-m18x-with-new-graphics-same/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">refreshed</a> M17x can be augmented with the GeForce GTX 680M alongside an option for NVIDIA 3D Vision, while the M18x can sample the same Kepler delights in either single or dual-card SLI configurations. Both customization options are promised to arrive before the end of the month -- ready for all those games we've <em>just</em> seen at <a href="http://www.engadget.com/event/e3-2012" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">E3</a>.</p> </div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-24108622244490413452012-06-03T05:26:00.001-07:002012-06-03T05:26:15.290-07:00Maingear Pulse 11 gaming laptop with Nvidia Optimus<h4 class="post_title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.05em;clear:both;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/03/maingears-11-inch-pulse-11-gaming-laptop-now-shipping/" style="outline:none;text-decoration:none;color:black;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.05em">Maingear's 11.6-inch Pulse 11 gaming laptop starts shipping</a></h4> <div class="post_info" style="margin:2px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:medium"><div class="post_byline" style="margin-top:5px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"> <span class="caption" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-style:italic;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;font-family:georgia,serif!important">By <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/darren-murph" rel="author" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Darren Murph</a> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/darren-murph/rss.xml" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></a> posted <span class="post_time">Jun 3rd 2012 at 12:01AM</span></span></div> <div class="post_content_types" style="margin-top:2px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:right"><div class="post_category" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"> </div><div class="post_icon" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:5px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_icon_pr.gif" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></div> <div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"></div></div><div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"> </div></div><div class="post_body" style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-align:center"> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/03/maingears-11-inch-pulse-11-gaming-laptop-now-shipping/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)"><img alt="Maingear's Pulse 11 gaming laptop starts shipping" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/06/maingearpulse11.jpg" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 4px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 600px; height: 446px; "></a></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">Alienware's M11x may be <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/19/alienwares-m11x-is-no-more-bigger-is-apparently-better/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">history</a>, but as these things tend to go, there's always <i>someone</i> willing to carry the torch. Maingear's recently-introduced <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/27/maingear-pulse-11/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">11.6-inch Pulse 11</a> just so happens to be that rig in this here story, and those that've been waiting won't have to twiddle their thumbs any longer. The company is shipping the bantam gaming rig in the US starting this week, offering a Core i7 CPU (or a Core i5, if you'd rather), NVIDIA's Optimus graphics switching (tied to a GeForce GT 650 'Kepler' GPU), 11.6-inch LED-backlit panel (1366 x 768), up to 16GB of DDR3 memory, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, a 9-in-1 card reader, six-cell Li-ion battery and plenty of ports. It's starting at just $999, but speccing it out all proper like will send the asking price well north of that. (But trust us, it's worth it.)</p> </div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-82397734737668720682012-05-25T00:21:00.000-07:002012-05-25T00:22:01.632-07:00More work done to support Linux on Macs with multiple GPUs<p>Matthew Garrett has committed changes to the Linux kernel to have Linux Fedora 17 working on Macs. Some of these changes involve dealing with Macs with multiple GPUs. See more details in the url below:<br> <a href="https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/23/260">https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/23/260</a></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-59247059208571168962012-05-22T03:44:00.001-07:002012-05-22T03:44:09.514-07:00PRIME dmabuf work picked up by ARM graphics open-source development<div>The Linux hybrid graphics community has grown massively in the last few years, and the large number of people with hybrid graphics laptops has spurred the development of tools to have these devices fully supported in Linux. Some of this great work, the PRIME dmabuf code developed by David Airlie, has now been applied to support ARM's next-generation GPU Mali chips. Tom Cooksey reports the developments below: </div> <div><br></div><div><a href="http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-May/031250.html">http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-May/031250.html</a> </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> <br>For the last few months we (ARM MPD... "The Mali guys") have been working on<br>getting X.Org up and running with Mali T6xx (ARM's next-generation GPU IP).<br>The approach is very similar (well identical I think) to how things work on<br> OMAP: We use a DRM driver to manage the display controller via KMS. The KMS<br>driver also allocates both scan-out and pixmap/back buffers via the<br>DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB ioctl which is internally implemented with GEM.<br> When returning buffers to DRI clients, the x-server uses flink to get a<br>global handle to a buffer which it passes back to the DRI client (in our<br>case the Mali-T600 X11 EGL winsys). <b>The client then uses the new PRIME<br> ioctls to export the GEM buffer it received from the x-server to a dma_buf<br>fd<br></b><b>ioctls to export the GEM buffer it received from the x-server to a dma_buf<br></b><b>fd</b>. This fd is then passed into the T6xx kernel driver via our own job<br> dispatch user/kernel API (we're not using DRM for driving the GPU, only the<br>display controller).</blockquote><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwNDU"> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwNDU</a></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-73887528495039503032012-05-20T10:57:00.001-07:002012-05-20T10:57:34.867-07:00Toshiba dynabook Qosmio T852/D8FB 15.6-Inch 3D Notebook<h1 class="title" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;font-family:'Segoe UI',Calibri,'Myriad Pro',Myriad,'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:33px;line-height:33px;letter-spacing:-0.04em;text-shadow:rgb(255,255,255) 1px 1px 1px;color:rgb(78,78,78);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <a href="http://amazingadgets.com/toshiba-dynabook-qosmio-t852d8fb-15-6-inch-3d-notebook/">Toshiba dynabook Qosmio T852/D8FB 15.6-Inch 3D Notebook</a></h1><div class="post-content clear-block" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:'Segoe UI',Calibri,'Myriad Pro',Myriad,'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,78,78);font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0.8em;padding:0px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.8em;padding:0px;line-height:19px"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10772" title="Toshiba-dynabook-Qosmio-T852_D8FB-15.6-Inch-3D-Notebook" src="http://laptops.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Toshiba-dynabook-Qosmio-T852_D8FB-15.6-Inch-3D-Notebook1.jpg" alt="Toshiba-dynabook-Qosmio-T852_D8FB-15.6-Inch-3D-Notebook" width="350" height="296" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; "></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0.8em;padding:0px;line-height:19px">Toshiba hits back with a new 3D notebook, the dynabook Qosmio T852/D8FB. The system sports a 15.6-inch 1920 x 1080 glasses-free 3D display, a 2.30GHz Intel Core i7-3610QM processor, a GeForce GT 640M graphics, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 1TB hard drive, a BDXL drive, a CS tuner x 2 degree / BS/110 the ground and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) OS with Office Home and Business 2010. The dynabook Qosmio T852/D8FB will become available from late May for 220,000 Yen (about $2,784).</p> </div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-29894105911205994372012-05-12T12:27:00.001-07:002012-05-12T12:27:29.068-07:00DMA-BUF PRIME Coming Together For Linux 3.5 @ www.phoronix.com<h1><a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwMjA">DMA-BUF PRIME Coming Together For Linux 3.5</a></h1><h2>Posted by Michael Larabel on May 12, 2012</h2><div class="phxcms_normal_format"><div style="padding:0 4px 5px;float:right"> </div><div class="KonaBody">The DMA-BUF PRIME support in the popular open-source <a id="KonaLink0" class="kLink" style="font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important" href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwMjA#"><font style="color:rgb(35,72,101)!important;font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important" color="#234865">Linux</font></a> graphics drivers is coming together for the Linux 3.5 kernel to allow for GPU offloaded rendering. <br> <br>Coming out this week was <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2012-May/022735.html">a new patch</a> for the DMA-BUF/PRIME buffer sharing support so that <a id="KonaLink1" class="kLink" style="font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important" href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwMjA#"><font style="color:rgb(35,72,101)!important;font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important" color="#234865">Intel's</font></a> DRM driver can offload rendering in one direction and outputs in the other. This patch is based upon David Airlie's work and amounts to just under 200 lines of code in the i915 kernel DRM driver. <br> <br>Out on the same day from Alex Deucher was <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2012-May/022773.html">a patch</a> entitled "add PRIME support" that effectively does the same as the <a id="KonaLink2" class="kLink" style="font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important" href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwMjA#"><font style="color:rgb(35,72,101)!important;font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important" color="#234865"><span class="kLink" style="font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important">Intel </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important">driver</span></font></a>, but instead for the Radeon DRM driver. This too was just about 200 lines of code. <br> <br>These patches come one week after David Airlie added PRIME sharing support to the TTM <a id="KonaLink3" class="kLink" style="font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important" href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwMjA#"><font style="color:rgb(35,72,101)!important;font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important" color="#234865">memory</font></a> manager (<a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2012-May/022495.html">here</a>) as well as PRIME support for the Nouveau DRM driver (<a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2012-May/022496.html">here</a>). <br> <br>This PRIME support builds upon the <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=search&q=DMA-BUF">DMA-BUF</a> buffer sharing mechanism that was <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAzODQ">originally merged into Linux 3.3</a> and <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA3OTQ">the PRIME fundamentals in Linux 3.4</a>. With the Linux 3.5 kernel is where the popular Direct Rendering Manager <a id="KonaLink4" class="kLink" style="font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important" href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEwMjA#"><font style="color:rgb(35,72,101)!important;font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important" color="#234865"><span class="kLink" style="font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important">hardware </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family:inherit!important;font-size:inherit!important">drivers</span></font></a> should support this for sharing buffers between drivers / GPUs. While Intel / Radeon / Nouveau are the most popular drivers, there's also been ongoing DMA-BUF work for the Texas Instruments OMAP, Samsung Exynos, and DisplayLink UDL KMS drivers too. <br> <br>This technology can ultimately be used for things like <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA0NTY">NVIDIA Optimus</a> or SLI/CrossFire. DMA-BUF itself largely was born within the Linaro camp for buffer sharing between driver drivers for ARM SoCs. Last November was when <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAyMDM">PRIME got back under-way</a> for the GPU offloaded rendering.</div></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-173837935840029842012-05-11T14:23:00.001-07:002012-05-11T14:23:59.512-07:00ASUS Zenbook UX32VD with discrete graphics<h1 class="post_title"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/10/asus-zenbook-ux32vd-discrete-graphics/">ASUS Zenbook UX32VD unveiled, packs discrete graphics to flaunt that 1080p screen</a></h1> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_byline"> <span class="caption">By <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/mat-smith" rel="author">Mat Smith</a> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/mat-smith/rss.xml"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif" border="0"></a> posted <span class="post_time">May 10th 2012 3:47AM</span></span> </div> <div class="post_content_types"> <div class="post_category"> </div> <div class="post_icon"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/galleries/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_icon_photo.gif"></a></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post_body"> <p style="text-align:center"> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/10/asus-zenbook-ux32vd-discrete-graphics/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/05/zenbookdiscrete.jpg" style="margin: 4px; width: 600px; height: 400px;"></a></p> <p> New high-resolution Zenbooks are <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/25/asus-zenbook-refresh-1080p-ips-ivy-bridge/">on their way</a>, but ASUS has now revealed another addition that's packing its own discrete graphics. Like its recently unveiled siblings, the Zenbook UX32VD still packs a 1920 x 1080 IPS panel and "the latest Intel Core processor" -- likely something from the Ivy Bridge family, although ASUS is keeping schtum on the details for now. Graphical horsepower is delegated to NVIDIA's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/08/nvidia-rebrands-fermi-based-GPUs-as-gt-620-605/">GT620,</a> while the UX32VD also had a hybrid HDD on show at the event, not the standard SSD -- explaining why this new model is slightly thicker than the UX31A.</p></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-27979975860993704412012-05-09T01:53:00.001-07:002012-05-09T01:53:42.429-07:00HP refreshes its Pavilion laptops ahead of back-to-school season, intros six new models<p></p><h1 class="post_title"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/08/hp-refreshes-its-pavilion-laptops-ahead-of-back-to-school-season/">HP refreshes its Pavilion laptops ahead of back-to-school season, intros six new models</a></h1> <div class="post_info"> <div class="post_byline"> <span class="caption">By <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/dana-wollman" rel="author">Dana Wollman</a> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/dana-wollman/rss.xml"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif" border="0"></a> posted <span class="post_time">May 8th 2012 11:06PM</span></span></div> </div><p></p><p> <em><strong>HP Pavilion m6-sized for life on the go</strong><br> With a large display packed into a super-slim design, the HP Pavilion m6 is the notebook users will want with them all day. Movies and games come to life on the 15.6-inch diagonal LED backlit high-definition (HD) BrightView display, and rich audio is made possible with Beats Audio, dual speakers and subwoofer.<br> <br> The brushed-aluminum HP Pavilion m6 can achieve up to eight hours of battery life and features the latest Intel and AMD processors, an optional backlit keyboard and discrete graphics for running the most demanding tasks without pauses or interruptions.</em></p> <p> <em>The HP Pavilion m6 is also loaded with HP innovations. HP CoolSense technology automatically adjusts performance and internal fan settings for a noticeably cooler PC, and HP ProtectSmart locks the hard drive to protect photos, music and memories in case the notebook is accidentally dropped. Optional HP SimplePass remembers passwords and provides easy access to online accounts with the swipe of a finger, and the HP TrueVision HD Webcam provides brighter and cleaner HD images.</em></p><p><em><strong>HP Pavilion dv-series notebook PCs-powerful yet graceful</strong></em></p><p></p><p><em> With a tapered chassis, slim top view and infinity waterfall edge-all inspired by kinetic energy-the new HP Pavilion dv6 and dv7 boast a metal finish, and the HP Pavilion dv4 is available in black licorice, linen white and carmine red.</em></p> <p> <em>Coupled with a soft-touch panel at the base of the display cover, the sleek HP Pavilion dv6 and dv7 conform comfortably to the hand, making the notebooks easy to hold.<br> A speaker bar integrated into the display enhances the HP dv-series' Beats Audio experience, projecting audio directly toward the user.</em></p> <p> <em>The HP Pavilion dv6 and dv7 also include HP CoolSense, HP ProtectSmart, HP TrueVision HD Webcam and HP SimplePass.</em></p> <p> <em>Optional NVIDIA GeForce notebook graphics processing units also are available on the HP Pavilion dv line and help deliver amazing visual gaming and multimedia experiences.</em></p><p></p><div class="article_gallery"><div class="gallery_info"><span class="gallery_title"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-pavilion-m6-hands-on/">HP Pavilion m6 hands-on</a></span></div> <div class="gallery_img_holder"><div class="gallery_img"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-pavilion-m6-hands-on/#5002634" title="" class="5002634" rel="hp-pavilion-m6-hands-on"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/05/dsc00677_103x88.jpg" alt=""></a></div> <div class="gallery_img"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-pavilion-m6-hands-on/#5002635" title="" class="5002635" rel="hp-pavilion-m6-hands-on"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/05/dsc00678_103x88.jpg" alt=""></a></div> <div class="gallery_img"><a 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src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif" border="0"></a> posted <span class="post_time">May 8th 2012 10:58PM</span></span></div> <div class="post_content_types"><div class="post_category"></div><div class="post_icon"><br></div><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="post_body"></div></div><div>HP's Envy-branded Ultrabooks and "Sleekbooks" will be available in 14- and and 15.6-inch screen sizes in each category, though the Ultrabook configs are naturally Intel-based, while the Sleekbooks will pack Intel or AMD chips. With the Sleekbooks, too, you can also choose optional discrete graphics if there's an Intel processor inside.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="inner-padding"> <div class="col1"> <div class="sponsorlogo"> <div id="adsDiv1"></div> </div> <div class="blogroll"> <div class="post_content permalink "> <div class="post_body"><p style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/08/hp-envy-spectre-xt-ultrabooks-sleekbooks/"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/05/dsc00820.jpg" style="margin:4px" height="334" width="600"></a></p> </div></div></div></div></div></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-35599955417241817172012-04-29T02:15:00.001-07:002012-04-29T02:15:49.783-07:0011-inch Nvidia Optimus gaming laptop<h4 class="post_title" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-size:30px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.05em;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/29/origin-pc-EON-11-S-gaming-laptop-announced/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:black;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.05em">Origin PC joins the 11-inch, rebadged gaming laptop party, outs the EON 11-S</a></h4> <div class="post_info" style="margin-top:2px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:medium"> <div class="post_byline" style="margin-top:5px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"><span class="caption" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-style:italic;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;font-family:georgia,serif!important">By <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/dana-wollman" rel="author" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Dana Wollman</a> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/dana-wollman/rss.xml" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></a> posted <span class="post_time">Apr 29th 2012 at 12:01AM</span></span></div> <div class="post_content_types" style="margin-top:2px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:right"><div class="post_category" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"> </div><div class="post_icon" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:5px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_icon_photo.gif" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></div> <div class="post_icon" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:5px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_icon_pr.gif" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></div> <div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"></div></div><div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"> </div></div><div class="post_body" style="margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-align:center"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/29/origin-pc-EON-11-S-gaming-laptop-announced/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)"><img alt="Image" height="427" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/04/eon11-s-3d-red-angle-right600wide.jpg" width="600" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 4px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></a></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">Last week may have drawn to a close, but the march of Clevo news continues. On the heels of Maingear <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/27/maingear-pulse-11/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">announcing</a> an 11-inch gaming notebook, Origin PC is throwing its own ultraportable into the ring: the EON 11-S. Though this is a new model for the company (the smallest laptop it's ever sold, in fact), it's not quite fresh to us: this is the same exact Clevo-made notebook Maingear unveiled two days ago, only re-badged under Origin PC's brand and available in a wider range of colors. As far as performance goes, then, that means you can expect Ivy Bridge processors, a 2GB NVIDIA GT 650M GPU, Optimus graphics-switching technology and a battery rated for 6.5 hours of runtime. In Origin PC's case, the laptop starts at $999 (compared with $1,099 for Maingear), though you'll have to head over to Origin's site for a breakdown of what specs you'll be getting at that lower price.</p> </div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-43615384879774155612012-04-24T19:54:00.001-07:002012-04-24T19:54:31.628-07:00AMD Enduro<h1 class="post_title" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-size:30px;font-weight:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.05em;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/24/amd-announces-radeon-hd-7000m-series-graphics">AMD announces Radeon HD 7000M series with Enduro graphics-switching technology</a></h1><div class="post_info" style="margin-top:2px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:medium"> <div class="post_byline" style="margin-top:5px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"><span class="caption" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-style:italic;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;font-family:georgia,serif!important">By <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/dana-wollman" rel="author" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Dana Wollman</a> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/editor/dana-wollman/rss.xml" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,17)"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></a> posted <span class="post_time">Apr 24th 2012 8:00AM</span></span></div> <div class="post_content_types" style="margin-top:2px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:right"><div class="post_category" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"> </div><div class="post_icon" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:5px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;float:left"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_icon_video.gif" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; "></div> <div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"></div></div><div class="clear" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;clear:both"> </div></div><div class="post_body" style="margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-align:center"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/24/amd-announces-radeon-hd-7000m-series-graphics/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/04/amd-radeon-hd-7900m-1334926885.jpg" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 4px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 477px; height: 445px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; "></a></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">AMD kicked off 2012 by <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/22/amd-announces-next-gen-radeon-hd-7970-for-549-says-it-soundly/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">refreshing</a> its desktop graphics, and now it's back, giving its mobile GPUs the same treatment. The company just announced its third generation of DirectX 11 mobile chips, the Radeon HD 7000 family. All told, the collection includes three 28nm GPUs: the high-end 7900M, the mainstream 7800M and, last but not least, the 7700M, a darling little chip intended for AMD's thin and light <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/17/amds-ultrabook-competitor-to-focus-on-price-undercut-intel/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">Ultrabook competitors</a>. Across the board, the series ushers in a new feature AMD is calling Enduro, a graphics-switching technology that takes direct aim at NVIDIA Optimus. Building on older AMD technologies like <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/amd-gets-official-with-ati-mobility-radeon-hd-3800-and-powerxpre/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">PowerXpress</a>, it doesn't require you to close apps, reboot your system or manually specify which apps will trigger the GPU. Additionally, it's designed to work with both Intel CPUs <em>and</em> AMD's own application processing units, so presumably you'll find this inside some <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/23/intel-ivy-bridge-core-i5-i7-quad-core-processors/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,189,246)">Ivy Bridge</a> machines too. With this generation, too, the two higher-end chips support the PCI Express 3.0 interface, and all three make use of AMD's existing ZeroCore Power and Power Gating battery-saving features. That's the abridged version, but we also have a full breakdown of the specs awaiting you past the break.</p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"></p><center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="368" id="viddler_engadget_4,499" width="600" style="padding-top:10px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px;display:block!important"></object></center> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-align:center"> <img alt="Image" height="307" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/04/amd-7000m-series-specs.jpg" width="600" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 4px; "></p> </div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-74599575229426607032012-04-21T10:13:00.001-07:002012-04-21T10:13:57.147-07:00New Alienware M17x R3 with a monster Nvidia Optimus card<div><a href="http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-M17x-r3/pd.aspx?~ck=mn">http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-M17x-r3/pd.aspx?~ck=mn</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(178,178,178);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(33,33,33)">Want to stay unplugged for a while? Available NVIDIA Optimus technology automatically adjusts your graphics power to the task at hand (Optimus™ technology not available on 3-D Enabled units). End result: On demand power without sacrificing battery life or performance.</span><br style="clear:both;color:rgb(178,178,178);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(33,33,33)"> <br style="clear:both;color:rgb(178,178,178);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(33,33,33)"><img alt="Alienware M17x Laptop (Overview)" src="http://i.dell.com/das/xa.ashx/global-site-design%20WEB/c05a9743-41a0-d625-c495-31fc7fb95118/1/OriginalJPG?id=Dell/Product_Images/Dell_Client_Products/Notebooks/Alienware_Notebooks/alienware_m17x/tab_imagery/alienware-m17x-r3-design-optimus-intel-logo-v2.jpg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 30px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; float: left; color: rgb(178, 178, 178); line-height: 18px; text-align: left; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: initial; "></div> <div><br></div><div><br></div><img src="http://i.dell.com/das/xa.ashx/global-site-design%20WEB/169d2f65-e05c-3f3b-c67e-cdcddc1d0543/1/OriginalJPG?id=Dell/Product_Images/Dell_Client_Products/Notebooks/Alienware_Notebooks/alienware_m17x/tab_imagery/alienware-m17x-r3-design_graphics.jpg" alt="Alienware M17X with 3D Computer Graphics"> Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-44753241403909214162012-04-21T10:03:00.001-07:002012-04-21T10:03:31.793-07:00AMD/Intel Hybrid Graphics -- current solutionThe Ubuntu forums post below summarizes the current information on the<br>AMD/Indel Hybrid Graphics systems:<p> <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1930450">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1930450</a><p>The ATI 5xxx graphic cards are still an issue, and the solution<br>proposed in the forums only works for muxless systems, and doesn't<br>seem to work for 5xxx cards.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-76338393637540557022012-04-21T09:59:00.001-07:002012-04-21T09:59:30.244-07:00Apple Macbook Pro and Linux Hybrid Graphics -- current statusApple implemented the switching of the two graphic cards using a<br>"chip" dubbed the "gmux". This gmux can power down the dedicated<br>graphics card, switch the DDC, internal and external display<br>connections individually between both cards and then set the backlight<br>brightness. Unlike most newer laptops with hybrid graphics, Apple's<br>Macbook Pros still use a physical mux.<p>The gmux has remained mostly the same between all models with<br>switchable graphics, so it should be possible to develop one Linux<br>driver that supports all of them.<p>Andreas Heider took over previous work that Seth Forshee (Canonical<br>Ltd.) recently rewrote it into a clean, backlight-only driver that (at<br>the time of this writing, 20120414) will hopefully find it's way into<br>the mainline Linux kernel soon.<p>Andreas has been developing on his MBP 6,2 model (MBP 6,1 should be<br>exactly the same) and his work is available at:<p><a href="http://github.com/ah-/gmux">http://github.com/ah-/gmux</a><p>There is a version that works with the Nvidia nouveau drivers and is<br>integrated with Bumblebee 3.0+. The apple_gmux driver should work for<br>all models with switchable graphics, but the nouveau components and<br>the current method to enable the Intel card in BIOS emulation mode<br>will differ. But once switching works well on one model, it shouldn't<br>be too hard to make it work on the others.<p>So, not all is done and dusted, and this is the current status: at the<br>moment switching works, but it's not fully automated. It's still not<br>possible to simply boot the system, switch between nouveau/i915 and<br>turn the dedicated card on/off.<p>This is not only related to the gmux driver itself but also to<br>nouveau/i915 and how they handle not having a monitor attached at<br>boot. So one option to thousand+ members of the hybrid-graphics-linux<br>team is to just wait for a bit longer, or try the code in a test<br>system and help Andreas by reporting back the details of the<br>investigations.<p>In other news, Andreas found a first solution to the VBIOS<br>problem. There is a register on the card (0x619f04,<br>PDISPLAY.VGA.ROM_WINDOW) which points to where the VBIOS should<br>be. Initially this register is set to 0x000ffe09 on the card but after<br>a powercycle it's set to 0x1.<p>If one manually restores it to 0xffe09 using nvapoke and copy the<br>VBIOS back with nvafakebios, both nouveau and the nvidia-blob load<br>successfully.<p>A full demo showing the switching between the GPUs, Bumblebee with<br>both nvidia and nouveau is available here:<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FYP3nMyxcQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FYP3nMyxcQ</a><p>And a screen recording showing Bumblebee in action is here:<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdY_qZWNM6E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdY_qZWNM6E</a><p>The current issues are with using EFI boot, because the Intel card<br>doesn't work with suspend in BIOS mode. The IRC discussions with mjg59<br>and airlied resulted in patches to sort out the boot GPU detection on<br>Apple EFI. Another major issue is the Intel LVDS detection. According<br>to airlied, the way to go is switch_ddc, which requires to change all<br>GPU drivers to call a function before reading the EDID data for the<br>internal display. This in turn switches the EDID line. Some work has<br>already been done, but it's not finished yet. The other line of<br>investigation is using reprobe and try to redetect and recreate the<br>framebuffer upon a GPU switch. At the time of this writing, this<br>doesn't seem to work well with the current DRM/fbcon<br>infrastructure.<p>If you own a Macbook Pro 6,2 or 6,1 and are adventurous enough to try<br>it you can find the code here:<p><a href="http://github.com/ah-/gmux-scripts">http://github.com/ah-/gmux-scripts</a><br><a href="http://github.com/ah-/ubuntu-kernel-mbp">http://github.com/ah-/ubuntu-kernel-mbp</a><br><a href="http://github.com/ah-/gmux">http://github.com/ah-/gmux</a><p>There's also some documentation here:<p><a href="http://github.com/ah-/gmux-scripts/blob/master/README">http://github.com/ah-/gmux-scripts/blob/master/README</a><p>The newer models use AMD graphics instead of Nvidia, although Apple is<br>rumoured to go back to Nvidia in upcoming models (as of 20120414). It<br>would be great to have users testing graphics switching on other<br>models, so email the mailing list if you are interested in tinkering<br>with this:<p><a href="http://lists.launchpad.net/hybrid-graphics-linux/msg02169.html">http://lists.launchpad.net/hybrid-graphics-linux/msg02169.html</a><p>The plan from now on is to clean things up and hopefully get some of<br>this work merged upstream. Please get in touch if you have experience<br>with the linux graphics stack and you are willing to help out solving<br>issues like the reprobe/lock_ddc situation. There are also issues with<br>the Intel cards that have to do with resuming after a suspend, which<br>are in need of expert hands.<p>For more information on the hardware details, find below an excellent<br>document:<p><a href="http://github.com/pathscale/envytools/blob/master/hwdocs">http://github.com/pathscale/envytools/blob/master/hwdocs</a><p>See nvbars.txt and the source of the envytools.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-30755580243506416842012-04-21T09:57:00.001-07:002012-04-21T09:57:19.566-07:00Alienware M14x R2The Verge has produced a review for a monster gaming machine, the<br>updated Alienware M14x R2:<br><a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/m14x-r2/5535">http://www.theverge.com/products/m14x-r2/5535</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077417691681018103.post-3734138455164733282012-04-08T05:56:00.002-07:002012-04-08T05:56:46.179-07:00More Optimus systemsOrigin PC EON15-S<br />
Origin PC EON17-S<br />
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M<br />
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M<br />
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M<br />
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/08/origin-pc-eon15-s-eon17-s/">http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/08/origin-pc-eon15-s-eon17-s/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com