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HP now shipping select Envy 15 models with USB 3.0
Welcome to the most recent benchmark we’ve been referring to as “the future.” HP has become what appears to be the first company to actually ship a laptop featuring USB 3.0. According to a rep speaking with CNET, if you order an Envy 15 with a Core i7 processor and an ATI 5830 GPU, the new ports come along for the ride. Feeling patient? Not to worry, we’re pretty sure this crazy USB 3.0 thing isn’t an isolated incident — expect more machines to support it soon enough, including HP’s own EliteBook in just a few weeks’ time.

HP now shipping select Envy 15 models with USB 3.0 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lenovo’s new slate of ThinkVision LCDs really, really love the environment

It’s not like we haven’t seen a ThinkVision monitor trying its best to be good to Ma Earth before, but Lenovo’s ThinkVision L2251x Wide has just become the first in the industry to notch a TCO Certified Edge — which, we’ll be honest, sounds like a pretty bodacious award to have. Dubbed the company’s “greenest monitors yet,” the ThinkVision L1711p, L1951p Wide, L2250p Wide, L2251p Wide and L2251x Wide are all at least TCO Certified, EPEAT Gold rated and are 50 percent more energy-efficient than previous models. Outside of all that, you’ll find 1,680 x 1,050 resolution panels, a 1,000:1 contrast ratio and a five millisecond response time on the whole lot, while select models boast DisplayPort compatibility and a built-in webcam. The ThinkVision L1951p Wide, L2250p Wide and L2251p Wide monitors will be available starting this Friday for $239.99, $249.99 and $259.99, respectively, while the L1711p will land on November 6th for $229.99 and the L2251x Wide sometime next month for $299.99.

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Lenovo’s new slate of ThinkVision LCDs really, really love the environment originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toshiba announces touchscreen notebooks, netbooks for Windows 7 launch

Toshiba’s just announced a couple new lappies — and a whole host of refreshes — in anticipation of the Windows 7 launch later this month. The big news here is definitely the touchscreen models: The Satellite U505 (due out November 1) is a 13.3-inch, 5 lb device with an MSRP of $1,049.99, while the Satellite M505 (street date October 22) has 14.4-inches of real estate and an MSRP of $949.99. Both come with the touch-ready LifeSpace software package that includes Bulletin Board (some sort of organizer with to-do lists, calendars and the like), and ReelTime, which apparently “helps you find files based on when they were opened using a visual history.” Tosh is promising to ship Windows 7 devices with minimal software running in the background — which is important if you want to retain performance increases that the new OS might provide over Vista.

Also included in this batch of lappies are new Satellite A500s (optional Blu-ray, Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Turion II Ultra CPU, discrete graphics options, a 16-inch HD Edge-to-Edge display on select models, starts at $589.99), Satellite L500 Series (displays ranging from 14 to 17.3-inch, Turion II and Athlon II CPU, hard drives up to 500GB, starting prices range from $504.99 to $579.99), Satellite P500 Series (18.4-inch HD TruBrite display, Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Turion II processors, Blu-ray in some models, starting at $799.99), Satellite L500 Series (up to 17.3-inch display, up to 500GB HDD, and various processor options, starting at $504.99), the Qosmio X505 with an 18.4-inch display and optional 64GB SSD / 320GB HDD dual-drive configuration priced at $1,899.99, and finally the mini NB205, a 10.1-inch netbook with a nine hour battery life, up to 250GB HDD, and five fabulous finishes including Sable Brown, Frost White, Indigo Blue, Posh Pink and Onyx Black (starting at $399.99). PR after the break.

[Via Hot Hardware]

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Toshiba announces touchscreen notebooks, netbooks for Windows 7 launch originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony laptops can’t use Windows 7’s XP mode due to disabled hardware virtualization

Bad news for VAIO owners out there hoping to use Windows 7’s XP mode or run any other hardcore virtual machine applications — Sony disables the required hardware virtualization features of its laptops for “security reasons.” That means XP Mode won’t work on any VAIOs, but there’s hope yet: Sony’s Xavier Lauwaert says that the company will re-enable VT on “select models.” We’ll see what that means going forward — XP Mode is a niche feature, but it’s still pretty lame for Sony to be intentionally disabling hardware features.

Read – The Register
Read – Xavier’s post on the Windows Partner Blog (scroll down to his comment)

[Via Sony Insider]

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Sony laptops can’t use Windows 7’s XP mode due to disabled hardware virtualization originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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