Tag archive: Rosa

Without tooting its own horn (even a little bit), Apple has launched updates for its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook lines. At the high end, the MacBook Pros can now be custom ordered with a 2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (up from a top speed of 2.4 GHz), and a 250 GB hard drive is now available for professionally-oriented notebook. Apple's update to its consumer-oriented MacBook line is more interesting, however: the company… Read More

Although it's sure to be a move which irks both Sony and Toshiba, the great format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray got another fence-sitter today as mammoth chipmaker Intel outlined its forthcoming Montevina mobile computing platform at the Intel Developer Forum today. Designed as the follow-up to the company's successful Santa Rosa notebook architecture, Montevina will use the 45nm Penryn processor architecture in its CPUS, offer… Read More

Like most people in the Western world, or so it seems, you've probably received an e-mail from a bank (or eBay or Paypal) about security concerns on your account. It offers a link for you to click on in order to login and warns of dire consequences, like the closing of your account, if you don't comply. It might very well look official and even sound convincing. And often it works. People do click on the link and go to the site,… Read More

The desktop rig has always been the traditional platform of choice for computer gamers, but that hasn’t stopped a number of companies from packing similar hardware into notebooks for players on the go. Vigor Gaming, a relatively new name in custom computers, announced a line of five new gamer-oriented laptops on Wednesday. The flagship for their new line is the Atlantis Pro, a desktop replacement with a massive 20-inch WSXGA+ (1680 x… Read More

Even though Toshiba announced its Qosmio G45 back in January—and started shipping it in Japan in February—the company has finally brought its entertainment powerhouse Qosmio G45-AV680 notebook system to the U.S. market, making it the first notebook system offered to U.S. consumers with HD DVD-R capability. “Already Toshiba's premiere audio-video solution, the new Qosmio is a remarkable step forward in the digital… Read More

The title of this article sounds like I'm writing for an Irish publication of some type, and I suddenly feel the need to talk about the Wii people and a pot of gold. That pot of gold has been elusive to both Microsoft and Sony of late. Sony has been in search of sales for the PS3, and Microsoft has just instituted a massive repair policy change and taken over a $1B (hint: that is about what a small aircraft carrier costs) charge to… Read More

Fujitsu-Siemens seems to be of the opinion that Fujitsu's LifeBook line of notebook computers doesn't quite meet the needs of the business market, so the combined company is introducing a new line of three business-oriented notebooks dubbed “Esprimo”—the U9200, M9400, and D9500. The new notebooks all sport Intel's Santa Rosa chipset and Core 2 Duo processors, and sport embedded UMTS mobile data access for… Read More

Although they've been anticipated for quite some time, Sony has officially taken the wraps off its forthcoming Vaio CR series of notebooks, based on the Santa Rosa platform, sporting 14.1-inch LCD displays, and soon to be available in a series of eye-catching colors designed to appeal to the fashion-forward set—or, at least, not not-quite-totally-geeky set. “Just like the car you drive, notebooks today are an extension of… Read More

Just a few weeks after refreshing its line of MacBook notebook computers, Apple has beefed up it's MacBook Pro line of notebook computers aimed at professionals and (of course) media junkies, adding faster Core 2 Duo processors, support for up to 4 GB of RAM, and Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics to speed up animation and gaming. And the 15-inch model gains the industry's first LED-backlit display, doing away with traditional… Read More

Attempting to scrape back ground lost with the debut of Intel’s new “Santa Rosa” mobile platform, AMD announced details on Thursday about its own upcoming mobile platform and processor for notebooks. The platform, known as Puma, will use the new RS780 mobile chipset to deliver features including DirectX 10 graphics capability, support for a unified video decoder, integrated multi-monitor support, NAND flash support… Read More

There's no denying that a portion of the notebook-using population is all about cramming as much processing, storage, and graphics power (and, um, heat emission) into as small a package as possible—or having the latest Santa Rosa design—but there's also a (dare we say larger) portion of the notebook-using population who just needs to get basic computing tasks accomplished while on the go, and doesn't want to… Read More

Acer today introduced a stylish new notebook series which draws off of a new industrial design theme and is powered by the new Intel Centrino mobile technology, codenamed Santa Rosa. The Acer Aspire 5920 models also all incorporate a 15.4-inch wide display and optional HD-DVD drive. The Aspire 5920 design, said Acer, is called the Gemstone concept and is created to capture "the universal value of natural beauty." The… Read More

Chip maker Intel has officially launched its Centrino Pro notebook platform, widely known by its codename Santa Rosa, offering improved performance and lower power consumption. Along with Centrino Pro. Intel is announcing several new mobile processors, and many systems makers are already announcing products which will leverage the new technology. Rather than being based around a particular class of CPU, the Centrino Pro platform includes… Read More

It was only a few months ago, in September 2006, when Intel and Nokia blew their own horns loudly, announcing plans to develop HSDPA wireless broadband modules for notebook computers. The modules would have been an embedded wireless broadband options in Intel's “Santa Rosa” Centrino Duo technology, presumably migrating forward to future Intel mobile computing platforms. Well, so much for big plans: Nokia has confirmed that… Read More

Sony Ericsson today announced it is planning to launch M-Buzz, a new mobile and Web-based music service featuring new and developing artists. M-Buzz is designed to play off synergies within the larger Sony corporate entity, first by partnering with Sony/ATV Music Publishing to bring full tracks, videos, bios, and other artist information to music fans, and second, to provide M-BUZZ via the company's existing PlayNow music service.… Read More