Microdisplays' SVGA resolution of 800-by-600 pixels is comparable to that of a typical notebook PC's active-matrix LCD, but the displays are six to ten times cheaper, Bowser claims.
Gateway's first notebook PC with a 13.3-inch widescreen display, it sports a small footprint and lightweight 5.3-pound design that is idea for travel and taking to work and class.
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The computer industry had high hopes going into 2012 that ultrabooks super-thin, featherweight, high-speed notebook computers would revive the PC business.
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But now Compaq Computer (nyse: CPQ - news - people ) has taken its notebook PC product lines in a new direction regarding wireless networking.
Whereas tablet PCs are full-blown PCs that contain all their components inside the casing of a notebook-sized flat-screen display, smart displays are light, portable display screens that connect wirelessly to a PC, so a user can interact with the PC away from the desk for reading documents or surfing the Web.
With a detachable keyboard-docking system users easily switch between a clamshell notebook PC and a tablet PC.
Bringing unprecedented networking capabilities, Bigfoot Networks delivers the optimal experience to the notebook PC for online games, HD video and high-quality audio.
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The keyboard dock seamlessly connects to the tablet PC, transforming it into a full-featured notebook for a first-rate typing experience.
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These days when I travel, I try to leave my fancy notebook at home, and just borrow someone else's PC -- you know, one with a real keyboard and a real T1 connection.
In the personal computer category, Amazon said the Apple MacBook, Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ) Internet Tablet PC and HP Pavilion Entertainment Notebook PC were strong sellers.
Before it was Wi-Fi, the wireless networking technology that is currently the hottest accessory for a notebook PC was best known by a jumble of letters and numbers: IEEE 802.11b.
Apple's PCs and notebook computers--long relegated to a niche status--are tearing off big gobs of the PC market.
Global market demand for large size LCD panels was flat with shipments rising just 1 percent quarter-on-quarter to 179 million units, while average sales prices of panels fell across the notebook PC, monitor and TV panel segments.
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Apple primarily competes with PC makers like Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Acer, all of which have seen greater notebook price erosion than Apple historically.
Apple is primarily a consumer-oriented company with little presence in the enterprise PC sector, where computer makers like Dell, H-P and Lenovo dominate the business notebook market.
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