John Morris and Sean Portnoy deliver straight talk about notebook and desktop computers.
John Morris is a former executive editor at CNET Networks and senior editor at PC Magazine.
Sean Portnoy is a former executive editor at Computer Shopper magazine and editor at CNET Networks.
During its Q1 earnings call, Intel execs discussed thin notebooks using the forthcoming Atom platform being available by the holiday season at a bargain price.
The thin-and-light notebook offers Windows 8, Windows 7, and Ubuntu Linux OS options, and starts at $419.
The unique Windows 8 device has back-to-back 13.3-inch screens and works as a touch-enabled laptop with lid open, or as a tablet with lid closed.
The new eight-core chip will reportedly run at 5GHz and cost $795.
Get 960GB of solid state storage for "just" $599.99, significantly undercutting the $1-per-gigabyte threshold.
As you might expect, its specs can't match those of the Google Nexus 7, but it is $50 cheaper. For now.
Steam for Linux gets a big boost from a little desktop that starts at $599.
Microsoft is still keeping its Surface RT priced at $499, however.
The company goes premium with its latest PCs; each of which will cost more than $1,000.
The $549 starting price tag is small enough, but is the workstation's LCD too tiny?