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SAN FRANCISCO, May 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The global laptop market size is anticipated to reach USD 108.91 billion by 2025, according to a study by Grand View Research, Inc., progressing at a CAGR of 0.4% during the forecast period. Increasing urbanization and growing spending capacities of consumers belonging to middle and upper-middle classes, coupled with evolving lifestyles, are projected to help the global market gain significant momentum over the coming years. Key suggestions from the report: The 2-in-1 laptop segment is anticipated to exhibit the highest CAGR over the forecast period. This can be attributed to growing demand for lightweight and technologically-advanced laptops The 13" to 14.9" screen size segment is projected to expand at a CAGR exceeding 0.5% in terms of value over the same period as these laptops are ideal for diverse applications such as personal, gaming, and business The USD 501-USD 1,000 segment accounted for a significant market share ...

Intel's consternation with its 10nm manufacturing process is well documented but on its Q1 earnings call yesterday, the Santa Clara chip giant painted a more positive picture on the ramp-up of its forthcoming Ice Lake processor for mobile client systems, dubbed Ice Lake-U. While many media outlets have been reporting that Intel's 10nm product wouldn't ship in meaningful volume this year, Intel CEO Bob Swan offered commentary that production output of Ice Lake has nearly doubled in the past few months. Swan noted specifically, “on the process technology front, our teams executed well in Q1 and our velocity is increasing. We remain on track to have volume client systems on shelves for the holiday selling season. And over the past 4 months, the organization drove a nearly 2X improvement in the rate at which 10nm products move through our factories.” Beyond this, I would offer that Intel is in the process of qualifying the product with major system OEMs here in Q2, with pro...

Asus Chromebook Flip C434 - 14" laptop in 13" body was unveiled back in January, at the CES 2019 trade show in Las Vegas.  This Chrome OS convertible was made available starting march this year in rather weak configuration  with only Intel Core m3-8100Y inside. Asus promises  i5-8200Y and i7-8500Y CPU's variants - Asus Chromebook Flip C434TA to ship soon. All  3 laptops feature Integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 615 And 14” LED-backlit IPS FHD (1920 x 1080) 16:9 standard display with Wide 100% sRGB color gamut   i5-8200Y and i7-8500Y  models will come with  8GB 1867MHz LPDDR3 RAM and 128GB / 64GB eMMC storage Though i5 and i7 variants not available right now, anyone can subscribe to be notified by Asus when these models will become available.

L enovo promises more bang for your buck with IdeaPad L340 15" Touch - Platinum Grey built around 8th Gen Intel i3-8145U CPU - new affordable addition to their L-series of 15.6" laptops Starting at $450.79 "With stunning audio, performance, and visuals, the IdeaPad L340 is impressive from the get-go. It comes standard with an eye-care mode for reduced eye strain, and a physical webcam shutter for increased privacy. Whether it’s for work, school, home, or on the go, this 15” laptop will always have your back." -Lenovo Starting at $450.79   Lenovo IdeaPad L340 15" Touch - Platinum Grey features: Processor 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i3-8145U Processor (2.10GHz, up to 3.90GHz with Turbo Boost, 4MB Cache) Operating System Windows 10 Home 64 Display Type 15.6” HD (1366 x 768, 220 nits) multi-touch, antiglare Memory 8 GB DDR4 2400MHz Hard Drive 1TB 5400 RPM Optical Drive DVD Recordable For more specs and info visit Lenovo page for this...

T here was a time when all people in industry expected that time of the laptops is coming to the end and new era is evolving - era of touch screen devices: 2-in-1' s, Ipads  and Tablets w/o keyboard. These predictions and expectations just did not work. People realized that you just cant do any serious work on a Tablet device w/o real keyboard no matter how big and gorgeous it's screen is. Second, people also found that having touchscreen on a regular laptop is almost useless and makes laptop more expensive, makes it's battery live shorter, makes it's screen dimmer And on top of this, as Cindy Burt, an ergonomics expert at UCLA, told  "You are going to have to be doing a lot more reaching and a lot more movements of your wrist and your hand if you're going to be typing and then doing the touch screen," She said that retail workers who have to extend their arms and poke at touch-screen point-of-sale systems all day — a gesture similar to touching a la...