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Along with releasing new PMP’s (Galaxy S WiFi 4.0/5.0) yesterday, Samsung unveiled new Series 2,4,6 and Series 9 laptops, at their event in New York City. As you could probably tell, Sammy has something for everyone, with Series 2,4 and 6 being targeted at professionals. The specs are numerous but lets just say that they start at series 2 with Intel Celeron based processors and then climb in speed/quality (sandy Bridge i3,i5,i5) all thought Series 2,4 and 6. Screen sizes follow the same path, with the series 2 notebooks getting 12.5in displays and then climbing in size all the way to 15.6 in, with a 1600 x 900 option.

But let’s be honest, this doesn’t do anything for you! Sammy’s Series 9 is what the party’s all about. 13.3in display, Core i5-2537M processor, 128GB SSD, 4GB of RAM, and Windows 7 Home Premium for $1,649. This is a MacBook Air killer – born and breed! Sammy will also be releasing a Windows 7 Professional version but we don’t really care. Stay tuned for more info and expect these notebooks to arrive at a brick and mortar store near you in April.

Source: Engadget.com

Well, it was rumored and here we are – Apple completely refreshed their MacBook Pro line. The exterior looks about the same except for a small lightning icon next to the minidisplay port (Image Below) other than that, all the goodness is inside…..let’s take a look.

The Big Three: Intel’s Sandy Bridge chipset sits nicely inside all models (13-17in) with the 15in and 17in getting quad core options. Nvidea is out and ATI has joined the party with the 15in getting either the Radeon HD 6490M with 256MB GDDR5 or HD 6750M with 1GB GDDR5 and the 17in getting HD 6750M with 1GB GDDR5. The 13in gets left out in the cold, using only Intel’s HD Graphics 3000 integrated graphics. Maybe the biggest news or the most mysterious, is the addition of “Thunder Bolt” or Intel’s “Light Peak” technology – “….Thunderbolt technology has arrived — and MacBook Pro is the first notebook to have it. Now one connection carries both DisplayPort and PCI Express. With two 10-Gbps data channels, you can transfer data more than 12 times faster than with FireWire 800…”

More news is still pouring in and Intel is scheduled to have a special event today (Feb. 24th) in San Francisco at 10am (PST). So, we should know more about “Light peak” or “Thunder Bolt” or “Ball Lightning” – check back soon. Otherwise, click here and have Steve and company tell you about the redesign.

Source: Apple.com