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Boot Camp: Frankenstein Macs endorsed by Apple

Crave Forget fringe-group hacks that let you run Windows XP on your Intel-based Macs, now Apple is offering a legitimate alternative. New beta-release software, called Boot Camp, lets you pop a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc into your Intel-based...

Tags: apple, xp, windows xp, switch

5 April 2006, 14:56

Dell Inspiron 9400: Viiv in all but name

Crave We've just spent ages trying to figure out the meaning of Intel's Viiv technology, and are now exasperated to learn that Dell has thrown a spanner in the works with its new Inspiron 9400 laptop. It's got all the relevant bits needed to qualify for...

Tags: dell, range, intel, laptop

7 March 2006, 8:00

Lenovo introduces Centrino 2 models: SL series, X200

Crave As Intel officially launched its long-awaited Centrino 2 platform, All three SL series models are built on the latest Core 2 Duo processors with a choice of Intel X4500 or 128MB Nvdia GeForce 9300 graphics.

Tags: webcam, inch, gps, models

15 July 2008, 11:36

Lamborghini laptop looms large

Crave Posers rejoice -- our spies in Asia inform us that Intel is about to join forces with Italian sports car giant Automobili Lamborghini to produce Lambo-branded laptops. According to Intel, the collaboration is a match made in heaven, as laptop PCs...

Tags: intel, laptop, notebook, branded

15 November 2005, 14:00

Core 2 Duo Vs. Core Duo: Merom and Yonah square off

Crave Intel has consistently impressed with its mobile CPUs. Intel says they are up to 20 per cent faster than the current crop of mobile chips, but are they really as good as it makes out? The first rock laptop uses a 2.33GHz Intel T2600 CPU -- the...

Tags: intel, laptops, core, processor

8 September 2006, 10:18

Asus A7J: Multimedia powerhouse

Crave The onslaught of laptops using Intel's new Core Duo processors and next-generation Centrino technology (Napa) continues in earnest this week. The unit uses an Intel T1400 Core Duo CPU clocked at 1.83GHz, 1GB of DDR2 memory, and has more switches...

Tags: asus, intel, core, adaptor

30 January 2006, 10:18

Hands on: Asus Asteio D22 Media Center

Crave The hype behind Intel Viiv has died a horrible death (Joe Public still doesn't know what it is), but we're still seeing a regular stream of Media Center PCs. Inside it uses a 250GB hard drive, an Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 13-in-1...

Tags: asus, stream, media center, metal

4 December 2006, 10:39

Viiv goes live

Crave Intel marked the UK launch of its 'Viiv' platform, whose final specs were unveiled at CES, with a lavish party at London's Floridita bar last night. Intel shied away from explaining the technical side of Viiv, which is essentially any PC that uses...

Tags: intel, channel, jonathan, viiv

26 January 2006, 11:17

Asus W5Fe: Welcome to the dual-screen Vista laptop era

Crave When former Intel CEO Craig Barret told us laptops of the future would come with two screens, we mocked him. Attendees of the 2003 Intel Developer Forum had to physically restrain themselves from throwing rotten tomatoes, such was the ludicrousness...

Tags: asus, laptops, laptop, intel

4 October 2006, 12:02

Apple says "That's not a knife. This is a knife": MacBook Pro

Crave It's been a while since Apple could claim its laptops were the fastest on the strip, but with the transition from IBM to Intel chips, the new Apple MacBook Pro is one of the first widely available dual-core processor laptops in the world, and...

Tags: apple uk, ram, laptops, intel

16 January 2006, 11:25

Round-up: PCs and laptops at CES

Crave Among the biggest news was Intel's move to reveal the exact specifications for PCs using its new Viiv (rhymes with 'jive') system, but not to be outdone, AMD launched its own rival (and rhyming) platform, known as Live.

Tags: intel, core, inch, dell

9 January 2006, 11:47

New Apple laptops: 13-inch MacBooks are go

Crave Here come some new MacBooks, Apple's new name for its consumer laptops: there's a black one and a white one, and they both feature dual-core Intel processors, 13.3-inch widescreens, and all that Apple goodness, such as iLife '06, Front Row, the...

Tags: apple, hard drive, model, intel

16 May 2006, 14:50

Samsung Q70 Santa Rosa laptop: Small, powerful, good

Crave It uses Intel's new Centrino Duo (aka Santa Rosa) chipset, so it'll leave the Q35 for dead with its spiffing performance. It's packing a 2GHz Intel T7300 CPU, an Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS graphics card, and 2GB of RAM.

Tags: samsung, burner, intel, laptop

16 May 2007, 11:29

3.6GHz Pentium 4 Apple Mac: unholy alliance?

Crave This is the £545 computer Apple is offering to developers in an effort to woo them onto the company's new chip of choice: Intel. Isn't Intel Apple's arch enemy? Despite famously setting light to Intel's bunnyman in a parody advert, Apple has...

Tags: apple uk, apple, operating system, intel

8 June 2005, 11:19

Santa Rosa: Crave goes hands on with the new Centrino

Crave Intel will also introduce a feature called Turbo Memory, which is designed to speed up boot times and application responsiveness. To mitigate this, Intel has added dynamic FSB switching, so it can throttle back to a lower frequency when running...

2 May 2007, 18:06