HP’s revamped Spectre x360 is slimmer and lighter than ever before

By Hitech Century | December 19, 2016 |

While HP’s first gen Spectre was a high-performing ultraportable that was as powerful as it was slim, their revamped version dubbed the HP Spectre x360 raises the bar just a bit higher by cramming in even more performance into an even slimmer chassis. The revamped HP Spectre x360 is 13.8mm thin and weighs 1.295kg, making…

The newly launched Lenovo Yoga Book may be a road warrior’s ultimate dream machine

By Hitech Century | December 7, 2016 |

In the ever elusive quest for performance, lightness and versatility, Lenovo’s new Yoga Book may have just had it beat. The whole affair straddles the lines between a convertible and a tablet, albeit one that is ridiculously slim at 4.05mm and weighs 690g. Whereas other convertibles integrate a detachable keyboard, the Yoga Book has its…

[Review] Asus Transformer 3 Pro – Taking a stand

By Hitech Century | December 4, 2016 |

A powerful, svelte and high performing convertible with a few minor quibbles that make it fall short of being one of the best convertibles out there in the market.

Samsung opens official online shopping portal on Lazada

By Hitech Century | November 17, 2016 |

Samsung today announced a team-up with Lazada today and the unveiling of Samsung’s first portal-in-portal site which allows shoppers to purchase the full range of Samsung’s products ranging from white goods to smartphones. The clincher is free delivery so you can acquire hardware like their luscious, if rather huge SUHD TVs and more without having…

Acer launches Swift series of laptops and more

By Hitech Century | November 16, 2016 |

Acer today took the wraps off the ultra slim Swift 7 ultraportable, the posh looking Swift 3 as well as the Spin 5 and Predator Z1 gaming monitor in a posh do in uptown Kuala Lumpur. The Swift 7 is available for sale on 11street Malaysia and authorised Acer dealers nationwide from 23 November onwards…

Lenovo launches Ideacentre Y710 Cube and other Y-series gaming rigs

By Hitech Century | November 15, 2016 |

Lenovo today took the wraps off their VR-ready Y710 Cube gaming tower that comes with an Intel core i7-6700 processor running Windows 10 Home, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GPU, 8GB RAM and sports a 2TB hard disk along with their Killer DoubleShot Pro Wi-Fi tech for lag free gaming. Two higher specced configurations will…

Lenovo debuts new pixel-crunching P40 and P410 ThinkPad workstations

By Hitech Century | November 11, 2016 |

Lenovo took the wraps off two hefty high-performing workstations – the ThinkPad P40 Yoga Mobile Worktation and the ThinkStation P410 Workstation desktop that are designed for professional use by architects, engineers and the like which offer scads of pixel crunching power capable of handling Autodesk’s 3D Design software. ThinkPad P40 Yoga Mobile Workstation The ThinkPad…

Razer’s new Blade Pro gaming notebook is looking pretty sharp

By Hitech Century | October 21, 2016 |

Razer has just announced their next uber gaming rig in the form of the Razer Blade Pro. While gaming notebooks are usually massive in size, weigh and girth unless they adopt unorthodox solutions like docks and the like, the Razer Blade Pro still manages to cram everything into a casing that is is two inches thick while weighing…

Acer launches Swift 3 ultraportable for RM2,899

By Hitech Century | October 19, 2016 |

Acer’s light ultraportable rig that was glimpsed at IFA has finally been launched in Malaysia. The notebook is hewn from aluminium and is 17.95mm thin and weighs 1.5kg while cramming in a 14-inch 1080p display. The notebook comes with an Intel i5-6200U processor, 4GB DDR4 RAM a 256GB SSD and Intel HD 520 graphics. The built-in 3,220mAh…

[Review] Acer Alpha Switch 12 – The affordable convertible

By Hitech Century | October 18, 2016 |

The Acer Switch Alpha 12 is a hybrid convertible designed in a fashion akin to the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 – it’s essentially a tablet with a kickstand that comes with a detachable keyboard. In Malaysia, the Switch Alpha 12 ships with a stylus and the aforementioned detachable keyboard dock that also doubles as a…