Taiwanese DRAM maker ProMOS Technologies has offered to buy back convertible bonds from holders at a fraction of their value after admitting it simply does not have enough money to repay the full amount.
A consortium of eight banks led by the Bank of Taiwan reached a tentative agreement to loan DRAM maker ProMOS Technologies the money it needs to make payments on a convertible bond, the bank said in a statement late Monday.
Intel's upcoming "Bay Trail" Atom processor is aimed at the low-end market, and promises to deliver convertible PCs and notebooks with all-day battery life at budget prices, the company said on Wednesday.
Lenovo has discontinued sales of the Yoga 11 convertible with Windows RT on its website, which analysts said was a sign of PC makers moving away from their commitment to the struggling OS.
PC maker Asus is taking the Windows-Android hybrid concept to another level with a convertible laptop that can switch between the two OSes with the click of an on-screen button.
Pocket PCs that are real Windows computers open doors to creative computing that full laptops can't match. This Meenhong P8 is not only a convertible PC with pen support but is also well-reviewed.
Lenovo is offering a new Yoga Book 9i 9th gen at CES 2024 albeit as a minor refresh to the 2023 version. The Yoga Book 9i 9th gen is a dual-display convertible that now features Intel 14th gen Core Ultra Raptor Lake-U CPUs. Other specifications including the dual 2.8K OLED, 5 MP camera, 3x Thunderbolt 4 ports, and 80 WHr battery remain unchanged.
Notebookcheck reviews the Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga G4, a convertible with pen and touchscreen for the business market. It a great battery endurance, but the performance under sustained load is weak.
The Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 is a well-made business laptop with innovative features and some smart design touches, but it's only so-so as a convertible.
Lenovo ThinkPads are still known for rather robust designs, even if newer variants are much thinner and lighter. The Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Yoga G4 AMD is an exception, as the plastic base without any metal frame to strengthen it is rather weak.
Like it or not, Windows ARM is here to stay regardless of all the criticisms. The Robo & Kala TW220 directly targets the Microsoft Surface Pro 9 ARM by offering OLED instead of IPS and a much lower starting price of just US$599
The HP Pavilion x360 convertible laptop is currently on sale at Best Buy for less than US$400. The machine comes with a 6-core Core i3-1215U CPU, 8 GB of DDR4 RAM, and 256 GB of storage. Display duties are handled by a 14-inch FHD panel that also support touch input.
While you'll find faster and fancier convertible 2-in-1 Chromebooks, the HP x360 13b is a compelling value with long battery life and lots of connectivity.
The Latitude 9440 2-in-1 represents the biggest and perhaps riskiest change in the Latitude 9000 series to date. Some of the design choices are definitely nice to see from a visual perspective, but others can feel like a step backwards.
Two different configurations of the Surface Laptop Studio, which is equipped with an Intel Core i5, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, has now hit its lowest sale price yet as Amazon grants discounts of up to 37 percent on Microsofts quirky convertible.