December 2008

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The Best Laptops of 2008 (list Round up)

The year of 2008 was year of netbook laptops- a new category in the market of laptops that targets any group of consumers; from pupils to students and any sort of adult users. Although, economic recession has affected every industry, it has raised the demand for netbooks because of their very affordable prices and small sizes brought out the variety of netbooks launched from unknown companies to leading laptop makers time to time last year.

Though, when we talk about the best laptops of market in 2008 we have to consider many factors. As you know, laptops are launched with different purposes and in different fixed categories. Best laptops are the all-purpose machines in their own categories or classes in terms of different factors including price, innovative feature set, functionality, portability, and battery life.

So, now the question is that how is a best laptop chosen among the thousands systems available in the market?

The brief answer is depended on which category a laptop belongs to, the price, innovative feature set, functionality and portability are compared and the best laptop in each category is chosen. Laptops are categorized in two ways:

- In one way laptops are categorized according to their applications as netbooks, business laptops, multimedia laptops, gaming laptops and workstation laptops particularly targeting professional animators, engineers and photographers.

- In another way, laptops are categorized according their portability and the size of their screens: thin and ultra slim laptops, ultra portable laptops, mid size laptops, mainstream laptops and desktop replacement laptops.

We have another sort of category that is not as important as the last two ones. We can classify laptops as said by their prices: cheap laptops like netbooks, budget standard laptops that their price is in the range from $600 or $700 up to $1500 or $1600 and expensive laptops that their prices start from $1700 up to above.

Every year the important known technology websites like Cnet, Laptop magazine, etc submit their lists of best laptops of 2008. Here I have collected list of 5 known websites including Cnet, Laptop Magazine, PC World, Yahoo, and Tech News world. Please before purchasing any laptop are making your mind check out these lists. Surely, they will help you to distinguish the suitable laptop with suitable price from many other resembled laptops made by different manufacturers.

-Cnet
has made a fair list of 5 best laptops of 2008. Well I like the list although I can not accept their opinion about the best netbook of 2008.

Here is the list:

1- 17-inches Gateway P-7811FX is one of the best gaming laptops in the category of desktop replacement laptops because of the high-end components and low price.
Read more:
-Gateway Launches $688 LT1001G Netbook along other 3 Laptops in Singapore
-Gateway P-172X FX and M-6850FX Editions Available for Sale
-Which One Do you Prefer, XPS M1730 or Gateway P-171XL FX? Review and Comparion

2- 13.3-inches LenovoThinkPad X300 is one of the Best of thin and light laptops because of its wide display, full-size keyboard, sleek, lightweight case and every feature that corporate users require. (Price: $1,889.00 - $1,889.00)
Read more:
-Samsung X360 First Impression: Challenging Air; Thinner and Lighter than Envy 133 and ThinkPad X300

3- 13-in Apple MacBook is one of the Best of thin and light laptops because of its upgraded CPU for the same price; same great design; the modest performance gains and Leopard operating system. (Price: $1,185.73 - $1,776.60)

4- 17-inches Alienware Area-51 m17x is one of the best gaming laptops in the category of desktop replacement laptops because of highest-end components, impressive design; and fantastic excellent performance.
Read more:
-Alienware Area-51(R) m15x with NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M Available for Engineers and Designers
-Area-51 m15X with NVIDIA 8800M GTX; See, Review, Benchmark and 15 Cool Pictures

5- the 8.9-in Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook is a best netbook laptops of 2008, for it is more configurable than other Netbooks; good battery life; and XP and Linux OS options. (Price: $349.00 - $349.00).
Read more:
-Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Netbook Review Round up (3 reviews); Mini 12 vs. Mini 9?

-Laptop magazine
has made a list of 16 all-purpose laptops of 2008. According to the article, the best laptops of 2008 are the laptops which have been able to combine “sharp design and ergonomics with innovative features and excellent performance.”

1- 13-in Apple MacBook: because it comes with dge-to-edge LED backlit display and multi-touch track pad, high power and endurance, better graphics performace because of Nvidia’s new GeForce 9400M graphics (Prices: $1,499.95 - $1,599.00)

2- 15.4-inch Toshiba Satellite A305-S6883 laptop because it is full-featured and stylish all-purpose laptop. It comes with some striking features such as fashionable fusion finish design, enough portable, responsive, touch-sensitive multimedia keys and USB ports with Sleep and Charge technology, fast performance and long battery life. (Price: $899.00).
Read more:
Toshiba Satellite A305-S6845: 15.4" Penryn Laptop for $1250 Available for Sale

3- 15.4-inch HP Pavilion dv5t a nice multimedia laptop. It provides a crisp and bright edge-to-edge glass panel (up 1680 x 1050-pixel resolution) and loud Altec Lansing speaker. The laptop delivers Best-in-class performance, and comes with sleek new liquid-metal design, the graphics card what is good enough for gamers and built-in hard drive protection. (Prices: $579.99).
Read more:
-HP Pavilion dv6 Laptop with Centrino 2 CPU/ 4GB Memory Available Online

4- 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One netbook or mini-notebook because of Good feature set for the money, Attractive design, Good Wi-Fi performance, and Comfortable keyboard. (Prices: $349.99)
Read more:
-Acer Aspire one with Enabled 3G Only for $100 if you Sing up at AT&T

5- 10-inch MSI Wind PC netbook because of broad 10-inch screen display, fast boot time, Long battery life (more than 5 hours), comfortable full-size keyboard, and one-touch TurboDrive CPU overclocking. (Prices: $619.97). “The toughest part is finding this system in stock!”
Read more:
-MSI to Expose Wind U110, U115, U120 & Affordable 13.3-in U300 at CES 09

6- 13.3-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X301 ultra and thin laptop due to being super slim and Extremely light, an integrated DVD drive, and integrated mobile broadband, Mobile WiMAX technology, broad LED-backlit display, fantastic keyboard as well as both a pointing stick and a touchpad, Durable solid state drive, Centrino 2 processor and great performance. (Prices: $2,889.82 - $3,194.99).

7- 13.1-inch Sony VAIO Z (VGN-Z540) an advance ultraportable laptop owing to the first 13.1-inch notebook with a 16:9 aspect ratio display (brilliant XBrite-Duraview with 100 percent color saturation), can working on two open windows side by side, the first notebook allowing to switch between using Nvidia graphics to Intel integrated graphics, optional Blu-ray drive, Comfortable isolated keyboard, Fast integrated mobile broadband, Five hours battery life with the standard one and Fast integrated mobile broadband. (Prices: $1,315.00 - $2,050.95).
Read more:
-Sony VGN-SZ650N/C Reviewed
-Sony Makes official Its VAIO Z, FW, SR and BZ laptops based on Centrino 2
- The Specs of New Laptops of Sony VAIO Z series Based on Montevina Leaked

8- 18.4-inch Acer Aspire 8930G desktop replacement laptop because of 16:9ratio, 18.4-inch screen offers true high-quality 1080p LCD panel and about 180-degree viewing angle, true 5.1 speaker to deliver Dolby sound, fast performance and improved 512MB Nvidia GeForce 9700M GT graphics, blazing hard drive, Very good webcam, CineDash touch control panel. (Price: $1,699.00).
Read More:
Acer Aspire 6920 and 8920G Unveiled: The Second-gen Gemstone Blue Laptops

9- 16.4-inch Sony VAIO FW Series (VGN-FW290) desktop replacement laptop: because of being one of the first laptops to feature a screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio, support 3D games with the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 graphics, very good performance, Blu-ray player/burner, good software bundle, cylindrical hinges, and isolated keyboard design. (Prices: $1,259.00 - $1,277.00)

10- 17-inch Alienware Area-51 m17x gaming laptop. It is among the top laptops of 2008 because of top-notch gaming performance, Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 processor, Crysis looks absolutely stunning on the 17-inch, high-definition (1920 x 1200) display, 9800M GT video cards with SLI, it scors high rate of 161 frames per second in Call of Duty 4 (game), 182 fps in F.E.A.R., and 215 fps in World of Warcraft, customizable backlighting, large, beautiful display, terabyte of storage, HDTV tuner, blu-ray drive. (Prices: $2,199.00).

11- 17-inch Gateway P-7811 FX gaming laptop is a full-featured all-purpose affordable gaming laptop. It is among top laptops of 2008 because if its best 3D performance for the price, beautiful high-definition display, HDMI and eSATA ports, good productivity performance, powerful GeForce 9800M GTS graphics card, With 90 fps on Call of Duty 4 and 135 fps in F.E.A.R., it is to get for gamers on a budget. (Price: $1,359.00)

12- 13.3-inch Dell Vostro 1310 business laptop good graphics performance, lots of configuration options, omitting trialware, Sleeker design than Vostro 1400, Network Assistant, online backup, automated maintenance tools, and personalized support, a fingerprint scanner, TPM circuitry, magnesium alloy chassis, reinforced hinges, and sealed comfortable keyboard, durable laptop. (Price: $629.00).
Read more:
- More Information about Dell Inspiron 1545 Leaked
- Dell Studio 15 and Studio 17 under Tests: Review Round up

13- 14.1-inch HP EliteBook 6930p business laptop comes with striking features such as 24 hours battery life, durable design made of brushed metal deck, brushed anodized aluminum lid, and sturdy magnesium alloy chassis, the best performance in its class, spill-resistant keyboard, a fingerprint reader, and TPM security, Bright display with good viewing angles, E-mail and calender access without booting Windows, 2GB of RAM (upgradeable to 8GB), plus an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 graphics card and three-year parts-and-labor warranty.(Prices: $1,095.00 - $1,320.00).
Read more:
-HP Announces EliteBook 8730wm, EliteBook 8530w and 8530p Mobile Workstations

14- 12.1-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X200 business laptop comes with highlighted features such as Extra-long battery life, Excellent keyboard, Smooth performance and snappier than what ThinkPad X301 delivers, Handy ThinkVantage Utility, a fingerprint reader, TPM circuitry, a shock-mounted 160GB hard drive, mobile broadband connectivity and Bluetooth, excellent, full-size keyboard (but no trackpad and no optical drive). (Prices: $1,068.00 - $1,476.60)
Read more:
-ThinkPad X200, SL, T& R series based on Centrino 2 with vPro

15- 12.1-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet is a top-tires business laptop because of excellent tablet functionality, active digitizer and touchscreen, excellent keyboard, Handy ThinkVantage utility, lightweight, designing with carbon fiber and glass fiber shell. (Price: $1,844.00)
Read more:
-The Montevina-Based ThinkPad Laptops- R, SL, T, X, X Tablet and W series Available for Purchase

16- 13.3-inch Panasonic Toughbook 30 rugged laptop is among top laptops of 2008 because of its nice striking features such as Extremely durable, turdy silver and black magnesium alloy chassis with a built-in, briefcase-like handle, Touchscreen display, Great battery life (7 hours), Good wireless range, water-proof, dust-proof, sealed, all-weather design, shock-mounted removable hard drive, optional Gobi mobile broadband and a GPS receiver(Prices: $3,357.99 - $3,679.99).

-PC World
has published its list of Top 10 All-Purpose Laptops too. If you notice you will find out that this list is much different than the lists presented by Cnet and Laptop Magazine. It is mystified why there is no Apple MacBook or MacBook Pro or Alienware m17x in offering in this list.

1- 14.1-inch Lenovo ThinkPad SL400 (2743-25U) business laptop with starting price of $650. Some of the impressive features consist of HDMI port, a fingerprint reader, a Webcam, a four-pin FireWire port, a WWAN card, and GPS, and backlit keyboard.

2- 15.4-inch Micro Express JFL9226 laptop is a budget-friendly road warrior.

3- 15.4-inch Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 laptop with starting price of sub-$1000 come with highlighted features like touch-sensitive shortcut buttons line, the wide responsive keyboard, a handy Novo button serves as a one-touch power management tool, Dolby speakers with an integrated subwoofer, 3 hours and 42 minutes of battery life, and nice array of multimedia features for a good price.

4- 13.3-inch Toshiba Satellite U405-S2854 business laptop is an inexpensive (costing $949) ultra portable system that is all-purpose laptop too. Some of the important features of the laptop includes: decent performance, an enormous hard drive and 3GB of RAM, bundled Microsoft office applications, the glossy and bright screen is plenty readable in most lighting conditions, indoors or out.
Read more:
-Toshiba to Launch 13.3-in Satellite U405-ST550W Bundled WiMAX Up

5- 14.1-inch HP Compaq 6530b multimedia laptop with price of $1195 comes with matte coating makes it more amenable to broad-daylight computing, durable rigid hard-plastic casing, spill-resistant keyboard, backlit touch-sensitive buttons above keyboard, 3D DriveGuard technology for protecting the hard drive, and HP ProtectTools Security Manager.

6- 14.1-inch Samsung X460 thin-and-light laptop that can be compared with ThinkPad X300. some of the highlighted features comprises a discrete 256MB nVidia GeForce 9200M GS GPU, solid performance, descent battery life (4.5-hour), integrated optical drive, HDMI port, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, and bright 14.1-inch-diagonal backlit LED screen.
Read more:
-Samsung X360 First Impression: Challenging Air; Thinner and Lighter than Envy 133 and ThinkPad X300

7- 15.4-inch Sony VGN-NR485 laptop delivers solid performance although it is a cheap laptop. Nonetheless, it stands among all-purpose laptops. It comes with about 4 hours of battery life, SD and Memory Stick slots, four USB ports, and an ExpressCard/34 slot, comfortable keyboard and spacious keys.

8- 16-in Gateway MC7803u is a entertainment laptop. However, it can not deliver a decent game experience. it comes with 2-GHz Core 2 Duo T5800 CPU, 4GB RAM, and a 512MB AMD Radeon HD 3650 GPU, 3 hours, 48 minutes of battery life.
Read more:
-Cheap VAIO NR11Z notebook for Europe

9- 15.4-inch Toshiba Satellite A305-S6864 budget gaming laptop with the price tag of $1149 comes with 2.26-GHz Core 2 Duo P8400 processor and 4GB of RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 256MB GPU, FireWire and eSATA ports, built-in Harman/Kardon speakers, supported by a downward-firing subwoofer.
Read more:
-Toshiba Satellite A305-S6845: 15.4" Penryn Laptop for $1250 Available for Sale

10- 15.4-inch (readable indoors/outdoors display) Gammatech Durabook D15TS semi-rugged laptop offers extra protection without sacrificing looks, weight, affordability, features, or performance.

-Yahoo

has shared its list of the best and worst Tech products of 2008 here. Among the best tech products, you can find names of two laptops including Gateway MC7803u laptop and Lenovo IdeaPad S10. Fortunately, there is no laptop mentioned among the worst tech product of 2008.

-Tech News World

has published its list about the best software, and gadget products of 2008. in this list you can find one laptop and that is an ultra portable Lenovo ThinkPad X301 business laptop. The write thinks this laptop is pa perfect one because
-it is small light and portable
- Long battery life about 7 hours
- A quiet laptop with a great performance
- Although it is pricy and costs a mid-US$2,000 price tag, it comes with competitive price compared to its rival like HP envy Voodoo 133.

The author has also mentioned a desktop PC: Second Generation HP TouchSmart PC which is competitor of Apple iMac.

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Monday, December 22, 2008

HP Sells Pavilion tx2500z Tablet with $400 Coupon discount for $600 for 2 Days

The holiday shopping is gradually finishing, however, you can still find good offers from leading laptop makers like HP. Amazingly, HP is offering its budget popular 12.1" Pavilion tx2500z touch-screen Tablet with $400 coupon discount for $600!

On this laptop you are able to get more precious offers contain Free shipping ( saving $49), FREE upgrade to 3GB RAM from 1GB ($100 value), FREE upgrade to 250GB from 160GB Hard Drive, and FREE HP DeskJet Printer ($70 value).

This offer will available only for two days (Coupon expires 12/24) or it will finish after 1,000 redemptions.

The Coupon Code is NB4398.

The real price of this laptop is $1000 that after this $400 coupon discount, you can buy it easily for $600.

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Windows XP: Good bye but not Farewell

I am a very big fan of Windows XP OS and I know that there are many people who are fans of XP just like me. Unfortunately, Bill Gates did not understand this matter until now. I really cannot understand why Microsoft officials were so much eager to stop giving support to XP. XP is the best version of Windows and it has been going on for many years. I am happy that Bill Gates understood the value of the opinion of the consumers.

BBC wrote:

The cut off date for PC makers to obtain licenses for the software was 31 January 2009.

But now Microsoft has put in place a scheme that will allow the hardware firms to get hold of XP licences until 30 May 2009.

Previously Microsoft extended XP's life until 2010 - provided it was installed on netbooks and low-cost laptops.

Bilkl Gates and other Microsoft officials may say a lot of sweet words about Vista but the reality is that many people are not happy with it. If you look at the tech blog then you will find that many users express their dissatisfaction. I really could not understand that why Microsoft has to pull out XP. What is the problem if stays in the market. It is a very popular OS and is liked by many people around the globe.

ThinkPad W700ds with Dual Display/ Quad Core CPU Hands On and Video

So far, we have talked about many affordable budget laptops and notebooks, but all the laptops are not inexpensive. There are always well-off consumers out there who are ready to spend hefty money breaking ground powerhouse laptop workstations. ThinkPad W700ds is one of those sorts of laptops that Lenovo is launching it this January.

The desktop replacement ThinkPad W700ds is a professional laptop appropriate to professional users such as developers, gamers, engineers, photographers and designers. The laptop comes with everything that a professional users can think of : dual screen, quad-core Intel Core 2 processors, up to 8GB DDR3 of RAM, 960GB of SSD / HDD storage, discrete NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M GPU and even more.

Obviously the laptop is bulky (measuring 16" by 12" by 2.1" thick). It weighs about 11 pounds and starts at hefty price of $3,600.

According to computerworld, “The primary WUXGA 17-in. screen (with 1920 by 1200-pixel resolution) is brighter and more colorful than other notebook PC screens in the market (rating at 400 nits of brightness), while the secondary 10.2-in vertical screen is about 40% the size of the W700ds' primary 17-in. display. It can also be tilted up to 30 degrees like a car's rearview mirror”. The system also provides an integrated WACOM digitizer (an electronic drawing pad or also called a palm-rest digitizer), and color calibration software tool.

If you like this ThinkPad model preferring a single display you can purchase it with the starting price of around $2,500.
Unfortunately this amazing laptop doesn’t provide any HDMI port instead it comes with a DisplayPort and a DVI-D port (you can find it on 15-in MacBook Pro) that is only used for video (no audio).

Good thing is PC Magazine has reviewed this upcoming laptop with secondary display. The reviewed laptop cost $4,240.00 and featured Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 processor (2.53GHz), 4GB of RAM, 320GB storage 802.11nWi-Fi, DVD+/-RW DL with Blu-Ray, nVidia Quadro 3700M graphics card and weight of 9lbs.

Here I am only mentioning a rundown of the review:

( Pros):
- An Editors' Choice in the workstation category
- Internal Pantone color calibrator.
- Palm-rest digitizer.
-Option for a cool secondary display which can be used to check e-mails, surf the Web, or multitask without interrupting the operations on the primary screen
-Quad-core processor delivered amazing results.
-Dual hard drives.
-Excellent performance scores.
-ISV certified graphics to guarantee successful running of CAD, DCC, and GIS applications on this laptop.
- Five USB ports, a FireWire port, a webcam, and a fingerprint reader
-Excellent keyboard
-Outstanding graphics for gamers and professionals.
-WUXGA widescreen with rating of 400 nits of brightness.
- Capable of showing 72% of the Adobe RGB color gamut while a typical laptop shows about 45% of it
- Huge storage
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M GPU
- DVD+/-RW DL with Blu-Ray

( Cons):
-Butt ugly and bulky
- short battery life of 2 hours and 31 minutes

Bench mark results:

Windows Media Encoder 9 test: ThinkPad W700 scored 35% better than ThinkPad T400

CineBench: The laptop scored double than T400’s score

3DMark 2006 test: W700 laptop scored double than Sony AW190 and

Now, it is the turn of a practical experience. You can see this laptop in the following video. Surly you would like to see the functionality of the secondary display. So, watch it now!

-MacBook and MacBook Pro Laptops Hand’s On: First Reviews and Hacking Mac

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Sony New Zealand to introduce New VAIO Laptop on Jan 9th 2009; a big surprise?

Sony has just opened a webpage that counts down to the days it isgoing to show us its big surprise! The only information you can find in this page is that it will be a new VAIO laptop with new technology. Well, it must be a netbook as Sony has not launched any netbook so far and there were some romurs in past months about the Sony’s upcoming netbook.

What do you think? By the way, you can subscribe there to get more information later or maybe you can win one unit of this upcoming VAIO laptop.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

10 Most Popular Freeware of 2008 for Mac OS Users

The year of 2008 is finishing and it is interesting for everybody to know the most popular and the best of laptops, gadgets, and technology and software tools of 2008. For this aim, while surfing web today, I came across a good article about most popular freeware of 2008 that were downloaded by Mac users.

Here I am just giving the list and links to these software tools. You can read more details about each of them in the original article.

1- Firefox 3

2- Mojo to Download Music

3- OurTunes

4- PwnageTool Jailbreaks

5- XBMC

6- Dropbox

7- iTimeMachine

8- Top Draw

9- Songbird

10-Secrets

Do you agree with this list? Or do you like to sharewith us your list of most popular freeware of 2008 for Mac users.

Please share with us your opinions in the comment section.

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Dell VP Bob Pearson not Amused by Apple’s Green Initiatives

First of all, warm welcome to this blog. We will cover about gadgets here and we hope to update it on a regular basis.

When two companies get engaged into any war on green environment issues then most of the people like us but love to enjoy the battle. At this moment, Dell VP Bob Pearson has caused a lot of media buzz by stating that Apple’s green initiative is nothing but hollow words only. He has criticized Apple with three points that:...
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Lenovo IdeaPad S9 Notebook has come to USA

Lenovo IdeaPad S9 Notebook has hit the U.S. market. The laptop features Intel Atom 1.60 GHz Processor N270, 512 MB DDR2 RAM, 4 GB SSD of storage. The laptop also comes with 8.9-inch WSVGA LED Panel TFT display at 1024 x 600 resolution and 4-in-1 Card Reader. Weighed at 2.43 lbs. (1.1 kg), this notebook is thin and easily portable.

Laptoping reported:

Other features of the IdeaPad S9 include a 0.3-megapixel web camera, stereo speakers, 802.11 b/g Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, Ethernet LAN, two USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, 4-in-1 media card reader, and a VGA output.

Price of Lenovo IdeaPad S9 laptop ranges from $344.99 to $359.46. The laptop is available through online retail shops: Geeks.com and Buy.com. So, check yourself if this is the laptop you are looking for.

Can Dell Adamo Become the Thinnest Laptop in the World?

Sometimes, I cannot understand the race for producing the thinnest laptop in the world. Well, it mainly comes from business motivation. Whoever can produce it will be able to earn a decent amount of revenue because we all want very thin and light ultraportable notebooks. Producing thin laptop and at the same time making it robust is a big challenge. Apple could become successful with its Macbook Air. It has got huge acceptance among the users. Now, Dell wants to get a pie of the market share of Apple in this regard.

I could not find any detailed information about this laptop. I even don’t know exactly when it will it the market. I wonder why Dell is still silent about it. Dell Adamo is creating some buzz from now.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Even the Slow Asus Eee PC 900 with Intel Celeron Can Run Winows 7!

Windows Vista is famous for its heavy-load to put on even a fast computer, but it seams Microsoft is going to change this awkward image of Vista with a fast easy booting and running of upcoming Windows 7.

The first try of windows 7 on a netbook was running a Windows 7 on a Atom-based Eee PC 1000H and comparing with Vista when running on the same netbook. You can read about it in the following:

-Windows 7 on Eee PC 1000H vs. Vista: “Things are easier in Windows 7”!

But, what about running a windows 7 (Build 6956) on a slower netbook like Eee PC 900 featuring Intel Celeron CPU at 900MHz?

Well, this is really amazing to know that Windows 7 gave quite a good response on this Netbook too! However, if the Aero is off the netbook can handle the Winodwa 7 without any interrupt because the CPU is slow and the graphics is not able to support the 3D quite well.

Multimedia Techblog has tried installing windows 7 on Eee 900 trough 4 GB USB thumbdrive. You can read the details of the whole process of installation in the blog. Also, there is a Video that shows the functionality of Windows 7 on this netbook.

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Fujitsu LifeBook N7010 Laptop with two Display in Video

Fujitsu LifeBook N7010 is a 16.1-in desktop replacement laptop with two displays. The basic configuration is priced at $1,499.

The multimedia laptop comes with interesting facilities which are bringing real ease for the users such as two displays- a 16.1-in and an Additional 4-inch touch screen displays, a gesture-enabled trackpad, an eSATA port for faster transfer, HDMI output for plugging into a HD TV and Blu-ray drive to play HD movies, all together is a good collection of functional features for multimedia uses.

GottabeMobile could have its hands on this laptop and has shown the different facilities feature and working with the secondary 4-in display in a video.

Also you can read about the first review and highlighted features of LifeBook N7010 that I covered earlier in the following:

Fujitsu LifeBook N7010 First Impression: Two Displays, Blu-Ray and a lot more

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The Last Macworld Expo: What Next?

On December 16, 2008, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced that the 2009 Mac Expo is going to be its last. In addition, Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Inc. is not going to read the keynote paper this year. The later has spread speculations about Jobs’ ill health. In 2009, Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President, Apple Inc. will deliver the keynote paper. Till now, no news have been found out about Steve Jobs’ health.

For the last twenty five years, Apple has been helding MacWorld Expo to introduce new products to the consumers. The Expo was attended by all kinds of people ranging from harware enthusiasts to serious techies. Apple believes that it has reached a stage where it does not require to held shows to get people’s attention.

What is not clear is when Apple decided Jobs would skip the keynote. The source indicated that Apple had strung IDG along for weeks, implying that it was business-as-usual concerning Jobs' pending appearance up until the moment that it wasn't. One big question is how this will go down with the Mac faithful who have flocked to this annual event through good times and bad. To be sure, there will be official Apple events in the future, like the Worldwide Developers Conference.

Apple announced that Steve Jobs gave his last keynote address at MacWorld in San Fancisco in January 2008. The news came as a big shock to International Data Group (IDG). IDG World Expo division, a subsidiary of IDG mainly handles the the Macworld event. They were informed only few weeks ago. Over the years, Steve Jobs appearance in the event has become a big event.

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512GB solid state disk from Toshiba in 2009

Solid state disk is something that many of us one that we cannot afford it because it is expensive. But there is an other side of the story too. It cannot find At the great amount of storage in a solid state disk. So, on the one hand you have to be a lot of money but on the other hand, you cannot find enough storage. So, at this moment it is a total loss for many consumers And especially those people who think of their budget a lot for them really solid state disk is not the ideal option even in laptops. Next year, Toshiba is going to change all that and is going to bring 512GB solid state disk.

CustomPC wrote:

Based on 43nm multi-level NAND cells, Toshiba says that the new drive has a maximum sequential write speed of 200MB/sec, and a maximum sequential read speed of 240MB/sec. The S-ATA 2 drive will be available in standard 2.5in packaging, although Toshiba is also launching other capacities of SSD using the 43nm cells. These include 64GB, 128GB and 256GB SSDs, which will be available in 1.8in drive cases and 1.8in flash modules, as well as the standard 2.5in cases.

You might think that I’m talking about something that will come after many months but the good news for you is that Toshiba is going to display the port that only after a few days in January, 2009 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

The top 10 video games of 2008

If you are a fan of video games, then you would definitely like to know the games that ruled the gamers’ world in 2008. While surfing in the net today, I came across an article where I got the top ten list of video games for the year 2008. Football Manager 2009 is leading the list, followed by Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 which progressed few placed to reach at the second place. Third-placed Call of Duty: World at War remains in the third place, but last week’s no. 2 Grand Theft Auto IV slipped two places to 4. There is no change from 5^th to 9^th places as World of Warcraft: Wrath of Lich King, Fallout 3, Spore, Left 4 Dead and Far Cry 2 take the places accordingly. If you want to know more about the top ten video games of 2008 then read the article at custompc website

5.6-in Fujitsu LifeBook U820 Mini Tablet Hands on

Fujitsu LifeBook U820 went on sale in USA in early November 2008. So, it is very nice to get more idea about its advantages and disadvantages. Fujitsu LifeBook U820 costs around $1000 as expensive as twice the price of a $400 or $500 10-in netbook, while it comes with a very small size 5.6-in screen (half of the size of a 10.2-in screen). So, it makes me curious to know what special features this mini tablet provides that makes it more expensive than a typical netbook. Also, what limitations it has that purchasers should be aware of them.

Notebookreview could have his hands-on this UMPC and had reviewed it in deep details. Here, I am just mentioning a rundown of the review and some of its benchmark results. you can read the whole review here.

The unit was reviewed features: Atom Processor Z530, 1GB 533 MHz SDRAM memory , 120 GB Toshiba 4200 rpm hard drive, 5.6" WXGA Crystal View display with touch screen (glossy, 1280x800), Integrated Webcam and Fingerprint Sensor,
Built-in GPS receiver and integrated Garmin Mobile PC, 10/100 Ethernet (through breakout cable), Atheros XSPAN (802.11a/b/g/draft-n) and Integrated Bluetooth wireless, weight of 1lb 8.3oz, 4-cell battery and Windows Vista Business 32-bit.

(Pros):
- A sturdy rugged-style alloy chassis covered by a plastic shell. The rotating hinges are solid
- Great readable Screen with vibrant colors and good contrast and perfect viewing angles comes with high resolution (1280X800) more than what you find on Netbooks (1280x600)
- The screen is readable indoors and outdoors
- The pointing stick is very practical for normal uses
- Built-in GPS with Garmin MobilePC software
- The internal GPS receiver works best NOT using the included external antenna and works well even indoors.
-Over 8 hours of battery life
- Contains a VGA port and a SD-reader and CF-slot

(Cons):
-Clicking on the rough passive touch-screen is some difficult
- One USB port
-The combination of Intel Atom and GMA 500 graphics and the slow hard drive feels sluggish and slow
-Keyboard is very small
- A weak mono speaker,

Benchmark results:

wPrime test: Fujitsu LifeBook U820 scored 123.679 seconds which is a bit better than the score of HP Mini 1000 ( featuring1.6GHz Atom ) (125. 788sec), and Asus N10 laptop with 1.6GHz Atom CPU (126.047 sec) and Lenovo IdeaPad S10 (with 1.60GHz Atom CPU ( 127. 172 sec) and Acer Aspire one with 1.6GHz Atom CPU (125.812sec). However Asus 1000HA with 1.6GHz Atom CPU (117. 577) performed better than this UMPC.

PCMark05 test: all the netbooks mentioned above performed some better than this LifeBook U820 (scoring 1038 PCMarks); (except HP Mini 1000 that the result had not been mentioned in the original article).

3DMark06 test: LifeBook U820 only scored slightly better than Asus N10 laptop but other netbooks scored better results than this UMPC

Well, as you see if you are searching for an affordable small computing device with long battery life up to 8 hours, GPS-ready and different network connectivity options, Fujitsu LifeBook U820 is a good choice for you. But, remember you will have to sacrifice the affordable price, the large screen, good keyboard, and better performance of a 10-in netbook like Asus Eee PC 1000HA or popular inexpensive 8.9-in Acer Aspire One.

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VIA Trinity Platform-Rival of Nvidia’s Ion, Delivers DirectX 10.1 and Blu-ray

The market of netbook is very young as it was established in late 2007 and now after one year we are going to see the new generation of Netbooks to come out with better forthcoming GPU with DirectX 10.0 (or beyond) support and CPU in 2009 to blur the lines between themselves and the standard full-featured laptops.

We have just heard about the Nividia’s diligence of making a new Ion platform for netbooks or mini laptops to utilize the much better GeForce M9400 graphics along Atom CPU. I am happy that Nvidia is not the only company that is trying for the improvement of netbooks. Although VIA is collaborating Nvidia for new platform, it has just announced its upcoming platform codenamed “VIA Trinity” to bring better 3D support and performance for mini laptops or netbooks.

“VIA Trinity platform couples a power efficient VIA processor like the VIA Nano processor with one of VIA's highly integrated unified digital media chipsets, and adds the power of an onboard S3 Graphics PCI Express discrete GPU … to provide all the Hi-Def performance and latest x86 technology support in three chips that other vendors require in four, yet uses less power, granting system and board builders an immediate head-start in the SFF market.”

“The VIA Nano processor provides scalable, power efficient performance for a truly optimized computing experience with no compromises. This is coupled with one of the VIA system media processors, all-in-one, highly integrated digital media IGP chipsets featuring the 800MHz VIA V4 front side bus.

The S3 Graphics Chrome onboard graphics accelerator supports the latest DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL graphics architectures, HDMI output and playback of the latest Hi-Def content with the Chromotion™ HD 2.0 video engine. Delivering the full add-in card graphics experience in an extremely low-power onboard package, Chrome brings hardware acceleration for all leading video standards including H.264, MPEG-4, VC-1, WMV-HD and AVS for a stunning visual experience, yet remains within the strictest of thermal envelopes.”

Source: Press Release

Friday, December 19, 2008

Dell Studio XPS 13 Laptop Photo Leaked?

I guess that sometimes laptop makers wish that there were no blogs in Internet. Yes, blogs are very good for their business as laptop news items rarely get covered in the mainstream media. It is thanks to some top blogs that they reach to the mass people in America and around the world. This is the good side but there is a bad side too. But sometimes, laptop makers try to keep their business secrets and try to keep the announcement of a model secret. Dell Studio XPS 13 is perhaps this kind of model that Dell company wanted to keep the news out of the media.

Thanks to Engadget, this news is no more secret. So read about it here: Dell Studio XPS 13 leather-wrapped laptop revealed, Adamo info leaked!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Nvidia to Dive in the Netbook Market with Its up Coming Ion Platform

Nvidia finally made its watching and planning for the Netbooks down-to-earth and feasible. Nvidia first planned for ultra slim laptops like Mac Air and released an appropriate GeForce 9400 graphics for Apple’s Air and got good feedback from consumers. So, this time Nvidia has used the combination of this graphics card with Intel’s Atom CPU to make a new graphics platform for Netbooks.

As you know, Atom CPU has be a choice for netbooks to perform basic computing for surfing web, but there was a logical demand for more powerful graphics than the current Intel’s GMA 945 chipset.

Except Intel, no company had tried to take part in this section and bring another alternative so far. But I am happy that Nvidia has found a good solution and it seams this is a good offer for Intel. Already, Nvidia has begun its cooperation with VIA to do something similar with this CPU. Although, Intel is a leading cheap maker in the netbook market and it has far distance with its rivals like VIA, the collaboration with Nvidia will guarantee this distance and will simultaneously satisfy the consumers more and surge to the market the netbooks.

According to Nvidia, Ion graphics platform will improve the graphics and video transcoding performance by10x and will give gaming capabilities to the Atom-based netbooks.

Therefore, the new graphics will help out the netbook to handle the heavy operating system as Vista or the upcoming Windows 7 easily.

Ion will allow the netbooks to get HDMI out port instead of VGA to function high definition content on HD screens meanwhile to keep the same battery life as consumers get on their netbooks today.

Now the important question is that how much will Ion platform raise the price of netbooks? Despite the price of Ion platform is not clear but the company predict that the current prices of netbooks will increase only around u pt $50. So, it is not a big deal in the terms of price but it is a big deal in the terms of graphics 3D performance and battery life.

Well, the prospect of Netbooks or it is better I say the notebooks are becoming much more clear now, don’t you think so? This route turns out that step by step Netbooks will get closer to standard laptops in terms of features and performance while they will influence the market in terms of price too and gradually lower the price of full laptops.

Nvidia expect to launch the graphics platform in the first half of 2009. However before that, it is going to show off it at CES 2009.

Source: Laptop Magazine

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Dell Mini 12 Gets more options for Operating system: Ubuntu and XP

So far, the consumers have only been able to buy the new Dell Inspiron Mini 12 with pre-installed Vista on it. The is good news that Dell is adding more options and form now you can order this netbook either with Ubuntu or Windows XP Home edition or keep the Vista OS or get vista alongside of one these new OS free of charge!

The Mini 12 model with 1.3GHz Atom CPU and Ubuntu is priced at $499.

Good for the new purchasers!

Source: Engadget

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Clevo M98xNU Gaming Laptop Will Have 1.5TB Storage and Quad Core CPU

Clevo known for its professional gaming laptops is making a new ground breaking professional gaming laptop to satisfy choosy hard core gamers. Clevo M98xNU Gaming Laptop will be probabely the successor of current Clevo M590K 19-inch SLI notebook according to notebookreview, or 17.1-inch Clevo D901C gaming laptop according to Electronista.

Clevo M98xNU or simply Clevo M98 will come with impressive features like up to three hard disks for a 1.5TB storage, one of forthcoming Intel Core 2 quad-core processors, and a 18.4-inch LCD display with 1920x1080 HD resolution.

The notebook will be powered by Nvidia MCP79 chipset, Integrated Nvidia video card for power saving and two cards Nvidia 9800M-GTX, support running Nvidia Hybrid Power/Hybrid SLI/Hybrid Performance video card modes.

Clevo is going to announce the laptop officially during the CeBIT expo fair in Hanover Germany holding in March 2009.

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Google Chrome: Out of Beta and now 1.0

The history of Google Chrome is not that old. It was a browser of 2008 but it was in beta status. Now, Google Chrome out of Beta version and you can download the full version and enjoy Internet browsing.

I am one of the millions of Internet users who installed the beta version of Chrome and I enjoyed many of the features. I have to admit that the speed was excellent and I liked the search facility in the browser. Of course, Google is the king of search engines and it is natural that Chrome makes search even easier for people. There are many other facilities and I am quoting from the report of official Google blog:

Even more speed. Google Chrome starts up fast, loads pages quickly, and just keeps getting faster. Since the first beta, the V8 JavaScript engine runs 1.4 times faster on the SunSpider benchmark and 1.5 times faster on the V8 benchmark — and there is more speed to come.

I would surely love to see that Chrome can Challenge Opera browser in terms of speed. Still now, I am a big fan of Opera only because of the fact that Opera is the indeed the fastest browser on earth.

Verizon Assures that 4G LTE Network to Come Out by the end of 2009

Verizon- the winner of FCC’s auction for the 700 MHz block of the wireless spectrum has stated recently that it will be able to launch the faster mobile broadband 4G LTE network in late 2009. OF course Verizon will first release it only in limited but large population areas like New York City. And Vodafone which is part of Verizon will spread 4G globally.

Daily Tech reported:

Required LTE chipsets are being sampled by chipset makers like Sandbridge Technologies and according to reports, Qualcomm isn’t far behind on sampling its own LTE chipset. LTE will not be a standard only in the U.S., Vodafone, which owns part of Verizon is touting the specification for use globally.

Now the important questions are coming up “what about the future of 4G? Do you think it will be as successful as 3G although its serious rival WiMAX has been debuted much earlier and it will hit the small market after one year?”

Answering these questions is not easy. However, it is not clear that howmuch WiMAX can take advantage of its early launching.

According to Daily Tech, Sprints has not turned out well for its WiMAX. The company has been unable to hold onto its customers with its Wireless Service, so far and it has created “doubt on the long-term viability of WiMAX”.

This is a good opportunity for Verizon to take best advantage and do a lot of campaign for its upcoming 4G and made the consumers ready for it, especially 3G has a good reputation in the market.

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Intel to Showcase Convertible Classmate PC- the Final Unit at CES 2009

As you remember, Intel Convertible Classmate PC or tablet is a touch netbook that targets children. Intel is going to display the final unit of Classmate tablet or Netvertible or CTL 2go Tablet at CES Jan- 2009. Of course Intel will not be the only company that will demonstrate a Touch netbook, MSI, and Asus are going to put on show their prototype touch-enabled Wind PC and Eee PC netbooks, as well.

Already, I have covered the feature set, pros and cons of this netbook in my previous entry (Classmate tablet or Netvertible or CTL 2go Tablet Hands-on; First Impressions) and nothing has changed about this netbook. However, Intel has worked on some of the weak points of the netbook and the final unit comes with slightly more facilities than the unit was reviewed before.

First of all, Intel will try to offer several color options. Second, the precise 180 degree swivel webcam is steady. Third, the netbook will come with lots of software tools and learning tools preloaded in netbook for taking more advantage of the touch technology. For instance, the system will be preloaded with Vision Objects Pen Input software tool that will help you to turn the handwriting into editable text. It is also consist of a virtual keyboard.

Fourth, the accelerometer of this netbooks operates well and quickly. When turning netbook vertically, the software adjusts the screen in less than 2 second.

It is clear than Intel is going to launch this netbook soon after CES. Although it is made for children, the system looks pretty appealing for adults too. I hope after the good success that Classmate Tablet will experience (hopefully) Intel think of making another one but for adult.

Monday, December 15, 2008

HP Pavilion dv6 Laptop with Centrino 2 CPU/ 4GB Memory Available Online

HP is going to launch five Intel-based HP Pavilion dv6 different laptop series soon including:

- HP Pavilion dv6-1001tx laptop

- HP Pavilion dv6-1002tx laptop

- HP Pavilion dv6-1003tx laptop

- HP Pavilion dv6-1004tx laptop

- HP Pavilion dv6-1005tx laptop

However, the two HP Pavilion dv6 laptop models are available online for pre-order at J&R: HP NB145UA Pavilion dv6-1030us laptop for $800 and HP NB144UA Pavilion dv6-1050us for $1050.

As you see, not only do these two laptops come with affordable prices, but also they come with more valuable feature sets than the prices.

Let us see the highlight feature of each laptop here:

The striking features of Pavilion dv6-1030us laptop include:
- speedy 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Due T6400 processor (2 MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz Front Side Bus)
- Enormous 4GB of RAM
- huge 320GB Hard Drive
- Wi-Fi 802.11N plus 802.11AG together
- Bluetooth
- Lightscribe SuperMulti 8x Double Layer DVD burner drive
-Webcam
-eSATA port and HDMI port

As you see, this is really amazing to get full feature set of a multimedia and a casual business laptop with the price of $800, isn’t it? For example, you can only find the default feature of 4GB of RAM on expensive professional level laptop or you hardly find a laptop below the price of $900 with Bluetooth facility, but this laptop is coming with all these impressive features together. Having eSATA and HDMI ports make this laptop much more comparable with many pricey laptops too. If I could I would surly pre-order this laptop for myself.

The system features 16.0" diagonal (1366 x 768) BrightView Widescreen Display, integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 10/100 Base-T Ethernet LAN, 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter: MMC, SD, MS, MS Pro, xD, ExpressCard 54/34 Slot, 3 x USB 2.0, USB2.0/eSATA, 2 x Headphone out; Microphone-in, VGA, HDMI, RJ-11 (Modem), RJ-45.

Well, the laptop is some heavy; it weighs about 6.93 Pounds and runs on Vista Home Premium 64-Bit.

Now let us have a look at Pavilion dv6-1050us laptop.

The striking features of Pavilion dv6-1050us laptop include:
- Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 2.13GHz (3 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz Front Side Bus)
-4GB of RAM up to 8GB of RAM
- 400GB Hard Drive
- NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS with 512MB Dedicated Graphics Memory
- Lightscribe SuperMulti 8x Double Layer DVD burner drive
- Intel WiFi Link 5100 802.11a/b/g/n (there is no Bluetooth)
-Webcam
-eSATA port and HDMI port, IEEE 1394,

As you this laptop comes with impressive features like 4GB of RAM that can be upgrated up to 8GB.
Rest of the feature are as the same as the dv6-1030us laptop.

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Netbooks vs iPhone: Who Will Win in 2009?

Nowadays, we hear a lot about netbooks. I feel that 2008 was the year of netbooks Just as the 2007 was the year of iPhone. Last year, Appel stole the headline of media with its hot iPhone. Many people in America and Europe were busy to buy an iPhone. It seems that the popularity of this mobile phones that has not decreased at all in 2008. In fact, I could find a report that in 2008, iPhone was almost as popular as netbooks during summer. Netbooks sold more but they came from different companies

Electronista wrote:

In spite of their higher prices, netbooks are currently outselling Apple's iPhone lineup by a significant margin, according to a comparison from jkOnTheRun. The report expands on both new DisplaySearch netbook figures and elaborates on recent Gartner smartphone figures to reveal that the combined netbook market shipped about 5.7 million computers versus an estimate 4.7 million iPhones that ultimately reached users' hands in the same period. Apple is believed to have kept just over 2 million iPhones for inventory.

Well, Steve jobs will not be happy with news. He is not fan of netbooks. Well, I am a bit surprised to see why there is any comparision between iPhone and netbooks. iPhone is not a laptop while netbooks are not mobile phones.

I am waiting eagerly for 2009. Who will win?

Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update Available Now Through Software Update

The Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update through Software Update is available now at Apple Website. This update is recommended for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard versions 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4, and 10.5.5. Downloading the Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update is very easy. You will just need to choose Software Update from the Apple menu to automatically check for the latest Apple software.

The Mac OS X 10.5.6 provides improvements in different parts such as

-the reliability of AirPort connections,

-the reliability of Address Book syncing with iPhone and other devices and applications,

-Fixing an issue in Mac OS X 10.5.4 and 10.5.5 in which managed users may not see printers that use the Generic PPD,

- Fixing an issue that could cause an encryption alert to appear in the chat window,

- General improvements to gaming performance

- Graphics improvements for iChat, Cover Flow, Aperture, and iTunes

- Fixings for possible graphics distortion issues with certain ATI graphics cards

- Fixing an issue that could cause messages identified as junk to remain in the inbox.

-Fixing an issue that could cause Mail to append a character to the file extension of an attachment.

- Apple File Service performance, especially when using a home directory hosted on an AFP server. Important: If you are using Mac OS X 10.5.6 (client) to connect to a Mac OS X Server 10.4-based server, it is strongly recommended that you update the server to Mac OS X Server version 10.4.11.

… and some more. You can see the whole list of improvements and fixes here.

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Fujitsu LOOX R/C70 and LOOX R/C50 with 12 hours battery Launched in Japan

Fujitsu LOOX R/C70 and LOOX R/C50 are two new ultra portable laptops with 12.1-in displays that Fujitsu has just launched them in Japan.

The striking features of these two laptops consist of:
-SSD hard drive for the top model LOOX R/C70 and huge storage of 320GB used in lower LOOX R/C50 laptop
- Quite long battery life from 12.1 up to 12.6 hours
- Built-in optical drives
- Excessive high prices

Fujitsu LOOX R/C70 comes with some slow ultra-low voltage Core 2 Duo SU9300 (1.20GHz), chip set Intel GS45 Express (built-in video capability), 2GB of RAM, SSD 128GB, and DVD Video drive. Although you have to pay about ¥280,000 (slightly over $3,000), the display is the 1280 × 800-pixel WXGA 12.1" LCD (not LED). The laptop features Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and pre-installed Windows Vista Business (Windows XP Professional downgrade).

Fujitsu LOOX R/C50 comes with the same features you can find in the C70. The C50 costs lower price of ¥230,000 ($2,500). It differs from C70 in the terms of storage and operating system, Network and battery life. The laptop comes with 320GB HDD and runs on Vista Home Premium and lack of Bluetooth. This system offers less battery life of 12.1 hours.

Each laptop features 3 USB 2.0 ports, IEEE 1394 Fire Wire Gigabit Ethernet, V.92 modem, Mini D-Sub15 pin, and other audio input and output capability SD card slot, Type2 PC Card slot, and , Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN (R/C50 the b / g / n).

Via Engadget

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OS X Realtek Wireless Driver Makes the Wind U100 Compatible with OS X

Many netbook users like the owners of Acer Aspire One, Dell Mini9 or Wind PC who love to install the Appl’es OS X on their non-apple Laptop, have been able to run it on their netbooks so far. This is illegal, but there are some people who are fan of Apple’s OS. They could run OS X with the OSx86 project, but this one is not 100% compatible with the Netbooks. Especially, the users who have this OS installed on their netbooks, have not been able to use their WLAN, for the lack of this driver.

This is now good news that Realtek employees have started to email the Wi-Fi driver (RTL8187SE driver) using for Wind U100 to those who have contacted the company.

Gottabemobile reported:

Apparently, the driver was emailed directly from a Realtek employee to someone that inquired about its availability. Regardless of how the RTL8187SE driver came to be, users are reporting success with the Realtek WLAN Client Utility. The RTL8187SE doesn’t show up as an airport card, but does provide full Wi-Fi functionality for OS X Wind users.

The Realtek employees mentioned in their emails that this driver would be released before December 15^th. However, Today is now December 15 and it is not out officially yet. So, it is a good opportunity if you like to experiment a wind U100 fully compatible with Apple’s OS X.

For sever times, Apple has clearly mentioned that they don’t like to enter other netbooks market like other laptop makers. As there are many OS X enthusiasts, I hope Apple release OS X compatible with netbooks and save netbook users from violating the law.

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

45 Things I Like and Dislike about MacBook Air (Reviews Round up)

MacBook Air is an ultra portable laptop that brought a new style of slimness and modern design for stylish expensive ultra portable laptops. First MacBook Air was released in January 2007. It created a lot of Buzz in Web and it was criticized by many laptop experts. This year Apple announced the new revamped Mac Air or the new version in October 14^th 2008. The main changes have come about the laptop’s guts like processor, memory, hard drive, graphics card and ports.

About the updated Mac Air, you will find many reviews in Web that it will take a lot of time to read all of them. Here I have tried to collect 45 notes (22 the good sides and 23 bad sides) of new Mac Air that different reviews have mentioned here in one entry to help you to get more real idea about Mac Air.

MacBook Air is available in two models: The base model with the price of $1800 and the top model with the price of $2500.

I have collected the following information from Engadget (Air review), Engadget (Air Rev. B mini- review), PC world, Computer world, and Macworld.

I like MacBook Air Because of

1- Stylish modern sleek sturdy unibody design

2- It's the thinnest laptop ever.

3- The top model with 128GB SSD is cheaper than the Air laptop went on sale with 64GB SSD in January.

4- Faster Intel Core 2 Duo processor used in top model with 6MB of Level 2 cache and 1,066-MHzFSB (60 MHz faster than the 1.8-GHz processor used in the previous iteration)

5- Faster DDR3 RAM (still just 2GB à dislike)

6- The bigger storage: the base model comes with 120GB hard drive and the top model sports faster 128GB SSD. Both storages are 50% bigger the storages used in the first-gen Air laptops.

7- Falling SSD prices help more users to purchase Air laptop with SSD storage and get the benefit of faster booting up, and faster launching program (compared to 4,200-rpm hard drive used in first-gen Air).

8- The overall performance of the new version is 4 times faster than the previous iteration

9- The bright glossy vibrant LED screen with 1280-by-800-pixel resolution is big enough to read on

10- The new NVIDIA graphics Nvidia 9400M graphics is a single chip that has been designed for laptops and smaller computing devices and it performs up to five times faster graphics performance than Intel's Centrino 2 chip (or four times the 3-D gaming performance of the last model with integrated graphics).

11- Full-size keyboard on a slim small laptop

12- Keyboard is solid and sturdy and the keys are tactile. So you can easily have a long touch-typing on Mac Air

13- The keys are backlit

14- It is a cool laptop and you can easily put it on the lap and use it for long time

15- Integrated 802.11n wireless works well

16- The Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR as a standard option is also nice

17- Power adapter is small and light enough for carrying

18- The multi-touch trackpad is practical and easy to learn and use

19 - Built-in iSight is a nice feature

20- Apple has released an update to fix several issues to improve the stability of MacBook Air (Late 2008) computers.

21- The new Air with 12GB SSD takes only 28 seconds to boot up from Mac chime to desktop.

22- The new Air with 128GB SSD launches applications very fast. For instance, it launched Adobe Photoshop Elements in 8 seconds.

I dislike Mac Air because of:

1- The external optical drive comes with some wired power requirements. Also, you have to buy the optical drive separately.

2- Lack of many of the features that are necessary or even sometimes vital for corporate users

3- The new version doesn’t come with new power-efficient and lower-heat 45nm Penryn chip.

4- The display comes only with glossy finish and there is no Matte option

5- With this glossy display you can not work outside or near a window

6- It comes only with a tinny mono speaker

7- Lack of 3G connectivity for option

8- Lack of an ExpressCard slot

9- Having only one USB port

10-no FireWire,

11-no Ethernet,

12- The Sturdy foldable door doesn’t open while sitting on the table

13- The battery is integrated; Lack of replaceable battery is annoying

14- The integrated battery and its short life time keeps you tight to the outlet and make the Light Air some unusable for the road warriors.

15- The average battery runtime with mild use is about three hours which is yet far from the 5 hours battery life that Apple has promised (with Apple estimating the Air will last thoroughly 4.5 hours when the screen brightness turned down by half and Wi-Fi on and it will last only between 2 and 2.5 hours runtime when playing videos or watching a movie).

16- “The Air's MagSafe implementation won't always work with your current MagSafe adapters simply because the angle and location make it physically impossible to accommodate when used on a table”.

17-The USB port won't often adapt the 3G modems and some flash drives without a USB extension cable

18- Even, headphone port doesn’t sometimes adjust easily and you have to find a matched audio extension cable that will increase your expense naturally.

19- Non-standard mini-DisplayPort rather than the equally obscure micro-DVI

20- With this new display port, you’ll need an adapter if you're planning to use the laptop with anything but Apple's new 24" LED monitor.

21- With some strain on Air, the system goes some slow-down

22- Playing 3D games is some a far matter

23- A lot of complaint against several issues about the stability of MacBook Air

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Friday, December 12, 2008

Acer Aspire one with Enabled 3G Only for $100 if you Sing up at AT&T

The Acer Aspire one netbook with integrated 3G wireless technology is available starting Dec. 14 exclusively at RadioShack stores nationwide for $99.99 when combined with qualifying AT&T mobile broadband service.

The Acer Aspire one netbook is priced at $99.99 for customers who sign up for a qualifying two-year AT&T DataConnect mobile broadband service agreement with plans starting at $60 a month. Once activated, this netbook allows people to easily access the Internet anywhere within AT&T's wireless network. The offer is available in 4,400 RadioShack company-operated stores through Dec. 24.

Well, Acer was able to overtake Asus in the number of share it has achieved in the Netbook market by its most popular Acer Aspire one in Q4 2008. Surly, this is another reliable way that Acer has chosen to maintain the top position that it has recently grabbed from Asus in the market of netbook laptops.

The Acer Aspire one 3G netbook comes equipped with the following features:

-- Intel Atom N270 processor
-- 1GB memory
-- 160GB hard drive
-- 8.9-inch LCD screen

-- Built-in 3G capability
-- 802.11b/g wireless (Wi-Fi)
-- Built-in Web cam
-- Built-in memory card readers (dedicated SD and 5-in-1)
-- Weighs 2.44 pounds
-- Ultra-compact size measuring 9.8" x 6.7" x 1.1" (W x D x H)
-- Stylish piano-black finish
-- Windows XP Home Edition

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

The MacBook’s Memory Issue Settles Even with Firmware Update

If you remember, I mentioned in my earlier entry that Apple had released bunch of firmware updates for its MacBook, Macbook Pro and MacBook Air ( late 2008) laptops. Unfortunately, the released patch for MacBook laptop doesn’t solve the memory issue. The problem is apparently, MacBook doesn’t run the 4GB of RAM. With 4GB of RAM the laptop hangs, instead it is fine when there is only 2GB or 3GB of RAM installed.

It turns out that Apple has to work more for the issues occurred on Macbook laptops. Do you own any new MacBook laptop? If you have downloaded then new patch on your laptop, was the firmware useful for you or you are suffering from some issues yet? Please share your experiences with us in the comment section.

Source: JKOnTheRun

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MSI to Expose Wind U110, U115, U120 & Affordable 13.3-in U300 at CES 09

We are getting closer to Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which will take place Next month in USA. So, the laptop companies which will take part in this show would like to give enough information to the show visitors to make them or enthusiast to call on their rooms in the show. MSI- one of the standout companies in the netbook market that is famous with its popular 10-in Wind U100, has given us plenty information about upcoming Wind models that is going to showcase at CES 2009.

MSI is coming with full hand to this show. It is going to stimulate hopefully its fans with its upcoming Wind U110, U115, and U120 Netbooks. Also, it is introducing a new affordable13.3-in ultraportable Wind U300 laptop that will shock general public according to MSI’s Director of U.S. Sales Andy Tung. MSI will also show off a touch 10-inch Wind netbook and a 16-inch touch notebook at CES 2009.

One of the important things that Tung has mentioned in its interview is “Upgrading the RAM from 1GB to 2GB will not void the warranty.”

According to Tung, along continuing the sale of Wind U100, MSI will release Wind U120 in the USA at the end of January. Wind U120 is a revamped version of U100 targeting mature users rather than teenagers that will come with a new design, dedicated right and left mouse buttons, longer 6-cell battery, Wireless b/g/n and options support for Intel WiMAX Technology, 3.5G (HSDPA) Solution, and Bluetooth. In the terms of price, the U120 without the network options will remain in the similar rage of price that U100 comes with.

Wind U110 and U115 that will hit the market at the end of January 2009 will be the new version of MSI Wind PCs. They will come with a new Menlow-based Z530 Atom processor, and 1GB of RAM. They will offer option support for SSD or a hard drive(16, 32, 64 GB SSD, 160GB or 250GB HDD). One of the striking features of these two netbook is that by making off the hard drive you will be able to save a lot of battery life. You will be able to get 10 hours of battery from U115 and 8 hours of battery runtime from U110 this way from mere 6-cell battery. This is really nice because of the biggest problem that Netbooks or mini laptops come in for is the short battery. Well, although disabling hard drive will increase the battery runtime, you will just be able to surf the Web this way.

These two netbooks will keep the same size of U100 and will resemble U100, as well. Each laptop will feature 10-inch LED backlight display, 802.11 b/g/n, 1.3 MP or 2MP webcam. The prices of these two netbooks is not clear. Surely, their prices will not be over than $699.

The Wind U300 is a 13.3-inch ultra portable laptop that will be ultra slim and light. However, unlike Mac Air and ThinkPad X300, it will be inexpensive and affordable laptop. It will be covered by the aluminum design. Tung thinks that U300 will shock everybody! The laptop will deliver give 6 to 7 hours of battery life.

The plan that MSI has for this CES show, turns out that MSI is trying to have a good jump in the overwhelm market of netbooks to capture more shares, Before MSI, Asus has been doing a lot and has released variety of Eee laptops for different needs to maintain its top position but, in the end, Acer could overtake it in Q4 2008 with its only Netbook, Aspire one. Well, I think now you are asking that why has it happened? Why has Asus lost its top position to Acer with plenty of Eee laptops in the market? Well, I think the answer can be abridged in few words: chic design, very good price, comfortable keyboard while coming with 9” display. In many reviews you can find some complains against its price, shorter battery and Eee’s weight, while Acer could bring better offers for its Aspire one. Good thing is that MSI has acted similarly like Acer. From the beginning, they focused on 10-in display with bigger keyboard while they tried not selling their Wind PC as expensive as the released price of Eee 1000.

So, we would keep watching the market if the new Wind will achieve the same success that Wind U100 could get.

-New Version of Eee PC to Come with Touch Panel and Dual-core Atom in 2009

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HP Mini 1000 at just $359.99?

I have mixed feeling about it. First of all, I am very happy that I am not dreaming. The price is real according to Laptoping.com. So, there is a lot of reasons to celebrate this price. Most consumers will feel very excited with the bargain price. I am unhappy because this is not applicable in my country. So, the only thing I can do is just to write about it. To know more, visit this link:

HP Mini 1000 to Get $40 Price Drop

It seems that HP is not the only company that is slashing price of Netbook so much. Lenovo IdeaPad S10 10-inch LED Atom Netbook is getting a good price cut and will be sold at $349. To know more, go here:

$50 off Lenovo IdeaPad S10 10-inch LED Atom Netbook (White) $349

It is amazing to see such great deals. It clearly indicates that we will see an intense price war among laptop makers over netbooks in 2009.

Boston-Power and HP to Give Next-Generation Laptop Battery

I have been giving a lot of thought for buying an inexpensive laptop but then I feel discouraged when I see that battery life does not support my goal of buying an inexpensive laptop. I am also worried about warranty of the batteries too. Well, that is why I felt happy to see the news that Boston-Power and HP have joined hands to give powerful batteries to the consumers. I am giving an extract from the press release:

In addition to setting a new benchmark in notebook PC battery technology, HP Enviro Series program notebook batteries with Sonata technology will come with a three-year warranty – the longest battery warranty available from any notebook PC provider.

“Consumers depend on their notebook computers as much as they do because they enable mobility – whether being used for leisure or work activities,” said Boston-Power Founder and CEO Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud. “To truly empower users with that type of flexibility, batteries have to last longer and provide more dependable performance. Sonata delivers these benefits while staying true to Boston-Power’s commitment to environmentally sustainable products. We’re thrilled to be teaming with HP to bring Sonata to market.”

I am also happy to see that this battery from Boston-Power is going to be environmentally friendly. With the rapid increase of laptop computers number in the world, environmental concern is going to be something to think of seriously for any laptop maker.

Gateway Launches $688 LT1001G Netbook along other 3 Laptops in Singapore

Gateway has entered to Netbook market with its just-arrived Netbook launching in Singapore: LT1001G Netbook.
The Gateways’s netbook has succeeded the design of Acer Aspire one but it is priced much more than its peer.
The $688 netbook comes with typical features as 1.6 GHz Atom processor, 1 GB RAM and huge 160 GB hard disk drive. It weighs as light as 1kg.

Along LT1001G Netbook, Gateway has launched a P7804G FX-series ($2,888) gaming laptop, MC 7800 series ($1,688) Multimedia laptop and a light 13.3-inch laptop with an ability to run some decent games in Singapore, as well.

Gateway P7804G FX series laptop features 17-inch, 1920 x 1200 pixels display, Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.4GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz) running on Intel Centrino 2 platform, 4GB of RAM, 2 x 320 GB hard disk drive, Dual-layer DVDRW recorder drive,1 GB Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTS graphics card, Gigabit Ethernet port, draft-N Wi-Fi adapter, and 1 HDMI 1.3 port, 3 USB ports, 1 Firewire port, 1 eSATA port, 5-in-1 card reader.

Gateway MC 7800 series laptop comes in two color options (burgundy and black) features 16-inch 1336 x 768 display , an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7350 (2.0Gz), 320GB hard disk drive, dual-layer DVDRW burner and, illuminated keyboard and multimedia controls, and HDMI-out port.

The 2kg ultra portable 13.3"Gateway laptop comes with a discrete ATI Radeon HD3470 graphics card which is rarely found in this category of laptops.

Source: digital. asiaone

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Intel Sets the release-date of 32-nm Chip for PCs and Laptops in Q4 2009

Intel announced yesterday that It had completed the development phase of the manufacturing process of its next-generation32 nanometers (a billionth of a meter) chip for laptops and computers and it was going to release it in late 2009 (Q4).

The new denser 32chip will surely be cheaper to manufacture and thus cheaper to purchase in the market. The 32nm- chip incorporates second-generation high-k + metal gate technology, so its transistors switch 22% faster than the current transistors used in 45-nm chip. Therefore, the new chip will deliver faster performance as well as less power consumption than the current 45-nm chips.

The press release states:

The company is on track for production readiness of this future generation using even more energy-efficient, denser and higher performing transistors in the fourth quarter of 2009.

The Intel 32nm paper and presentation describe a logic technology that incorporates second-generation high-k + metal gate technology, 193nm immersion lithography for critical patterning layers and enhanced transistor strain techniques. These features enhance the performance and energy efficiency of Intel processors. Intel’s manufacturing process has the highest transistor performance and the highest transistor density of any reported 32nm technology in the industry.

Intel is providing a multitude of technical details around the 32nm process technology at the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) next week in San Francisco.

Also, Other Intel IEDM papers will describe a low power system on chip version of Intel’s 45nm process, transistors based on compound semiconductors, substrate engineering to improve performance of 45nm transistors, integrating chemical mechanical polish for the 45nm node and beyond; and, integrating an array of silicon photonics modulators. Intel will also participate in a short course on 22nm CMOS Technology.

It is nice to remind that in earlier report Intel revealed that In second half of 2010, the next-generation (32-nm chip) of Atom CPU codenamed “Medfield” would be released.

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Apple Released Several Updates to Fix Unibody MacMook/Pro’s and Air’s Issues

Apple’s newly- released unibody MacBook, MacBook Pro and MAcBook Air are really fashionable nice laptops. However, they have been suffering several issues since release date associated with their stabilities. For this reason, Apple has released firmware updates for each of the laptop to improve the stability of MacBook/ MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptop computers.

You can download the updates from here.

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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Nividia Joining Hands with Intel to Enrich the Nettop’s Graphics; Then Netbooks?

If you remember few days ago, Nvidia emphasized on watching the netbook market but not entering in it. Well, yet this report is right but, I think Nvidia has started to check out the possibility of success in the smaller market of Atom-based nettops before entering to the bigger market of Netbook laptops.

According to the latest report, Nvidia with the cooperation of Intel is developing Nvidia's MCP79 chipset to support Atom-based nettops to enhance their graphics performance from the least level to more practical level.

So far, all the Atom-based nettops and netbooks have used Intel integrated graphics which is only enough for the least requirements. As Netbooks like mobile phones are becoming essential everyday mobile device for people, a more developed graphics can develop the functionality of these devices more.

Apparently, first, the Nvidia’s chipset will be examined on nettops. Surely, after getting the appropriate reponse, Nividia and Intel will target Netbooks.

Acer Overtakes Asus Easily with its Aspire one in Netbook Sales

Asus the creator of the market of low-cost laptops had kept on confident and excited as being the top netbook seller since the initiation of netbook market until Q2 2008. But, Acer has ended this happiness easily in Q3 2008 by its Aspire one mini-note. According to the latest survey done by DisplaySearch, netbook market grew more than 160 percent in Q3 2008, and first Acer and then Asus captured the most shares of the market. The striking point is although Asus has launched various Eee PC models with different display and feature set since late 2007, Acer was able to capture about 38% of the market by its Aspire One which was launched and stayed much far beyond Asus in Q3 2008.

Well, it shows that Asus didn’t pay attention to the weak points of Eee PC netbooks like their some uncomfortable keyboards and just repeated the same style in the new Eee PC laptops. I think, Asus has made the consumers confused by releasing many similar Eee PC laptops. It has made difficult the distinguishing of differences of these Eee PCs. Instead of releasing a number of similar netbooks, If Asus had released only few Eee PC laptops with significant different feature set and had made each one as particular netbook for particular application; it would be able to keep its leadership easier.

After Asus, HP stays much far behind with holding only 5.8% share of the market wit hits HP 2133 mini-note and recently-launched Mini 1000. It is interesting that most of top-tier laptop manufacturers (except HP) have released their mini laptops or netbooks very late this year and the have captured insignificant share of netbook sales in the market.

-10-inch Acer Aspire One Coming Soon
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-Acer to Release An Expensive 6-Cell Battery for Aspire One
-Acer Aspire One A110 and A150 Available for Purchase in USA

-HP Mini 1000 Available with Embedded AT&T and Verizon WWAN
-How to activate the HP Mini 1000’s 3G modem

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OpenCL 1.0 Specification ratified and Released

The Khronos™ Group today announced the ratification and public release of the OpenCL™ 1.0 specification, the first open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors found in personal computers, servers and handheld/embedded devices. OpenCL (Open Computing Language) greatly improves speed and responsiveness for a wide spectrum of applications in numerous market categories from gaming and entertainment to scientific and medical software. Proposed six months ago as a draft specification by Apple, OpenCL has been developed and ratified by industry-leading companies including 3DLABS, Activision Blizzard, AMD, Apple, ARM, Barco, Broadcom, Codeplay, Electronic Arts, Ericsson, Freescale, HI, IBM, Intel Corporation, Imagination Technologies, Kestrel Institute, Motorola, Movidia, Nokia, NVIDIA, QNX, RapidMind, Samsung, Seaweed, TAKUMI, Texas Instruments and Umeå University. The OpenCL 1.0 specification and more details are available at http://www.khronos.org/opencl/.

OpenCL enables software developers to take full advantage of a diverse mix of multi-core CPUs, Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), Cell-type architectures and other parallel processors such as Digital Signal Processors (DSPs). OpenCL consists of an API for coordinating parallel computation and a programming language for specifying those computations. Specifically, the OpenCL standard defines:

-a subset of the C99 programming language with extensions for parallelism;

-an API for coordinating data and task-based parallel computation across a wide range of heterogeneous processors;

-numerical requirements based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' IEEE 754 standard;

-efficient interoperability with OpenGL, OpenGL ES and other graphics APIs.

Source: Press Release

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Intel Reveals: 32-nm Medfield; the Successor of Atom Coming in 2010

Atom processor has been one of the most standout processors in the market, So far. Most of netbooks utilize this processor and it has helped to netbooks to flourish in the market easier. So, it is very exciting to know about the successor of Atom processor and its release date. Happily, Intel has released some information about it and I am sharing it with you here.

The current Diamondville-based Atom CPU uses 454nm technology and comes along an on-die graphics (an integrated graphics into the chipset). Intel is going to release a 45-nm 'Pineview' in 2009 which will displace or take the place of the current Atom.

Pineview will be a "System-on-a-chip" meaning brining all the functions of a PC like memory controller, I/O, and graphics chip into the CPU package. Pineview will be available in two variants: a package with a dual-core CPU and a package coming with a single-core CPU.

In second half of 2010, Intel is going to release the next-generation of Atom CPU codenamed “Medfield”. Like Pineview, Medfield will use the same method of "System-on-a-chip", but it will be built from the 32-nm technology.

Mefield will be available in two versions: one will utilize a low level graphics for handheld gadgets and the other one will incorporate a higher level graphics- most probably the current GPU, for Netbooks. There is no information about the new CPUs using in these two packages, yet.

Fortunately, from the very beginning Intel dived in the market of netbooks and is still flourishing and outrunning other cheap makers. So, naturally, this ingenuity has kept Intel much beyond than other cheap makers for many years.

Sources: reghardware, theinquirer, via Engadget

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Monday, December 08, 2008

Google Developing an Operating System?

Sometimes, I feel that Google is on the right course for becoming a 800 pound gorilla in the technology world. Its market share of online search is only increasing month by month. Adword is a very way of getting dollars from advertisers from around the world and Google is earning a lot through it. Gmail is also becoming more popular with each passing day. So, the only thing that the company still does not have is an Operating System (OS). It seems that now, there is a distinct possibility that the company is developing an OS very secretly.

There is some rumor that Google is intentionally blocking data about the Internet activities of its employees. This is very ironic because it is good about finding information of other people. So, the rumor is that may be some employees are very busy with the development of an OS. If the rumor is true then we can think of 3 possibilities:

a. Google may develop a Linux based OS.

b. It may develop one of the existing distributions of Linux

c. It may develop something like Microsoft Windows or Apple OS (non-open source) but distribute at free of cost or even charge a small amount of money.

So, what do you think will happen in the end?

Google working on a new mystery OS?

More Information about Dell Inspiron 1545 Leaked

Dell Inspiron 1545 is an upcoming laptop from that that is somehow a new version of the current Inspiron 1525. It turns out that after achievement of a lot of success over Inspiron 1525, Dell has decided to modify Inspiron 1525 some and release a new Laptop on top of Inspiron 1525 that comes with better feature set. Well, the key secret of the success Inspiron 1525 obtained in the market was offering full feature set, good performance and affordable price for small businesses. Surely, the upcoming Inspiron 1545 is following the same policy while offering better performance, default features and options.

For instant, Inspiron 1525 offers wide range of Intel processors from the budget slow 1.86GHz Intel Celeron CPU up to fast clocking 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Due T7250 (2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB), while the upcoming Inspiron 1545 will offer wide range of Intel processors from 2.0GHz Intel Celeron up to 2.53GHz Intel core 2 Due T9400 (6MB L2 Cache, 1GHz FSB). Also, the least RAM meory that Inspiron 1545 will offer will be 1GB but the current 1525 offers at least 512MB of RAM.

Inspiron 1545 also comes with a 15.6-in screen size which is slightly bigger than the display used in Inspiron 1525.

The Inspiron 1545 will use Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics card while the Inspiron 1525 comes with integrated Intel GMA X3100 graphics card.

One good side of this laptop is that Dell offers Ubuntu Linux OS for an option. The price and release date of this laptop is not clear yet.

In the following you can see the specs of Inspiron 1545:

Processor: wide range of Intel processors from 2.0GHz Intel Celeron up to 2.53GHz Intel core 2 Due T9400 (6MB L2 Cache, 1GHz FSB)
Memory: 1GB of DDR2 RAM up to 4GB of RAM
Hard Drive: at least 80GB SATA HDD
Optical Drive: optional Blu-ray, DVD burner

Display: 15.6" WXGA TrueLife/ 15.6" WXGA WLED TrueLife (Post RTS)
Graphics: Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics

Network: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g or 802.11n Wi-Fi, or Wireless 5100n a/b/g/n card, Bluetooth, Ethernet, External USB-based modem for option,
Ports/Slots: 3USB ports, VGA-out, LAN port (RJ-45), mic jack, audio jack, Express Card 34mm Slot, 8-in-1 media card reader, Security Cable Slot,
Others: 1.3MP webcam for option, Optional camera LED, analog microphone, left and right speakers, USB Docking only
Color Options: Pacific Blue - IMR, Matte Black Paint, Red Paint, Blue Paint,
OS: Vista Home basic (32-bit), Vista Home Premium (32-bit), Vista Busines (32-bit), Ubuntu Linux
Weight: 2.7kg
Battery: Lithium-ion

Source: Engadget

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Friday, December 05, 2008

HP Mini 1000 VT (Vivienne Tam) With 3G Option Available Now

If you are fan of having a fashionable stylish netbook, HP Mini 1000 VT can be a good option for you. HP has just launched with its vibrant peony blooms design in a rosy background for stylish consumers.

The mini laptop comes with the base price of $700. Well, this laptop is not as affordable as Acer Aspire one or Wind PC but it is much more stylish and it has some more to offer of course. For instance, this netbook is among the new mini laptops that offer the 3G connectivity for option. Or the battery is safe Lithium Polymer rather than typical Lithium-ion. Or its almost full size keyboard and its 10.2" display are convenient for typing and reading and scrolling web pages.

Despite the good feature set, this mini laptop has its defect one of its disadvantages is that it doesn’t provide any Slot and any video ports like VGA port unlike other netbooks.

The recommended configuration is priced at $750 and I have mentioned its feature set in the following:

Price: $750
Processor: Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.60GHz)
Memory: FREE Upgrade to 1GB DDR2 System Memory (1 Dimm)!!
Hard drive: 60GB 4200RPM PATA Hard Drive
display: 10.2" diagonal WSVGA HP LED edge-to-edge Brightview Infinity Display (1024 x 600)
Graphics card: Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Network: Wireless-G Card with Bluetooth
Ports: 2USB ports;
Battery: 3 Cell Lithium Polymer Batt
OS: Windows XP with SP3
Others: HP Color Matching Keyboard (Vivienne Tam) (92% of standard size); HP Mini Webcam with HP Imprint Finish
Weight: 2.45 lbs (less than 1" thick)

Of course if you would like to have the 3G option on this laptop you have to configure it with HP un2400 broadband apparently for extra $199.

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Nvidia Watches the NetBook Market, No Jump in Yet

Nvidia has again mentioned its main plan about Netbooks or mini laptops. Although, this market is expanding quickly and has been a good place for chipmakers to earn profit through the economic recession, it doesn’t mean it can be a good field for graphics card companies to involve with. Mini-laptops needed a low consumption CPU that Intel and some other chip makers filled this hole, but they don’t need a discrete or professional graphics card. The job of netbooks is doing light computing and surfing web. For this application, no computer needs a particular graphics card, The Intel’s integrated graphics card has responded well, so far.

Despite these reasons, Nvidia has restated again that it was watching the market of netbook laptops. Thus, if they see a hole in it or if they feel that releasing another integrated graphics card with better performance than the current one will be profitable surely, they will try their best to respond to this need; Like the “Tegra system-on-chip for smartphones”.

Yahoo reported:

The company's most likely move in the netbook arena would be to provide integrated chipsets with better graphics than most netbooks offer now. The graphics giant already provides integrated chipsets for laptops and next year will ship the Tegra system-on-chip for smartphones. Tegra puts an Arm processor core, a GeForce graphics core and other components, including a high-definition video decoder, onto a single chip.

Nvidia is waiting that the market of Netbooks becomes more matured. Interesting thing is that AMD one of the leading chip makers and Apple Inc. have the same idea about this market. The economic recession has pushed Apple to start trying to make a $600 Netbook. So, It is not impossible soon we hear news that Nvidia is going to make a new integrated chip for Netbooks something similar Tegra that it is already doing for smartphones.

HP Mini 1000 Available with Embedded AT&T and Verizon WWAN

Much longer after Dell announced the availability of 3G (HSPA) connectivity option for Inspiron Mini 9 XP version, HP has announced the availability of mobile broadband for its new Mini 1000 netbook, at last.

Although, one of savvy HP users could show how to activate the 3G modem hidden in the first Mini 1000, HP has done it for you now and you can buy HP un2400 mobile broadband module for $199 or configure your order with embedded WWAN for the same extra $199.

-There are some things you should know. First of all the HP Mini 1000 with 3G connectivity is not compatible with SSD storage, I am afraid. Reason is not clear yet. So, you have to accept the storage of 60GB PATA HDD (4200 rpm) and the additional price of $25 it adds to base price of Netbook.

-The 3G modem is equipped with either Verizon or AT&T mobile broadband and supports GSM and CDMA.

- The Dell’s offer for Mini 9 is much cheaper than the HP’s. By only paying $125 extra you can have this option on a Mini 9 and if you employ the new 2 year AT&T service plan you will even get back $120.

Sources: liliputing, laptop magazine, Cnet news,

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ASUS Eee PC 1002HA: Good Laptop but Bad Battery?

Laptop Magazine has carried out a detailed review of ASUS Eee PC 1002HA. The reviewer is happy with the overall performance of the laptop but thinks, “its battery life could be better.” The price is $499 and the laptop has 2 cell battery. The keyboard seems to be good and that is good thing because many users at first may feel uncomfortable with laptops. The reviewer also praised the sound quality of the microphone but was not too much impressed with the display and the webcam.

At the end of the day, battery capacity is very important for most users of today. The problem is that ASUS Eee PC 1002HA does not have any option to upgrade to additional battery life. I think that this is a big problem. Still, I am not unhappy with 3 and half hours of batter life.

Engadget

Laptop Magazine

Thursday, December 04, 2008

With Dell Studio Online Art Gallery Find New Design for Your studio Laptop

Dell has arranged special facility for Dell Studio 15 and Studio 17 users and consumers to customize the design on the lid of Studio 15 or Studio 17 laptop with one of the 100 artistic design options available at Dell Studio Online Art Gallery.

Dell states in its press release:

Exploring the more than 100 creative and colorful personalization options in the Design Studio is easy and intuitive. Online shoppers in the U.S. can apply a design, change viewing angles, zoom in on details, and read an artist’s inspiration or bio with a few mouse clicks.
Dell.com, one of the world’s largest and busiest online destinations for consumer electronics has unveiled Dell Design Studio, a unique online experience that allows people to personalize Dell Studio laptops with exclusive, original artwork.

Dell Design Studio offers more than 100 exclusive and original works of art to express personal style for the Dell Studio 15 and Studio 17 laptops for $75. Each image is permanently tattooed into the laptop lid, making the design extremely durable.

The works of Art available at Dell’s art gallery have been designed by Jason Bacon, Brittany Waldner, Derek Welch, and Guillaume Wolf join images by Joseph Amedokpo, Tristan Eaton, Siobhan Gunning, Bruce Mau, and Mike Ming.

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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Upgrade the Storage of your Dell Mini 9 with Buffalo 16GB SSD for $57

Today Buffalo launched its two new SSD drives for Dell Mini 9 users who are not satisfied with the standard 4GB SSD small storage of their Netbooks. The SSD drives include a16GB capacity codenamed SHD-DI9M16G for $57 and a 32GB capacity codenamed SHD-DI9M32G for $101.

Dell itself has released a 32GB SSD for $100 that consumers can customize Mini 9 with it while ordering.

I would like to remind you that Buffalo has recently launched similar kits for Eee PC laptops: a 32GB for $156 -the price at launch time, and a 64GB SSD.

Sources: Slashgear, buffalo

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Fujitsu Rolls Out AMD-based AMILO Sa 3650 Laptop with GraphicBooster Bundle

Fujitsu AMILO Sa 3650 Laptop is another 13.3-in ultra portable laptop that is coming to the store shelves anytime this month. Price is not clear but I think it should not be more expensive than 13.3-in MSI EX300 laptop, for it is based on AMD. However, the laptop comes with an external GraphicBooster box which is supposed to boost the performance of the built-in graphics of laptop about 470%.

Fujitsu AMILO Sa 3650 Laptop is a full-featured entertainment laptop that is powered by AMD next-generation dual-core mobile processor technology, up to 4GB of RAM, a 250GB/or 320GB hard drive, and Integrated SATA SuperMulti-format DVD burner (with double layer support).

The laptop utilizes a 13.3-inch WXGA display with BilliantView technology and ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics card (which is lower than the one you can find in EX300).

The impressive features of AMILO Sa 3650 Laptop include:

- ATI Radeon HD 3200 on-board graphics
- Integrated draft-n WLAN, integrated Bluetooth 2.0
- Up to 4.5 hours of battery life
- DVI-I, eSATA and FireWire port and S/PDIF and 1x external graphic box port
- ExpressCard,
- Spill-proof keyboard,
- The external GraphicBooster box will boost the performance of the built-in graphics of laptop about 470%.

Unfortunately, the GraphicBooster will only works with the Sa 3650, right now and maybe later it will be used for other laptops Unlike EX300 laptop, the AMILO Sa 3650 uses DVI-I instead of HDMI.

Compared to EX300, Amilio Sa 3650 comes with better ports and slots like having an express card and FireWire port extra. The Fujitsu laptop diesn’t sport a finger print reader like MSI Ex300, but its keyboard is spill proof.

Amilio Sa 3650 weighs about 2.4 kg and runs on Vista Home Basic or Vista Home Premium.

Sources: Engadget, mobiletechreview

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MSI EX300 Laptop based on Centrino 2 & ATI Releases in USA for $999

MSI EX300 Is an entertainment 13.3" ultra portable laptop that although it is based on Intel Centrino 2 platform and comes with one of the latest ATI graphics, it is cheap as low as $999.

The laptop comes with some worth mentioning Impressive features that you see them in the following list:

- The ultra portable laptop comes with sleek alloy case in 2 elegant colors: brilliant red or dazzling blue
- based on Centrino 2 and comes with fast clock speed of 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Due P7350 (1066 FSB) and PM45 + ICH9-M Express Chipset
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD3450 graphics card and DDR3 256MB VRAM is a nice graphics for entertainment uses.
- The laptop is light. With 8-cell battery the laptop weighs as light as 4.5 lbs
- Speedy 802.11 a/g/n Wi-Fi, and the built-in Bluetooth V2.0+EDR and Ethernet
- Finger print reader for security
- An e-SATA USB combo drive port, and 1HDMI
- An integrated 2.0MP webcam,

The system is powered by up to 4GB DDR2 of RAM, 250GB SATA hard drive and a DVD burner.

The laptop utilizes a 13.3-in WXGA ACV display with 1280X800-pixel resolution. The system comes with 2USB ports, 1 e-SATA USB, 1HDMI port, Mic in/headphone out/ 3-in-1 media card reader.

Well, I wished I could see an Express Card slot in this laptop rather than a media card reader; however, this is an entertainment laptop.
The laptop sports 2 speakers, a keyboard coming with 87 keys and Vista Home Premium OS.

If you are interested in this laptop you can purchase it online at Amazon, Zip Zoom Fly, mWave, Micro Center, and Buy.com.

Source: Engadget

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Windows 7 Beta to Come Out Next Month Onwards?

Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is on way and Microsoft is planning to demonstrate its latest outcomes such as Windows 7 beta- the successor of Vista OS, Cloud Computing- Internet services platform, and next major version of the Windows client operating system.

MSDN Developer Conference (MDC)has mentioned in its website that all the attendees will receive one DVD of Windows 7 Beta. Well, MDC is not sure yet if the DVD will be available during the conference, but it will be shipped to each of attendees, meaning the DVD will be really before January 13^th surely according to the speculations reported by some bloggers.

Well, this news is important because MS is going to release Windows 7 by late 2009 or early 2010 and before that it should remove the major bugs of the OS. So far some of the bloggers had their hands on pre-beta version have expressed their opinions and concerns about Windows 7. When general public can get its hands on Windows 7 Beta by next month, surely, the pros and cons of Windows 7 will be more comprehensible.

Source: PCWorld

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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Coming in April 2009

Sometimes, I wonder why Microsoft is so keen to provide service packs after release of an operating system. Well, after an operating system is released then many users find many problems and Microsoft has to come up with service packs to address the problems and bugs. The good thing is that service packs are free and users can easily download them. But if you are using Windows Vista then you should be happy to know that service pack two is coming in April, 2009.

What is interesting to me is the matter that the news came first at a Malaysian website. According to the website: in Windows Vista SP2, you will find that Microsoft has improved the facility of search. It shows that Microsoft is taping Internet even more seriously and in fact, there will be added features regarding wireless Internet and wireless data transfer.

I just hope that Microsoft is time to act more smartly and makes sure that the service pack two were reached the maximum number of users very rapidly.

Monday, December 01, 2008

HP Compaq CQ50-139QM Laptop with HP Printer, Case and 8GB USB $498.00

I really feel that this is the deal to watch in Cyber Monday 2008. The price of $498.00 for a laptop is great and when you get printer, case and 8GB USB drive too within the price then you may want to dance in happiness.

The laptop comes with Intel Celeron Processor 575 and 2 GB RAM. If you want then you can expand the RAM upto 3 GB. 15.4" display and 160 GB hard drive make it as a good laptop for many users. Windows Vista Home Basic edition is there in the laptop.

For More Information visit Walmart.

Cyber Monday Deals: Intel Based Sony VAIO VGN-NS140E/W Laptop at Best Buy for $649.99

Yesterday, I was looking at the cheaper deals on laptops for Cyber Monday 2008. Well, $649.99 is not a lot of money for a Sony Vaio laptop and Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 is preloaded with this laptop. Then, most laptops these days come preloaded with some version of Vista.

Intel Core2 Duo mobile processor T5800 looks very powerful and exciting to me. 3GB of RAM is perfect to give good speed to the performance of the powerful processor. If you are not satisfied with 3GB of RAM then you don’t need to feel bad. You can expand it upto 4GB. I wish my PC had that.

There is 4 USB ports and built in webcam. Two things I always look at a laptop carefully are display and hard drive. Sony VAIO VGN-NS140E/W has 15.4" WXGA LCD display and 250GB hard drive. If you are thinking of using internet then Wi-Fi Link 5100AGN network (802.11a/b/g/n) facility should attract you. 6.4 lbs. and 1.5" thinness help to keep the laptop portable.

So, if you are looking to buy a laptop this Cyber Monday then I would recommend you to think of Sony VAIO VGN-NS140E/W Laptop at Bestbuy.com.

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-Fujitsu 5.6-in LifeBook U820 Mini Tablet with GPS & Garmin Mobile PC on Sale

-Fujitsu Announced Multi-color LifeBook U2010: A 5.6-in Tablet-convertible UMPC

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