computer notebook

If you’ve been a fan of Apple laptops for a while or owned an Apple Mac before, you may very well recall the announcement of the revamped 13 and 15-inch MacBooks back in October of ‘08. The noticeable absence though was the 17-inch version of the MacBook Pro.

A few months on in January 2009, Apple announced what would feature in the soon to be released Apple Macbook Pro 2009 (2.66GHz, 17-inch) laptop. These include a button-less trackpad, “unibody” aluminium chassis, and LED backlit display with edge-to-edge glass. This makes it ideal for eager Apple fans that want the improvements of the 2009 model in a desktop replacement design.

Starting at $2799 for the 17-inch version, the Apple MacBook Pro isn’t the cheapest of laptop computers, but still remains a popular model for photographers and media professionals. The improved chassis, trackpad and integrated nVidia graphics chipset are certainly welcomed additions to this improved Mac Book Pro. Read more

Performace

The MSI Wind U120 uses the same 1.6-GHz Intel Atom processor as its predecessor and closest rivals, and it’s packaged with 1GB of RAM and Windows XP Home. Programs loaded relatively quickly even when we had several others running in the background. When using the netbook, we were able to surf the Web in Firefox 3, write a document in Microsoft Word 2003, and resize a handful of pictures at the same time with no hang-ups.

The MSI Wind U120’s 160GB, 5,400-rpm hard drive booted Windows XP in a solid 50 seconds, or 7 seconds faster than the category average. The notebook Transfer Test, in which we duplicate 4.97GB of mixed media files, took 5 minutes and 6 seconds, a rate of 16.6 MBps. That is about 3 MBps faster than the average netbook, but still not quite as fast as the Samsung notebook NC10 (17.4 MBps), the category frontrunner.

The MSI Wind U120’s integrated graphics scored 682 on 3DMark03 (which tests DirectX 9 performance), which is 120 points lower than the category average. Nevertheless, the system handled streaming video without a hiccup.

During testing the U120 got pretty warm. The underside of the unit peaked at 98 degrees during the battery test. Read more

If you could see under the keyboard of your notebook, you would probably wear gloves next time you went on it.

So in order to prevent the spread of disease or other nasties then it the notebook  should be cleaned thoroughly every now and then, so how do you do that?

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Do you want power, good looks, and prestige? The Sony VAIO SZ notebook may be your answer. This thin and light machine comes packed with portable power, a stylish design, and loads of features, while maintaining a light and thin profile. These attributes should definitely appeal to most business users who demand power and portability in a sexy package. The fastest model available uses Intel’s Core Duo T2500, clocked at 2.0GHz with other models available in 1.86GHz. It is also equipped with 1GB DDR2 (supporting up to 2GB) RAM, up to a 120GB 5400RPM hard drive, and a beautiful 13.3-inch widescreen LCD with XBRITE technology. Powering the sleek display is a Hybrid Graphics System, allowing you to switch between a discrete NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 graphics chip and integrated Intel Graphics Media

Accelerator 950.. It also doesn’t fall short in the communication spectrum, with built-in Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth and even Wide Area Network (WWAN) so you can surf online anywhere with cellular coverage. With these specs, one may find this machine ideal for both travel and as a desktop replacement, but the SZ weighs less than 4 pounds! But of course, with so many great things going for it, there are a couple of drawbacks that we’ll discuss in this review. Read more

Dell notebooks computers bring the ease of convenience and high performance machine together, at affordable prices. Dell notebooks bring integrated high-speed 3G connectivity and high performance in form factors, both small and large. Dell meets your need for higher performance, excellent value or a lightweight travel notebook. Dell notebooks span a wide range of sizes from 12 inches to 20 inches; these are powerful but pricey notebooks featuring an Intel Core Duo processor and Microsoft’s Media Center OS. The display resolutions of the dell notebooks are 855/865/815 and 1400 * 1050 chipset.

The different types of notebooks are

1. Ultraportables:notebooks have screens typically less than 12 inches diagonally and weigh less than 1.7kg. Their primary audience is usually business travelers who need small, lightweight notebooks. Ultraportables are often very expensive and house power-saving CPUs and almost always have integrated graphics.

2. Thin-and-lights:These are the notebooks which weigh between 1.8kg and 2.8kg with a screen size of 12 or 14 inches diagonally.

3. Medium-sized notebooks :These are usually having screens of 15 – 15.4 inches diagonally and weigh around 3-3.5kg.

4. Desktop replacement computers:These are powerful notebooks mainly used in a fixed location and infrequently carried out due to there weight and size. They provide more space for powerful components and a big screen – usually measuring 15 inches or more for desktop replacements and often have limited battery life due to their hardware, rarely exceeding three hours.

Dell manufactures its products close to the customers. The assembling of desktop computers for the North American market takes place at Dell notebooks plants in Austin, Texas and in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with servers built in Nashville, Tennessee. Dell, Inc. assembles computers for Europe in Limerick City, Ireland. The major competitors of Dell are Apple, Hewlett-Packard/Compaq, Packard Bell, Sun Microsystems, Gateway/Emachines, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba, and MDG Computers in Canada. Enthusiast market competition takes place with Alienware, now which is a Dell’s division- Falcon Northwest, Voodoo PC, WidowPC, Sin Systems Inc. and other manufacturers. By August 2003, Dell notebooks lowered their product prices by 22% in an attempt to generate more sales; however this disappointed shareholders, sending it shares down by 2% in late Wall-Street trading, amid fears of a sector-wide slump.

After the recent trend of Apple’s MacBook present, Microsoft is still firmly maintain the opinion that although Apple has refreshed its product, but the PC still has more value. In all cases, notebook PCs in price between USD 400 to USD 550, much cheaper than the MacBook.

“This current financial crisis was greatly affects customer choice, but for the MacBook, will not be sold in a more conservative market. Customers can get a laptop PC with a larger hard drive capacity, bigger RAM, and a media card reader, USB port, and a large screen, far away when compared to what the MacBook has to offer. “, Said the Microsoft.

But one of the reasons why Microsoft made the ad “I’m a PC ads”, which then responded well by Apple, is to show how one must see the reality when choosing a PC. “Apple had never played the price. Nmun fact I think the message in the ad is good. “, Said Dave Sobel, CEO of Evolve Technologies, which became the main partner Microsoft.

“PC notebook does have a price below USD 1000 for many years. It is reasonable to understand that the Apple MacBook has appealed to all people, but this seems to make Microsoft be wrong. “, Said Todd Swank, vice president of marketing at Nor-Tech, in Minnesota. Microsoft may just make arguments about the price, especially after the MacBook PC into a competitor.

“MacBook did not have enterprise applications, such as Outlook, Visio, and Project. Then what would happen if while for now there are many people who prefer to use these applications and Office? “, Said John Eaton, president of Eaton & Associates, San Francisco, who became partners Microsoft and Apple

Solid State Drive technology showed a lot of promise in the past few years, but sadly hefty price tags and a lower performance levels than expected have put a hamper on increasing their popularity. Thankfully Samsung’s new 256 GB drive that has just gone into mass production has actually managed to double the performance of their existing 64 GB and 128 GB SSD’s.

Samsung says that having a 256 GB SSD in your laptop is like having a 15,000 RPM drive without it’s size, noise, clutter and heaint drawbakcs

There is no pricing or official launch date for the drives but needless to say there will be plenty of high performance users clamoring to use them. If you can’t wait for the new SSD’s to come out be sure to check out some of these options via Amazon.

What do you think about SSD’s? Worth the price or expensive novelty?

Are you a huge fans of transformers movie? yeah Asus has designed notebooks just like transformers. Below is the phtoto :

Asus released a Transformers laptop as part of a theater promotion in the UK with voice activated commands like “Autobots Assemble!” and “Let’s rollllll out!” Only kidding of course about the voice activation,

but they did come up with an admirably spec’d notebook for the promotion. The gaming rig is based on a G60 gaming laptop, features a 15.6″ HD display, a quad core processor and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M GPU.