Laptops

   
 

December 11, 2008

Lenovo ThinkPad W700

Filed under: Lenovo — Laptops @ 11:56 am

Lenovo ThinkPad W700 comes with 17 inches display screen, a digitizer which is very helpful in Photoshop, CAD and CAM applications, an integrated color calibrator which is used for automatically adjusts the color and Intel mobile quad core processor all these comes with a price tag $3,802.

Design

Lenovo ThinkPad laptop measures 16.1×12.2×1.6 inches and the weighs of the laptop is 8.3 pounds. However, the power brick is one of the biggest and heaviest we’ve seen, measuring 6.7 x 3.3 x 1.5 inches and weighing 1.8 pounds. The laptop keyboard is very spacious and comfortable with a separate numeric keypad.

Display

17 inches display screen with 1920×1200 pixel resolution. Above the display screen a 1.3 mega pixel cam is present.

December 10, 2008

Samsung X460-44P

Filed under: Samsung — Laptops @ 10:25 am

With the new laptop X460-44P Samsung does extra than just fill up an ultra bright 14.1inchs screen and with an optical drive on the right side of the laptop into a extraordinarily thin body. This laptop shows design like no other laptop in its segment. The new Samsung X460-44P with a price tag of $1,699 backs up its fine glance, nice security features like fingerprint reader and TPM authentication.

Design

Adding style to a business laptop is a difficult scheme. The Samsung X460-44P laptop has few competitors in its segment. The laptop weighs just 4.2 pounds and 0.8-inch at its thinnest point to 1.3-inch. Flip the Samsung X460-44P laptop over and you will find some good features. A battery meter starts up after pressing a button.

Display, Webcam and Audio

The display is very bright. The X460-44P laptop pumps out 300 nits, nearly 48-50 nits brighter than laptops in this segment. The 1280×800 pixel resolutions with 14 inches display business laptops with 1440 x 900 screen. 2 small speakers are placed just above the keyboard.1.3 megapixel webcam just above the display screen.

Ports

The ports are available in on the back side of the laptop usually the business laptop has. Modem slot, 1 USB port, and an HDMI. 7-in-1 memory card reader on the front of the laptop, headphone and mic jacks are present on the left side, another USB port, VGA connector, and Ethernet slot. ExpressCard/34 slot, DVD burner, 3rd USB port, and lock is present on the right side of the laptop.

Performance

The X460-44P comes with 2.26-GHz Intel Core2 Duo P8400 processor and Three GB of Random Access Memory offer good productivity and multitasking performance. The laptop’s performance we converted a 120MB video file to a Flash file. The Samsung X460-44P laptop did the task in just three minutes and some second, while the another laptops in this segment takes more time like Fujitsu LifeBook S6520, with 2.4-GHz processor which is faster but Two GB instead of Three GB of Random Access Memory, nearly took four minutes.

The X460-44P’s spacious 320GB hard drive was quick. It completed the LAPTOP Transfer Test (copying 4.97GB of mixed media files) in 4 minutes and 52 seconds, which works out to a transfer rate of 17.4 MBps. That’s about 1 MBps above average.

Battery Life and Wireless

The 6-cell battery lasted Four hours and nearly eighteen minutes on the LAPTOP Battery Test. 802.11n connection delivered throughput of Twenty Mbps at fifteen feet from the router, and 18.0 Mbps from Fifty feet.

Software and Warranty

Trial versions of McAfee Virus Scan and MS Office 2007,Samsung Magic Doctor and Samsung Update Plus, and Recovery Solution, and Easy Network Manager. The Samsung X460-44P laptop comes with 1year standard parts and labor warranty with 24/7 technical support.

December 8, 2008

Acer eMD260

Filed under: Acer Laptop — Laptops @ 5:35 pm

Price less than $400 generally mean netbook, rather than laptop. This laptop comes with a AMD Athlon processor and only one GB of Random Access Memory with 14.1 inch display, the Acer eMD620-5777 is worth a look.

The new Acer eMD620 laptop is very basic in design, including the black matte cover, ribbed plastic above the laptop’s keyboard, and the touchpad is surrounded with a thin silver frame. Measuring 13.0x 9.8×1.2–1.6 inches and 5.3 pounds.

The 14.1-inch shiny display with 1280×800 pixel resolution; is quite bright and produces sharp images quality. A 0.3 megapixel webcam is present just above the display screen. The speakers are located on the front edge, produce good sound. The new Acer eMD620 has just 2 USB, VGA, Ethernet slot, and headphone and mic jacks. The eMD620 is powered by single-core AMD’s Athlon 2650e processor running at 1.6 GHz, one GB of memory. Increasing the Random Access Memory to Two GB is easy. The laptop comes with ATI Radeon X1200 graphics card and the 5,400- Rotation Par Minute hard disk drive 160GB.

The 802.11b/g Wi-Fi laptop turned in good throughput of 20.4 Mbps (at 14-15 feet) and 18.9 Mbps (49 feet).

Software and Warranty

The Acer eMD260 comes with Windows Vista Home Basic, including Google Desktop, eMachines GameZone, and trial versions of Microsoft Office Home and a 2 month trial of Norton 360 Version2.0. The Acer eMD260 laptop comes with a standard 1year warranty.

December 7, 2008

Samsung Q310-34P

Filed under: Samsung — Laptops @ 4:14 am

The new Samsung Q310-34P laptop is a light weight notebook with a price tag of $1,299.

Design

The shiny black body of the Samsung Q310-34P laptop looks same just like other thin-and-light laptops. The Samsung Q310-34P laptop measures 12.7×9.5×1.1 inches and 4.8 pounds, the weight is nearly same as the HP Pavilion dv3510nr. A USB port, ExpressCard/34 slot, headphone and mic jacks and an 8X optical drive is available on the right side of the laptop. On the left side modem port, VGA and HDMI ports.

A 7-in-1 memory card reader is available on the front side of the laptop, Ethernet jack and two stacked USB ports are available on the rear side. The keyboard is fine but the touchpad is small.

Display and Audio

The 1280×800 pixel display screen looked fine, the audio is good and crisp. Integrated with 1.3 megapixel webcam.

Snappy Performance

The new Samsung Q310-34P comes with 2.2-GHz Intel Core2 Duo P8400 processor and Three GB of Random Access Memory that booted Vista operating system in a just 49 seconds. The 320GB, 5,400 rotations par minute hard disk drive and GMX4500 integrated GPU.

Wi-Fi Performance and Battery Life

The integrated 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi radio performance is nearly same and the data transfer rate of 20.0 Mbps at 14-15 feet, and nearly16 Mbps at 45-50 feet.

The Samsung Q310-34P delivers 4 hours and 41 minutes with its six-cell battery, which is nearly One hour longer than the HP Pavilion dv3510nr.

Bundled Software

The Samsung Q310-34P comes with Vista and preinstalled with Adobe Acrobat Reader, Light Scribe, and two months trial of MS Office Professional 2007. Samsung laptop comes with a 1year standard warranty and 24/7 tech support. The Samsung Q310-34P laptop is one of the better designed notebooks in the segment of 13-inch and offers fine performance.

December 6, 2008

Samsung R610

Filed under: Samsung — Laptops @ 1:17 pm

The Samsung R610 is the lightest Sixteen inch laptop and with a price of $999. Like other Samsung laptop R610 has a shiny black exterior. Competitors such as the Acer Aspire 6930 and the HP Pavilion HDX 16, the new Samsung R610 laptop has no special buttons or media control center. The laptop lacks strong physical feedback; however, as the keyboard keys did not pop back. The 2 mouse buttons are quite easy. The display of the laptop is16 inch with the resolution of 1366×768. Viewing angles are good from 45-50 degrees, no light is reflecting off the smooth screen. Sound is loud enough to be heard across a big room.

The laptop comes with a webcam of 1.3 megapixel which delivers smooth video.

The left side of the Samsung R610 laptop comes with an ExpressCard slot, microphone and headphone, HDMI, VGA, and a USB port. The right side, contains one USB port and optical drive. The front lip houses the three-in-one card reader, the back of the laptop has the Ethernet, modem slot and a Kensington lock slots is also available, along with 2 more USB ports.

The Samsung R610 laptop comes with 2.0GHz Core2 Duo T5800 processor, three GB of RAM, and Nvidia GeForce graphics chip, 250GB, 5,400 rotation par minute Western Digital Scorpio Blue hard disk drive boot the laptop in just 59 sec.

Solid Wireless on the Samsung R610

The Samsung R610’s Intel WiFi Link 5100 802.11a/b/g/n provide good transfer rates of 21 Mbps from fifteen feet and 16.9 Mbps from fifty feet.

With 6 cell battery, the Samsung R610 laptop managed only two hours and twenty seven minutes. Compared to other 16 inch systems, the battery life is nearly one hour short. But with 9-cell battery life to an excellent five hours and nearly fifty minutes and increased the weight to 6.5 pounds.

Bundled Software and Warranty

The Samsung R610 laptop comes with Samsung Magic Doctor, Samsung Recovery Solution III, and Play Camera.

Samsung provides a 1-year standard warranty.

December 4, 2008

Acer Aspire 6930G-6723.

Filed under: Acer Laptop — Laptops @ 12:11 pm

Acer Aspire 6930G-6723.

This laptop is just like the smaller sister to the Acer 8930G comes with Intel Core2 Duo, Nvidia graphic and Blu-ray. With a price tag of $999, this is okay laptop for who want a comparatively light weight desktop substitute that is not so pricey.

Attractive Design

The design is some where very similar to it previous range 8930G, the 6930G sports, this is an smart mix of texture, light up keys, and shiny finishes. The black cover of the 15.7×11.5×1.7 inch laptop’s look spiky and the silver company logo with white back lighting. The weighs of the laptop is1.8 pounds less than its own Acer 8930G.

Upon opening the cover of this laptop, a full size shiny black keyboard has a good feel and the textured palm rest. On one side of the laptop 2 USB 2.0 ports, Blu-ray, modem slot, and Kensington lock. Port for the power adapter, Ethernet, Display Port, VGA, 2 USB 2.0, HDMI, Express Card/54 slot, head phone and mic jacks are available on the left side of the laptop. A five in one card reader is on the front edge of the laptop.

Audio, Video, and Webcam

The laptop comes with shiny 16 inches display 1366×768 pixel resolution. 1.3 mega pixel webcam with basic utility, but the laptop lacks some extra features such as face tracking and special effects.

Performance

The new Acer 6930G laptop comes with Intel 2.0-GHz Core2 Duo T5800 processor and with four GB of RAM. The Acer 6930G booted the operating system Windows Home Premium in a 86 seconds, which is some where more slow. The laptop comes with a 5,400 rotation par minute, with a storage capacity of 320GB hard drive. The Acer 6930G laptop comes with Nvidia GeForce 9600M graphics card.

Battery and Wireless

The Acer 6930G battery lasted three hours and thirty four minutes on a charge, which is nearly 1 hour longer than the other laptops in this category. Intel’s 802.11a/g/n radio is good at fifteen feet from the ordinary router 22.0 Mbps and at fifty feet nearly18.3 Mbps.

Software and Warranty

The Acer 6930G comes with Acer’s multimedia center, Cyber Link Power Director 6, and a two month trial of Microsoft Office 2007. Acer laptop covers the 1year warranty and 24/7 customer care support.

Verdict

At $999 the laptop is very pocket friendly and provides an excellent multimedia experience and integrated with Blu-ray technology.

December 3, 2008

Apple MacBook 2008

Filed under: Apple — Laptops @ 8:53 am

The new Apple MacBook 2008 is just not beautiful but also breaks the form for thin&light laptops. The Apple laptop’s chassis is of aluminum. The new Apple MacBook 2008 use some of the designs from MacBook Air an aluminum body with rounded corners. Like the Apple MacBook Air, it has a petty black key board.

Although the new Apple MacBook’s aluminum exterior looks smooth. Indeed, the new Apple MacBook laptop has12.8×8.9×1.0 inch chassis and the weight 4.5 pounds it is nearly 1/2 pound lighter than the previous Apple MacBook laptops.

All Touch, No Buttons

The laptops come in two versions with a price tag of $1,599 and $1,299. The higher version comes with island keyboard backlit in dim light; this feature is not available in the lower end version. The 13 inch Apple MacBook laptop’s keyboard keys feel a bit shallower .

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