Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition [D0 Stepping] Processor Reviewed

Processors seemingly come and go as fast as the seasons. One minute, your system is the top of the line and the next it’s last month’s news. Sometimes, newly revised processors make sense and sometimes they don’t. If you’re an enthusiast who likes to stay as current as possible, it’ll eventually drive you crazy. Thus, you can easily imagine the confusion (and borderline insanity) that people researching new computer upgrades are going through.

The latest Intel processor to hit the market is their Core i7 975 Extreme Processor based on the Nehalem core. It’s Intel’s new top of the line desktop CPU with some modifications that may benefit you if you’ve been holding out for a faster, more efficient processor. Or, perhaps you simply don’t like buying first revisions because you’d like to see if something better comes along. Read on and see if the i7 975 (D0) is the chip that measures up to your standards.

Features and Specifications

The 975 clocks in at 3.33 GHz sporting the same 1333 MHz Front Side Bus as all i7s. If you’re paying attention, that’s only a meager 130 MHz faster than the 965 clocking in at 3.2 GHz. The processor’s Intel Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) speed is still capable of producing a whopping 6.5 GT/s (not GB/s) which equates in to a very large amount of memory bandwidth. That’s 1.7 GT/s more than the base non-Extreme i7 series like the 920, 940, and 950.

If you weren’t privy to the i7 naming convention, any processor ending in a ‘5′ makes it an Extreme Edition (XE) and offers an unlocked Multiplier. Non-XEs are not unlocked. This makes this the ideal series for enthusiasts who don’t know a lot about overclocking and allows you to simply raise the multiplier a couple points in the BIOS to produce overclocking magic.

VR220 YA Edition

HP Compaq XW4100 Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz

A top desktop computer from one of the moremost computer companies around. HP desktop computers never fail to deliver. Although their price may be a little higher than the equivalent specs on a computer from a lesser known company. This discount desktop computer should not be ignored.

It’s main features are pretty impressive for a workstation PC. It comes with an Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz socket 478 processor, giving you more than enough power for everyday operations and more.

Memory is a larger than usual 1GB, this provides a lot of extra room for running a whole host of programs while doing work or playing games. Unfortunately all of the memory slots are taken up, which means that if you want to upgrade you will have to replace one or two that are in there already. But with 1GB of DDR333/PC-2700 memory in there, you probably won’t need to upgrade before you need a new computer.

The hard drive is a huge 160GB monster. As well as it’s large size, it also boasts the newer kind of connection SATA to connect to the motherboard inside the computer. This new faster technology combined with the 7200RPM rotation speed of the drive allow fast transfer, speeding up the computer.

The DVD writer is not out of place in a machine like this, as DVD writers become more and more common, so they will become the norm. It is not the highest speed drive you can buy, but will do the job more than satisfactorily.

The graphics is handled by a seperate nVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 video card with 32MB of memory, which is plugged into the the AGP 4x video card slot in the computer. This video card will be more than enough for even the home user who decides to put their skill to test with 3D games. It will not however provide enough for the hard core gamer, but that’s not really the intention of this computer.

It has all the usual extras that come with new computers including: a Network port for LAN support, a mouse and USB.

This computer will serve well in almost any environment. It’s wide array of features mean that it will be a long while before it will need to be upgraded. You also can’t ignore the after sales service offered by HP Compaq. A top desktop computer with a good specification.

Top computer, electronic, mobile, gadget review. * About * Privacy Policy * SiteMap MSI Wind Top AE2010 improved specifications all in

MSI has upgraded its computer all in one with a new model, the MSI Wind Top AE2010, changing its concept quite as well as its design specifications for the fall within a range altogether.

And so far is that if offered an ultraportable computer specifications, ie Intel Atom, this has been replaced in the new model by an AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core, which comes with 4GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard drive and an ATI Radeon 3200 graphics card.

The screen of this MSI Wind has a size of 20 inches and a resolution of 1600 × 900 pixels, so that content playback in high resolution should be no problem, taking into account the processor incorporates.

As additional specifications of MSI Wind Top AE2010 find an integrated webcam, six USB ports, a memory card reader, speakers with SRS. All with a price of $ 650, plus the option to purchase touchscreen.

AMD, Intel trim processor pricing

Advanced Micro Devices earlier this week lowered prices on notebook processors and a few desktop units, mostly to make way for new products.

The TL-60, a dual-core Turion chip for thin notebooks that runs at 2GHz, dropped 26 percent, from $354 to $263. The TL-56, which is a similar chip that runs at 1.8GHz, dropped from $263 to $220. The TL-52, which runs at 1.6GHz, waterfalled from $220 to $184.

On desktops, the Athlon 64 FX-62, a 2.8GHz monster chip for gamers, declined from $827 to $713. AMD posts more of its updated prices here, but it does not list the previous prices.

The price cuts on notebook processors will likely lead to discounts on AMD-based notebooks, if history is any indication. Notebook shipments continue to grow at the expense of desktops, although component shortages may create some supply problems this year.

AMD also said today that it is on track to ship chips produced on its 65-nanometer lines during the quarter. These chips will be faster, smaller and, ultimately, cheaper to produce than chips made on the 90-nanometer line. Intel has been popping out chips on 65-nanomteter factory lines for about a year, which has allowed Intel to put more pricing pressure on AMD.

Intel, meanwhile, made fewer cuts early this week. Most of those it did make were on the Celeron line. The Celeron D 360 for desktops went from $84 to $69, an 18 percent decline, while the Celeron 326, the cheapest chip Intel makes, went from $39 to $34. Intel prices range from $3,692 for an Itanium 2 model number 9050 to $34 for Celerons.

Cheaper Pentium Ms arrive

The chipmaker added the Pentium M 715 and the Pentium M 725, which run at 1.5GHz and 1.6GHz, respectively, to its recently introduced Pentium M 700 series of notebook chips. The 715 and 725 follow the launch last month of Intel's Pentium M 735, 745 and 755, which run at speeds of 1.7GHz to 2GHz.

The 700 series Pentium Ms are made with new underpinnings: a 90-nanometer processor design dubbed Dothan, which Intel has said offers a performance boost over its preceding Pentium M design, dubbed Banias. Like the other 700-series chips, the new 715 and 725 will also be offered as part of Intel's Centrino chip bundle for wireless notebooks.

Several PC makers added the Pentium M 715 to their notebook lines on Wednesday.

Toshiba incorporated the chip into its Tecra A2, a notebook designed for businesses. The Tecra model pairs the Pentium M 715 with a 15-inch screen, 512MB of RAM, a 60GB hard drive and a combination CD burner/DVD-ROM drive for $1,599. The machine also uses Intel's 802.11b/g Wi-Fi module and chipset, making it a Centrino notebook.

Gateway will make the Pentium M 715 available as an option on its Gateway M275 tablet PC, the low-price Gateway M405 and the performance-oriented Gateway 450, a company representative said.

The 715 and 725 list for $209 and $241, respectively--the same price as Intel's previous Pentium M 1.5GHz and 1.6GHz chips--when purchased in 1,000 unit quantities. Intel often prices new chips the same as existing ones in order to encourage PC makers to quickly make the changeover.

The addition of the two processors means that the bulk of Intel's Pentium M line, everything except for its low-power Pentium Ms, has been moved to Dothan underpinnings.

Intel sneaks out a low-end Pentium M

The chip essentially increases the price-performance spectrum of the mobile chips sold under model numbers. Previously, the slowest and cheapest model number chip was the Pentium M 715, which runs at 1.5GHz and comes with 2MB of cache. Until the arrival of the Pentium M 705, all of the model number chips came from the Dothan generation of chips that came out earlier this year.

The Pentium M presumably sells for a little less than the Pentium M 715, which sells for $209 in quantities of 1,000, but the representative would not discuss pricing. A Dell Inspiron notebook equipped with a Pentium M 725 costs $50 more than the same notebook with a Pentium M 705. The Pentium M 725 itself sells for $241, or $32 more than the Pentium M 715.

Intel has actually been selling a 1.5GHz Banias chip for a while. The new chip is nearly identical, but it's not exactly a duplicate. There are minor architectural differences, which do not affect performance, and the chip is sold under a model number. The 1.5GHz Banias sells for $209 but is being phased out.

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel has issued chips to accommodate customers several times in the past. Often, Intel takes an older, slightly cheaper chip and puts it in the package of new chips so that it can be used in current notebooks.

Making computing a people science [Computer News Middle East]

Intel’s people-centric approach is the top story on the website of cpilive.net, the website of Dubai-based Corporate Publishing International, which publishes amongst others Computer News Middle East.

“With its strong move into ethnographic studies, technology major Intel is all set to re-define the PC experience from being a computing centric one to a people centric model.”

“Intel’s ethnographers (also referred to as social scientists) believe that technology has to cater to human values of emotion and family more than just computing requirements.”

“Human beings fundamentally do not care about technology. What they care about are the emotions they feel when they use a product to achieve an objective at work or family life. As a technology company, Intel wants to push the boundaries and think about how we can make our products deliver on this aspect,” said Herman D’Hooge, Innovation Strategist, Platform Architecture and Solutions Division, Intel.

“Ethnography, the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies will therefore help the Intel team of scientists study human relationships and come up with ways in which technology become a part of enhancing human interaction.”

“You have to look high up on the scale by looking at human interaction. So Intel is taking a top down approach and understanding the customer first, instead of the technology,” D’Hooge added.

Moving to Windows 7--From Vista

If you recall, last week we performed the leap from Windows XP to Windows 7. In a nutshell: An in-place upgrade didn't fare well. Of course, in-place upgrades aren't supported from Windows XP to Windows 7. Given the heavily-used XP installation caused serious bloat to the Windows 7 installation, we can see why.

When we performed a clean installation and, with a bit of trepidation, used Windows Easy Transfer to move our files and settings from old machine to new, it worked better than we expected, but our final recommendation was simply to save your data, reformat, and start with a fresh, clean installation of Windows 7.

This week, we take ET editor Joel's Vista production machine—a well broken-in Core i7 based computer—and explore the various ways to make it into a Windows 7 PC. Before we begun, we mirrored the entire hard drive to a second drive, which Joel kept in a fireproof safe.

Intel's bridge for the digital divide

That's why the Classmate PC--a sub-$400 notebook that Intel is developing for kindergarteners through high school students in emerging nations--will come with about 1GB of flash memory instead of a hard drive so it can withstand accidents better.

As a threat deterrent, the notebook will come with asset-control software, so if it is out of the classroom for too many days, the notebook disables itself.

The Classmate will also sport a special version of Windows that prevents kids from accessing Internet sites or adding programs that have been designated by parents or teachers as off-limits.

The computer has software that can be used during classroom exercises. If a child tries to surf away from the lesson at hand, a message pops up saying, "Please pay attention to the professor."

The Classmate comes with a pink imitation-leather cover similar to the one Paul Otellini showed off in May. The notebook is part of a first wave of PCs that the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker hopes will help it establish the personal computer as the tool for bridging the digital divide.

Several individuals and organizations--MIT's Nicholas Negroponte, Microsoft, thin-client manufacturers, phone makers--are touting machines for bringing the Internet to Africa, rural Asia and Latin America. By various estimates, more than a billion PCs will be connected to the Internet by 2010.

That still leaves more than 5.5 billion people out, and they won't have much money. Bill Siu, general manager of Intel's Channel group, says that of the 800 million people worldwide who make more than $25,000 a year, 70 percent have access to a computer. Of the 4.7 billion people who make between $1,000 and $25,000, only 10 percent have access to a computer. The 1 billion who make less than $1,000 have virtually no access.

PCs are the best tools for reaching this market, Siu argues, because the world's software and communication tools are already written for them. Devices like the Simputer or Negroponte's $100 laptop are more isolated, he said.

"You need to transmit documents to other devices," he said. "So far, none of the (inexpensive alternative) devices have been particularly successful. One hundred dollars is pretty expensive for something that doesn't do the job."

Personal computers, however, are expensive, so Intel is taking a stock-car approach to design and stripping out the extras. The Affordable PC, another Intel-designed PC for this market, is a desktop that cannot be upgraded. It comes with 128MB or 256MB of memory, a 40GB drive, optical drive and two USB slots. Memory can't be added and some of the other options on typical western PCs are gone.

"PCI slots take up board space, which costs money, and then you need a bigger power supply," said Agatstein. "If you absolutely don't need it, take it out."

The machine comes with either Linux or Windows and ranges in price, with monitor, from $220 to $300. "Most of (the price variation) depends on the taxes in your country," he added.

Despite the emphasis on price, the box comes with a mobile Celeron chip. Using a low-powered notebook chip allows the PC maker to reduce the size of the computer. Low-powered mobile parts are also matched to oversized desktop heatsinks in other emerging-market PCs, so the machines can survive better when the outside temperature stays above 45 Celsius (113 Fahrenheit).

These PCs will be sold in conjunction with pay-as-you-go and credit programs to make it easier for poor people to buy them. For PCs set up in kiosks in villages, individuals will sell computer access time to their neighbors and pay off the computer over time. Governments in approximately 60 countries have created about 170 programs for people to buy PCs with credit.

One thing these new PCs will not have, however, is a special processor. A few years ago, Intel was contemplating creating a processor for emerging markets. It even kicked off some trials in Vietnam, according to sources.

The volumes, though, aren't large enough yet, said Siu. "You don't get the economy of scale with niche silicon," he said. "We're not focusing on a new piece of silicon for emerging markets."

The company may reconsider if the volumes reach the 50 million to 100 million range, he added.

Intel does not make these PCs. Instead, it designs them and gives free blueprints to manufacturers and the independent dealers who make up the channel.

"The channels are typically much stronger in emerging markets," Siu said. "The infrastructure is not there to call a 1-800 number and have a PC shipped by FedEx to your door."

Intel unveils new class of Pentium 4s

Intel introduced a line of Pentium 4 desktop chips Sunday that contain 2MB of secondary cache, twice as much as current Pentium 4s, as well as technology from its notebook line that's designed to cut power consumption. Larger caches, a pool of memory located on the processor, generally improve performance.

The four chips included in the new 600 series of Pentium 4s range in speeds from 3GHz to 3.6GHz, and all of them feature an 800MHz bus. The top-of-the-line 660 Pentium 4 sells for $605 in quantities of 1,000, while the 630 sells for $224.

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker also unveiled another member of the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor family, which runs at 3.73GHz and contains a 1.066GHz bus. These chips are used inside computers for gamers and serious hobbyists.

The new chips in some ways can be seen as some of the last of their kind. Starting in the second quarter, Intel will begin to sell dual-core processors. These chips won't run as fast as single-core chips (or at least won't continue to maintain the pace of the current speed increases) but they will contain two separate "brains," thereby improving overall performance.

European Commission fines computer chipmaker Intel $1.45B

It is the largest fine the commission has ever imposed, said Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for competition. Intel has said it plans to appeal the decision.

The commission found Intel abused its dominant market position in the market for computer chips known as the x86 computer processing unit (CPU), Kroes said. The abuse lasted more than five years, she said.

"Those x86 chips are the engine of the car, so to say," Kroes said at a news conference in Brussels, Belgium. "Your computer won't work without these chips."

Intel held a 70 percent share of the market during the period of the violations, she said.

"That Intel had such a large market share is not a problem in itself," Kroes said. "What is a problem is that Intel abused its dominant position. Specifically, Intel used illegal anti-competitive practices to exclude essentially its only competitor, and that reduced consumer choice -- and the whole story is about consumers."

Intel's actions frustrated innovation and reduced consumer welfare, Kroes said.

The commission found that Intel awarded major computer manufacturers rebates on the condition that they purchase all or most of their supplies from Intel.

Intel also paid Europe's biggest computer retailer, Media Markt, to sell Intel-based PCs exclusively, the commission found. Media Markt has some 200 megastores in nine countries.

The commission also found that Intel awarded payments to computer manufacturers so they would postpone or cancel the launch of products containing parts from its leading competitor, AMD.

"The commission found that these payments had the potential effect of preventing products for which there was a consumer demand from coming to the market," the commission said in a statement.

"Given that Intel has harmed millions and millions of European consumers by deliberately acting to keep competitors out of the market for more than five years, the size of the fine should come as no surprise," Kroes said.

Intel was allowed to present a defense to the commission's preliminary conclusions. But Kroes said the company "went to great lengths" to cover up its anti-competitive practices, resulting in a long and complex investigation.

In a statement on the company Web site, Paul Otellini, Intel's president and CEO said the company took strong exception to the ruling and planned to appeal.

"We believe the decision is wrong and ignores the reality of a highly competitive microprocessor marketplace -- characterized by constant innovation, improved product performance and lower prices," Otellini said. "There has been absolutely zero harm to consumers.

He added that the compnay did not believe its practices violated European law and accused the Directorate General for Competition of the Commission of ignoring or refusing to "obtain significant evidence that contradicts the assertions in this decision."

Otellini added that the company had never sold products below cost but had invested in innovation, manufacturing and developing leadership technology with the result that it could "discount our products to compete in a highly competitive marketplace."

"Despite our strongly held views," Otellini concluded, "as we go through the appeals process we plan to work with the Commission to ensure we're in compliance with their decision."

Computer chipmaker Intel set to be slapped with huge EU fine

During the course of its probe, the commission alleged that Intel had provided "substantial rebates" to leading European personal computer retailers to sell only Intel-based PCs, and that it had bribed manufacturers to delay the launch of products using AMD chips.

EU inspectors carried out surprise raids at Intel offices in Germany and at retailers in Britain and Germany in February 2008 as part of the probe.

Intel is the world's largest chipmaker by sales, with annual revenue totalling 37.6 billion dollars in 2008.

In theory, the commission could levy a maximum fine worth 10 per cent of that amount, or 3.7 billion dollars. But experts note that this has rarely happened before.

The highest single fine ever imposed by the commission on a private company - 899 million euros (1.23 billion dollars) - was slapped on software giant Microsoft in 2008.

In total, the software giant has been asked to pay 1.7 billion dollars for persistently refusing to offer competitors key software data at a fair price.

The Intel decision was expected to be announced by the commission during a press conference scheduled for 1130 CET. Intel is to hold a press conference "pertaining to the European Commission's competition case involving Intel" at 1300 CET. (dpa)

Intel Corporation

The Intel Corporation is the leading maker of semiconductor chips and is known for its quest to make computer chips ever smaller, faster and cheaper. It also makes circuit boards and other semiconductor products, which are the building blocks of computers, servers, consumer electronics and communications devices.

As Intel tries to expand beyond the personal computer chip business, its long unheralded software developers have stolen some of the spotlight from its hardware engineers. These programmers find themselves at the center of Intel's forays into areas like mobile phones and video games.

In recent years, Intel has been trying to stage a turnaround after a period in which poor execution and intense competition combined to cause it to lose market share and drive down the value of the company's shares. After losing share to its main rival, Advanced Micro Devices, in 2005 and 2006, Intel's chief executive, Paul S. Otellini, reorganized the company in 2007, laying off 10 percent of the work force and divesting itself of certain businesses. In 2009 the company was hit with an antitrust action by the European Union. Intel's first-quarter 2009 revenue fell 26 percent to $7.1 billion and profit fell 55 percent.

New Laptop LCD

1.Don't placed the burden that was weight above laptop if we placed the thing thing that the big weight burden above laptop, its could cause the scratch in the LCD screen.

2.Avoid placed laptop in the bag with the thing that too much with things.. because of causing the occurrence of the pressure on laptop

3.Give an attention with the temperature condition
Laptop or notebook was compiled from various electronics components that the work was affected by the temperature. Among them, the too extreme temperature, for example too hot or too cold, could disrupt the achievement or even broke laptop. Therefore, avoided the habit left laptop inside car that was parked under intense sunlight. Avoided also laptop was low the direct beam the Sun rays. Generally the producers recommends the temperature between 5 - 35 Celsius levels. In the meantime, for the height laptop was recommended worked in the height below 2.500 meter above sea line.

4.When you will keep laptop in a long time (one week more), it is better released the battery and kept in the cool and dry place, and quite good air circulation. Place gel silicon to avoid the fungus. Like that wanted to use him came back, the current or the contents of the battery with filled and emptied fully as many as three successive times.

5.Avoid magnetic field
to protect the available data inside harddisk, don't place the device contained the magnetic field/electromagnet strong around laptop. Device the producer of the magnetic field, for example speaker that unshielded speaker system or the cell phone. If you want to accessed internet used facilities infrared to the cellular phone, placed the cellular phone in distance around 15 cm from laptop.

6.Use a stabilizer
If you were working in laptop by using electricity (without the battery), then better used stabilizer that could prevent the occurrence of the tension of electricity that was unstable to your laptop.

7. Shut down correctly.
Don't turn off laptop during indicator light harddisk still blinking. This condition showed hard the disk was still active. The power loss suddenly (for example during laptop was shut down) could result in data damage or the disturbance of the achievement in hard the disk. Ascertain indicator light harddisk turned off before you shutdown laptop.

8.Avoid the surface was too soft
should not place laptop when being on in the place with the surface that was too soft like the sofa or the mattress, so as laptop to was seen rather sank. This was very dangerous, because could hinder the hot issuing from inside laptop as well as made laptop was hot.10. Don't take apart laptop.
Take apart personally laptop or not by expert, was the action was really unwise. Laptop not like radio or fermented recorder normally. Many very insignificant parts that from factory already assembled by using robot's precision. If being soiled by you, then your laptop will broken serious. Brought always laptop that was broken to IT or service center from your laptop.

So 10 tips.. to treat Laptop so that always in the fresh situation …


9. Monitor hinge
If being paid attention to thoroughly, in the fold between CPU and the monitor LCD was met the hinge that enabled the two components closed to one another. Must be realized that the most difficult burden in some laptop was in part this hinge. Therefore, should not give stamping at the time of open the monitor when wanted activated laptop. Likewise was the reverse, don't closed the monitor was too hard when being finished used the laptop

New Lenovo took part in UMPC with IdeaPad S10 and S

Finally the big player Lenovo (previously IBM) entered also to market UMPC (ultra mobile PC) or began often was mentioned as netbook. Although late compared to the other competitor, apparently Lenovo serious played in this segment. The version of early they were acknowledged as IdeaPad S10 with the specification really was similar to the other competitors like Asus Eee PC and Acer Aspire One. The price also began to be competitive and this was very good for the community. Will be launched in China, his post of Lenovo to 5 Sepetember 2008 and entered the USA and the other country in October. Indonesia? Usually if in China and Taiwan has been available, almost definitely also will enter Indonesia.

IdeaPad S10 did not have the SSD version but only HDD. the first Version of the USD price 399 with HDD 80 GB and 512MB of RAM. Afterwards that the USD price 450 with HDD 160 GB and 1 GB RAM. Both Of Them with the new processor 1.6GHz the Atom and Windows XP original preloaded, veris Linux Linpus will follow. Spec other resembled the competitor that is WiFi, Bluetooth, ExpressCard, 4-in-1 card reader and 1,3 megapixel webcam. Touchpad also already multitouch (like available in Apple iPhone). Unfortunately, screen continue to 1024 x 600 with the measurement 10,2 inch. The design really resembled Eee PC and did not resemble the row of the product laptop Lenovo other. S10 also had feature that was carried laptop IBM other that is Lenovo OneKey™ Rescue System.

Update:
Just could information that the version 8.9 inch from IdeaPad this also will emerge with 8GB SSD, not 80GB HDD from available in S10. His official name of Lenovo IdeaPad S9. The other specification would mairip around both of them. His price will revolve 12.900 Taiwanese dollar, around USD 420. Cheaper compared to S10 that would dibandrol 17.900 Taiwanese dollar.

Top Asus Eee PC in the Mid 2008

Asus apparently really made use of the momentum was increasingly famous him brand Eee PC belonging to him. In the middle of this 2008 emerged several new Eee PC versions netbook that was made fill several segment holes of the more specific market. The uniqueness, all with the same design but the contents spec him different. To that the version screen 10 inch, the measurement of the whole became somewhat bigger compared to the measurement screen 8,9 inch (saw his photograph was supervised). Any they?

Asus Eee PC 901 (release in June 2008), with the atomic processor with bluetooth, 1 GB DDR2 RAM, 1024x600 screen and 20 GB SSD. Afterwards after that was endless emerged the other Eee PC series 1000 (the Atom, 10 inch, 40 GB SSD, bluetooth), 1000H (the Atom, 10 inch with HDD 80 GB, bluetooth), Eee PC 1000HD (the processor of Intel® Dothan 353/ 900MHz, HDD 80 GB), Eee PC 904 (8,9 inch, Celeron 900 and HDD 80 GB). Intel® Dothan was the other name from Pentium Intelligence M. that in the special design for laptop. Confused ok? Chose that in accordance with your requirement. Don't be confused, that was important therefore Asus want to showed to the public that they cared about the consumer and wanted to provide as much as possible the choice for the market, depended on their respective requirement.
The price? The Asus Eee PC version 901 and Asus Eee PC 1000 around USD 599 above, Asus Eee PC 1000H USD 550 above, that was other still could not I confirmation here. Along with the picture that was taken from Computex in Taiwan some time before. The comparison between Eee PC 1000 (white, 10 inch) and Eee PC 901 (black, 8,9 inch) and that the right tip white was Eee PC 701 (screen 7 inch).

New Lenovo ThinkPad X301 Againts Apple MacBook Air

Astonishment thinly Apple MacBook Air? But still wanted to continue to use Windows or Linux? Please his correspondence that will be launched by Lenovo (previously IBM, afterwards was bought by Lenovo China). Lenovo super thin that was given by the number of the version X301 this used SSD technology (Solid State Disk) and not hardisk normally, was the same as MacBook Air. SSD was based on the memory kilisan (equally precisely with technology your flashdisk). So really will save the place in square that was very thin and narrow. The specification was made very high (the high end) so as his price was also extraordinary expensive. The price was estimated beginning with USD 2599. The date of the launching was on August 26 2008. The version WiMAX just will emerge the end 2009 (for a long time OK? ). Read also the News MacBooc Air that I wrote at the time of his launching previously.
Then why the book notes small and thin like this? I still remembered when previously Apple iPod emerged with thin technology of this kind. A child the JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL that used and always put to the pocket of trousers of the genie's trousers finally bit the finger because iPod him was broken, because of thin him. Likewise to laptop thin this, was used in the situation what OK? For you who had money and wanted to appear the difference, so this his choice. But for the person that give priority to functionality with the barely adequate pocket, it seems not this product his choice. Back to you yourself...

His processor was very new, used Core Intelligence 2 Duo ULV (ultra the low voltage) U9300 (1.2GHz) and U9400 (1.4GHz) with 6MB L2 supplies and 1066MHz FSB. till today the version of the Intelligence processor that will be used this was not yet released by Intelligence personally. Memory as far as 2GB of DDR3 RAM. SSD that was used also highest the class, the capacity 80GB or 128GB (the version 128 GB just will enter the market in September 2008). Compared with UMPC like Asus Eee PC that only until 32 GB. generally, laptop this had the measurement was very high, but will be sold without the incentive to optics, and carefully also wore him because very thin. It did not yet have the technical data the dimension of his measurement, but from the picture, apparently will not be as thin as MacBook Air that could be put the envelope all.

Along with information complete concerning his specification in English that was obtained by me from various sources: Core Intelligence 2 Duo ULV (ultra low voltage) U9300 (1.2GHz) and U9400 (1.4GHz) with 6MB L2 cache and 1066MHz FSB. Support up to 2GB of DDR3 RAM. SSDs of the 80GB or 128GB (beforehand in X300 only had the option 64GB). DisplayPort Jack Is included. Mobile broadband quality and GPS. Compared with Apple MacBook Air: Processor Core Intelligence 2 of DUO 1.80GHZ. OS Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard. Solid-State Drive (SSD) 64GB. RAM Max 2GB. the Price revolved USD 2200. Screen 13,3 inch. Seriously 3 of Pounds. iSight camera. AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi. Bluetooth 2,1. The picture above was Lenovo ThinkPad X300. The picture was supervised this was Apple MacBook Air.

New Dell Inspiron 910, Killer Netbook

Why did I like that be enthusiastic covered the UMPC development or netbook this? Because of the segment of this computer that was believed in by me 100% can bring the world of the utilization of information technology could be very fast progressed. Imagine millions of Indonesian school children used netbook cheap that was sophisticated, terkoneksi to the Internet, was guaranteed our nation can be again faster progressed competed with the other nation... This could really be reached with APBN education that already 20%. Be kept looking for the strategy that was exact to make use of him. Followed continued the development of UMPC/netbook this in the article blog.

Evidently Acer Aspire One, I I the prediction will become his king netbook in the future, just announced officially the decline in the price of his product. Something that was very positive although still could not penetrate the psychological figure was supervised by USD 300. The version 8 GB Windows XP will descend to USD 349 (from USD 399), the Linpus Linux Lite version was USD 329 (from USD 379). The version of the durable battery with six-cell battery pack was USD 399. As the king laptop cheap, Acer was believed in by me will continue to be able to press the price, was good by means of production efficiency and also in the distribution.

Very much the producers had finally penetrated the limit was supervised by USD 300, I thought in 1 year in front of the price will be very competitive and playing in the USD range in the 200 's. If being supervised by USD 100 possibly still necessary time was fastest 1 year in the future.

New Acer Aspire One: New UMPC/Netbook King

Finally the competitor was very strong from the pioneer UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) Asus Eee PC emerged also. Anyone else if not from his king laptop economical from Taiwan: Acer. His name? The Aspire One. Aspire personally was flagship brand from Acer to laptop mini the measurement 12-an inch that was relative more expensive than the product laptop Acer other. Did not know when definitely him the day launching, but around late last July 2008. Several matters that were certain concerning his specification I note here. The UMPC term and "netbook" at this time often was used with the same meaning.

Several days ago I could receive the email that offered this product in the Balikpapan city, his price 4 million so many (forgot definitely him). Meaning that the product has been arrived in Indonesia. If seeing his technical specification, this product was indeed aimed directly "head to head" with Asus Eee PC. Design had the uniqueness personally compared to the design that has been begun by Asus. However disappointment continue to in the screen that still with the "strange" dimension in the style of DVD portable player that is 1024 x 600 (that was worn standard normal PC was 1024 x 768). However Aspire One succeeded in maintaining the price continued to be covered. The price of the SSD version 8 GB with Linux Linpus Lite was in USD 379 (hopefully the source of information was straightened by me).

The technical specification that succeeded in being gathered by me from various sources:
* 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 of LED-backlit display
* 1.6GHz atomic Intelligence of N270
* 512MB DDR2 SDRAM (expandable)
* 1,3 megapixel camera
* SDHC and the multi-format of the media readers
* 802.11b/g, Ethernet, three USB 2,0, VGA, and 3.5mm audio out
* One free mini PCI slot for WWAN
* 80GB hard drive (with XP) or 8GB solid state (with Linux)
* 2,5 or 5 hours ounce 3 or 6-cell batteries in XP the model, 3 or 7 hours ounce Linux
* 1kg (2,2 pounds)
* available in four colors - sapphire blue, seashell white, golden brown and coral pink
* the price $ 379 for Linux, $600 for Windows XP.

Along with was the direct photograph from Aspire One side by side with Eee PC 901 (saw the picture was supervised by this news). Several news mentioned that this product was aimed at will be sold by 6 million units in 2008, higher than the Eee target that only 5 million. Indeed the network of the distribution worldwide Acer far more stronger compared to Asus. Moreover after Acer bought Gateway in USA. But, the limitations of spare parts apparently will obstruct the achievement of the target sold that. Why could this UMPC product be so cheap? One of them was the use of this strange measurement screen. The dimension screen so was the screen that was used in portable DVD player that has been produced mass so as the price could be far more cheaper. Afterwards also the SSD use (solid state the disk) that was technology flash that was cheaper compared to traditional hardisk.
At this time the UMPC market increasingly solid the competition, very good for the community. Along with the players who have entered:

Asus Eee PC 901 and 1000, the Cloudbook Max netbook, Elitegroup apostr s G10IL mini-laptop, MSI apostr s Wind low-cost laptop, Giga-byte apostr s M912X mini-laptop, and Acer apostr s Aspire one, and of course should not forget the pioneer OLPC (one laptop per child) from Nicholas Negroponte.

The mini product laptop the MOBILE PHONE did not enter here because although spec technical entered, but his price a sky...