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Acer Laptops - Before You Buy, Review The Brand - How Does Aspire Differ From TravelMate Or Ferrari?

Written by oneself on 6:00 PM

By: Christophe Catesson

About Acer

Acer Inc. can be referred to be amongst the most ancient electronics companies as far as computer industry is concerned. It was founded by Stan Shih in the year 1976. Originally, it was named 'Multitech' then. 'Acer' was the name acquired later. The present scenario is such that it's a leader in the corporate world of Taiwan and as such, is the 3rd largest manufacturer of computers, followed by HP, Dell.

Products

Acer is known for giving what you robust protducts, at a cheap price, with no compromise on the quality front. The product range of Acer is inclusive of notebooks, desktops, PDA, portable tablet personal computers, display monitors, software and hardware solutions. Acer laptops and display monitors have always been on the top of different review sites and listings.

Laptops

Acer laptops have a number of variants depending upon market trend as well as technology. Series presented by Acer include Tablet PC Series, TravelMate series, Extensa series, Ferrari series, and Aspire series. The 'Acer Aspire' series is the most renowned and broadly used all through the world. All novel Gemstone variants have been highly stylish. Moreover, they come with 'High Definition Dolby Digital Sound System'. These series begin with 4520. The newest model on the hands is Acer Aspire 8920 model. Let's have a look at the currently available Acer laptops.

The Aspire and Extensa are essentially the "entry level" lines. While they are not equipped with the fastest processors or biggest hardrives, the Aspire deliver a very acceptable overall speed if you are an "average user" meaning that you are not an avid gamer or heavy database user. For that matter if most of use is web surfing, email, word processor, spreadsheet... type of activity, chances are that you would barely notice a difference with faster and more expensive laptops. One thing though, make sure you have at least 2GB of RAMs to ensure good speed; it is a mystery to me that companies still sell laptops with less than 2 GB when using Microsoft Vista, the cost saving is not worth the potential speed loss.

The TravelMate series has been designed especially for business travelers and professionals. These series would give you an extended reliability, along with light-weight notebooks with the highest securities. The TravelMate series begins with the models between 2480 and 8210. Let certain models be looked into.

The Ferrari can be considered to be one of the major hits in the laptop arena. Acer has partnered with Ferrari to deliver high-end products with exciting features and a great look. These laptops have a sporty style. Models available include Ferrari 1000, 4000, and 5000. The cost range is reported to vary between $1800 and $4000.

Conclusion

In short, Acer delivers good to great quality and its pricing strategy is very aggressive on the Aspire, Extensa and TravelMate lines. The Ferrari line is more targeted to high end users on one hand but also and maybe mostly for user who like fashionable laptops (similar in that sense to the MacBook Air users). Acer is rapidly expanding in the laptops market and will most likely prove to be formidable leader in the years to come.

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Comparing Asus Vs. Other Mini NoteBooks (NetBooks)

Written by oneself on 8:03 AM

If you are interested in a small, cheap and durable computer then you will probably be very interested in Netbooks, which are also known as subnotebooks, and mini notebooks. First let's start by comparing a few of the most popular models:

Asus EEE PC: 7-10" Display, Linux/XP, 900MHz (Celeron/Atom), 2-80GB, 512MB - 2GB

HP Mini Note 2133: 8.9" Display, Linux/Vista, 1-1.6Ghz, 4-120GB, 512MB - 2GB

Cloud Book: 7" Display, gOS, 1.2Ghz, 30GB, 512MB

NoahPad: 7" Display, Linux, 1Ghz, 30GB, 512MB

People that are familiar with computers will already know about Asus, however if you know very little about a computer then you might not know who Asus is. This could be the major reason why the HP Mini Note computer is becoming so popular. Almost everybody will know who HP is; it's one of the most famous computer manufacturers in the world.

The HP Mini Note is a tiny computer which has an 8.9" screen, what's fantastic is that the keyboard is almost the same size as a normal keyboard which is a great achievement! These are available running Vista, or Linux. The HP 2133 is very competitively priced to compete against the EEE PC, and features a conventional hard drive rather than an SSD drive.

All of the major net books available feature Linux; however the HP and EEE PC also have windows options. On earlier EEE PC models it was possible to install XP yourself; newer models do include XP as standard. The HP 2133 computer is however a much more advanced computer which is capable of running Windows Vista.

If you're familiar with Linux then you will know that it's available in a number of different flavors, or distributions. The majority of these come with no support, however the operating system on the HP2133 is from Novell. The difference with this and other Linux operating systems is that they do offer support. Linux isn't always very easy to use, so the support will be very useful.

Make sure you check the specifications of the HP2133 sub notebook computer in your own country as the specs do seem to be varying in different countries. Be sure to check on the hp website and select your own country. This will make sure you know exactly what the computer will be like that you are purchasing.

Although there are many different netbook computers on offer, with many more being released on a regular basis the HP and ASUS are the most popular sub notebook computers on offer. I personally think that it's a tossup between these two computers. The two have slightly different specs, and the HP reportedly has a better build quality.

The newer ASUS models do have larger screens and better specifications; however the HP may still be your machine of choice.

Netbooks or subnotebook computers are a fantastic way to take your computer everywhere you go! They are almost as convenient as a PDA, but are fully featured computers.

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David Miller is a Technical Support Consultant with over 10 years of experience. For more information about Asus sub notebooks, visit Asus laptop at:http://www.pagerank10.co.uk/computers/asus_laptop_901_1000h


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Review Of HP, Sony, And Compaq Laptops

Written by oneself on 6:21 AM

by Ajeet Khurana

So do you prefer to call them laptops or do you prefer to call them notebooks. I am partial to notebooks as I never keep them on top of my lap. Jokes apart, purchasing a new notebook computer is really tough.

If you were to read the ads then each computer sounds better than the cat's whiskers. But when you look close, they all look similar. At least the similarly priced ones tend to be similar. So, is there really a difference between one laptop and another? Or should I say one notebook and another?

To answer this very question, I am going to look at three popular computers that are currently on sale and compare them. The read can then take this to be the starting point and evaluate many other options to find the one that works best for them.

First of all, let us consider the HP Pavilion DV6426US, a machine that I powered by the Intel Core Duo Processor T2450. This multithreaded architecture based micro processor is well optimized for multi-tasking based performance. The fact that this notebook comes installed with 1 GB RAM should help run many of the contemporary popular applications at a good speed. It has a 160 GB Hard Drive which is nothing spectacular, but should do the trick in most cases. And the bundled operating system is the Microsoft Vista Premium. And I really like notebooks that come with an integrated WebCam. This HP laptop sure has one of those. In the absence of such a webcam, attempting Video IM becomes a serious pain.

Second let us consider the Sony VAIO VGN-FZ140E/B. This laptop too is powered by a Duo Processor, in this case the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7100. It beats the HP one in terms of RAM, as it comes with 2 GB RAM. Its hard disk is bigger at 200 GB. So, if Freud was right and size does matter then, well, this one has the bigger Hard Drive. The duo-core multithreading micro processor will deliver performance similar to the HP machine. This laptop comes with Microsoft Vista Home Premium.

Finally let us look at the Compaq Presario F572US. Like both the previous machines, this one too has a 15.4" screen. Though it has a dual-core micro processor, the Compaq uses the AMD Athlon 64 Processor TK-53 and not an Intel based processor like the other two I wrote about. Also it has 1 GB RAM like the HP machine. Where I think it scores lower is in its hard disk capacity, a mere 80 GB. It also comes with the Microsoft Vista Premium.

All in all, the machines have pros and cons. I have not listed prices here, as they would change faster than I could type them out. But, make sure to look at the prices too.

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Mobile 3-D Internet

Written by oneself on 4:05 AM

By Shamil Nizamov

All types of blogs, peer-2-peer audio and video communication via the Internet, e-commerce... all of these no longer amaze anybody. The controversy around Web 2.0 or even Web 3.0 only confirms that the IT community is on the verge of changing from one Internet model to another, but nobody knows what kind of model is coming. Existing technologies, no matter how effective they are, are based on 10-20 years old ideas. Blogs for example were nothing more than personal diaries with a simplistic design, read only by people close to the writer. The latest features, including all kind of data aggregators like folksonomy, mashup, and widgets, ability to find pictures and, as Google promised, video - based on real content, not on descriptive textual tags - and an Internet browser being the only required application to work with an online virtual operating system [1] and on-line applications, perhaps that is all what we can expect in the nearest future.

At the same time, the recognizable trend of the Internet in recent years is a growing prevalence of video content, which is closely associated with technical progress, such as increasing bandwidth and continuously reducing cost of data storage. Real-time video broadcasting via the Internet, as did audio broadcasting some times ago, becomes less and less surprising, while the number of people who are using this opportunity is growing. Further development combines home-theatre and Internet systems, allowing users to order any movie on-line and in the future quite possibly develop a story by themselves.

Such evolutions of communication systems have had a direct impact on mobile systems. Mobile phones, smart phones, notebooks and game gadgets stepping on the heels of each other, and trying to wrest a piece of their rivals' or related systems' functionality. Continuing this trend it is quite possible to say that in the future all these devices will merge into one gadget, if not for one "but". Mobile devices show a particularly evident contradiction between usefulness and device dimensions. In order to be easier to use, the mobile device should as small as possible. As a result we are looking at a screen in the best case the size of a playing card and typing by means of 12 keys. A mobile phone is small. In turn, the notebook has a much bigger screen and a keyboard with 101 keys which is helpful to type blindly, but does not fit to the pocket. Engineers are trying to find a compromise solution creating pull-down, movable, twistable and other types of screens and keyboards, but they are not so convenient to use. Such contradictions may be formulated in the tradition of TRIZ [2] – "the system should be large enough to be easy to use, and should be sufficiently small to be easy to carry". At the first glance, this conflict cannot be resolved. Immediately, it comes to mind a screen folded as a newspaper that is being unfolded is either hard to read or hard to use, for example, a keyboard unfolded to roll over the knees or even sewed to trousers (there is even such patent [3]!) Hopefully, it is still possible to resolve such a conflict taking into account that the user needs an image itself, not just a means. That might lead to a small device that is projecting such an image to glasses' lens, or even directly to pupil. In this case the "screen" will became as large as a field of vision. Unlike a virtual reality helmet, such device is incredibly small in size. Furthermore, such compact devices already exist and are even available for the commercial use [4].

The same is happening with the keyboard. Readers can formulate the contradiction for the keyboard themselves. Instead of seeking the compromise between size and usability, it is possible to offer a crucial solution to the problem, namely a virtual keyboard. The device, worn on the wrist, tracks the movement of the fingers and the on-screen display shows where the fingers are now and what key is pressed or released. There are several solutions for that, the simplest one in the form of gloves [5], the other defined by the movement of muscles [6], or using the reflection of laser or sound beams [7]. It is important that hands in the case of the virtual keyboard remain free. For that reason, the mobile computer with a large screen and the keyboard with any number of keys, localizations and layouts may have the same size as mobile phones now. (If necessary, the central processing unit may be on a belt, in a bag, or even in a home wirelessly connected.)

For what other reason, except existing diversity of applications, could this individual mobile computer be used? Perhaps for 3-D broadcasting. Indeed, if our glasses' "monitor" can project separate images for each eye, it skyrockets the Internet to a new, hitherto unattainable level. 3-D movies, news, sport events and concerts – the user will be able to see them as if he directly participated in the event. Changes in software and hardware to provide this will be significant – new video codecs, further increase of bandwidth to provide the quality, editing and playback software.

As is often the case, many ideas seem to be science fiction and no one expect them to appear in the next hundred years. In the case of mobile devices, systems have not only come as ideas but have been already translated into actual devices, though they are not a single system yet. Possibly, the negotiation between separate device vendors and steps towards collaboration would benefit users, and be a new impetus in the development of mobile devices and the Internet.

References:
1. for example YouOS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouOS)
2. official TRIZ page
3. US patent 7,176,895
4. for example Lumus pd-20 (http://www.lumusvision.com)
5. US patent 6,885,316
6. for example Senseboard® Virtual Keyboard (http://www.senseboard.com)
7. US patent 6,097,374

Shamil Nizamov is a freelance writer based in Vancouver, BC. The area of interests includes photography, Web-development and e-commerce.

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