Monthly Archives: August 2009

Apple fixes MacBook hard drive noise

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For those customers of Apple who have found that their hard drives have been making more noise than normal, then a fix is on its way. This only affects the computer with MacBook Pros with the 7200 rpm hard drive; these were introduced after June 2009. The hard drive update 2.0 software update is available through the Apple update service or from the Apple support downloads page here.

 

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The Lenovo Idea Pad S12 launch is delayed

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The nice looking S12 with NVIDIA ION from Lenovo looks as if it is going to be delayed until the launch of Windows 7 from Microsoft in October, this is just the latest in a long line of delays that has led us to this point where anyone waiting for one of these machines. To make the whole thing even more confusing, it is believed that Lenovo is planning several versions of the ION powered S12.

 

Specs:

12.1 inch screen

1 GB of RAM

160 GB SATA hard drive

Six-cell battery

VIA Nano ULV 2250 processor

800 MHz FS

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The Toshiba Satellite 15.4” laptop

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Toshiba is a brand that offers the consumer solid performance as well as impressive features that is the answer to the busy computer user dreams. The L305 is great for viewing movies, gaming and photos, while the business user or student can use this for either purpose, as this is capable so handling virtually anything that is thrown at it.

 

Product Features

15.4-Inch (Diagonal) Widescreen TruBrite TFT LCD Display, 1280×800 Resolution

2.0 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 with 1MB L2 Cache

4096MB DDR2 System Memory, 320GB

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The HP Pavilion 12.1” tablet

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These HP computers offer the user a way of having the best of all worlds, it is a laptop, tablet and convertible too. What more could the computer user want with a laptop, as this will allow the user to carry out a whole range of different tasks all on the one machine. The user also gets to the additional security features such as built in fingerprint reader.

 

Product Features

12.1-inch (Diagonal) Widescreen Integrated Touch Screen, Convertible Display 1280 x 800, Panel Rotates 180 Degrees and Folds Flat

2.10 GHz AMD Turion X2 ZM-80

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MSI launches the Wind U210

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The Wind U200 is still to make it into Europe, but strangely, MSI have decided to launch two variants of the U200, the MSI Wind U210-002 and the MSI Wind U210-010 these are basically the same apart from the memory.

 

Features:

MSI Wind U210-002 Technical Specifications:

Processor: AMD Athlon Neo MV-40, 1.6 GHz, 512KB L2 cache, 800MHz HT

Memory: 1GB DDR2

Screen: 12.1 inches

Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon X1250, Hyper Memory (integrated)

Hard Disk: 160GB SATA 5400 rpm

Networking: Wi-Fi 802.11b / g, 10

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The Kohjinsha 11.6” convertible tablet

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This is the brilliant 11.6 inch convertible tablet from Kohjinsha, it comes under the EX range and in fact this is the EX6 version it comes fully kitted out with all that you would expect from a top of the range computer.

Features:

EX6 convertible tablet with 1366 x 768 pixels slathered

11.6 inch LED-backlit capacitive resistive touch screen

1.6 GHz Atom N270 and 945GSE chipset

2 GB of memory

160 GB of disk

802.11n Wi-Fi

Gigabit Ethernet

A pair of front and back-facing cameras

2600mAh b

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The Toshiba 10.1” for $344!

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Looking for a netbook deal?  Then you may be interested in the Toshiba 10.1” NB205-N210, this is available from Buy Dig at just $344 with free shipping, now that is cheap!

 

Features:

Intel Atom Processor N280

Genuine Windows XP Home Edition (SP3)

1 GB DDR2 800MHz memory

160 GB HDD (5400rpm)

10.1 inch widescreen WSVGA TruBrite Backlit LED (1024 x 600)

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Toshiba Satellite 16” laptop

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This is one of the most versatile laptops around now; it works just as well for business and as it does for the home user. It has an attractive design that is very appealing to users as it has some nice little features like high gloss make the laptop look as if it would be much more costly than it actually is.

 

Spec Check

16-inch LCD screen

2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 processor (Centrino 2)

320 GB hard drive

4 GB RAM (maximum)

Dual-layer DVD±R drive with Label Flash

Draft-N Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)

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The 10.1” memory foam netbook case

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The case is made by Case Crown and it has been specifically designed for the Acer Aspire One 10.1” memory pouch, it even has support bands inside for the netbook. However, this has a memory foam interior and that means that the netbook is going to be safe from any knocks and bumps.

 

Technical Details

Fits Acer Aspire One 10.1″ Mini-Notebook 6 Cell Battery model

Light weight protection for laptop

Premium Quality Shock Absorbing Memory Foam Pouch

Font Pouch to carry charger and mouse

Light and slim compact

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