Averatec 7100
Oddly big in comparison to most of the Averatec notebooks I have been able to see and try out the Averatec 7100 has a widescreen 17 inch display. BIOS takes a look at it, and gives a run down of its features.
Averatec has announced its largest form factor laptop to date with the introduction of the 17-inch widescreen 7100 Series.
Powered by AMD’s Turion 64 mobile technology, the 7100 Series promises an outstanding digital entertainment experience coupled with high-performance processing designed to handle today’s demanding business applications.
With its sleek black styling, trim 1-inch profile and weighing in at an industry-light 3.2kg, the 7100 Series features a super-bright 17-inch WXGA widescreen display with AveraBrite technology.
Maxtor OneTouch III
Maxtor has released a mini version of its popular OneTouch external hard drive line.
The Titanium metallic paint finished Maxtor OneTouch III, Mini Edition weighs seven ounces (200g), and is equipped with black rubber side panels molded to fit above the housing on all sides, providing non-skid “feet” as well as added vibration protection.
According to Maxtor is the first mobile storage solution in the industry that comes fully loaded with the latest software innovations to protect and manage digital content, including automated backup, data encryption, data synchronisation and System Rollback to restore applications and operating system while keeping digital files current.
The Maxtor OneTouch III, Mini Edition includes Sync, a software feature that automatically synchronises files between two or more computer systems on the same operating platform.
The Maxtor OneTouch III, Mini Edition comes in a 60GB or 100GB capacity and connects to a Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP computer via a USB2.0 port and will be out this May.
Source: Pocket-lint
Averatec 3715-EH1 Review
BIOS reviews the Averatec 3715-EH1, a smaller size machine with a 12.1 inch LCD and Averatec’s signiture white styling.
The 3715-EH1 is far from a mobile powerhouse but it’ll fly through most office tasks and general day-to-day computing duties. Processing power is provided courtesy of AMD’s Sempron 3000+ (1.8GHz), along with 512MB of DDR333 (PC2700) memory and an 80GB hard disk drive (4200rpm). The Sempron is a budget processor - similar to Intel’s Celeron chips in many respects - so don’t buy this machine expecting it to handle heavy number crunching. An internal dual-format DVD RW drive adds to the hardware setup, along with VIA’s UniChrome Pro IGP GPU (uses 32MB shared system memory) and AC ’97 v2.1 compliant PCI soundcard.
In the end they say that the included features could easily be bested, and give the Averatec 3715-EH1 one point above average at six out of a possible ten.
Rock Pegasus 550N Review
BIOS has a look at the Rock Pegasus 550N, an Intel Core Duo powered notebook with an integrated 1.3 megapixel web camera.
The black-and-silver Pegasus 550N offers a respectable balance of features and performance, but it’s far from being the best business laptop or even a decent multimedia workstation - mainly thanks to the basic Intel Graphics Media Accelerator. The 15-inch SXGA+ (1400×1050-pixel) display is bright enough for most duties and a battery life of around 3 hours makes it reasonably well suited to professionals on the move. At just 2.5kg (333×276x33mm), the Pegasus 550N is also light on the shoulders.
In the end the laptop only comes up a bit better than average with a 6.5 out of 10 rating. It lost marks thanks to the middle of the road specs, lack of Bluetooth or security options, and the lack of 3G wireless.
HP Pavilion dv8000z Review
I am not a big fan of multimedia laptops, they are bulky, and not very portable. Usually their battery life is so short you only get to watch a single movie on them before they need to recharge, but the reviewers at Laptop Magazine recently reviewed the dv8000z from HP, and they liked it.
The 17-inch screen is a beauty. Its glossy finish is great for watching movies, but it tends to reflect ambient light. It’s also true high definition and offers Ultra BrightView technology, meaning the screen has a second backlight. If you’re like us, you’ll find yourself turning down the brightness for office applications and turning it up to watch video. Movies look sharp and crisp in the 1440 x 900 widescreen format.
They give the over $2000 laptop a four out of tive, and an editors choice stamp of approval, though the HP Pavilion still does have all the negatives I mentioned before.
Itronix Hummer Laptop
Laptop Magazine has a review up on the Itronix Hummer, and interesting tough notebook
If you’ve always thought Hummers were sweet, or garish, you’ll most likely feel the same way about this notebook. Taking a page from its vehicular namesake, the Hummer laptop is designed to stand out from the crowd. Our test unit was clad with a bright, eye-catching yellow and black lid. Along the spine of the laptop is a no-nonsense handle that makes it easy to carry without a case. The top panel has two prominent bulges protecting some impressive wireless equipment.
This notebook doesn’t only look tough. The Hummer passed the arduous MilSpec 810F tests for extreme temperatures, humidity, and vibration. As a semi-rugged system, this laptop can withstand a 30-inch drop and a 100-ml water spill, but not the grueling 36-inch drop test and more intensive water tests outlined in the MilSpec 810F protocol for true rugged notebooks.
The Itronix Hummer got a four out of five on Laptop Magazines review scale, with the last point nocked off for a short warranty, dim screen and the weight.
Acer Aspire 1652WLMi Review
Pocket-lint looks at the Acer Aspire 1652WLMi, a large machine, at a reasonable price.
We have to ask ourselves, how much do you think you need to spend on a notebook and still get a machine that manages to do what we need from it? Well, Acer would like us to think its £749 (inc. VAT) and they’d be right.
After all, the Aspire 1652 manages to deliver on a number of points. First off, you get a 15.4-inch screen that comes with a glossy coating, so even if you’re watching some old black and white movie on DVD, you’ll be able to see just how black and white it actually is. That said, this wasn’t the brightest Super-TFT screen we’ve seen, as you’ll need to turn it to full brightness to get the best image quality.
In the end it manages to earn itself an eight out of ten on their review scale, which in my opinion is very good for an Acer laptop.
AMD Highest Profit Since 2000
With the new Intel Core Solo and Intel Core Duo processors, as well as Intel’s Pentium M line, many people forget that there is a competing company in AMD with its Turion chips.
Advanced Micro Devices, the world’s second-largest maker of chips that run personal computers, posted its biggest profit in more than five years in the first quarter.
Net income was $184.5 million, or 38 cents a share, after a loss of $17.4 million, or 4 cents, a year ago, the company said yesterday. Sales gained 8.6 percent, to $1.33 billion.
Analysts said the company’s increased sales were coming from its Opteron chip for server computers and in its Turion chip for laptops, which competes with the Centrino chip made by the Intel Corporation, the largest chip maker.
Source: The New York Times
MacBook Pro as a Mac and a PC
Anandtech has a great article up where they take Basecamp for a spin and talk about the use of a dual-boot MacBook Pro that can load up into OS X 10.4 and Windows XP.
Early on in my Mac experience I would’ve done anything to be able to run Windows, and I’ve heard the same request from many users looking to give Macs a try but are worried that they won’t be able to do everything they do today with their PCs. Boot Camp and Parallels’ Workstation 2.1 are the best transition tools you could hope for, so now there’s really no longer an excuse not to give it a try. While I’d like to see a more polished set of drivers for Windows XP included in Boot Camp, it’s a start. To Apple’s credit, the application is still in beta and isn’t supposed to be released until OS X 10.5; that being said, it seems like the problems that do exist with Boot Camp wouldn’t take much time to fix at all.
I really can’t wait to try a MacBook Pro and Basecamp to see what the experience is like. I have seen videos of people playing Counterstrike on their Apple computers.
MacBooks to be Colorful?
There is currently a rumor on AppleInsider that the MacBooks might have colored/patterned cases to try to appeal to people much like the old iMacs in their various colors did.
People often familiar with the tight-lipped company’s ambitions say current plans call for the Mac maker to introduce the MacBook in colors other than white. Apple has reportedly been guarding the colored models closer than the notebooks themselves, in area of its labs privy to only a select few of its elite, these people say. Therefore, it’s unclear precisely what colors the company will ultimately approve for production and if it will indeed offer a black model like it does with its iPod and iPod nano digital players.
Still, the most reliable information appears to point to at least two colored MacBook models. Unlike the 90’s when Apple jazzed up its iMacs in semi-translucent plastics, the colored MacBooks are more likely sport solid-shade, sleek enclosures similar to the company’s professional MacBook Pro laptops. In fact, those people familiar with prototypes of the forthcoming notebooks say their overall design is reminiscent of the MacBook Pro, only “comfortably smaller.”
If it’s true, what color or pattern would you like on yours? I think it would be really nice to be able to put the Bloggy Network corporate logo on the outside of the notebook.
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