Monday, November 28, 2011

BenQ Joybook A53 Review, Specs and Price

BenQ Joybook A53

The BenQ Joybook A53-BV09 finds itself outclassed by several of its competitors. Lacking the latest network connections and suffering from several usability issues, this device's only saving grace is a relatively large 160GB hard drive and a pleasing, simple design.

Featuring a 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 CPU, this laptop should be tearing its way through our benchmarks. Unfortunately, because it only has 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 256MB of which is eaten up by the SiS Mirage 3+ integrated graphics component of the motherboard, a bottleneck is created that greatly reduces the system's speed. You can get the BenQ Joybook A53 only $1,199.00. For more details about BenQ Joybook A53, please discussed below.

BenQ Joybook A53 Specifications :

Display
Diagonal Screen Size : 15.4"
Max Resolution : WXGA (1280x800)
Technology : 200nit brightness, UltraVivid widescreen display with 8ms response time

Processor (CPU)
Type : Intel® Core™2 Duo processor T7250
Speed :
FSB :
Cache :

Chipset
Type : SiS M672

Memory
RAM : DDRII-667 512MB and above (max to 2.0 GB)

Graphics Card
SiS Mirage™ 3+ Shared(max. to 256MB)

Storage
80/120/160/200 GB (5400RPM-SATA)

Connectivity
Modem : Built-in 56K/V.92
Ethernet (LAN): Built-in 10/100 Ethernet
WLAN : Built-in 802.11b/g(Worldwide countries)
Bluetooth :

Audio System
2 x Built-in 1.5W speakers
1 x Built-in Microphone
2 x Soundsystem channels
(1) Sound Blaster Pro Compatible
(2) HD Audio
(3) Noise Suppression & Echo Cancellation supported

Interface
3 x USB 2.0
1 x RJ-45 Ethernet port
1 x RJ-11 Modem port
1 x VGA port
1 x DC-IN
1 x Microphone-in
1 x Headphone-out

Optical Drive
(1)24X DVD/CD-RW Combo
(2)8X Super Multi (Support Double Layer)

Slots
Card Reader : 4-in-1 card reader: SD/MMC/MS/MS-Pro

Camera
Built-in 0.3-megapixel webcam

Power
Battery: 6-cell Lithium-ion Battery 53Whr (4800mAh)
Battery Life : 2.3hr

Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista® Business
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic

Dimension
Width : 360 mm
Depth : 260 mm
Height : 19 mm
Weight : 2.30 kg without battery

Multimedia Software
BenQ QMedia Bar, Nero Express, PowerDVD, Adobe Reader, WebCam Companion, Magic-I, Microsoft® Office Professional 2007 60-Day Free Trial (For Windows operating system only)

Virus & Tool Software
Anti-Virus Software

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Samsung Chromebook Series 5 Review, Specs and Price

Samsung Chromebook Series 5

Can a browser-based operating system unseat Windows in the budget notebook space? That's the hope with the Samsung Chromebook Series 5, the first commercially available notebook to feature Google's Chrome OS. Boasting a lightweight and attractive design, an impressive boot time, and 3G connectivity, the Series 5 is made for students and other consumers who don't need a lot of power. But does the $499 Samsung Series 5 deliver as much performance as similarly priced netbooks?

Inside the Samsung Chromebook Series 5 is a 1.66GHz Atom processor, 2 GB DDR3 RAM and a 16GB SSD. These power 12 “1280 × 800 non-bright 300 nits screen. Atom Processors in my experience are good only because they are low-power CPU and I never found a machine-based Atom is recommended. RAM is marketed as high-speed DDR3, but it is barely faster than DDR2. As for netbooks are less powerful than the machines last year Chromebook. For more details about Samsung Chromebook Series 5, please discussed below:

Samsung Chromebook Series 5 Specs and Features:

CPU: 1.66-GHz Intel Atom N570 Operating SystemGoogle Chrome

RAM: 2GB

RAM Upgradable to: 2GB

Hard Drive Size: 16GB

Hard Drive Speed: n/a

Display Size: 12.1

Hard Drive Typ: SSD Drive

Native Resolution: 1280x800

Optical Drive: None

Optical Drive Speed: n/a

Graphics Card

Video Memory: Shared

Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Model

Bluetooth

Mobile Broadband: Verizon EV-DO Rev A Touchpad Size3.8 x 2.6

Ports (excluding USB): Combo Headphone/Mic Jack; mini-VGA; SIM card

USB Ports: 2

Card Slots: 4-1 card reader Warranty/Support Size11.6 x 8.6 x 0.8 inches Weight3.2 pounds

Saturday, November 26, 2011

MSI X-Slim X460 Review, Specs and Price

MSI X-Slim X460

MSI recently expanded its ultraportable offerings with the addition of two last generation X-Slim notebooks. Although they're designed to be lightweight and compact, the MSI X-Slim X460 notebooks also strive to be powerful, courtesy of Intel's Sandy Bridge processors. The flagship model comes with Intel's Core i7-2630QM, packing the quad-core chip while boasting an 8-hour battery life.

There's also the X460DX, which can come configured with Core i3 or i5 processors and the Nvidia GeForce GT 540M GPU. Both the X460 and X460DX share the same dimensions using a 14" LED backlit screen. While ultraportable laptops generally carry a 12 to 13" display, MSI says the X460 strikes a fine balance between mobility and performance.

With enough power to put the average desktop PC to shame, the MSI X-Slim X460 flagship model costs roughly $1,100. Even so, that price tag makes the X460 one of the cheapest second-gen Core i7 notebooks money can buy. Meanwhile, the less-endowed X460DX can be found for around $750 with the Core i3-2310M, 4GB of RAM, a 500GB HDD and the Nvidia GeForce GT 540M. For more details, Please see the full specs below.

MSI X-Slim X460 specs and Features :
The MSI X-Slim X460 have a DVD burner, SD card, three USB ports (two of them are USB 3.0), microphone and headphone ports, Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI and VGA. A removable 65-watt-hour battery is seated at the back of the laptop. In our test, run-down, where it disables power management, Wi-Fi (it has a 2.4 GHz Intel Centrino Wireless-N Adapter 1030), optimize display brightness and a video loop encoded by Xvid activate the X460 lasted 3 hours 35 min. It’s a good endurance for a laptop with a 14in quad-core Core i7, and you can get a whole lot more out of it if you lower the brightness, and perform only basic tasks of the Internet and word processing.

For its size, the MSI X-Slim X460 is not as small as other 14in notebooks we’ve seen in recent times as the Acer TravelMate 8481G, and the Dell XPS 14Z, both of which claim to frame 14in monitor that is portable usually 13in screen. It does not mean MSI is huge, is only half the depth and width cents more than the laptop, and is slightly thicker than its shoulders. About 2 kg, do not feel too heavy, but it is not provided substantial power brick (130mm long, often 56 mm in width and 30mm).

Gateway M255-E Review, Specs and Price

Gateway M255-E

Gateway of the leading manufacturer of laptop has announced another Gateway series laptop model named Gateway M255-E. This is our second look at Gateway's light yet powerful business laptop, the M255-E, in six months. Our evaluation unit's updated processor and RAM boosted it to the top half among currently tested all-purpose notebooks.

Our test model came with a 2-GHz Core 2 Duo T7200 processor and 1GB of DDR2-667 SDRAM. It earned a WorldBench 5 score of 100, 10 percent better than the mark of 90 earned by our previous review unit equipped with 512MB of DDR2-667 SDRAM and the now-discontinued 2-GHz Core Duo T2500 chip. Notebooks similar in configuration to our current M255 received slightly higher scores but not enough to make a real difference in speed. You can get the Gateway M255-E only $1249. For more details about Gateway M255-E, please discussed below:

Gateway M255-E Specs and Features:

Processor: Intel Yonah Core Duo T2500 (2.0 GHz/2MB L2 Cache)

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Hard Drive: 60 GB SATA @ 5400RPM (manufactured by Fujitsu)

Screen: 14.1" WXGA Ultabright Widescreen (1200 x 800)

Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

RAM: 512MB DDR2 SDRAM @533 MHz (2 x 256MB)

Optical Drive: 24x CD-RW/DVD-ROM

Battery: 6-cell lithium ion

Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 a/b/g

Weight: 5.47 lbs

Dimensions: 1.39" (H) x 13.38 " (W) x 9.76" (D)

Ports/Slots: 1 IEEE 1394 (FireWire), 4 Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0), 6-in-1 removable memory card reader, 1 Type II PC Card Bus Slot, VGA monitor out port, S-video out, RJ-45 Ethernet LAN, RJ-11 modem, headphone/speaker jack, microphone connector

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Ferrari FF

Idos são os tempos em que as marcas restringiam sua atuação aos mercados nos quais já tinham fama consolidada, com cada vez mais exemplos de mudanças. BMW e Porsche com os SUVs X5 e Cayenne, Mercedes-Benz com os compactos da smart, VW com o luxuoso Phaeton, Land Rover com o urbano Evoque, e agora a marca de Maranello cometendo duas subversões de uma só vez. É o caso de um produto que destoa das outras Ferrari, mas que analisada sozinha acaba mostrando todo o nível de uma legítima… Ferrari.

A primeira enorme diferença se vê no exterior, e na verdade já tem até certa tradição. Afinal, a “Ferrari Four” é sucessora da 612 Scaglietti, e esta era conhecida por aliar o tempero de um superesportivo ao visual e requinte de um carro de alto luxo, capaz de levar quatro pessoas com conforto. Não tem como deixar de notar como as linhas do modelo apresentam clara sintonia com as últimas tendências da marca, fazendo lembrar a 458 Italia. Mas o caso da FF acaba sendo unir o conceito da 612 à elegante carroceria shooting brake. É como se fosse uma perua, mas com duas portas e usando o teto bem rebaixado para manter a esportividade.

As origens desta carroceria alongada vêm de dois séculos atrás, quando o objetivo era alojar instrumentos longos no porta-malas, como armas e outros materiais para caça. E é justamente a fidelidade a estas origens que motiva a segunda quebra de paradigmas. Como é um carro desenhado para levar magnatas a lugares mais inóspitos, a FF responde ao ser o primeiro modelo de sua marca a oferecer tração integral, garantindo excelente aderência em situações de neve ou areia como as das fotos.

Porém, engana-se redondamente quem pensa que a Ferrari tentou criar um utilitário. Sua tração integral tem apenas a finalidade de permitir que ela trafegue por terrenos em que um modelo de tração traseira jamais conseguiria. Além disso, tem como duvidar que se trata de um legítimo esportivo com o V12 6.3 que ela traz? Usa injeção direta e gera 660 cv a 8 mil rpm, força suficiente para levá-la de 0 a 100 km/h em 3s7 e velocidade máxima de 335 km/h. Trazida ao Brasil pela importadora oficial, Via Itália, esta Ferrari chega pelo estratosférico preço de R$ 2,7 milhões.

Toshiba Portege Z835 Review, Specs and Price

Toshiba Portege Z835

The Toshiba Portege Z835 is a real winner in the Ultrabook category and offers great build quality, battery life and good performance at a fair price. This $899 Best Buy exclusive features a 13.3-inch display, 128GB solid state drive, backlit keyboard and six hours of battery life. Read our take to find out what makes this Ultrabook really impressive. The Toshiba Portege Z835 (also called the Z830) is an Ultrabook, a new class of notebook computers characterized by their thinness, light weight, and use of Intel Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) processors.

The thinness of Ultrabooks prevents them from packing much beyond the bare essentials. Fortunately the Toshiba Portege Z835 makes what space is available count; it has full-size HDMI and VGA-out ports as well as a single USB 3.0 port. The Toshiba Portege Z835 lacks ExpressCard and DisplayPort. For more details information about specs and features of Toshiba Portege Z835 you can read, below :

Toshiba Portege Z835 Full Specs and Features :

Display

Display size	13.3 inches
Maximum resolution	1366 x 768
Display type	Glossy LCD with LED Backlight

Processor

Processor class	Intel Core i3
Processor model	2367M
Processor speed	1.4 MHz
Number of Cores	2
Cache size	3 MB

Graphics

Graphics Type	Integrated
Integrated Graphics Chipset	Intel
Integrated Graphics Chipset Model Number	HD Graphics 3000

Memory

Installed memory	4 GB
Maximum memory	6 GB
Memory technology	DDR3

Storage

Hard Drive Type	Solid-State Drive
Total HD Size	128 GB
Number of hard drives included	1
Other Storage	SD/MMC Card SDHC Card

Networking

Ethernet Type	10/100/1000 Mbps
Wifi Type	802.11 n/b/g

Interface Connections

Number of USB 3 Ports	1
Number of USB 2 Ports	2
Video Interfaces	HDMI VGA

Dimensions

Weight (min)	2.4 pounds
Weight (with accessories)	3 lbs
Width	12.4 inches
Depth	8.9 inches
Height	0.8 inches

Software

Operating system

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Other Features

Built-In Speakers	Stereo
Docking Station Port	No
Devices	Built-In Microphone Built-In Webcam
Energy Star compliant	Yes
Input devices	Keyboard (backlit) Touchpad (multitouch)

HP Pavilion Dv6-6163cl Review, Specs and Price

HP Pavilion Dv6-6163cl

The HP Pavilion dv6-6163cl laptop is a comprehensive general public good. For a reasonable price ($ 799.99 list at Costco), 15.6-inch model provides a modern setting, based on the new Intel Core i5-2430M processor, which is paired with 6 GB of memory altogether. The HP Pavilion Dv6-6163cl also has an aluminum frame that is stronger and smarter than your plastic laptop on average. Beats Audio is also on board, resulting in exceptional audio and integrated speakers, especially when using headphones. And because this model is sold at Costco, which is backed by a two-year warranty, double the coverage of the average mobile consumer. For more details, Please see the full specifications of the HP Pavilion Dv6-6163cl below :

HP Pavilion Dv6-6163cl Full Specs and Features :

The only feature that allows the HP Pavilion dv6-6163cl do the trick as a portable home entertainment Kick-Ass is the addition of Beats Audio. It dramatically improves the sound, if you listen to the speakers of the laptop or a headset. The laptop does not have the usual pair of speakers, but four speakers. Both are behind the grill in the upper keys, and two are on the front edge of the laptop. The HP Pavilion Dv6-6163cl is based on the Intel Core i5-2430M processor, a new second-generation Sandy Bridge processor clocked at 2.4GHz. With Intel Turbo Boost, it can crank up to 2.7GHz. The laptop also features 6GB of memory and integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics. Its score of 2,442 on PCMark 7 outpaced the 2,066 that the Lenovo IdeaPad V570-SE16FX/S achieved, which uses a slightly older and slightly slower 2.3GHz Core i5-2410M processor.

With Intel's integrated graphics will not be error HP Pavilion Dv6-6163cl for a gaming machine. It 'been able to collect only 15.6 frames per second (fps) in our Crysis test, and only 18 fps in Lost Planet 2, both tests to drive a modest resolution of 1024 x 768. Laptop can not post respectable results, however, 3DMark06, scoring 4863 1024 x 768 resolution comparison, the IdeaPad V570-SE16FX / S to use the Intel HD graphics 3000, and it was not until 4414, once again shown to improve the performance of the core i5 2430M chip offers.

Despite the use of a standard CPU voltage, the HP Pavilion Dv6-6163cl become a score of battery life on MobileMark 2007. With a 6-cell (55Wh) battery, which ran for 6 hours 6 minutes, beating the time of the IdeaPad V570-1066A9U 4 hours 41 minutes.

Although it costs a bit more than competing models, it is difficult to argue against the HP Pavilion Dv6-6163cl. Other than the mouse buttons clacky, we have no quibbles about the design that is both hard and smooth thanks to the use of aluminum. Characteristics that one would have liked to see Bluetooth and dedicated graphics, but it is rare to find a $ 800 laptop with dedicated graphics. As configured, it delivers application performance very competitive price.

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