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Luxurious and Fashionable Ego Bentley

allen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:28:31 +0000

Ego Bentley is an extravagant laptop for the high rollers who want nothing but the most stylish and fashionable unit they can find.

The car manufacturer, Bentley, makes each laptop unit and it cost around $20,000. You can expect the best materials used for such an ostentatious product. Each unit is handmade using fine leather and titanium chrome, hand stitching with the classic and traditional Bentley knurling handle.

Specs includes a 12-inch display screen with 2 GB of RAM, 160 GB hard drive, AMD Turion 64 processor, complete with 3 USB ports, VGA port, webcam, S-Video out, DVD-RW drive, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity for a total weight of around 6 pounds.

A Bentley laptop can be personalized to suit your own taste and ego.

What Windows should I have, Windows 7, XP, or Vista?

Dan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:25:02 +0000

XP, Vista, Or 7?

Microsoft has come out with many operating systems over the years starting with Windows for Work groups and with the latest Windows 7. Many improvements have been made to the last three Operating Systems – XP, Vista, and OS 7- to increase speed, liability, and user friendliness. Since the three operating systems have their differences, here’s some pros and cons about the three.

Windows XP was a great upgrade from windows 2000 that added a lot of security to the previous OS. XP is still widely in use in the home and business environment. The reason for which is that it’s a very secure, very device friendly operating system. XP is also the default operating system on net books because of the low system requirements. Windows XP has a long list of device drivers that work, unlike the newer Windows Vista or OS 7. And it has 16-Bit application support. The other major factor of windows XP is that it has very little hardware requirements. For example XP only requires a 300MHz processor and 128MB of RAM. The downside is that it only sees up to four gigabytes of RAM and has little 64-Bit support.

In the respects of Windows Vista, there are many people who say it has problems. Which, I cannot argue against. Truth is, the only real good things about Vista are the great looking User Interface and is easy to network. And you can’t complain about the 64-Bit support and large amounts of RAM you can install on a 64-Bit Vista system. The cons are that vista has a very limited list of device drivers vs. windows XP. So if you want to connect a lot of peripheral devices, you will most likely have some issues. Windows Vista has a minimum recommend requirement of two gigabytes of RAM to install and run, which can be a little expensive. There is no 16-Bit support whatsoever and has compatibility issues universally.

Now for the newly out Windows 7, commonly referred to as OS 7. Since this operating system is new, there are not a lot of user reviews on the product, not even the highly known site CNET has a lot of knowledge about it. Windows 7 is about the same as Vista when it comes to hardware requirements; the only difference is it requires less hard drive space to install. But on that note, OS 7 uses the system resources much better than Vista; if you have 4 gigs of ram OS 7 only uses 384MB of RAM to idle, versus Vistas 500MB+. Unlike Windows Vista, OS 7 has built in virtualization for running your system in XP mode. This allows you to install device drivers in XP so you can use older devices on your Windows 7 system. So now you have a 64-Bit system using small amounts of RAM, Supports many drivers, looks good, and is stable. With Windows 7 you’re getting only the best features of XP, and Vista in one.
One of the other great things about Windows 7 is its price compared to vistas high price. For the Upgrade to OS 7 home premium, the price is only $79. The clean install only costs $199. Vista to date is still $169, and only a month ago was selling for $199-$299 depending on the retailer or website. The only downside to Windows 7 that I can see is that it just came out. So we don’t know as much about it as previous operating systems.

3D Windows 7 laptop

Dan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:26:33 +0000

Quite a few Windows 7 devices are making their way onto the market at the moment, as the release date of the new Microsoft operating system is getting closer. These products are all basically just notebooks, as not a lot of them bring any innovative features. Acer tries to do stand out from the crowd with their new Aspire 5738DG.
Besides from being a very strong desktop replacement, the new Acer offering provides 3D entertainment. Of course, it can also display regular 2D applications, but it comes with a 15.6 inch 3D screen and glasses, for a fully tridimensional experience. Acer says that their laptop will make things look like they’re literally popping out of the screen, just like it happens in a 3D cinema. I’m sure it will increase employee productivity…
To make things even better, the notebook also includes Dolby Surround sound.
On the more common side, the specs look very good, too, including a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 4GB RAM memory, as well as a dedicated ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 graphics chipset.

Toshiba releases Windows 7 Touchscreen laptops

Dan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:51:09 +0000

Don’t get us wrong, touchscreen laptops are not a new thing at all. Some manufacturers released such models years ago, but the fact that Windows XP or Vista were not built for that type of thing made them pretty useless for the price. Everything is supposed to change with the release of Windows 7, an operating system that has a lot more support for touch displays.
Toshiba wanted to be one of the first to the punch, so they just released two new models that take advantage Windows 7’s abilities. The Satellite M505 and U505 Touch have just been released and, besides allowing users to browse through their files and zoom into their photographs with their fingers (plus much more), they have some interesting specs. Both use Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 4 GB of RAM and 500 GB hard drives. Unfortunately, gamers won’t be too happy to hear that they pack integrated Intel GMA graphic chips.
The M505 Touch is set for an October 22 release (its price is 950 $), while the U505 Touch will be available on November 1 (1050 $).
Contact thenewestgadget.com

Acer releases flagship mobile device

Dan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:52:04 +0000

Acer seems to have decided to play a more important part in the smartphone market, considering its latest offering. The S200 neoTouch has everything a demanding smartphone user could want. It’s a touchscreen device (3,8″ resistive) and it runs the newest version of Windows Mobile, 6.5. The resolution of the touchscreen doesn’t fail to impress, at 800 x 480 pixels.
Data transfer is handled via HSDPA and HSUPA and, if you want to take high-quality pictures, the S200 has a 5 megapixel camera, featuring autofocus and flash.
Since HTC has launched its TouchFLO interface, you can’t have a Windows Mobile device without the manufacturer’s touch. Acer wanted to keep up, so the device uses Acer UI 3.0, that allows a better finger operation.
We saved the best for last. The neoTouch S200 has a whopping 1 GHz Qualcomm CPU (helped by 256 MB of RAM memory). So far, only the Toshiba TG01 could claim such power. No pricing information at the moment.