by Marsha on November 10, 2008
One of Notebook’s advantage compared with desktop computer is the convenience to be brought anywhere. But the benefits will be useless if the notebook battery over and over again ‘drop’. Many notebook users complain because of weak battery, and forced to carry a spare battery to support the notebook performance.
Indeed, ideally the notebook battery can be used for at least two hours, but there are some tips that can help you to increase the performance of the battery, so that the notebook battery to be more durable. The first step you should give more attention to the display monitor, the brighter the display, the more energy will be consumed. To reduce the power consumption, you should reduce the level of brightness on the display.
Another step can be taken to preserve your notebook battery is by stopping or Bluetooth or other wireless signal when it is not in use. The continuing use of Wi-Fi Connection can eat up the battery power.
wifi connection status
You should also pay attention to Power Management of your notebook to save the battery. If you use Windows XP, you can set the computer to use low power mode. Go to the control panel and select the power option in performance and maintenance. Then the option will appear as follows
power management
another step that should be considered is how you recharge your notebook battery. Shut down the notebook when the battery is being recharged. And if the battery is fully charged, then you are should immediately unplug the battery adapter.
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by Mick on October 30, 2008
ACER AS8930
ACER has announced new additions on their Notebooks products, it’s ACER AS8930 series. The new notebook has a 18.4 inch LCD disply with full HD resolution. Powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 (2.53GHz), up to 4 GB of memory, 480GB hard drive, a NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT. It’s awesome to play with any of your favorite games.
For connectivity , the ACER 8930 series you’ll also find a WiFi a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 2.0 plus some additional feature like Blu-ray, as harbors HDMI / eSATA and a webcam 1Mpix.
Scheduled to hit the market in November, to get one will cost you 210,000 Yens (1670€).
by Mick on October 22, 2008
toshiba X305
The Toshiba X305, has officially seen the light with specifications and price issue. At least if we want the top model range it will go for over $ 4,000.
However, the Toshiba X305, designed primarily for gamers with price tag ; $ 1,400, which is not bad if you consider that this is a portable 17-inch screen with a 1680 x 1050 pixels resolution and spectacular colors .
Toshiba X305 is all about Powerful Performance, The processor runs on a Core 2 Extreme QX9300 which accompanied by up to 4 GB of RAM and two DDR3 graphics card SLI NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS with 512 MB each.
The hard disk of these beasts is a more advanced combination. On the one hand we have a 128 GB SSD that comes with a SATA hard disk of 320 GB and can run 7,200 rpm.
The multimedia aspect, with such a power will bring computing experience to the fullest. Here we have a HDMI output and four Harman Kardon speakers