The All-New VAIO C Series Laptops – See the Difference

The All-New VAIO C Series Laptops – See the Difference

by phoebz on 23/02/11 at 12:01 pm

You don’t actually have to turn on one of the new VAIO C Series Laptops to see the difference – in an instant, you’ll see the glow. Yes, these laptops glow! Designed with a special light-emitting material, these newest additions to Sony’s VAIO line appear to glow, just like the glow-in-the-dark that kids often have in their rooms. Just look at the image and see if the modern lines shine. They do shine, right? And that even looks better if you see the real thing because you will notice the shine as the edges of the touchpad, lid, and VAIO logo radiate light.

Done with the looks, now let’s go to performance. Well, the new VAIO C Series Laptops certainly deliver much more because they are packed with the latest 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor. They also feature special built-in HD visual technology that sure brings ultimate entertainment experience. And since they are equipped with powerful AMD Radeon™ HD graphics card with up to 1GB VRAM, some C Series Laptops will certainly provide you with that killer graphics that you need, not to mention that blazing speed and efficiency. Now to ensure maximum battery life, they are made intelligent enough to increase or decrease power automatically with Intel’s Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. So even if you are on the go, the VAIO C Series laptop won’t run low on battery that fast.
So see the difference with Sony VAIO’s C Series Laptops. Want to view more options? Check out these Sony VAIO laptops at Amazon.

Apple iPad two will bring five innovations

Apple iPad two will bring five innovations

8:34 AM  Smkhanz  No comments

Our Chinese colleagues argue that the iPad 2 - successor to the most popular among Russians tablet Apple sells five new functions. In particular, a new Apple tablet will offer better mobility and will be able to video calls, port USB, a new screen technology, as well as three-axis gyroscope.

Perhaps the function of video calls (probably, FaceTime) is one of the most anticipated innovations, among which also means equipping the device smaller screen with support for the Retina and a thin protective glassHowever, for some users in the first place will clearly be the introduction of interface support USB, and for some even more freedom in the games due to triaxial gyroscope.

HP announces the TouchSmart 610 and 9300 reclining computers

I’m not certain why Hewlett-Packard chose to unveil these new computers after the hubbub of the Super Bowl, but they have a definite plan for these new style of computers.
The HP TouchSmart 610 Consumer PC and the HP TouchSmart 9300 Elite Business PC have the unique design that you see here, which enables the user to recline and dip the curved screen at a 60-degree angle. Each of them have a 23-inch 1080p HD display with a multitouch screen.
Hit the jump to find out more specs about each of the models.
The 610 has Intel or AMD and Intel processors with Hulu, Netflix, Rhapsody, as well as Twitter. It also features 16GB of RAM, 1 TB of storage, Blu-Ray optical drive, and Beats Audio Speakers. There is even a model that includes R.U.S.E., a strategy game by Ubisoft.
As for the 9300, it has Intel Sandy Bridge processors, Windows 7, 160GB solid-state drive, and 2 Megapixel webcam. My Source also says that the 9300 Elite is made for “hospitality, retail, and health care” industries in mind. I’m not certain what that means.
As of now, we know that the TouchSmart 610 will arrive in the United States on Wednesday this week for a price of $899.99. As for the TouchSmart 9300 Elite, it should be out in May, but we don’t have a price as yet.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d – Not recommended for gaming enthusiasts

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3D became quickly popular in the televisions but this technology is taking its own time in laptops and desktops. This is a bit surprising especially because the functional and tested 3D infrastructure has been around for a long time through Nvidia’s 3D Vision technology. I have seen only a couple of laptops with glasses and 3D hardware. Maybe its because gamers prefer consoles to laptops when it comes to gaming.
Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d that I got in my labs for testing is based on TriDef 3D technology which is the same as that on the  Acer Aspire 5738DG-6165 that I tested last year. Both these notebooks offer poolarized glasses instead of battery power active shutter glasses used on Nvidia 3D Vision notebooks and lots of other consumer 3D devices.

The cost of the Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d is $1,399 and it is priced quite reasonably for its components as the ATI Radeon 5730 graphics and  Intel Core i7 processor are quite high end. However, there are other products like the non-3D HP Envy 14 which starts at just $999 and a config closer to the Y560d will cost you $1,249. Also, there is Toshiba’s 3D Satellite A665-3DV which costs $1,599 and has similar specs along with Blu-ray drive and Nvidia’s 3D Vision hardware. The latter is much better for gaming.
The main problem on the Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d is that the TriDef 3D system works well but is not particularly impressive. You have to tilt the screen to an angle for running the apps through the third party app and this kills the performance. In my lab tests, the frames dropped drastically in the 3D mode. The sample games and videos that I tired gave good 3D experience but mostly, I had to close one eye or look away or squint.
Without the 3D feature, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d is an excellent high end notebook with nice design. However, if you don’t really need 3D, I would recommend you to take a look at other Lenovo IdeaPad laptops which are less expensive and give good great nice performance too.

Lenovo has always been generous in IdeaPad line’s design and it continues the tradition here too. Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d is far from the traditional office-oriented laptops from this manufacturer courtesy of the funky tribal tattoo on the lid. Apart from that, the design is quite similar to other systems like IdeaPad Y460. Both of these have a copper accent strip on the lid’s outer edge and on the inside, there is a mix of matte black buttons and black plastic which is not too glossy.
On the keyboard’s top, there is a row of touch sensitive buttons with backlighitng. A quick launch bar pops up when you slide your finger back and forth on it. There are assignable slots for the different apps. It is really cool but you will need some time to get used to it. Running the finger on the right part can even change the desktop background but I never got hang of it in my lab tests.

MSI GT663R Notebook

MSI has announced its most powerful gaming notebook GT663R (not available in market yet) equipped with Intel Core i-7 740QM Processor (4 Cores) and high performance GPU by Nvidia GTX 460M (1.5 GB Memory). RAM options are 6GB, 8GB and 12GB. Storage capacity option ranges from 320 GB to 1 TB. MSI GT663R assures you a full HD display with 1920×1080 resolution on screen size of 15.6 Inch. Providing you the Super Speed 2 ports of USB 3.0 along with option of Blu-Ray drive instead of DVD combo the MSI GT663R meets the real need of a GAMER !!!

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Fujitsu Announces Glass-Free 3D PC

It looks like the 3D frenzy is about to kick in among desktop computers as Fujitsu unveils the ESPRIMO FH/99CM, a PC that boasts of a naked-eye 3D monitor. The screen measures 23 inches and can display images in full HD quality. Specs include a Blu-ray drive, a 2GHz Core i7-2630QM processor, Intel H65 Express chip set, 4GB of memory, 2TB of storage, a bunch of USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports, and Windows 7 Home Premium.
The Fujitsu ESPRIMO FH/99CM will have its retail premiers in Japan on February 25 for about US$3,100.