Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Acer Aspire 5720z Gemstone Notebook

The Acer Aspire 5720z Gemstone Blue Laptop is powered by 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo C.p.u. T2390 featuring 2 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB, Intel 965GML express chipset mainboard,6 cell laptop batteries, 2-GB  of DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (upgradeable to 4 GB using two soDIMM modules), 250-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard disk drive and 8X Super Multi Dual Layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.

Weighing about 3.0 kg with power pack the Acer Aspire 5720Z Gemstone laptop PC Acer Btp-43d1 Battery is equipped with 15.4-inch (39.1 cm) WXGA Widescreen Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD display with high brightness 200nits, and 16ms response time, powered by integrated integrated 3D graphics, Intel Graphics Media Accelelerator GMA 950 graphics chipset with upto 358-MB shared video memory with Intel Dynamic Video Memory v4.0 technology supporting Microsoft DirectX 9.0 offering uttermost of 1280 x 800 pixel screen resolution in 16.7 million colors at 16:9 aspect ratio.

Sophisticated looking new Acer Lip-6198qupc Battery Acer Aspire 5720Z Gemstone laptop sports a new design with eye-catching features like the multi-layered, shimmering 3D finish, contrasting textures, a chic blue, black and silver colour scheme, and interior/exterior lighting effects.

The Acer Aspire 5720Z Gemstone laptop is equipped with embedded Intel PRO/Wireless 3945BG network connection offering dual-mode 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN connection. In addition, it also comes with integrated 10/100 mbps Ethernet LAN card for wired networking, integrated 56 kbps v.92 fax/modem. The Gemstone Blue computer also offers internal Bluetooth v2.0+EDR (enhanced data rate) wireless connection.

Acer Aspire 5720Z also sports built-in Acer OrbiCam VGA resolution CMOS webcam and internal microphone providing easy video conferencing option via VoIP and video Instant Messenger chats. The Acer Crystal Eye webcam supports enhanced Acer PrimaLiteT technology for superior low-light performance.

The Acer Aspire 5720Z laptop PC and Acer Aspire 1357lci Battery comes equipped with two inbuilt Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers and two built-in Stereo Microphone. The laptop also sports Acer’s eAudio Management suite which allows one to optimize listening experience for movies, music or games. Easy-launch buttons offer one-touch access to important features.

Linux preinstalled Aspire 5720Z and Acer Aspire 2001wlm Battery is equipped with Intel High Definition audio and feature built-in Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers with Dolby Surround sound system and Built-in omnidirectional mike.

The Acer Aspire 5720Z Gemstone laptop goes with Linux preinstalled and offers several software on CDROM including Acer Empowering Technology – Acer eNet, ePower, eAudio, ePresentation, eDataSecurity, eLock, eRecovery, eSettings Management, Acer Arcade featuring Acer HomeMedia, Acer Crystal Eye, Acer GridVista, Acer Launch Manager, Acer Video Conference Manager, NTI CD-Maker and Acer GameZone.

The ExpressCard/54 slot offered by Acer Aspire 5720Z Gemstone laptop and Acer um09b7d Battery is the perfect outlet for expansion of storage, multimedia, communication and other products.

Acer Aspire 5720Z Gemstone laptop comes with Linux preinstalled. A first time non-tache buyer would find it touch to upgrade the linux version for enhanced functionality. Windows XP would suit most of non-techie users to start with.

Some other features of Acer Aspire 5720Z Gemstone laptop and Acer ASPIRE 5001WLCI Battery takes on Type II PC Card slot, S-video TV out, Intel High Definition audio with 2 built-in Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers and Built-in omnidirectional microphone.

Acer Aspire 5720Z laptop and Acer TRAVELMATE 4024WLMI Battery also features embedded 5-in-1 Media Card Reader which supports Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick (MS), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card (xD).

The Acer Aspire 5720Z Gemstone laptop attaches to 44.6W 4000 mAh Li-ion 6-cell battery pack which offers upto 2.5 hours battery life. Acer QuicCharge technology enables 80% charge in 1 hour or 2-hour rapid charge system-off. The Acer Acer Travelmate c310 Series Battery ePowerManagement allows user to choose the power management setting to extend the battery time.

I/O Ports

  3 x Hi-Speed USB v2.0 – 4 pin USB Type A

  ExpressCard/54 Slot

  Consumer infrared (CIR) port

  External display / video – VGA – 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)

  PC Card slot (Type II)
  S-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) port

  Line-in/microphone – mini-phone 3.5 mm

  Audio line-out/headphones – mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm

  Audio line-in – mini-phone 3.5 mm
  RJ-11 modem/fax/tel line

  Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX – RJ-45

  5-in-1 card reader (SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)

Acer Aspire 5720Z Gemstone Blue Laptop Specifications:

  Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T2390, 1.86 GHz speed
  2-GB DDR II SDRAM, 667 MHz (max 4-GB)

  250-GB Serial-ATA hard disk drive, 5400rpm

  8X Super Multi Dual Layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.
  2 MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB

  Intel 965GML Express chipset motherboard with integrated 3D graphics

Display & Graphic

  15.4-inch (39.1 cm ) WXGA TFT LCD with Acer CrystalBrite Technology, high brightness 200nits

  Intel Graphics Media Accelelerator GMA 950 graphics chipset with upto 358-MB shared video RAM, Intel Dynamic Video Memory v4.0 technology supporting Microsoft DirectX 9.0, 16.7 Million Colors

  1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution in 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio

Network & Communication

10/100/1000 mbps Ethernet LAN Card

  56kbps v.92 fax/modem

  Integrated Bluetooth v2.0+EDR Wireless connection
  Intel PRO/Wireless 3945BG WiFi 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN connection

Other Features

  Two built-in Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers, Dolby Surround Sound

  Acer OrbiCam VGA resolution Crystal Eye CMOS WebCam

  Built-in Microphone

  Dimension: WxDxH – 364 x 270.2 x 30.8 mm (back)

  5-in-1 card reader, supporting Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick (MS), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card (xD)

  Type II PC Card slot

  AC/MC 97 soundcard and modem

  44.6W 4800 mAh Li-ion 6-cell battery pack, 2.5 hrs backup

  Linux OS (preinstalled)
  Weight: 3.0 Kgs with 6-cell battery pack

Price and Availability

Acer Aspire 5720Z Gemstone laptop and Acer batelw80l8 Battery powered by Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T2390 and featuring 15.4-inch display, fingerint reader is available in India for the price of Rs. 37,599 with one year limited local and International Traveller’s (Carry-in) Warranty. Visit www.acer.co.in for more details.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Notebook Battery daily maintenance FAQ

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Needs AC Adapter to boot? The first step in troubleshooting your Dell Xps Gen 2 Battery is determining whether it can hold enough charge to boot the notebook. Will the laptop power up and run on the battery, or does the AC adapter which doubles as the laptop battery charger need to be plugged in? Modern notebooks usually have a whole array of status LEDs that will tell you if the laptop senses great power coming from the battery charger and whether or not the dell 5081P battery is charging. Unfortunately, there's no general standard for these LEDs, their colors or their actions. Note also that we're using the term "boot" rather loosely here. If the laptop powers up on battery, you can hear the fans and the drives, your troubleshooting problem lies elsewhere.

Life Of Battery Too Short? This is the main problem laptop owners complain about, and often for good cause. Older laptops applying Ni-Cad and early Ni-MH Dell Vostro 1320 Battery often ran for 2.5 to 3.5 hours when brand new, but within a month or so, would barely keep the notebook powered up for an hour. Newer laptops using Ni-MH and Li-ION batteries are much better, often holding onto a three hour life through hundreds of charge and discharge cycles. The first line of defense against complaints about Dell Studio 1435 Battery life by the manufacturers is always, "Did you charge and operate the battery according to the manual?" Unfortunately, different laptop manufacturers seem to disagree over how to best treat batteries of the same technology, and I wouldn't be surprised if the differences extend to different models from the same manufacturer.

If the laptop's Dell Inspiron 4150 Battery life has been slowly degrading over time, it's probably operating more or less in accordance with plan, but if you find the operating life shortened by more than 15% or 20% within the first few months, there's probably something wrong. Batteries of all technologies can be "trained" to perform poorly through non-ideal usage patterns, but the Li-ION Dell Inspiron 9300 Battery technology is pretty resistant, and as long as you run them all the way down once a month or so, you can probably prevent any serious charging memory issues.

Going green is all the dell laptop battery rage for a lot of reasons. Although some of this green talk is hype, a lot of it is the real deal. There are a number of things that you can do in your business to easily and cheaply jump on the green bandwagon and saving your organization a few dollars at the same time you help reduce your impact on the planet.

Green desktops. Most PC vendors today get an option for more efficient laptop battery power supplies in desktop PCs. These power supplies reduce heat waste in your computers and can help to lower your overall energy costs. For example, Dell's Studio Hybrid consumes only 26W when idle and 44W at full load. In contrast a typical desktop computer can consume two, three and four times this amount. At the same time, make sure that power management is enabled on desktop PCs so that Dell Latitude d600 Series Battery power consumption is, for example, greatly reduced by turning off a monitor after 20 minutes of idling.

Go to the cloud for your desktop services. Does your small business have relatively simple needs limited to email, word processing, spreadsheets and Internet access? CherryPal offers a service that can reduce energy costs related to desktop computing by up to 98%! CherryPal's unique PC consumes just 2W of power, although you will still have to power a monitor separately as you do for another other PC. CherryPal notebooks Dell Latitude Cpts Battery have very minimal software installed and rely on users making use of Internet resources, such as GoogleDocs, although an open source word processor is installed on the unit.

Virtualize. If you have any kind of significant server infrastructure in place in your organization and you haven't virtualized everything humanly possible, do it today. Stop reading right here, go virtualize your servers and then come back and pick up where you left off. Seriously - it's easy if you use a product like PlateSpin, which automatizes the process of converting physical machines to virtual servers. With the number of options out there for virtualizing hardware, there is no reason at all anymore to default to a physical server solution for anything, unless absolutely required Dell Inspiron 1318 Battery due to hardware compatibility issues or sheer processing needs. Virtualizing your server hardware to less boxes will save you money both in hardware and in energy savings.

Ditch your phone system. If you're large enough to have your own phone system and it's reaching the end of its useful life, look for a replacement that uses less energy. We recently replaced our outdated phone switch with a unit that uses half the Dell Latitude d500 Battery energy. Obviously, we didn't replace the system just to save energy as the cost/benefit would have been way off, but it's a nice benefit.

Force duplex printing. Do your printers have duplexing units that allow you to print on both sides of paper? If so, force the printers to print duplex by default.

Consider recycled toner cartridges. This one is tricky because using the wrong vendor can ruin your printer and void your warranty and there are a lot of scam artists out there. We've located a great recycled toner cartridge vendor local to Westminster College and we've had outstanding success... less toner Dell Latitude d800 Series Battery waste goes to the landfill and we're saving a ton of money to boot. Do your research, get references and test!

Put your PCs on power strips. Even when they're not on, desktop PCs consume a small amount of electricity. By putting your PCs on power strips and asking your employees to turn their computers off at night by flipping the switch on the power strip, you'll eliminate this trickle of Dell Latitude x1 Battery power. Be warned, however, that going down this road will also eliminate your ability to perform automatic nightly maintenance on desktop computers since they will be unable to receive any communication from the network.

Unplug the chargers. When your employees aren't charging their cellphone and another devices, ask them to unplug their chargers. Even when not actively charging anything, chargers do consume power.

Consider work-from-home arrangements. Do your employees perform work that must be handled Dell Inspiron 9100 Battery from a main position or can they work from anyplace? If possible, consider allowing your employees to work from home and provide them with laptop computers. By doing this, you avoid having to have space for as many people; this is blank space that you have to light and heat. Further, your employees themselves will have less of an environmental impact since they won't be on the road as much.

What do you do in your own organization to reduce your Dell Smart pc100n Battery impact on the environment?

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Toshiba T135 notebook Review

Overview
Ultra-Low Voltage notebooks are bulging out up everywhere. They're thin, light, inexpensive, and getting stronger by the day. Does the powerful range of processor options, high RAM capacity, and sleek design of the Toshiba T135 help it stand out from the rest? Read on and we'll answer those interviews for you.
Look and Feel
At first glance, the ‘Nova Red Fusion Finish’ is pleasing to the eye. The Toshiba pa3332u-1bas Battery T135 is also shaped well, and is lightweight. On a show-room floor, this would certainly stand out, and in the ULV category, this can be important as performance isn’t expected to vary too much from one make to the next. There was next to no keyboard flex observed during usage, which seems a bit surprising thought how thin the T135 is. The high gloss cover for the lid isn’t as difficult to keep clean with the deep color. The largest disappointment would probably be the single mouse key for the track pad. Given, it’s wide enough to easily distinguish left from fight clicking, but it still doesn’t appear like a feature that helps the design.
The T135 also lacks secondary touch pad options, reserving any brightness, volume, and peripheral control through function keys. While this may not be a design flaw, there is some extra space above the keyboard that could've filled that function.
Performance
With a good processor and ample RAM for a notebook of its class, the T135 can perform very well for the price tag. When used for word processing and browsing with its robust Wi-Fi setup, the mobility offered with its size and weight prove to be excellent factors when considering its bargain potential. Nevertheless, lacking an optical drive is certainly a weakness that can’t be overlooked. Other notebooks in this class have DVD drives, and while the main medium used will probably be digital, it doesn’t hurt to have a simple DVD writer.
The vibration sensing element for the hard drive, Toshiba pa3480u-1brs Battery while useful, activates frequently. Simply dislodging the notebook has a very good chance of setting off the warning window, and even an accidental kick on the table the notebook is sitting on could set it off. This seems unreasonable, but simply turning it off defeats the purpose. The audio is also disturbingly low in volume. The Toshiba pa3733u-1brs Battery quality of something as sound may not be the most important feature of a notebook, but you shouldn't have to strain your ears while browsing and watching video. Were the volume not so dismally low for the entire system, it wouldn’t worth mentioning.
Ending
Possessing the power that the system does, the T135 Toshiba pa3284u-1brs Battery is a good value if you're in the market for a light, mobile platform for word processing, e-mail, and browsing. The wireless functions are far reaching and strong, and the notebook’s design is slim with a long battery life. Lacking an optical drive is a disappointment, and the low output speakers diminishes some of the T135’s uses. The exterior design is pleasing, and with Windows 7 64-bit as the stock OS, the entire laptop is built for looks, it seems. As one of their first entries into the smaller ULV category, Toshiba delivers a mostly qualified choice at an affordable price.