Eee PC Seashell Netbook From Asus

Taipei, Taiwan-headquartered ASUSTeK Computer Inc has announced the launch of a new family of netbooks. These netbooks are called “Eee PC Seashell”.

Some models of the new netbooks are: 1005PE, 1005PR, and 1001P. The 1005PR model is available at the starting price of USD 399.99.

These models are built on Atom processor N450. Storage is provided by hard drive with capacity of 250GB. The screen is 10.1″ LED backlit and is capable of high-definition resolution of 1,366X768. The netbooks also incorporate Broadcom’s chip BCM70015, which is a crystal HD accelerator, which are known for delivering HD content at very low power demands. The netbooks have the standard 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth v2.1 wireless connectivity. Battery life of up to 11 hours is available.

On the software front, the Eee PC Seashell netbooks feature dual operating systems: Windows 7 (Starter Edition) and Express Gate. Express Gate, previously known as “Splashtop”, is a Linux OS developed by DeviceVM, and comes pre-installed in certain of Asus’ motherboards. With Express Gate, users can begin to surf the web and perform internet tasks within few seconds of powering on the machine.

Read more about a new netbook launched in the market by Asus, here.

iPad Touches Magic Sales Figure Of One Million

The bubbly is overflowing at the headquarters of Cupertino, California-headquartered Apple Inc, ever since the news came in that the company’s latest gizmo, the iPad, has hit the sales target of one million pieces.

This achievement came about in less than 28 days after the iPad was introduced to the world on April 3. This is less than the time it took the iPhone to reach the coveted figure, of 74 days. The craze to buy and own an Apple product appears to be unabated, with customers queuing up in front of Apple’s sales outlets much before the shutters go up.

And all this while, users of iPad have downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store, besides browsing through 1.5 million ebooks they bought from the new iBookstore. iPad now has more than 5,000 apps developed especially around its architecture. The device, weighing 1.5 pounds and just about 0.5 inch thin, is not power hungry, and can run on its internal batteries for almost 10 hours. Couple this with the multi-touch interface which does away with the tap-tap of the keyboard, and you have a winner.

Read more about the latest sales breakthrough at Apple, here.

New Versions Of MacBook Pro Pack In More Power

The MacBook Pro just became more powerful. The Cupertino, California-headquartered Apple Inc has introduced new hardware elements into the popular MacBook series of computing machines, ensuring that the systems don’t go out of fashion because of newer competition.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro model now features 4GB RAM, an NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor and a 10-hour built-in battery. For this size, Apple has introduced two different processors: the one with 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 250GB hard drive is tagged at USD 1,199. The one with 2.66Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo and 320GB hard drive is tagged at USD 1,499.

The 15-inch version is available in three models: the 2.4Ghz Intel Core i5 processor model has NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, 320GB hard drive and costs USD 1,799. The 2.53Ghz Intel Core i5 processor model has NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, 500GB hard drive and costs USD 1,999. The 2.66Ghz Intel Core i7 processor model has NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, 500GB hard drive and costs USD 2,199.

The new 17-inch MacBook Pro comes in one model only: 2.53Ghz Intel Core i5 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, 500GB hard drive, and costs USD 2,299.

Read more about the upgradation carried out by Apple to its popular MacBook series, here.

Dell Launches Precision M4500, A Mobile Workstation

A new mobile workstation has been rolled out by Round Rock, Texas-headquartered Dell Corporation. The workstation is called M4500, and is touted by the company as the most powerful in the world in its category.

The M4500 is targeted at professionals such as creative artists, designers, simulators, animators, engineers and research scientists. It is also expected prove useful to users from government defense who need to work in the field and yet have adequate security such as authentication and data encryption.

A salient feature of the workstation is that it is built upon Intel Core i7 processor (Extreme Edition). The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 graphics card is embedded in the system by default. It is the first mobile workstation in the industry with this level of power. Dell is offering the M4500 with the other options of Intel Core i7-920XM Quad Core processor Extreme Edition and Core i5 processors, and NVIDIA FX880M for the graphics.

The M4500 is optionally offered with a 3MP camera and Gobi 2.0 mobile broadband support.

The mobile workstation also comes with an optional SSD minicard for additional data storage.

Read more about the latest launch of computing gizmo from Dell, here.

Two New Computing Machines From Dell

Round Rock, Texas-headquartered Dell Inc has launched two new machines this week.

The first is a laptop christened “Latitude 13″. The second is a mobile workstation called “Precision M6500″.

Latitude 13 incorporates features such as remote management, optional integrated Webcam / microphone, and internet connectivity, along with desktop virtualization through certification from Citrix and VMware. The laptop can be configured to operate in non-standard computing environments such as call centers, hotels and regional offices, due to the virtualization-ready design. The laptop comes with solid state drives and trusted platform module (TPM) control software.

Precision M6500 is touted by the company as “the world’s most powerful mobile workstation”. The system comes with a choice between Core i7 and Core i5 dual core processors, and another choice between 1066Mhz, 1333Mhz and 1600Mhz memory RAMs. The workstation supports all versions of Microsoft Windows as well as Ret Hat Linux 5.3 64 bit. The M6500 has a screen display of 17″.

Precision M6500 is the only machine, according to the company, which offers optional RAID 5 and three internal storage devices. This gives the user the freedom to connect storage drives whose capacities cumulatively go up to 1TB.

Read about the latest gizmos unleashed in the market by Dell, here.

Next Page »