Sunday, 11. June 2006, 16:25:18
flash, notebook, hd, hard drive
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We all new it was coming, most of us didn't expect to see anything like this so soon. PQI, manufacturer of all sorts of flash memory, has announced a line of flash based 2.5" SATA Hard Drives with capacities up to 64gb. I am sure the price won't be cheap quite yet but imagine the possibilites. This will make Notebooks much more rugged as they will no longer have moving parts(except the optical drive). It seems though that PQI has taken that leap that will change the portable industry for good. We will see what comes of all this and what new products are released with these drives in them as the evolutionary HD saga unfolds.
Monday, 29. May 2006, 03:31:20
Apple, macbook, Mac, intel
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If you have been reading my blog you would, by now, know that I am a fan of Apple products and you are probably wondering why it too me so long to write about the new Macbook. Well the simple answer for that is that I have been trying to get to know the computer better before I respond to it's release. Some things were confusing me and many other people, like "Glossy Screen" and "Integrated Graphics" as well as the pricing differential in the models. I have taken a good long look into these issues and more and come up with a good response to the Macbooks release.
First of all I would like to say that I was overjoyed to see the new Macbook. I had been wondering about it since Apple released the Macbook Pro and I wasn't sure what was to come of it. Upon first glance the new 13.3" display based computer that comes in at a quaint $1099 for the base model is a refreshing sigh of relief considering they could have charged so much more. The $1099 model comes in at less than just about any other PC manufacturer offering a similarily equipped Core Duo laptop. I will spare the specs and just send you to visit the
Macbook Website One thing to note is that the $1499 black model Macbook has only one real difference from its $1299 white sibling, 20 more gigs of HDD space. Surely Apple tacked on the extra $200 bucks because of the popularity they have seen with the black iPod models.
The glossy screen that everyone is wondering about has recently had mixed reviews. Some like it, some dislike it, but most agree that in about 50% of situations glare is annoying but the screen looks great most of the time. The integrated Intel graphics also have mixed reviews in that they do what they need to do but will in no way satisfy the power hungry gamer. One interesting new feature to note is the ability to perform a right click by having 2 fingers on the touch pad and clicking, this is something that will probably intrigue those that are infatuated with not having to use ctrl-click. Overall the Macbooks price and power derived from it's new Intel processor ad up to a great value, I would highly recommend this computer to any user unless you are a gamer looking to play the latest games.
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