Monday, May 10, 2010

Premium notebooks have become closer to people

HP introduced their premium laptops Envy Envy 13 and 15 for the hard-line users . They are compact, powerful and stylish , but very very expensive. This lack of manufacturer eliminated in the new model line - Envy Envy 14 and 17.

Thus, the price of 14.5-inch notebook HP Envy 14 will begin from 999 dollars. 17.3-inch Envy laptop 17 in the basic configuration will cost in 1399 dollars. Not bad for a premium model, which, moreover, is not sacrificed for the sake of an attractive price functional.

Inside the HP Envy 14, depending on the configuration, the processor is Intel Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7. For work with graphics here corresponds powerful solution ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650. So watch any movie in the highest resolution on the novelty is not a problem. A widescreen display will make viewing more pleasant.

As for the HP Envy 17, his performance even more impressive. He stood inside the latest chips Intel Core i5 and the Core i7. Video is here - ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850. In other words, this computer is practically nothing is impossible.



Special attention is given appearance laptops. Their body is made of aluminum and magnesium, besides they are pretty thin. Thus, the thickness of the Envy 14 does not exceed 28 millimeters, the thickness of Envy 17 - 38 mm.

It is encouraging that there are not novelties to wait so long. HP Envy 1914 will be in stores on May 19, and his elder brother gets to the shelves by June 27.

Samsung MU200 Magic Kids Computer for Children

Computer-monoblocks recently been wonderful, but all of them already accustomed. Among them, for example, is the ideal desktop computers , and even machines that support 3D-content . Now the series has expanded monoblock machine designed for children. This Samsung MU200 Magic Kids.

We note that, despite the name and positioning, filling the computer is necessary. So, inside Samsung MU200 Magic Kids are 2,2-GHz processor Intel Pentium Dual-Core T4400 and a graphics chip Nvidia, though, did not specify which. RAM is three gigabytes. As can be seen, filling completely grown up, so enjoy the novelty may not only children but also their parents.

Diagonal screen computer is also quite mature - 20 inches. In addition, it touch with a resolution 1366h768 points, and supports multi-touch technology. Works all running Windows 7.


A logical question - what in Samsung MU200 Magic Kids, not counting the words in the title of Kids, baby? For children in the computer installed cartoon interface. Also in monoblock has a number of special education applications.

The first phase Samsung MU200 Magic Kids will be sold only in South Korea. Pick up from the store computer can be, paying 1162 dollars.

ViewSonic VX2739wm best monitor for gamers

First of all, the manufacturer calls attention to the response time matrix display VX2739wm. The figure he is one millisecond. According to ViewSonic, before anything such as could not boast of any other monitor in the world. For gamers does it mean that this screen, subject to the availability of excellent "iron", simply to cope with the most dynamic game.

Do not brought ViewSonic VX2739wm and other characteristics. The matrix at this monitor not only fast, but bright with good contrast. These indicators are at new items are 300 candelas per square meter and 100 000:1 respectively. As any gaming monitor, VX2739wm quite large - its diagonal is 27 inches. From the interface it has HDMI 1.3, DVI and VGA, and four USB-port.


Another manufacturer provides a special mode of the monitor - EDC. He, according to ViewSonic, VX2739wm reduces power consumption by 35 percent. Worth $ 349 new.

American Apple iPad killed sales of netbooks

Storm netbooks iPad has a light hand analyst Morgan Stanley Kathy Hubert. It concluded that the yield of Apple tablet has led to a sharp reduction in sales of netbooks. But the next victim iPad, according to Cathy Hubert, - player iPod Touch.

As any serious analysts, Kathy Hubert words on the wind drops and confirms their facts. Thus, prior to the current year the demand for netbooks is growing strongly. For example, in July 2009 Netbook sales grew by 641 percent compared with a year ago. In January 2010 the growth rate fell markedly, and in April fell to 5 percent.

Kathy Hubert binds reduce the demand for netbooks in January with the announcement of Apple iPad. In April, the same started his sales, which further reduced the demand for netbooks. In addition to the survey conducted by Morgan Stanley, found that 44 percent of Americans have decided to buy a netbook instead iPad.