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Eee PC from Asus

Asus released its mini laptop on Thursday and instead of calling it a mini laptop, Asus would rather call it “super mobile internet device”. This mini device is equipped with low end intel processor, 512 RAM, 4 GB flash drive and built-in Wi-Fi. It weights only about 2 pounds with 7-inch LCD and a built-in camera. you can pick different colors such as white, black, pink, green and blue. This laptop is priced at $349 and the one with 2GB flash memory is only selling at $299, which resembles the project of “one laptop for every child in the developing country”.

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Sony Ericsson K850i

Finally sony ericsson K850i arrives in Asia with its 5-megapixel camera phone. However, it is not the first hand set that comes with the 5-megapixel camera and Samsung has a even higher one in its pocket. But with a 5-megapixel camera and an onboard Xenon flash, this phone could be an alternative if you want a Nokia N95 with a price range of $800 to $1300 currently in the market. This cyber-shot phone has a recommended retail price of $617, which makes it much more appealing than the Nokia counterparts.

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Good Time to Get Shares from Microsoft?

Microsoft reported the fastest 1st quarter revenue growth, which is a 27 percent surge to $13.76 billion. This is the fastest growth pace since 1999. It represents an almost 3 billion increase over the first quarter of last year.

After all, this increase is well expected due to the release of its newest operating system Vista and its strategical move in recent years such as more collaboration with Linux vendor. The results were buoyed by combined revenue growth of more than 20 percent across its client, business, and server and tools businesses.

The problem is how far will Microsoft go in the future against AMD? Will Microsoft further beat AMD in the chip market? All these will be a question mark for potential investors.

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Quad Core Computer Under $1000 by Gateway

Sets to debut on Oct14, Gateway announced a new line of high performance desktops and laptops that are priced under $1000.The Gateway GT5628 Desktop is selling at $529.99. An example offered by Gateway, however, with a 500GB SATA hard drive and an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor with VT, was priced at $959.99. The company’s P-series notebooks, meanwhile, will include two new models that boast a 17-inch widescreen and more than a gigabyte of memory.

The Gateway GT5628 machine will include an Intel Core 2 Quad Core Processor (a Q6600, in the $959 version) and up to 3 Gbytes of dual channel memory. Consumers can purchase a hard drive with up to 500GB of space and most models will offer the multi-format, dual-layer drives with Labelflash technology. The PC ships with an Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT cards and is powered by the Intel G33 chipset, which is qualified for its Viiv initiative.

The GT5628 chassis also houses an optional Portable Media Drive bay housing a portable drive that can be either used as a secondary drive, mounted within the PC, or disconnected and used as a “sneakrnet” to shift data between other PCs via a USB cable.

New source: PC Mag: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2194631,00.asp

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Recommendations to AM2 Motherboards

AM2 CPU socket, as the replacement for socket 939 and socket 754, is my favorite platform. There are some really “cool” AM2 Motherboard that I think should get mentioned here:

1: ASUS M2N-MX
ASUS M2N-MX is equipped with the powerful North bridge of Geforce6100 and a south bridge of nForce430. The CPU Socket supports Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64 X2/Athlon 64/Sempron. It features 2000 / 1600 MT/s HyperTransport Bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory support and AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet! Technology. Motherboard integrated Geforce6 GPU with a 425MHz core clock speed. It shares a maximum of 256mb memory. Memory is expandable up to 2GB. With 2 SATA 3GB/s connector, it supports Raid 0,1,0+1,5.

2: AsRock ALiveNF7G-HD720p
A socket AM2 motherboard supports AMD Athlon™ 64FX / 64X2 / X2 / 64 and Sempron processors. It uses the new Nvidia MCP68 Chipset. Motherboard comes with integrated Realtek ALC888 7.1 HD and Geforce 7050 GPU (NV44) that supports DX9.0 and Pixel Shader 3.0. Maximum shared memory up tp 250 mb.
What makes it special is that it supports Nvidia PureVideo technology, which is a combination of a dedicated video processing core and software that delivers ultra-smooth, high-definition H.264, WMV, and MPEG-2 movies with minimal CPU utilization and low power consumption. Memory Supports Dual Channel DDRII800/667/533 with 4 DIMM slots, maximum capacity up to 8GB

3: Biostar Tforce 550SE
It is a motherboard for overclocking indeed! It adopts nForce 550 (MCP555) Chipset supporting 2GHz HT. Memory supports dual channel DDR2 800/667/533. 4 DDR2 DIMM memory slots that is expandable up to 4GB. Expansion slot features 1 PCI-E x16 and 2 PCI-E x1 with 4 PCI slots available. Integrated audio is Vista certified ALC888.

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