AFTER INTEL, AMD SLASHES PRICES

AMD has slashed prices of their new Phenom II X4 940 and X4 920 series of processors. The price of the Phenom II X4 940 CPU has been reduced from $275 to $235.This line of processors directly competes with the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400, which is priced at $213.

The price of the Phenom II X4 920 CPU which competes with the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 has been reduced from $235 to $195. AMD’s quad-core processors deliver more or less the same performance as Intel’s quad-core processors. Recently Intel had lowered the prices of their processors.

AFTER X320 MSI RELEASES 13.4 INCH X340

MSI has launched another child of its X300 family. Previously we have seen X320 and now its X340 from MSI. Weighing only 2.8 pounds just 0.7 inches in thickness, this new MSI child is not build with an Atom CPU but with a Intel CULV processor. With a 1.2-GHz Intel CULV processor MSI X340 has scored 952 on Geekbench for system performance, which is 138 points greater than the Dell Inspiron Mini 12 with a 1.6-GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor.

Though MSI X340 comes with 13.4 inch display it supports 1360 x 768 pixels of resolution and is sharp enough to work as a personal laptop. This new model has both VGA port and HDMI port since it has been designed for 1080p video playback. Inbuilt Ethernet jack, two USB ports, mic and headphone jacks, and memory card reader are some of the attractions from MSI for this new series. Though this model comes with a slightly glossy finish, it’s not glaring enough to catch the eye.

With standard 4 cell battery the X340 lives for 3 hours and with 8 cell battery it can survive up to 6 hours. The MSI X340 is expected to price somewhat just below $1000.

MICROSOFT TO ALLOW WINDOW'S XP DOWNGRADE OPTION AFTER WINDOW'S 7?

If we're to believe the news coming out of the trusted sources (CNET, Engadget etc) Microsoft might not be done with XP just yet. According to the sources, OEM's like (HP) have been given the greenlight to offer downgrade options for their Window's 7 PC's and notebooks.

INTEL'S X25-M SSD NOT SO GOOD AFTER ALL?

Those cool X25-M SSD's that Intel has been selling for the past couple of months, yeah the ones with the huge price tags which Intel has cut in recent weeks. Well according to the dudes and dudettes over at PC Perspective, the new drives may not be as good as we think.

According to them, the same type of software that they have in the drives to prevent the every day wear and tear such as fragmentation and such is the direct cause of it.

However they claim that this only happens under excessive use and that most light users will not experience it. As far as a fix, the only thing that is known now is to completely wipe out the drive and load the info on it once again. That is until Intel releases a firmware update to fix the problem.=.

PLANNING TO TRAVEL MUCH MORE AFTER NEW YEAR ? THEN READ THIS !

The Dell Precision M2400 with its 14-inch screen is the smallest notebook of the series of powerful computer workstations from Dell. Because the size of the chassis has a direct impact on the capacity of reserves in terms of performance, because the hardware has to be incorporated finally cooled sufficiently, the performance of the Precision M2400 is also the lowest in this line of models.

At the time of publishing, Dell offers three mobile work stations of various sizes. For example, the Precision M6300, a desktop replacement 17 ", which is still based on the Intel platform Santa Rosa, or its successor, the Precision M6400 with Intel Centurion technology 2.
The Dell Precision M4400 is a powerful mobile computer with a panel of 15.4 inches.
For all those who are often moving Dell also offers the Precision M2400 with 14-inch screen.

The quality level is set quite high in terms of performance for the Precision M2400, because it is clearly a representative of the workstations Dell, and therefore a high rudiment of the product line. Endure powerful Intel processors up to T9600 CPU with 2.8 GHz and 6 MB of L2-Cache; this hardly makes Precision something desirable in this aspect. Apart from the Core 2 Extreme CPUs are hardly feasible within the notebook of 14 "because they require a lot of ventilation and are not reasonably mobile laptop because of its demand for energy.

Like the Latitude and Precision comparable and this notebook is also convincing in terms of the chassis, and manufacturing. Weighing only 2.4 kilograms around the Precision M2400 is very good for traveling.