ASUS FAMILY BIGGER BY FOUR

Four new variants - 1000HD XP, 904HD XP, 901 XP and 900 XP construct their way in Taiwanese marketplace. ASUS has revealed additional updates to its EEE PC arrangement and we've got no less than 4 new variants to account about. Launched for the Taiwanese bazaar only (for now), each of the 4 new variants come pre-loaded with Windows XP.

Here's a quick look at all the models:

• EEE PC 1000HD XP - 10"; 80GB HDD; Intel Mobile; $542 approx.
• EEE PC 904HG XP - 9"; 80GB HDD; Intel Mobile; $479 approx.
• EEE PC 901 XP - 9"; 12GB SSD; 1.6GHz Atom; $542 approx.
• EEE PC 900 XP - 9"; 16GB SSD; Intel Mobile; $447 approx.

DELL FAMILY GETS BIGGER

The computer manufacturer giant, Dell today revealed "Studio," a new purchaser line intended for "articulacy and inspired living." Dell is obviously targeting artists and other creative genre who desire a personalized laptop that is exclusive for the personality who owns it. Crammed with a concrete range of features and presented with compound customizable variants it's probable to generate a custom-made notebook to convince your desktop replacement and day by day mobility requirements.

The 1st Dell Studio products are 2 notebooks, the Dell Studio 15 featuring a 15.4" flaunt and Dell Studio 17 featuring a 17.1" exhibit. These notebooks offer eye-catching designs that allocate elements (Just as the wedge-shaped outline and drop hinge) from the well-liked XPS line of premium laptops, and come in your preference of colors and design elements for personalization. Beyond the extensive range of color variants and palm rest designs, the Studio laptops present slot-loading drives, discretionary built-in mobile broadband wireless, and non-compulsory mercury-free LED displays. Both laptops are obtainable today on the Dell Studio website beginning at $799 for the Studio 15 and $999 for the Studio 17 and will be easily reached at Best Buy and Staples stores in the subsequent few days.

ZEPTO NOTUS A12 REVIEW – SHOWS A BIGGER HEART WITH LOW PERFORMANCE

Fitting to the spring time of year Zepto releases a radiance sub laptop called Notus A12. Notus - the south blustery weather in Greek folklore – has the probable to alter the ranking of sub laptops and ultra mobile PCs (UMPCs). The subsequent review clarifies which innovative trends are laid down by the Notus A12.

Design
The Zepto Notus A12 merits the title sub laptop. With a dimension of 29.5 x 21.0 x 3.4 centimeter it fits into all briefcases. An exclusive, but very forceful magnesium alloy is utilized for the outer parts, which banks space, decreases weight, and at the equivalent time improves constancy. The result is a plume light but very sturdy sub laptop with 1.37 kilogram. The magnesium casing doesn't make a sound if the laptop is lifted up on the 2 front edges. While other sub notebooks begin to squeak due to munificent usage of plastic elements, the Notus A12 build with metal maintains silence.

Performance
The presentation of the Notus is considerably underneath Core 2 Duo level. This doesen’t come as a shock, since the Notus A12 utilizes power saving hardware constituents of mini computers. Intel launched the Intel Ultra Mobile Platform in 2007, with the cryptogram name "McCaslin" for MIDs and UMPCs, at the IDF in 2007. One of the chief benefits of constituents based on that platform is the enormously low power utilization during characteristic UMPC practice of less than 10 watt. Customary laptops necessitate far more, but also proffer far more concert.
Zepto's Notus A12 is power-driven by a ULV 945GU-express chipset (nickname "Little River") and an A110 solitary core processor (nickname "Stealey"). The A110 is a Pentium M ("Dothan") dependent on outmoded 90nm expertise with a diminutive 512KByte L2-cache and a clock rate of up to 800MHz, as well as a frontage side bus of 400MHz. It is understandable that low power consumption of less than 2 watt were more significant than presentation. Our Notus A12 also enclosed 1024MByte DDR2 RAM, which is by now the maximum probable quantity and unquestionably not too much for Vista.

The lone 6.5 millimeter thin 12.1" WXGA LCD flaunts of the Zepto Notus A12 is exceptional. 2 hot keys smooth the progress of scheming Zepto's Notus A12 a bit. The left P1 key can be positioned to any purpose the consumer desires, while the right Eco key switches to power saving, or back to standard mode. Keyboard, power switch and hot keys are secluded in opposition to splash water to carry on the injure from mishaps with fluids as stumpy as probable.

Overall
Zepto's Notus A12 administers to fetch novel aspects with its amalgamation of sub notebook and UMPC. The tremendously power saving hardware constituents made of Intel's MID and UMPC platforms, united with a high eminence magnesium casing and a 12.1" LCD exhibit with LED back light are an attractive mix.

Pros
+ 1, 37 Kilo light weight
+ Level and compact in dimension
+ Tough magnesium casing
+ Water & Shock resistant
+ Biometric scanner
+ Very low power consumption and economical pricing

Cons
- Low on the whole concert
- Unsatisfactory intensity for outdoor usage
- RAM cannot be upgraded

Value For Money

Our Rating

CLEVO AIMS THE BIGGER SHARE

In count to mounting its channel occurrence in China, Taiwan-based 2second-tier laptop PC maker Clevo is setting up to reorganize its laptop product line stratagem and anticipates to ship more or less 1.2 million laptops in 2008, according to industry fonts. Clevo's laptop policy for 2008 will not spotlight on mounting production capability, but in its place focus on acquiring industrialized orders for mid-range and high-end laptops plus spiraling its rugged laptop product line for defense and industrial purposes.

Presently, Clevo is gradually stepping out into the laptop brand market and escalating the number of laptop ODM orders from product companies in Europe and North America, particularly the gaming laptop sector, which has totaled overall up to 10% of the company's overall shipment of around 100,000 units to 120,000 units per annum. US-based Alienware is the Clevo's major client, hauled the sources. A spokesperson of Alienware, however, affirmed that Alienware no longer utilizes Clevo as an ODM. Clevo showed off revenues of US$39.95 million in March, an overall growth of 49.46% on year, while revenues in the 1st quarter of this year spiked up and reached NT$3.59 billion, an overall increase of 68.59% on year.

SAMSUNG Q35 – WORLD’S SMALLEST NOTEBOOK YET BETTER THAN THE BIGGER ONES

Samsung Q35 is the most ultraportable notebook across the globe. It is similar to its older version of Samsung Q30, but enhanced with a lot of good options such as PC card slot and Optical drive. Very proud fact of these laptops is they possess Core Duo, which was harder for other companies to mount, hence leading the owner to boast that Samsung Q35 is the world’s smallest Core Duo box that is ultramobile. The laptop with 299 x 214 x 35mm (WxDxH) is small when compared with other standards. This very small laptop has a screen resolution of 1,280 x 800 giving a picturesque beauty of things on screen. The screen is known for the brightness and they add brightness to the style of the laptop.

It is pretty difficult these days to find the ultramobile notebooks with good keyboards. But Samsung Q35 is an extraordinary exception. In whatever speed you type, you cannot find even a single flex with these keyboards. As told already, Intel Core Duo T2700 processor connected to an Intel 945GM chipset across a 667MHz front side bus makes Samsung Q35 a specialty. What else you want to feel stylish! Excellent audio systems accompanied with lovely finishing of the outer shell make the owner boast for years.

To be original and absolute, Samsung Q35 gives you a techno KISS by Keeping Itself Small and Stylish.