Lenovo ‘IdeaPad’ series features some exclusive business class suited notebooks priced above $1000 range. Today i will review IdeaPad’s model 22672BU. Also model 22672AU is also available with minor configuration change. The idea of whole game of keeping so many models is to perfectly make a model which best suits you or which is almost near to your configuration you want. That is the reason these brands keep a lot of models with minor differences between 2 models.
Configuration – Intel Core 2 Duo processor P7350 2 GHz, 1GHz FSB and 3 MB L2 cache, 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM, 250 GB HDD at 5400 rpm, DVD recordable, ATI Radeon HD 3450 256 MB graphics card. Supports Wi-Fi. Battery is still 6 cell lithium ion one.
13.3 inch WXGA TFT Anti-glare and also comes with Integrated Webcam. One year warranty on parts and labor and even 1 year warranty of system battery.
Operating System – Windows Vista Home Premium. The RAM Type is DDR3 than DDR2. Model 22672AU has 3 GB RAM and 320 GB HDD. All other configuration same as BU suffix model.
Price of U330 – 22672BU – $1200
Price of U330 – 22672AU – $1300.
Lenovo ThinkPad T series has 3 models, T400 and T500. I will review T61 model. T400 had 14.1″ screen instead of 15.4″.
Configuration – Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 GHz T8100 with 800 MHz FSB and 3 MB L2 Cache. 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM. 80 GB HDD at 5400 rpm. No Bluetooth. Ultravnav. DVD Recordable 8X, has 128 MB Dedicated NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M. Supports Wi-Fi, 6 cell Li-Ion Battery.
15.4 inch WXGA Widescreen TFT. Comes within 1 year depot warranty. The only drawback i feel is 80 GB HDD. A PC must at least have 160 GB HDD in today’s time.
OS – Windows Vista Home basic. Priced at $860 on lenovo’s official website.
Just recently, Orkut has added a new feature for users. This is ‘View this Conversation’ in you scrapbook which lets you know what conversation you had with the person you scrapped. I suppose this a cool new and helpful feature that orkut has just added.
This feature is quite helpful. Every time you scrap to a lot of people and often you receive the scrap after a time period.Maybe you forget for what reason you scrapped the person that he scrapped you back. Clicking on this ‘View this conversation’ feature will show you your conversation. Also if you are sending and receiving scraps to a person on spot, say a lot of scraps you have send and opposite person has replied and you want to anytime check your scrap conversation, simply click on this new feature in your scrapbook scrap and you will see the conversation of yours with the opposite party.
With this feature, you wont now need to figure out what scraps had you send earlier and what discussion was going on and with one click get to know all your conversation on your screen.
Like Open source OS like Linux are distributed free to all, when can we have some very good Anti-virus software free for all computers owners ? Virus and Anti-Virus have created a business in themselves. Virus and Trojan makers make viruses and other destructive things for us while users daily update their Anti-virus database or buy new Anti-Virus software for a good price. Why doesn’t government or some other body distribute Anti-Virus software free to all so that productivity of people isn’t wasted on concerning about viruses and malwares instead create a business out of this. We spend quite a amount of million every year on computer security and specially on a good Anti-Virus software. Anti-Virus software in my view should be made free for all so we can sleep better and not run after formatting our notebooks or finding viruses and infected files on our laptop. (You think i am insane now ?)
Rupee has shown no signs of improvement and dollar value in india is nearly Rs. 50 per unit, the quite unexpected thing. Several weeks back, people who wished dollar value should increase in india upto Rs. 45 were praying for it. And now, dollar isn;t slipping even below Rs. 47 at any cost. Its all time between Rs. 48-49 and may be soon in a day or two it would cross Rs. 50 mark making headlines in newspaper here. Major problem in inflation which is at 11.5% in india.
In Hard Disk, the common RPM (Revolutions per minute) is 5400 rpm. But there are also 7200 rpm HDD. I would like to tell you here that you will be likely finding this 7200 rpm mostly in Sony Vaio series. Like LT 28 model and few other models in Vaio too. Vaio is only such brand which offers 7200 rpm than traditional 5400 rpm. 7200 rpm will give you better performance of your HDD, much faster than 5400 rpm one. So try to go for 7200 rpm HDD models because you will experience in your HDD usage.
There are several models every year which seem best model for most of the people for their needs, let it be business or home use. One such is Dell Inspiron 1525 which had resulted in exaggerated demands in india and another classic notebook is HP Pavilion dv6985se. HP Pavilion dv6985se priced at $1000 has 4 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD and 12 cell battery life. Another one is Sony Vaio NR 430 priced at just $680. Another model is HP Pavilion dv2945se with some great configuration and low price. Notebooks with very good configuration and low price are the ones which sell like hot cakes rather than speciality featured ones.
R series lenovo has 2 classes, R400 and R500 and in R500 range, the new Elite Thinkpad R500 is quite suitable for normal use with UltraNav (Touchpad) also. Also they are Energy Star 4.0 qualified models.
Configuration – Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4 GHz with 1066 MHz FSB and 3 MB L2 Cache. Intel Graphics media accelerator 4500 MHD, 3 GB DDR3 SDRAM, 160 GB HDD (5400 rpm). Doesn’t support bluetooth. Intel Wi-Fi 5100 for Wi-Fi support. 8X DVD Writer. Touchpad facility.
Has 15.4 inch WXGA screen
OS – Genuine Windows Vista Business edition.
6-cell lithium ion battery. Company gives 1 year warranty support. Except for DDR3 type RAM, there isn’t much new in this model of R series. Priced at $930. You can even get low configuration model for $740.
One brand which offers one of the biggest range of laptops suiting your needs is lenovo at some very good price. In ThinkPad, SL series is the lowest priced series with models starting from $570 and up to $980. I will write about SL500 model, the higher end one released new.
Configuration – Intel Core 2 Duo processor P8400 2.26 GHz (1066 MHz and 3 MB L2 cache), 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 160 GB HDD at 5400 rpm, 8x DVD Writer, Graphics card is NVidia GeForce, No bluetooth and no fingerprint reader in this series. Plus has Integrated AT&T 3G Broadband, Supports Wi-Fi.
15.4″ WXGA Screen. 6 – cell lithium ion battery. 1 year warranty.
OS – Windows Vista Business.
This model is perfect for work load and you can buy this one if you really like lenovo brand. This piece is priced at $980. Also you can get a bit low specs piece in the same series for $560 and $740 with major difference lying in RAM, HDD and Processor. You can even customize the configuration on it website as per your needs and get it delivered in about 10-14 days.
World is facing big recession and this is no surprise for me. After every big baseless boom, there is a downturn. Same now. Property prices and other things of materialistic world were shooting up high like anything. That gave an hint about upcoming global recession. experts already warned about 4-5 months back when US was hit by Sub-prime housing and credit crisis which has led to create history records in business in US with MOST of companies, even the big names laying off thousands of workers, share’s dipping and market valuation of companies falling like anything. Laxmi Mittal has lost almost half of his wealth due to fall in shares. Yesterday ‘Zivity’ also announced that it will reduce it staff from 22 to 14 workers. Several bigger brands have curt operations, changed CEO’s and cut several part work force. Whole world is experiencing major layoff.
The no. of jobless has created history in US and several countries are trying to seal from US crisis effect, especially other world banks.
