Tech info: July 2008

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Compaq Presario

The dual core CPU and whopping 1 GB of RAM on this laptop make for blazing fast performance. The keypad and mouse pad are good enough to make it comfortable for extended use. The 15.4 inch screen is bright and eminently readable; the viewing angle is 160 degrees. Media control buttons and a Wi-Fi switch make for easy control. The integrated memory card reader supports the most popular formats. The Compaq Presario comes preloaded with much of the software you would need.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Dell Inspiron

Despite being in the thin and light category, its scores equaled those of the desktop replacements. The 15.4 inch display with a maximum resolution of 1680*1050 and good readability under sun light is just wonderful; combine this with a high viewing angle to ensure less eye fatigue. The keypad is firm, with responsive keys. The click buttons are fairly large and convenient to use. The laptop features dell’s media direct buttons, which let you more easily control media playback.

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Sunday, July 27, 2008

ASUS U5F

Roaring under the delicate exterior, this beauty boasts of hardware that can put other laptops to shame. 1.5 GB of RAM and a 120 GB hard drive make you wonder if it’s a laptop’s you were looking at. Along with memory card reader, there is also an express card slot, keeping your options open for any compatible upgrades. All this comes in a compact package at 1.6kg. a good investment for those who want mobility without compromising on performance.

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Sony vaio AR18GP

The AR18GP’S 17 inch screen uses Sony’s XBRITE technology to reproduce colors accurately. The display is ready to screen HD movies at 1080p HD resolution. Powering this display is the powerful NVIDIA go 7600GT, which allows some serious gaming. Relying on two 80 GB hard drives in raid configuration, the AR18GP has twice the transfer speed compared to the other laptops in this category.

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Monday, July 21, 2008

Monochrome laser printers

Here is a feature rich printer that offers a range of options. First there’s the extra input tray. Then, the HL-5170DN has the necessary Ethernet port to support network printing. The 32 MB of memory cab is upgraded to 160 MB. Build quality is good. It has the best printing quality in its category, and offers dual side printing to minimize human intervention. Both windows and Mac are supported.

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Friday, July 18, 2008

Color laser printers

Still going strong is the Epson Aculaser C-1100 with its rugged looks. An LCD screen gives you the status of an ongoing task. It was the fastest of the lot, with also the best printing quality, leaving the competition behind in all tests; and compared to the competition, the price is very reasonable. Toner duty cycle stands at respectable 4,000 pages. Add to that its network capability, and you have the ideal solution for the printing needs of any medium sized organization. And if that’s not incentive enough, let us remind you of that Epson.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Samsung 740N

The Samsung 740N’s response time of just 8 ms means it is good for gaming and movies. It can be adjusted vertically, and the VESA mounting option lets you hang it on a wall. Brightness and contrast ratio are good, the colors are vivid, the image is crisp, and the viewing angle is wide. A power consumption of 34 W means considerable power savings.

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Monday, July 14, 2008

LCD Monitors

It can be swiveled vertically but not horizontally. It has inbuilt speakers, just in case. D- Sub as well as DVI-D connectors are provided for digital video signal transmission. The brightness and the contrast ratio make viewing on this monitor a delight. A low response time of 8ms and large viewing angles make it suitable for gaming as well as movies. Power consumption is 50 W, which again is quite low.

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Friday, July 11, 2008

Laser MFDs

The Samsung SCX-4521F is windows imaging architecture complaint in English, this means you just connect it to a PC with windows XP and it will be recognized; no need to install any drivers. It continues its good run in the copying test as well, returning the lowest copying times and best quality. There are multiple modes of copying ID card copy and poster copy.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Home Inkjet

The office jet 4355 is a true MFD, with printer. Though not the fastest printer in its category, it more than makes up with very good print quality in fact, the best print quality in its category. With its photo printing ability, it gives more expensive printers a run for their money. Color reproduction is far more accurate than that seen in the competition. Copying quality is more of the same story. You can reduce the size of copies to 25 per cent or enlarge it up to 400 per cent.

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Monday, July 7, 2008

Intel Motherboards

The AS Rock Conroe 945-DVI is based on Intel’s 945G chipset. Though designed for older Pentium D CPUs, with BIOS revision, this motherboard supports the latest core 2 duo CPUs. It offers both onboard video and a PCIe slot. This board is very well suited for most common applications like surfing, office suites, entertainment, and moderate gaming. The Conroe 945G-DVI motherboard gives truly amazing performance at a very low cost.

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Professional inkjet

This is one of the cool performers for a professional environment. With its decent printing speed and print quality, it can take on fairly heavy workloads. Unique among its peers is the 350- sheet input tray. The card reader allows you to print directly from memory cards without having to use your computer. The dial pad and dedicated fax button are very convenient.

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Saturday, July 5, 2008

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Friday, July 4, 2008

All in one

The HP Office jet 5610 all in one can scan A4 size media at a resolution of 1200 * 2400 dpi. It has the best print quality in its category. Along with regular documents, it is at home printing photographs as well. It gave us the best quality photo prints at a relatively faster speed. Copy quality is average, and it allows you to reduce or enlarge copies from 25 per cent to 400 per cent. This MFD is bit expensive for its category, but it’s worth the money.

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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Intel Express

The gigabyte’s GA 965 DQ6 offers support for Intel’s latest core 2 quad CPU’S. This board boasts of good gaming performance, thanks to cross fire support. A passive heat sink covering the north bridge and the south bridge increases cooling efficiency. The use of solid state capacitors also increases the life of the motherboard. It is more good for the people intend to use PC for gaming, designing, audio or video editing.

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