Acer Iconia W500 Review - Two in One Packaging Sense

Acer Iconia W500 Review: Two in One Packaging Sense

Bored with notebook / tablet which means its use is so-so alone? You should see the products made by Acer Iconia W500 series this one.

Notebook or a tablet? We own mengategorikannya confused. Acer Iconia W500 can you use like a tablet with a touchscreen that comes with multitouch functionality and can also be used like a notebook equipped with a keyboard and track pointers. That way, you can use it according to your tastes and needs.

If his brother, the Acer Iconia A500, using the Android operating system 3.0 Honeycomb, Acer Iconia W500 uses the operating system Windows 7 Home Premium. For those of you who are used to using OS Win 7, it surely will greatly help you in using this tablet. Perhaps, things you need to get used to is how to use their own because this device consists of two parts that can be removed. If you remove the screen, you can operate it like a tablet in general.

The dimensions of the tablet is quite thick, thicker than the Acer Iconia A500. For finishing it, this tablet casing using a matte finish with textured aluminum dark gray. This design is quite beneficial because it will make this tablet is not readily apparent due to patches of dirty hands. In addition, the tablet uses the screen size 10.1 "with resolution that you can set up to 1280 × 800.

The components that move the tablet is composed of C50 AMD Ontario processor with 2 GB memory as a source of energy (already equipped with graphics on the AMD Radeon HD 6250M; lets you run a full HD movie content), and an SSD of 32 GB (including small once for a system that uses OS Windows 7)

One thing that a shortage of these devices is how to dismantle and put a bit of a hassle. To open it, you need to open a slot above the keyboard, two buffer pins and a USB port will look there. Connect the tablet on it, then you will get the notebook. When you wish to close it, you must first remove the top, close the slot buffer, and then place the screen above the keyboard. Do not forget to lock the upper part; the bottom will lock automatically. Removable system has a weakness that is easily detached if not held with caution. This vulnerability occurs because there is no strong magnets to attach the two parts of this device.

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Review Acer Aspire 4755G Notebook - Same Series with Intel Core i7

Review Acer Aspire 4755G Notebook: Same Series with Intel Core i7

Similar but not equal, that we can tell when I first saw the Acer Aspire 4755G notebook for the second time in our test lab. So what distinguishes the Acer Aspire 4755G is the first notebook we received in advance? Apparently diusungnya more powerful specification because it uses an Intel Core i7! Previously this series uses Intel Core i5 processors.

Acer uses the same chassis design as before, starting from the outside to form a keyboard. The concluding part of the LCD screen is equipped with transverse lines and glossy finish. In our opinion, the design makes the display of the notebook Acer Aspire 4755G is a very elegant. You can catch a glimpse of the product in the picture above. For dimensions, Acer Aspire 4755G is not so special. Dimensions and weight are not much different from the notebook had a 14 "other.

Acer Aspire 4755G notebook, this time carrying the present higher than the previous series, before we discuss further, you should see the first specification that carried this notebook.

Acer Aspire 4755G Specifications:

* Processor 2GHz Intel Core i7 2630M 6MB L3 Cache

* Chipset Intel HM65

* 8GB DDR3 Memory

* Hard disk SATA 750GB

* Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M Optimus

* Display 14 "1366 × 768

* Interconnection 802.11bgn wifi and Bluetooth 3.0

* Port USB 2.0, USB 3.0, HDMI, D-Sub, Audio In / out, Ethernet

* Webcams

* Card reader

* Optical Drive DVDRW

* Operation System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64

* Battery 4400mAh

* Size (mm) 342x245x34

* Weight (kg) 2307

* + Charger Weight (kg) 2701

Affairs of graphics cards, the Acer Aspire 4755G entrusted it to the NVIDIA GeForce GT540M with shared memory up to 1713MB of which will automatically go up as long as you plug the memory increases. Graphics card NVIDIA uses Optimus technology, so the graphics on the Intel GMA 3000 can still be used at the time did not require a high performance graphics. With this new graphics, we expect the Acer Aspire 4755G not only be a mere machine worker but also a gaming mesih capable enough to run many 3D games smoothly.

Acer Aspire 4755G uses a screen size 14 "with a maximum resolution of 1366 × 768. Talking about the display, the Acer Aspire 4755G uses a glossy screen. Will be slightly disturbed by the shadows around it. However, you can minimize this by raising the level of brightness. Viewing angle is also quite good because the screen does not change the color of excessive degradation when viewed from the left and right. Degradation of the display will change color when you see it from above.

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AMD-3500 A6: Llano Special Triple Core

AMD-3500 A6 - Llano Special Triple Core

With prices below the range of 1 million rupiah, the processor (or more appropriately called APU) AMD Llano A6-3500 certainly attracted the attention of all those who want to build a cheap PC. Then, how the performance of triple-core APU itself?

Three Core + Turbo

There are many interesting things from this unique AMD APU. A6-3500 is the APU which has 3 cores processor. This is a unique configuration, because a lot of modern game developers who suggested a minimum of 3 core specification (for AMD processors) so that games can run smoothly. A6-3500 AMD obviously qualify this.

From the GPU is used, the APU is wearing the same type and speed of the A6-3850 the price is higher. This makes it theoretically could deliver gaming performance that is not much different than the "brother" was.

Has a 65W TDP only, making it more friendly to the APU PSU. In addition, to maintain the performance of the base rate of only 2.1 GHz, A6-3500 is equipped with a turbo feature. This makes it capable of working at a maximum speed of 2.4 GHz. Indeed, the speed is still below the speed turbonya A6-3650 standard (2.6 GHz), but not too much different. In addition, in the idle condition, the power consumption can be saved even lower.

Theoretically, before the testing we have seen that the APU is indeed not be able to defeat both Llano on it (A8 and A6-3850-3650). However, let's see how far the A6-3500 can approach the performance of the two APU is much faster and more expensive. For the record: AMD Llano A6-3500 is its price 17.5% less expensive than the A6-3650 and 43% cheaper than the A8-3850.

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Oak Trail - Tablets of Intel Processors

Oak Trail - Tablets of Intel Processors

The rise of tablet PCs in circulation these days are interested in making an Intel processor to jump into the market for tablet PCs. Intel began to focus on the development of Intel Atom processor Z6xx series or known by the codename "Oak Trail". Armed with this Oak Trail, Intel is trying to penetrate the tablet PC market. In architecture, Oak Trail is closer to Moorestown, Intel processor developed specifically for handheld and mobile phones, rather than Pine Trail or Pine View. Currently Intel does not tell me more about the architecture of the Oak Trail.

In addition, according to news given Intel, Oak Trail also supports OS from Google, Android, and MeeGo. Oak Trail may be a solution for the tablet that is thinner and battery life better than the Menlow but more powerful than Moorestown. In addition, HDMI 1080p, and will also fully supported by the Oak Trail. But unfortunately, prospective tablet PC users still can not enjoy the Oak Trail in the near future. Oak Trail will be released by Intel in the first quarter of 2011 in conjunction with the release of several tablet PCs that use this processor.

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FX-4100 AMD vs Intel Core i3 2100 - Processor

FX-4100 AMD vs Intel Core i3 2100

AMD has launched a new processor for AM3 socket. For the mainstream classroom, AMD FX-4100 provides. With 4 cores and the speed of 3.6 GHz frequency, whether newcomers can compete with the Intel Core i3 2100 which is long enough to master this class?

From the specification, it appears that the AMD FX-4100 offers a better potential. Larger cache memory, higher speed and more cores makes the FX-4100 perform better. At least on paper. Meanwhile, Intel Core i3 2100 comes with a lower rate (even without the turbo) and fewer number of cores. However, hyperthread Intel (which makes it capable of running 4 threads) generally can not compete with the real core. In addition, the efficiency of Sandy Bridge architecture should also be taken into account.

The second price is relatively the same processor. Both are in Kisara 1 million dollars. If we look from the side of the platform support, both already have a fairly cheap motherboard support. At a later date, choose the AMD processor can lead to more investment lightly. As usual, board manufacturers will provide AMD solutions at prices cheaper than the Intel solution. Unfortunately, to date it has not happened.

Testing platform

processor

Intel Core i3 2100

AMD FX-4100

motherboard

Z68A-GD80 MSI

ASUS Crosshair Formula V

memory

Kingston KHX1600C9D381K2/4GX

Graphic Card

NVIDIA GTX 560 ti

Power Supply

Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold 800 Watt

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MSI X79A-GD65(8D) Motherboard Preview

MSI X79A-GD65(8D) Motherboard Preview

Motherboard with Intel X79 chipset has been long awaited by the power users and PC enthusiasts. The presence of a new motherboard with LGA2011 socket is positioned to High-end/Enthusiast class and will be paired with the latest generation of Intel processors, Sandy Bridge-E. One of X79 motherboard that arrived to the lab comes from MSI. Bears the name of the motherboard MSI X79A-GD65 model (8D).

 

Without delay any longer, let's look more closely this motherboard.

X79 motherboard from MSI gives a brief overview of how the 'shape' X79 board later. Perhaps the obvious difference is the use of a DIMM are placed on the right and left of the CPU socket, because later on the Intel X79 platform will use the technology Quad-Channel DDR3 memory. Unfortunately, this causes a space for Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) CPU becomes narrower. The number and configuration of existing PCIe slot for the user should also provide the option to run multi-GPU mode (SLI / CrossfireX).

 

Additional features such as the typical MSI OC Genie, DirectOC button, and V-Check Point can you find in here. You'll also get the ON / OFF and debug LEDs to simplify troubleshooting during the POST process. Unique things that we have encountered here is 2 (two) jumpers are labeled JCOLD1 and JCOLD2. According to MSI, the use of both jumpers can help the system to boot in very low temperatures, such as LN2 cooling is used.

Curious about the performance? We are too!

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