October 25, 2015

Lenovo L11S6F01 Battery

This setting can be accessed in Play Store app on Android. Launch the app, then open the menu by swiping in from the left side of the screen. Go to Settings > Auto-update apps, and select Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only. On an iPhone or iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular, go to Settings > iTunes & App Store and turn Use Cellular Data off.

7) Turn on low power mode
Not all Android phones have battery saver mode, but if you're on Android 5.0 or later (Lollipop) then you are likely have this feature. It automatically kicks in when your battery hits 15 percent, and disables background app refreshes, location tracking, and other syncing activity to save on battery life. With Android Marshmallow, a new feature called Doze puts your phone in deep sleep mode when it's lying unused for a long time. This feature is apparently doubling standby times. Unfortunately, if you're on an older phone, then you won't get the feature.

(Also Read: Six Android 6.0 Marshmallow Features You Should Be Looking Forward To)With iOS 9, iPhones have a Low Power Mode that cuts down on background refreshes, visual effects, and automatic downloads. This can be accessed in Settings > Battery.(Also Read: 20 Awesome Hidden Features of iOS 9)

If you're using an older Android phone, then your phone's manufacturer might have included its own Low Power mode feature - on Sony phones for example, it's called Stamina Mode, while HTC calls it Extreme Power Mode. There are also third-party apps you can try, though in our experience, the built-in apps are more effective.

Discover flight mode
The phone's distance to a cellular tower is known to affect standby time as well. So, if you're in a place with no network, it's best to turn your smartphone into Airplane mode (called Flight mode on some devices) to conserve battery life, rather than let your phone constantly seek a tower.

Follow these tips and you'll find that your phone will last a little longer between recharges - and the fewer recharge cycles you put it through in a day the longer the overall battery life will be. Have some more tips and tricks of your own to share? Tell us via the comments.Download the Gadgets 360 app for Android and iOS to stay up to date with the latest tech news, product reviews, and exclusive deals on the popular mobiles.

Later today, the chief marketing officers of Microsoft, Intel, Dell, Lenovo, and HP will gather to host a webcast introducing a major new advertising campaign for the PC. It will mark the first time that the five biggest names in the PC industry have come together around a single, unified message to the consumer. Now is exactly the time for unity — enforced by perpetually slumping sales, but also catalyzed by the perfect alignment of a new Windows release, a new generation of processors, and the always crucial holiday shopping season. But marketing alone is not enough.The key performance components inside include your choice of 6th generation Intel Core i7 processor, or Xeon E3-1505M processor. MSI claims the Skylake platform processors offer an average performance boost of 20 per cent beyond previous gen chips. Two memory slots allow fitting of up to 32GB of ECC DDR4 RAM. Pushing your calibrated pixels, MSI has equipped an Nvidia Quadro M1000M Graphics Card with GDDR5 2GB. MSI has equipped its 'exclusive' Cooler Boost 3 dual cooling system to keep the system ticking over smoothly.

This ISV Certified workstation laptop has pretty good built-in storage options, considering its size. Users can choose a 1TB 2.5-inch SATA disk accompanied by either an M.2 SATA or M.2 NVMe PCIe device. MSI says that the NVMe PCIe option offers 'crazy fast' speeds, up to five times faster than a SATA interface SSD.

Rounding off this workstation are; the backlit Keyboard by SteelSeries, Dynaudio audio system supporting 7.1 channel S/PDIF output and powered by an ESS SABRE Hi-Fi audio DAC, a combo audio I/O jack, Gigabit Ethernet LAN(10/100/1000 Mbps), Intel Wireless 802.11 a/c, Bluetooth v4.1, a FHD webcam with Array MIC, an SD (XC/HC) card reader, a USB 3 port, 2x USB 2.0 ports, an MSI SuperPort (USB3.1 Type-C, Thunderbolt 3, 4K output, fast charger (Optional)) and Mini Display Port x 1, HDMI x1, (plus USB Type-C support Display Port x1).

We don't have word on availability or pricing. As a pricing indicator, previous generation WS60 models were/are sold for prices in the region of UK£1800 or US$2000.

Netbooks are back. And they're nowhere near as bad as you'll remember them being. Today, netbooks come with usable quad-core Intel Atom and dual-core Celeron processors. They're not quick by any means, but as long as you know what you're getting in for, a netbook can be a seriously good secondary device when you're out and about.

There are limitations, though. Contemporary netbooks don't come with DVD drives, typically only have 32GB of storage and no more than 2GB of RAM. The uninformed will tell you that there's no way you can run Windows in this way, but as you'll see from our reviews, as long as you temper your expectations and don't expect to use a netbook as your primary device, they're incredibly effective and offer some serious value for money.

It is true that 2GB of RAM is tight, but Windows scales its RAM usage nicely to allow you to open programs and web pages without running out. 32GB of storage is mostly eaten up by Windows, which is a problem if you store a lot of files locally. However, these machines always come with SD or MicroSD card slots so if you really need more local storage, you can slip a card in for a permanent boost.

Net's in the name, though, and using cloud-based tools such as OneDrive and Google Drive are what these devices are meant for. Both free, both effective, you'll hardly miss traditional desktop productivity software once you're used to it.

What you lose in performance you are rewarded with in battery life; these tiny devices can go all day on a single charge, which gives them by far the best battery life of any laptop you can buy for under £800.

When the EeeBook X2505TA hit the market in 2014, we were blown away by its build quality, weight and performance. Not only that, back then it came with a year of Office365 and cost just £180. It's now dropped to just £160 and, if you search around, you might find it with Office365.

If you have a desktop that’s a few years old, you’ll notice a significant boost in performance. The hardware in the A555LF, with the dual-core Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM, and the Nvidia 930M graphics, runs almost everything smoothly. For regular tasks like browsing the web, working on MS Office, and watching videos, it’s buttery smooth. I was surprised by how good the multi-tasking experience was, as the system didn’t lag or crash even once. I could even play several popular games without a hitch, as long as other programs (especially Google Chrome) were shut. The full-size chiclet keyboard (complete with a number pad) is more pleasant to type on than a desktop keyboard. The trackpad is responsive, although not as good as others in its price range. And of course, you get all of this with the ability to take your laptop with you anywhere, which is impossible with a PC. What’s Worse Than a Desktop? The screen is the most obvious point of contention here. The 15-inch screen on the Asus laptop has poor viewing angles and a low 1366×768 pixels resolution, which is not fun for playing games. It actually means your games run well, but you aren’t really getting the best experience. And the poor viewing angles mean that moving even a bit or moving the lid even a bit will change how all the colours look. The audio was the other big bone of contention. Asus has tried its best to boost the audio output, since low volumes plague laptops. But in its quest to increase the volume, Asus has compromised on quality. It’s fine if you’re going to watch a movie or a YouTube video heavy with dialogues.

But if you watch an action movie, you’ll hear pops and fizzes and crackles all the time, ruining the experience. How Is It as a Laptop? If you consider it purely as a laptop and not as a desktop replacement, there is almost nothing going in favour of the Asus A555LF, mainly because of the Asus Zenbook UX305 (read our review). The Zenbook costs the same, but offers an infinitely better experience as a laptop in terms of weight, performance, and battery life. The A555LF has crammed so much hardware in it to make it a desktop replacement that the battery life is understandably not great. On average, I had to plug it in every 3-4 hours even when not watching movies, which is a really poor "portable computing” experience. And the other effect of all that hardware is the device is heavy! Lugging this thing around, you can afford to skip a workout or two. Anything Else I Should Know? Asus offers cheaper variants of this laptop, going down to a Core i3 processor and 4GB RAM. However, we haven’t tested those, so we can’t offer any advice on whether you should consider them or not. Who Should Buy the Asus A555LF? The A555LF, unfortunately, is a laptop that seems like it’s trying to solve a problem which doesn’t exist any more. It has good graphics, but its poor screen makes it a no-go as a viable gaming device. It has good performance, but its weight makes it difficult to carry around. It is portable, but the poor battery life means you need to keep it connected to a charger most of the time. The A555LF, in essence, is a compromise device. You’ll specifically need to care about getting all those ports and a DVD writer, care about having a dedicated graphics card, not care about the poor battery life, and not care about the poor screen.

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Lenovo L11M3P01 Battery

At under 1kg, it's perfect as a secondary laptop to take with you on the road when you don't want to take your main desktop with you. Its quad-core Atom processor is hardly quick, but if you moderate your expectations and don't open too many web browser tabs at a time, you shouldn't have many issues. We've tested the laptop with Windows 10 installed and everything works as expected, so there's no reason not to upgrade.

The HP Pavilion x2 has a similar technical specification to the Asus EeeBook shown above. However, its party piece is a docking system that lets you use it as a 10.1in tablet. As a result, it's a bit more expensive than a conventional laptop, but if you're looking for a tablet that you can also get a little work done on, this is a great shout.

It's worth bearing in mind that other specs have been cut in order to keep the price low. Some buyers will be put off by the low resolution 1,200x800 pixel screen, for example. You also only get 32GB of storage, but this can be expanded with a microSD card if you wish.

A common complaint about cheap laptops is that they cut the size to cut the price. The Toshiba C40-C addresses this issue, slotting in a reasonable set of components into a 14in chassis. This has two key benefits: First everything on screen is larger, meaning you won't have to squint at the 1,366x768 pixel panel if you're hard-of-sight. Secondly, the keyboard is larger and includes a proper number pad, giving your fingers more room to type.

Even the chassis looks decent, with a black, brushed metal-style plastic that looks very classy indeed. Superb battery life rounds off an excellent little laptop that's well worth the cash.No doubt you’re thinking ‘What, Broadwell and DDR3?’ and that’s a fair point and Skylake and DDR4 would doubtless give more performance – but it would come at a higher cost. P55W isn’t exactly cheap at £1150 but neither will it break the bank, and that is of keen interest for gamers on a budget.
This spirit of compromise is a constant theme with the P55W so there is a 128GB M.2 SSD to ensure the laptop boots fast and is responsive and it is backed up with a 1TB hard drive. Clearly it would be more elegant if Gigabyte had used a 256GB or 512GB SSD but that would have raised the price significantly.

It is less obvious why Gigabyte has specified Intel Wireless-N Wi-Fi as that can surely save very little money compared to 802.11/ac, and the retro theme continues with the inclusion of a DVD Supermulti drive. The P55W makes no claim to be a thin and light laptop and instead sits squarely in the middle ground at 2.5kg and a thickness of 34mm at the thickest point.
Gigabyte has used the size of the chassis to good effect by installing two USB 3.0 ports on the left side and two more on the right side. It would be nice to also see a Type C connector but you’re out of luck on this model. Other ports and connectors include headset jacks, Ethernet, VGA and an SD card reader on the front.

We asked Gigabyte about the specification of the HDMI port and were told that P55 v4 has HDMI v1.4 while the forthcoming P55W v5 (Skylake) will have HDMI v2.0. While this is technically better it doesn’t make much difference in the real world as you won’t be doing much 4K gaming with GTX 970M graphics. It would have been pleasing to see either Thunderbolt or DisplayPort however it is clear that Gigabyte has deliberately shied away from cutting edge technology on the P55W v4, presumably to keep the price lower.
Initial impressions when you turn the laptop on are less than ideal as the screen is covered with a number of icons that give the impression that Gigabyte has loaded the P55W v4 with bloatware, however this is not an accurate picture. Gigabyte LAN Optimizer and Smart USB Backup are par for the course but SmartManager and Smart Update are both excellent.
These two utilities work like a combination of software we have seen from Lenovo and MSI. The first manages short-cuts for screen brightness, speaker volume, Wi-Fi and that sort of thing while the second handles driver and BIOS updates. Both work really well.

As you will see in the video, the hardware works well and the combination of GTX 970M and Broadwell CPU gives you enough grunt to play games at Full HD. The IPS screen is bright and sharp with good colours so games and videos also look good, as well as running at a decent frame rate.

Thermal Dynamics
The cooling system uses heat pipes to remove heat from both the CPU and GPU and then take it to the left side of the laptop where is is exhausted. The DVD drive occupies the right hand side, otherwise Gigabyte might have used a twin cooler approach. The result of using a single cooler on two pieces of performance silicon is that it can get a bit noisy, and it was also notable that the cooler would spin into life as soon as the laptop was placed under any sort of load.

Using the synthetic AIDA64 stress test showed that the CPU idled at 54 degrees and rose to 85 degrees under load. The underside of the chassis was 27 degrees near the exhaust vent when the laptop as idling and rose to 34 degrees under load. The rest of the laptop chassis was cool to the touch.
Acoustic Performance
You can clearly hear the cooler spinning up however it is not especially noisy in general use. When you’re playing a game and the laptop is working under sustained load the smart move is to wear headphones.

Battery life
Battery life is good and delivered two hours 59 minutes of continuous PC Mark 8. Call it six hours in the real world, which is pretty acceptable without breaking any new records.
Closing Thoughts

Pretty much every aspect of the Gigabyte P55W v4 is a success, with the sole exception of the chassis which looks understated and feels a bit plasticky. It works perfectly well but doesn’t inspire the sort of lust and avarice you might hope to feel when you spend £1,150.
One area that caused us to raise a quizzical eyebrow was the Wi-Fi as we pretty much assumed it would be 802.11ac, however it proved to be Intel 802.11n which is undeniably good, but honestly, how little extra would the faster ac cost?
Planning on ditching your old desktop PC and finally getting a laptop? Asus wants to tempt you with the A555LF, which offers the bells and whistles of a PC with the portability of a notebook computer. But can it really deliver an experience where you won’t miss your desktop?

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October 24, 2015

Lenovo 3000 C200 Battery

Even more impressively, the XPS 15 claims up to 18 hours of battery life. There are a few downgrades you need to make that happen, such as a 1080P non touch screen, but that is still very impressive.When it comes to laptops you laptops you can actually buy (and we have tested), the Toshiba Portege Z20t has one of the longest real world battery life.

Clocking in at 17 hours, the convertible manages 9 hours from the tablet side, while the keyboard boosts that another 8 hours.

The Z20t owes its longevity to an efficient Core M CPU, as well as a 1080P screen.

In real world tests we could just hit the 17 hours if we were careful, but for more intensive use, closer to 15 was the norm.

Almost all new laptops these days have built in batteries that can’t be swapped out. Not the Lenovo Thinkpad range though, with two of the longest life models offering removable batteries.

Aimed at business travelers, the laptops actually have an internal battery as well, so you can hot swap the external one without powering off.

The extra batteries come in 3 or 6 cell models, though the latter adds some extra heft.

The ultra portable 12.5” X250 is rated for up to 21.4 hours of battery life with the fatter 6-cell option.

The larger 14.5” T450s is rated at 19.9 hours with the 6-cell.

Those results are very highly dependent on spec and use, so closer to 16 hours is more realistic. Still, if you are sitting on a plane with no Wi-Fi and the brightness right down, 20 hours is doable.

The Lenovo laptops give an impressive result, but it is worth noting that they are significantly bulkier than some of their slimline cousins that offer similar battery life.

Ignoring the new model and its 18 hour battery life for a moment, the existing Dell XPS 13 has an impressively good 15 hour battery.

And it doesn’t need a Core M CPU either – that’s based on a Core i5.

Of course you do need to opt for the 1080P screen without touch, but the 4K is overkill and expensive anyway.

With careful use, it’s entirely possible to hit (or even exceed) the 15 hour battery life.

If you tend to run some more intensive programs, or crank the brightness up, then 12 hours is about what you can expect.

Work the little i5 hard and it will drop down to 8 hours or so, but that is still impressive for a highly loaded test.

Finally, Apple unleashed the long awaited "iPad Pro". This 12.9 inch iPad device is no longer like the previous generations of iPads whose focus was on general entertainment and usability. The new "iPad Pro" is now designed to focus on productivity. It functions as a hybrid laptop with better specs to give you the full laptop experience.

Aside from the big 12.9 inch display, the main display of the "iPad Pro" is a 2732 x 2048 resolution which displays 5.6 million pixels. The "iPad Pro" uses A9X chip and Apple's 3rd gen 64 bit chip. These specifications of the "iPad Pro" makes the device around 80% faster than most laptops and it is also almost two times faster in rendering graphics than many laptops.

iPad Pro Battery

The new Apple device features a battery that can last for a long ten hours with only one charging. This is not bad for a tab/laptop hybrid. We've known iPad devices to have great battery life and it's good to know that the higher model that is the "iPad Pro" can keep up to that standard.

iPad Pro Colors

The "iPad Pro" will come in three typical Apple colors - gold, space grey, and silver. The color options are one good news considering that the usual iPad colors that we see are the white and black.

iPad Pro Competitions

As stunning as the "iPad Pro" is, it is not alone in what it offers. Competitions such as the "Surface Pro 3," "Ideapad Miix 7000," and the "Pixel C" are all good hybrid laptops as well. In fact, good words have been heard about the Surface Pro 3.

iPad Pro Accessories

The "Apple Pencil" is one thing to be excited about in the "iPad Pro". It features Force Touch which gives it the ability to understand pressure, angling, and any other writing complexities. The pencil is said to be able to stay charged for one hour, but can also be charged via the iPad itself using a lightning cable.

The Smart Keyboard is another thing that the "iPad Pro" can work with. It is an optional accessory that connects to the device through a connector and it carries power through magnetic connections.

iPad Pro Storage

The "iPad Pro" will begin at 32 GB, up to 128 GB. Some may think that the 128 GB max storage of Apple devices may no longer be enough with the high spec'd "iPad Pro", but so far that is all that's offered.

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LENOVO IdeaPad Z370 Battery

"It combines several different kinds of batteries, all of which are optimized for different tasks, into the same computer," Microsoft said in a blog post. "Then, it works with the operating system to figure out whether the user is, say, looking at Word documents or editing video footage, and applies the most efficient battery for that task."

Touching the Surface
In addition to Chandra, Julia Meinershagen, Senior Engineer with the Surface Devices group, also participated in this research. If Microsoft is successful, we may soon see significantly better battery life on Microsoft's future generation of Surface devices.

But the innovation doesn't stop there. The same principles can also be applied to smartphones, cars and other gadgets, Chandra wrote. Currently, chipmakers like Qualcomm and Intel are relying on smaller architectures to deliver faster performance and longer battery life.

The best part about Microsoft's battery innovation is that it uses existing technology so we don't have to wait for the ultimate battery to be invented.

For years, Microsoft has been telling us that the future of PCs was actually the tablet. The Surface Pro in particular is powerful enough that it could truly keep pace with your laptop, and Microsoft hasn't been shy about comparing it to the MacBook Air. The message seemed clear: The Surface Pro was like a notebook, only better.

And yet, immediately after unveiling the Surface Pro 4 at a keynote earlier this month, Microsoft unleashed one last surprise: the Surface Book. At first glance, it's a traditional 13-inch notebook, with a premium design, long battery life and the sort of performance you'll find in only a handful of other laptops, like the MacBook Pro. Unlike a Mac, though, you can remove the screen, turning it into a shockingly light, 1.6-pound tablet -- one that happens to pack a notebook-grade Intel Core processor.

Microsoft researchers are looking at the age-old problem of laptop battery stamina. Rather than trying to improve battery chemistry – there are plenty of other researchers and engineers looking into that – they instead looked at using multiple different types of battery for the different tasks and components of the laptop. Using this 'software-defined battery' means the system decides the right battery for the task at hand. The researchers say that using current battery technology this system can "keep laptops and tablets charged much longer than current standards".

Explaining the thrust of the study, principal researcher Ranveer Chandra said "Rather than waiting for the perfect battery, we're using all the technology available right now". The central idea behind the longer lasting batteries is 'Software Defined Batteries'. Instead of a collection of identical Li-ion cells, for example, the prototypes built by the researchers use different kinds of battery cells for different tasks. The current system used to manage a device's battery charge isn't usually the device OS but some firmware.

"Everyone wants a better battery, and while lithium-ion is generally good, it can't meet all our wants and needs," said Julia Meinershagen, a senior engineer with Microsoft's Surface Devices, who also contributed to this project. The 'software-defined battery' (PDF) combines several different kinds of batteries, all of which are optimized for different tasks and works with the OS to check what kinds of tasks are going on. It then applies the most efficient battery to that task.

Machine learning is implemented to mean that the optimisation is personal to each computer user. It might learn the regular plugging and unplugging times of your laptops, and what your computing habits/demands are to make sure you have enough juice for what you have to do.

While it is experimenting with laptops and tablets right now, Microsoft reckons that its 'software-defined battery' tech will be useful in other industries such as smartphones or even automobiles.

HP's inexpensive Stream laptops weren't perfect by any means, but with a starting price of $200, we were able to forgive a lot, including so-so displays, sluggish performance and sometimes-flaky touchpads. Today HP is refreshing both the Stream 11 and 13, and while neither seems to address the flaws we found in the original, they at least keep the same price, all while bringing longer battery life -- and in the case of the smaller one, a lighter design. In particular, the 11.6-inch model now weighs 2.6 pounds, down from 2.74. The 13.3-inch version remains unchanged at 3.42 pounds, and there's an optional touchscreen for the larger model as well. In both cases, you can expect better runtime: up to 10.5 hours on the 11 (up from 8:15) and 8.5 hours on the 13 (versus 7:45 on the last generation). That's important, as the Stream line competes in part against Chromebooks, some of which have no problem reaching the 10-hour mark.

Laptops are essentially gateways to all things online. These devices have become an indispensable part of our life. For instance, it follows you from home to office and from conferences to coffee shops and back. However, like humans they exhaust at the end of the day. So, efforts are always underway to maximize the battery power by building machines with a higher capacity. That’s where Microsoft takes a departure from the normal behavior and works on building smarter batteries. Microsoft working on a new type of battery for laptops!

Laptops are essentially gateways to all things online. These devices have become an indispensable part of our life. For instance, it follows you from home to office and from conferences to coffee shops and back. However, like humans they exhaust at the end of the day. So, efforts are always underway to maximize the battery power by building machines with a higher capacity. That’s where Microsoft takes a departure from the normal behavior and works on building smarter batteries. Microsoft working on a new type of battery for laptops!

The machine learning technique will employ a system that will use different sorts of existing batteries, working in tandem with a smartly developed software, to keep them charged more than current standards. The software-defined battery system will be a single blend of different sorts of batteries, optimized for different tasks, into one computer. It will use the operating system to figure out whether the user is working with an application that heavily relies on power or a simple application and thereby switch you to the the most efficient battery for that task.

Example, If you’re playing a game, your OS could detect it via software-defined battery system and help you shift to a more short-lived battery with lots of power.

The solution proposed by the trio – Bodhi Priyantha, Ranveer Chandra and Anirudh Badam working with colleagues from Academia is still in the proto-type phase and could take years before it becomes a reality. Nevertheless, the research holds promises.

According to the release notes, which we have attached at the end of the article for reference, Laptop Mode Tools 1.68.1 is a modest release that updates the manpage details about the runtime-pm component, offers a more descriptive log error, repairs issues with stdout descriptor, and now uses _sbindir for RPM (Red Hat Package Manager).

The "Drop out reload" feature that was implemented in a previous release has been reverted, stderr and stdout are now directed to journal, the new poll service and .timer are now installed by default, it is now possible to write directly to common stderr, while not hardcoding a specific one, and lmt-udev is now called in lmt-poll to avoid calling the laptop_mode binary directly.

Of course, there are a lot of code cleanup and bug fixing in the new Laptop Mode Tools 1.68 maintenance release, which is a recommended upgrade for all Linux users who want to extend their laptop's battery life. Download Laptop Mode Tools 1.68.1 right now from Softpedia or upgrade/install via the default software repositories of your GNU/Linux distribution.

Earlier in the year we looked at 2-in-1 laptops with the best battery life. But what are the best options when you include all laptops, not just convertibles?

Don’t forget there is a lot you can do to improve your battery life. Windows 10 gives some extra options to help draw things out a little.

As a just released, but not real world tested wildcard, Dell has announced the new XPS 13 and 15.

The 13 is already on sale, but the 15 won’t available until next week, on the 16th of October.

The XPS 13 claims up to 18 hours of battery life. If the previous model is anything to go by (and read more on that below) then it will be possible to hit those figures, but for real world use 15 hours or so might be more realistic.

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October 23, 2015

Fujitsu Stylistic ST5112 Battery

Despite the Mac-centric nature of the unit, the Time Capsule uses several industry standard protocols, which means that Windows and even Linux PCs can join in the fun, too – they just can’t take advantage of Apple’s slick Time Machine interface. The new units are available now from Apple and in retail stores – the 2TB model costs $299 while the 3TB model runs an extra two hundred at $499.

Last year, Apple released an update to its most expensive PC, the workstation-class Mac Pro. Well, barely. The biggest Mac got new Sandy Bridge – not even an Ivy Bridge update – server CPUs, and not much else. It’s still running with USB 2.0. Just a few months later, Apple discontinued the sales of the desktop entirely, at least in Europe. It seems like the Mac Pro ran afoul of a new European safety regulation regarding fans and grills, and Apple decided it just wasn’t worth the retool.

In between, a customer wrote Tim Cook and complained about the lack of love and updates Apple had given its most powerful machine, to which the CEO responded with patience, promising something very special in regards to the Mac Pro in 2013.

Now MacDailyNews is reporting that Apple is set to launch its updated towers later this month. While everyone’s excited to see what Cupertino has in store, we don’t buy the rumor – not yet.

Apple is promising to deliver a major update to the Mac Pro lineup. That’s not something they’re likely to unveil on a random April weekday, with little to no warning or fanfare. It’s also not likely something they’d probably schedule for its own event – not the Mac Pro.

Our bet is on WWDC in the second week of June. We’ll see a preview of the next generation of OS X, iOS 7, likely a new iPhone, an updated Mac Mini (probably just a spec boost), and most of all, the new Mac Pro.

It’s possible we’ll see something like the new iPads there, but those are just as likely to be saved for their own event later in the year.Samsung HomeSync Android Jelly Bean
Where the HomeSync heads past the AppleTV, however, is with its support for Android and the Play Store. While most of the titles available aren’t exactly optimized for use on a television, many of the games will play just fine, with the addition of a Bluetooth controller. More importantly than gaming are some of the streaming video apps available – without much effort on Samsung’s part, the HomeSync will have access to services like Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime Streaming Video, YouTube, and more.

It goes without saying that the new Samsung box supports up to 1080p videos.

Out of the box, you’ll get versatile codec support, including H.264, H.263, MPEG4, VC-1. WMV, VP8, DivX, and just about any audio format you’d want, including various lossless standards.

Aside from the dual-core CPU and hard drive, you’ll also get 8GB of flash storage space on which the OS and downloaded apps are kept, Bluetooth 4.0, dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet and HDMI-out. Samsung has promised that we’ll see the HomeSync hit the US in April, with other countries to follow; so far, price is being kept under wraps, but I’d be surprised to see it for much more than $199 or $249.When Steve Jobs took the stage at Apple’s most recent press conference, it was to announce a number of new products – both hardware, like the MacBook Air, and software, like the new iLife ’11 applications suite. He also showed off the up and coming app store, which promises to bring iOS’ ease of installation to the desktop realm.

According to a few Mac-centric sites, the new Mac App Store might not be ready for launch until sometime this January. Previous rumors had pegged the new store launch at December 13th, but that’s looking decreasingly likely as the date draws closer.

While that’s still not too far out, the news doesn’t end there – apparently, developers are being told that applications present in the Mac App Store will be subject to a number of rules and regulations. No Game Center support is available, no in-app purchases are allowed and there will be no trials or demo software apps.

One of the biggest (ha!) selling points of the new 27-inch iMac all-in-ones is the screen. Twenty-seven inches of IPS glory set at the high resolution of 2560×1440. More’s the pity, then, that the screen, or at least its underlying video hardware, has been a source of frustration for new purchasers.

When the iMacs aren’t having issues where they simply don’t turn on, a number of users have reported issues with flickering screens. The new video firmware specifically addresses the issue, hopefully solving any problems. We haven’t heard of any problems after the install, so if you’ve been having issues with your new iMac, be sure to check it out!

Despite Apple constantly referring to the Apple TV as just a hobby (a phrase first coined by late Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs), but that just goes to show that even hobbies can pay off, sometimes. On the hardware giant’s earnings call this week, CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple had managed to sell 1.3 million iOS-powered smart boxes over the past quarter, which adds up to roughly five million devices sold for the full fiscal year.

Despite the seeming success – and we’d bet that any competitors in the space would be over the moon to sell 5 million units a year – Cook cautioned that the Apple TV only brings in a "quite small” slice of the whole Apple revenue pie. Still, Cupertino is committed to putting effort behind the Apple TV – and for good reason: if the rumored Apple television set ever sees the light of day, everything that Apple does with the Apple TV could be seen as preparation and practice for that product’s release.

Talking to All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg tonight, Apple CEO Tim Cook artfully danced around a number of questions the pair lobbed with regards to future products and technology that the company was working on – but he did discuss a number of issues relevant to the space:

Apple TVApple has sold more than 13 million Apple TVs, and half of those have been within just the last year alone

It’s clear that while Apple TV might not sell iPhone-level numbers, it’s rapidly becoming more than just a simple hobby for Apple. While Cook refused to divulge any sort of detail on strategy or confirmation regarding an Apple television set, he did talk about how Apple TV is a useful tool for more than simply generating profits. The little device feeds Apple all sorts of data on how customers watch content on their TV, and how Apple might make it better.

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Could we see a new music streaming service from Apple thanks to their recent acquisition (and subsequent shutdown) of streaming startup Lala? What about a new Hulu-like library of video subscriptions? Apps for the new iOS-powered Apple TV? We don’t yet know, but when we do, we’ll be here with the news.

AMD has been laying off people left and right over the last year, but it seems like the graphics engineers laid off might not need to worry. Apple has been picking up AMD’s former employees for new GPU teams based in the Orlando, FL area.

According to MacRumors, the company picked up most of the new employees earlier this year, including a GPU hardware engineer, graphics architect, and more. Apple is also looking to higher Site Managers in both Orlando and Cupertino to manage the nascent GPU teams in both locations.

Over the last several years, there have been rumors about Apple wishing to bring more and more of the design process of its CPUs in house, leading it to acquire companies familiar with the intricacies of the design process – like P.A. Semi and Intrinsity. The new GPU hires are very likely intended to produce new architectures for Apple’s iOS products, which include the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and iPod Touch.

Thanks to an analysis from code junkies sifting through the developers releases of iOS 5, it’s been revealed that the upcoming Apple OS will bring Bluetooth support to the Apple TV. The update will allow Bluetooth keyboards and other accessories to pair up with the tiny box, which makes one wonder – is the Apple TV finally going to get apps?

Ever since the rumors first started swirling about an iOS-powered Apple TV that was basically an iPod Touch without the screen, many have wondered whether the new architecture and new software meant that the smart TV box would see its own app store. Despite the fact that Apple has allowed certain 3rd parties, such as Netflix and MLB.tv, to put their applications onto the unit, it’s kept the official doors closed.

The new Bluetooth keyboard compatibility, however, seems a little strange unless users are going to need to interact with more text than one might find typing movies into Netflix. Apple has resisted bringing apps to the Apple TV so far, but with Google putting more effort behind a summer app update for their own Google TV efforts, the Cupertino Kid might not have time to spare.

Remember when Apple released the 27-inch iMac? Pricey, sure, but considering the extremely high quality (if plagued with production issues) display included, it really wasn’t such a bad deal. Now, the company is finally releasing that display as a standalone purchase.

(Credit for the above mockup goes to AppleInsider)

It’s being claimed that Apple has been working on two new additions to its Apple Cinema Display line of sleep monitors – an improved 24-inch and the large 27-inch found previously on its flagship iMacs. Many have wondered when this display would find its way to release, especially since Dell has been selling a very similar model, if CCFL-backlit instead of LED, for some time.

Codenamed K59, Apple is apparently waiting to finalize production and release of the new display until after the price comes down a bit; those 27-inc 2560×1440 IPS panels don’t come cheaply, even for an OEM. Dell’s UltraSharp U2711 currently sells for $1099, so it’s interesting to speculate at what price Apple will inevitably sell their own version. With LED backlighting and an aluminum frame, it would make sense to sell it for more than the Dell. Considering that a full-on iMac costs just a few hundred more, however, Apple will need to walk a fine line when pricing it.

According to Digitimes, which has a pretty spotty record when it comes to Apple-related rumors, unnamed supply chain sources have let slip that Apple is investigating the feasibility of a 4K, or Ultra HD television for release sometime in late 2013 or early 2014. Most of the Apple leaks in recent years have come from similar supply chain informants, a sign that such growth as Apple has experienced in recent years inevitably reduces a company’s ability to keep a lid on all of its secret projects.

Reportedly, Apple has been in deep deliberation with Foxconn, its primary choice for fabrication of its personal technology products. The largest problem in creating such a device is sourcing the requisite components; as yet, the technology for creating 4K television panels is still sufficiently new that not many fabrication plants are capable of churning them out in large numbers.

A major second consideration behind supply constraints is the cost of these components; the first 4K products on the market range in the five figures, with devices from LG, Samsung, and Sony hitting well upwards of $20,000. Back at CES, several manufacturers promised to cut prices for 4K technology to under $5,000 by the end of this year, with Westinghouse suggesting that they may introduce a $2,500, 50-inch 4K model this summer.

Unlike a theoretical Apple HDTV, however, a budget model from Westinghouse would lack basically any functionality whatsoever aside from the 4K panel itself.

Given that an Apple television still doesn’t exist, it’s difficult to suggest what sort of technology it might feature. The most suggestion is an always-on Siri digital assistant that would help users with more complex tasks, such as recording every new episode of a given television show. One possible outcome is a tight integration with its current Apple TV smart box; by upgrading the Apple TV yearly or every other year, Apple could milk a few more dollars out of a market that typically sees very slow turnover.

It’s being claimed that Apple has been working on two new additions to its Apple Cinema Display line of sleep monitors – an improved 24-inch and the large 27-inch found previously on its flagship iMacs. Many have wondered when this display would find its way to release, especially since Dell has been selling a very similar model, if CCFL-backlit instead of LED, for some time.

Codenamed K59, Apple is apparently waiting to finalize production and release of the new display until after the price comes down a bit; those 27-inc 2560×1440 IPS panels don’t come cheaply, even for an OEM. Dell’s UltraSharp U2711 currently sells for $1099, so it’s interesting to speculate at what price Apple will inevitably sell their own version. With LED backlighting and an aluminum frame, it would make sense to sell it for more than the Dell. Considering that a full-on iMac costs just a few hundred more, however, Apple will need to walk a fine line when pricing it.

According to Digitimes, which has a pretty spotty record when it comes to Apple-related rumors, unnamed supply chain sources have let slip that Apple is investigating the feasibility of a 4K, or Ultra HD television for release sometime in late 2013 or early 2014. Most of the Apple leaks in recent years have come from similar supply chain informants, a sign that such growth as Apple has experienced in recent years inevitably reduces a company’s ability to keep a lid on all of its secret projects.

Reportedly, Apple has been in deep deliberation with Foxconn, its primary choice for fabrication of its personal technology products. The largest problem in creating such a device is sourcing the requisite components; as yet, the technology for creating 4K television panels is still sufficiently new that not many fabrication plants are capable of churning them out in large numbers.

A major second consideration behind supply constraints is the cost of these components; the first 4K products on the market range in the five figures, with devices from LG, Samsung, and Sony hitting well upwards of $20,000. Back at CES, several manufacturers promised to cut prices for 4K technology to under $5,000 by the end of this year, with Westinghouse suggesting that they may introduce a $2,500, 50-inch 4K model this summer.

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In his new, very high profile position, Cue is in charge of all of those entities, along with Apple’s new iCloud, the iBookstore and iAds. Apple badly needs a success with iCloud, so as to fend off competitors like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon in the burgeoning cloud services business.

Microsoft’s Windows 8 is set to include "People” and "Photos” apps for Windows Live, a Microsoft platform combining application software and cloud services.Mobile phones and tablets running the Google-driven Android OS are already laden with tie-ins to Google cloud services like the Android Market, Google Voice and Google Maps.

Apple has released a number of new products over the last few days, but sadly none of them are specific to MacBook users. The team over at DestopReview.com has all of the details on the new 27-inch Cinema Displays, 12-core Mac Pros and Core i7 iMacs.

Apple even unveiled the all new Magic Trackpad, which brings the MacBooks’ class-leading touchpads to an external, self-contained form factor for desktops. As usual, our sister site did a fantastic job of reviewing the new Apple Magic Trackpad just in case you need one for back-to-school season.

Lenovo’s ThinkCentre and especially its IdeaCentre lines of All-in-One PCs have bridged most of the competition in the AIO market and now they have a chance to compete against the governing power of Apple for the number one spot internationally, many industry sources stated on Monday.Lenovo IdeaCentre B520A large contributing factor to Lenovo’s emergence into this spot in 2010 is due to a fast-growing PC market in China. In 2010, Apple held 30 percent of the entire AIO market share but Lenovo saw a 23 percent growth to 4.22 million units in Q4, mostly due to a large spike in the sales of the Lenovo AIOs.

Digitimes has forecasted that Lenovo AIO shipments will grow by 54 percent in 2011 alone, rising to around two million PCs based on what was seen in its home market of China. It has also been forecasted by Digitimes that Apple will have a 15 percent increase of its shipments of AIOs to around 4.6 million in 2011 in the same time frame as Lenovo’s estimated growth.

Other manufacturers have been trying to force their brands through the North American AIO market by driving the sales of their own models, but Apple still has a tight hold on the market at 75-80 percent, sources have illustrated. It looks as though Apple will still have an intense grip-tight monopoly in the United States for this year even though Lenovo has bridged the gap in this market between other brands and Apple.

Lenovo will forge ahead and continue to outsource many of its AIOs from China to a number of Taiwan and Singapore-based ODMs such as Compal Electronics, Flextronics International, Quanta Computer, Inventec and Wistron, sources have indicated.

The Lenovo IdeaCentre line has been known to be a direct competitor to Apple iMacs, targeting the same types of buyers for some of the same reasons for as low as a third of the Apple price in some instances. Even though Lenovo has a much wider selection and a better price tag, Apple has instead gone the way of quality of features and performance of the systems.

The Apple Store has gone down all around the world this morning, leaving fans and friends alike unable to browse Apple’s wares from the comfort of their pajamas. The cause? No official word yet, but some pretty safe rumors are claiming that the iMac all-in-one lineup will be refreshed, bringing with it Intel’s latest processors and the new Thunderbolt high-speed interconnect.

The last time Apple updated the world’s best-selling all-in-one computer was back in 2010, bringing with it AMD Radeon 5000 series graphics. This wait to refresh the iMac series was wise, considering all of the trouble that flawed Sandy Bridge chipsets caused companies like Dell and HP.

This new refreshed should, overall, be fairly tame; it’s extremely unlikely for Apple to introduce something revolutionary without a large press conference. Check back with us in a few hours and we’ll keep you update on all the latest details!

Another quarter, and another series of earnings reports. Apple’s calls are always interesting to listen to, however, as the company has a strange habit of bucking the rest of the industry’s trends – and with this most recent report, it’s obvious that they did it again.

The biggest numbers, unsurprisingly, belong to the company’s most mobile division – Apple managed to sell over 37 MILLION iPhones in the past quarter, a number increased by many customers waiting for the release of the company’s latest iteration. We’re most interested here in how many traditional computers Apple managed to sell, however, and those numbers look pretty bright.

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In all, Cupertino pushed out a total of 5.2 million Apple computers this quarter, which represents a stunning 26% growth year-over-year (that is, 26% growth over this same period in 2010/2011). Of that 5.2 million, nearly a third were members of Apple’s desktop lineup: the iMac, Mac Mini and Mac Pro units. The company didn’t provide any further granularity than that, but the iMac is very likely the top seller; it’s the most popular desktop in the U.S. – followed by the Mac Mini and Mac Pro.

The Apple TV was mentioned in the earnings call by CEO Tim Cook, though he carefully noted that the company still continues it a hobby. It’s obvious that for all Steve Jobs mentioned that he’d ‘finally cracked’ the easy to use television, Apple is still playing around in the space, and seeing what works and what doesn’t. Apple managed to sell 1.4 million of the smart TV boxes last quarter, a number that likely dwarfs those from competing devices. In all, 2.8 million were sold for the full year, which shows more than anything that the Apple TV was a relatively popular holiday gift.

During the announcement of the new iPad Mini, iPad 4, Mac Mini and iMac yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook let drop another curious tidbit – in addition to the best-selling phone and tablet on today’s market, the company now lays claim to owning the top-selling desktop and laptop in the United States.

Part of that has to do with the current popularity of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. As people get accustomed to using Apple products, they get curious about the other products that the company offers. And even if they haven’t bought their way so far into the Apple ecosystem, the company’s name does get trotted out an awful lot. You might hear late night host Jimmy Kimmel make fun of Apple, for example, but I’d be surprised to hear him do an HP sketch.

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Further back to Apple’s beginnings, the Lisa, successor to the Apple II, never took off. For Apple’s next computer, the original Mac, Jobs "borrowed and stole liberally from Lisa, in terms of ideas, assets and people,” recalled Trip Hawkins, one of the first 25 Apple employees, and later the founder of Electronic Arts (EA) gaming company, in a blog post this week.

"In fact, Mac would not have had printer fonts or any form of printer for another two years were it not for Lisa,” Hawkins elaborated.Yet as Jobs himself did admit, the credit for Apple’s successes didn’t belong to him alone. Nor did the blame for Apple’s mistakes. In discussions of Apple’s future fate, much has been made of the contrast in styles between the charismatic (if sometimes abrasive) product innovator and his replacement, the mild-mannered and diligent Tim Cook, who rose to COO and then CEO at Apple after streamlining the company’s supply chain by shutting down manufacturing plants.

There’s also been tons of talk around Jobs’ close creative relationship with Jonathan ("Jony”) Ive, Apple’s brilliant design chief, who led development of both the iPhone and the iPad.Jobs, though, often espoused teamwork among groups of employees, even back in the early days. "Great things in business are never done by one person; they are done by a team of people,” Jobs noted in a TV interview on 60 Minutes a number of years back.

"My model for business is the Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other’s negative tendencies in check; they balanced each other. And the total was greater than the sum of the parts,” he illustrated.Although not all of them have drawn as much recent attention as Cook or Ive, Apple’s management team is made up of at least 15 key players, including several on the software side: Dr. Guy (Bud) Tribble, VP of software technology; Scott Forstall, senior VP in charge of iOS software; Craig Federighi, recently promoted to senior VP, software engineering; and Eddy Cue, who now steps up to the job of head of Internet software and services.

In resigning as Apple’s CEO on August 24 of this year, just some six weeks before his untimely death at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer, Jobs wrote to Apple employees that, "I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it.”

Jobs’ confidence could be warranted in the sense in that all members of the current team have carried out key parts in earlier Apple innovations.Mac OS X Lion, on the other hand, gains new features such as a MAC App Store; multitouch gestures; versioning, for automatically saving various versions of docs while you work; and AirDrop, for sharing files with other PCs.

"NeXTStep already had a fully featured operating system and could play videos, record sound and embed objects. In comparison, Windows hadn’t even reached version 3 by the time of NeXTStep’s debut,” according to Alan Blewitt, editor of the InfoQ blog, who owned a NeXTStation during the early 1990s.

Developers wrote the first version of HTTP on a NeXTStation. The computer never caught on commercially, however, due to its costliness. Jobs then transitioned NeXT into a software company.Forstall also followed Jobs from NeXT to Apple, where he led development on several releases of OS X, an OS incorporating object-oriented development technologies first created for NexTStep. After spearheading the success of the OS X Leopard release, Forstall took over development of iOS.

The new iOS 5, which is built right into Apple’s new iPhone 4GS, also includes several new capabilities apparently inspired by the rival Android OS but absent from Apple’s mobile OS until now, such as PC-free operations, notifications, and wireless syncing.

Federighi doesn’t turn up in the limelight nearly as often as Forstall. Yet he is another former NeXT employee who followed Jobs to Apple. After leaving Apple in 1999, Federighi came back a decade later to focus solely on OS X. Federighi’s role with OS X was expanded earlier this year when Bertrand Serlet, another long-time Apple engineer, departed the company in March. Serlet, known internally as the "Jony Ive of software,” was one of many Apple employees who hailed originally from Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center).

Other key members of Apple’s current management team include Phil Schiller, senior VP of worldwide product marketing; Bob Mansfield, senior VP of Mac hardware engineering; Peter Oppenheimer, senior VP, CFO; Bruce Sewell, senior VP, general counsel; Jeff Williams, senior VP, operations; and Katie Cotton, VP, worldwide corporate communications. Apple hasn’t yet named a replacement for Cook as COO.

Federighi’s appointment as senior VP of software engineering came at an important time for Apple, because with the new Lion release, Apple is moving OS X’s architecture closer to that of iOS.Some users are now carping about the new iOS-inspired features in OS X Lion, contending that while these might make sense on mobile devices, they’re only interferences on Macs and MacBooks.

Some have speculated that OS X might ultimately go away entirely, meaning that Apple will be using iOS across PCs along with its iPad tablets and iPhone. Interestingly, Microsoft is taking a similar but more limited approach with Windows 8, an emerging OS designed to work across both PCs and ARM-based tablets. Although Windows 8 won’t run on phones, it will use the same tile-based GUI as Windows Phone 7.

Windows 8 recently entered developers pre-release mode, and Microsoft plans to add many more features — still unknown — to the new OS before it ultimately reaches final release.Will Apple escalate its current "‘iOS-ization” of OS X, or back off from that path? Will the company eventually emulate some of the types of features that appear in Windows 8?

Meanwhile, full details haven’t been announced yet about Ice Cream Sandwich, a forthcoming major update to the Android OS which will be optimized for both tablets and phones (but not for PCs). When Ice Cream Sandwich sees the light of day, will Apple imitate some of its capabilities in iOS? Alternatively, will Apple take iOS in a different kind of direction? Time will tell.Over in Internet software and services, Cue will also play a pivotal role going forward at Apple. Cue was promoted to senior VP there in September after helping to create the Apple online store in 1998, the iTunes Music Store in 2003, and the App Store in 2008.

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Just plug the Apple AirportExpress into the wall, connect it to your stereo via included stereo connection kit, let your iTunes software automatically detect the remote speakers and start streaming your iTunes away!

AirPort Express with AirTunes brings your iTunes music in your Mac or PC into your living room or wherever in your home you have a stereo or a set of powered speakers. All you have to do is connect your sound system to the audio port on the AirPort Express Base Station using an audio cable (included in the optional AirPort Express Stereo Connection Kit) and AirTunes lets you play your iTunes music through your stereo or powered speakers wirelessly. iTunes software on your notebook automatically detects the connection of your remote speakers, so you just have to select them in the popup list that appears at the bottom of the iTunes window and click play.

The Airport Express is easy to setup, just plug it into the wall and then plug it into your speaker and cable modem or simply use it as a wireless signal booster Buy more than one AirPort Express Base Station and connect one to every stereo or set of powered speakers in your house one to your stereo in your living room and another to a pair of powered speakers in your kitchen, for example. Its small size and affordability make it perfect for having more than one. Imagine being able to play your iTunes music on whichever speakers in your house you prefer.

Because AirPort Express is so compact, you can also easily take it along with your laptop to a friend s house and share your unique musical taste on your friend s stereo. Or if you are on the road and want to use it in a hotel that has an ethernet connection, simply plug it into the ethernet outlet and your room is instantly wireless!HP Laptop Battery & Adapter Online Shopping Mall - new-laptopbattery.com
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If you already have a wireless network in your home, the Apple Airport Express can be used as a signal booster as well. Suppose you want to connect to the internet with your notebook in an area that lies beyond the 150-foot range of your wireless router, you can use the Airport Express as a wireless bridge to extend the range by boosting your signal.

Today Apple quietly released an updated lineup of PowerBooks. This was not much of a surprise, as rumors of the release have been circulating for weeks. What did come as a surprise however were some of the "little extras” that are offered this time around.

Easy there cowboy (or cowgirl). If you are in need of an awesome overall fantastic notebook, go for the new model. Despite my complaining, this is still an outstanding and beautiful machine. But if you are simply wanting to update your current aluminum PowerBook, we suggest you keep your wallet secured. If you are not in immediate need and can wait 6 months, you are sure to get the best bang for the buck upon the arrival of the PB G5 lineup that may surface as early as July. Besides, you don’t even get Tiger OS X 10.4 if you buy now. Our thoughts… Wait, wait, wait… The G5’s will be coming soon.
The first of the new applications showed off in the iLife ’11 suite is a new version of iPhoto. The update brings a number of fresh takes on editing photos. Some big improvements include additional slideshow implementations – just add your pictures, click a button, and iPhoto arranges your photos into a slideshow replete with CGI transitions and music. It’s a very slick interface.

Other updates include improvements to photo sharing and deeper integration with Facebook photo publishing, a full-screen mode reminiscent of an iPad app (could this be a future plan for the software? maybe so) and an amazing book generator. The new book layout feature is pretty incredible – iPhoto will customize a book tailored to a user’s set of pictures, but allow a wide degree of individual choice. Once it’s laid out, it’s uploaded to Apple’s servers and, if desired, lets you order the book just a few days later.

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Like previous Cinema Display generations, the new models come with MagSafe attachments for powering MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs (the $999 MacBook has been discontinued) so that users don’t need to add an additional cord to the fray. These new displays also come with built-in HD webcams and microphones, known as FaceTime HD. While it’s clear that these displays are very media-friendly, Apple wanted to drive that point home – and so the Cinema Displays also come with a 49 watt speaker system built in, which includes an integrated subwoofer.

Like most notebooks and portable devices sold these days, the Thunderbolt Display has an ambient light sensor hidden inside a part of the surrounding bezel. It senses the light levels in the room and adjusts the backlight of the display accordingly. If you’re sitting in a bright, sunny office, the display will jack things up to maximum; if you’re working late at night with no other light sources, it’ll dial things way down.

The new displays also show off Apple’s commitment to producing eco-friendly electronics; the models are lead-, BFR-, PVC-, and mercury-free; they also scored EPEAT Gold and ENERGY STAR 5.1 certifications. If you want to pick one up, they’ll be available sometime within the next 60 days from Apple’s online and retail stores. The price? The same old $999.
It was only a matter of time, but the team in Cupertino have announced an update to the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air laptops. The new ultraportables feature the second-generation Intel Sandy Bridge processors, backlit keyboards and a Thunderbolt port.

Only nine months since the last update, Apple has improved the specs on its 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air. Although the exterior of this thin aluminum design is essentially the same, both models now feature the Intel "Sandy Bridge” Core i5 and i7 processors, high-speed Thunderbolt ports, backlit keyboards, and OS X Lion.

The latest 11.6-inch MacBook Air has a starting price of $999 with 64GB solid state drive, 2GB of system memory and a 1.6GHz Core i5 processor. You’ll have to spend $1,199 if you want the 11-inch Air with a higher-capacity 128GB SSD and 4GB of memory. The 13-inch Air starts at $1,299, with a 128GB SSD, 4GB of RAM, and a 1.7GHz Core i5 processor. Upgrading the 13-inch model to a 256GB SSD will cost you $1,599 instead.

One of the most welcome changes to the new MacBook Air notebooks comes in the form of a new keyboard with LED backlighting so you can see the keys in the dark. The new Airs now have Intel HD 3000 graphics instead of Nvidia graphics, but this may not be a major concern for MacBook Air users since they typically aren’t gaming with these laptops. Once again, Apple has omitted the SD slot from the 11-inch model (apparently Apple thinks that people with digital cameras only buy 13-inch laptops).

The 13-inch model also gets a higher resolution 1440×900 display while the 11-inch Air is stuck with a 1366×768 screen. The 11-inch has a battery rated for up to five hours while the 13-inch model has up to seven hours of battery life according to Apple.

Be sure to visit NotebookReview.com in the weeks ahead for more coverage of these thin and light Macs, but feel free to visit the Apple website for more information about the new MacBook Air laptops.It’s been a touchy subject, then, this new iOS connector that completely changes the equation when it comes to device and ecosystem compatibility. No new devices have hit the market yet that take advantage of Apple’s new system for charging and delivering data to your iPhone.

Apple’s solution to that problem, a 30-pin iOS adapter-to-Lightning port, is now shipping. That’s good news for everyone who wants to use their new phone with their old docks.

The bad news? It’s thirty dollars! And thirty dollars is a ridiculous price to pay for a simple passive adapter. If you want a cable on the end of that adapter, you can bump the price up to almost $40. It won’t give you quite the same functionality as the old ports did, either – if you rely on the ‘iPod Out’ standard to get music to your car stereo, for example, you can kiss that ability goodbye. Too, don’t think you’ll be able to cheap out with a low-cost overseas alternative; users are reporting that these cheap cables often don’t work as well – or at all – because they lack a chip that Apple embeds into every official cable.Dell Laptop Battery & Adapter Online Shopping Mall - new-laptopbattery.com
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Just as we predicted, the world’s most popular all-in-one desktop computer got an attractive new update with the addition of new Intel quad-core CPUs across the board, AMD Radeon 6000M gaming-class graphics cards and the new 10Gbps Thunderbolt interconnect, for high-speed data transfers – all for $1199.

There are three big changes to the new 2011 Apple iMac lineup, though two of them are completely internal. The first is the addition of the latest generation of Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs. Every iMac sold now comes with a quad-core CPU – the last generation still contained dual-core chips.

The second big change comes with the addition of new AMD Radeon graphics cards. The 6000M series are pretty powerful discrete GPUs, especially at the high-end. Equipping a 27-inch iMac with the new Radeon 6970M (it even comes with 2GB of video memory) would let Mac users play today’s hottest games at some of the highest settings. This is an important inclusion now that OS X is getting increasing gaming support thanks in no small parts to Valve’s Steam client and Apple’s Boot Camp software.

The final, but no less important, inclusion is that of the 10Gbps Thunderbolt high-speed interconnect. Thunderbolt takes over the mini-DisplayPort ports, adding in high-speed data alongside the video format. Apple’s 21.5-inch iMac desktops have a single Thunderbolt port, while the 27-inch models have two. These iMacs mark the first time Thunderbolt has been introduced on a desktop computer, and only the second implementation of the new standard on computers at all.

They’re located in the back next to the rest of the ports, which include four USB 2.0 (zero USB 3.0), Gigabit Ethernet, headphone and line in audio jacks, FireWire 800 and the power cable. The mini-DisplayPort outputs are also wired so as to be compatible with Dual-Link DVI and VGA, via optional adapters. The computers have 8x DVD+/-RW DL slot-loading optical disc drives and SDXC card readers. Apple includes a wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad (configurable choice) with each computer.

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After playing games for an hour I was struck by the lack of heat. So I ran Gear of War for 10 hours, still no heat issues. Toshiba has put some thought into the X305’s cooling system. There are two fans that suck cool air in from beneath the notebook blowing it over the CPU, GPU and venting out the rear. Temps on the exhaust can reach 65oC but the palm rests remain nice and cool. In other words the heat is kept away from where you would notice it. Fan noise is not noticeable unless you flip the X305 and listen to them.

Keeping it in the family, this X305 uses Toshiba’s MK3252 GSX 320 GB hard drive. It has a spindle speed of 5400 rpm, 8 MB buffer and SATA-II 3.0Gb/s interface. Temperatures during normal use hovered around 40oC. HD Tune performance was in-line with the ubiquitous Western Digital drives. Here is a screenshot:

Toshiba designed the X305 with a front loading tray-style DVD drive. Optical recording is robust and the LG GSA-T50N covers all but the most exotic formats (CD-R 24x, CD-RW 4x, DVD-R 8x, DVD-R DL 4x, DVD-RW 4x, DVD+R 8x, DVD+R DL 4x DVD+RW 4x, DVD-RAM 5x). An 8x dual-layer multi-DVD burner is exactly what you would expect at this price point although Blu-Ray is starting to pop-up.

Toshiba has made some large strides from last year’s X205. The X305 looks much better – they have committed to the concept of the gaming notebook and have produced something bold. Chances are people will either love or hate the design but Toshiba has plenty of staid conservative notebooks to choose from; they need something like this.

In terms of performance the X305 does very well. The CPU and GPU are well balanced and it seems to be within 10% of last year’s value gaming champ, the Gateway P-6831FX. The Toshiba wins in synthetic benchmarks but falls a bit short in actual games. The cooling and audio systems are significantly better though. Less heat equals peace of mind to many people (myself included).

Toshiba’s offering also has the upside of being upgradable – but that is not officially supported nor will it be easy. CPU swaps are straightforward, simply buy a new P8400/8600/9500-series Intel CPU and take the case apart to install (easier said than done). Tracking down the 9800m GTX SLI MXM 3.0 module is going to tough and you may have to count on some eBay mercenaries unless Toshiba allows you to order the part direct from them. A quick scan of eBay shows the 8800m GTX SLI card selling for about $1,000.00.

Knowing I’ll own this laptop for a long time to come, my expectations were relatively high. Since I’ll mostly use it in my living room, I wanted something that is still somewhat mobile although it doesn’t have to be ultra-portable. I’m not a gamer either and my main uses are office functions and Internet surfing. For this reason, I focused in on 14″ laptops for their ample screen size and relatively low weight. I initially looked at some desktop replacements like the Dell Inspiron 6000, but they were just too big and heavy for me.

Where and How Purchased

For a long time I considered the HP DV1000 and the Dell Latitude D610. The DV1000 impressed me with it’s features, however after evaluating them numerous times in stores I noticed that the bottom always seems to be white-hot just sitting on the store shelf. This generated visions of it burning a hole right through my shorts, which was the main reason I kept looking. The Dell I found difficult to evaluate since I can’t just walk into a store and work with it or pick it up. I suppose if you know someone that has one it might be easier, but I just couldn’t bring myself to buy a laptop sight unseen.

Then Toshiba released the Satellite M55. Since the major big-box retailers started stocking it soon after it’s release, I had the opportunity to evaluate it on several occasions. While it had most of the features of the HP DV1000, the big thing I noticed is that it didn’t seem to run nearly as hot as the DV1000. In the end I decided to purchase my M55 from the local CompUSA primarily because of their 21-day return policy with no restocking fee. This really impressed me because lately it seems that everyone has a restocking fee. Personally I think this only makes sense since brick and mortar stores have to compete with the direct online sales where often-times a buyer can get up to 30 days to return their purchase for refund.Toshiba Laptop Battery & Adapter Online Shopping Mall - new-laptopbattery.com
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Note: As of the submission date of this review, a CompUSA manager has informed me that CompUSA has recently changed their return policy to only allow in-store credit on laptop returns.
The construction of this laptop is all plastic, however that can be expected from most laptops in this price range. There is a little bit of flex on the back of the screen if I push on it, but I would characterize it as an average amount. When picking the M55 up it is incredibly light and although I didn’t weigh it I can believe Toshiba’s claim of around 5.3 pounds. The size is nicely portable checking in at 13.5″W x 9.53″L x 1.53″D. All this makes for a very attractive combination of portability, nice screen size and a ton of features.

When Toshiba released the M55, it announced that the laptop would be available in 3 colors (copper, gray and blue); mine has a peacock-blue screen-back that I found to be a nice departure from the institutional black and gray laptops. The rest of the laptop is the same silver and black design as all other recent Toshiba Satellite models. One of the more unique things I noticed about this model is that it seems Toshiba has shortened the palm-rest size slightly from what other manufactures are offering on similar models. At first this seemed like a good way to decrease the overall size of the laptop, but in practice it wasn’t comfortable when typing.

The overall build quality on this laptop is quite poor in my opinion. As noted above, there is some flex in the screen-back and the palm-rest area has some flex to it as well. Perhaps the worst part about the construction is the keyboard. There is a large amount of flex to the keyboard that makes it very annoying to type.

The "TruBright” screen on the M55 is just beautiful to use in my opinion. It is a glare-type screen so I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it, but it was easier to see in high light situations where my old laptop screen would simply have washed out. Using the M55 outside on a sunny July morning I was still able to read the screen although it was decidedly harder to see.
On the technical side, the screen has a maximum resolution of 1280×768. This is fairly typical of the 14″ widescreen laptops I’ve seen however I would like to see the ability to step up to at least one higher resolution. Under normal usage I wasn’t able to notice any dead pixels, but using Dead Pixel Buddy software I was able to find 4 dead pixels. Not exactly perfect, but since I can’t find them during normal usage I consider this acceptable.
This laptop uses the integrated Intel GMA 900 graphics card with up to 128 MB of shared video RAM. In general use for me this seemed to provide very acceptable performance, however if you are planning on playing games, you may want to pay particular attention that at this time the M55 is only offered with integrated graphics.

At first glance the speakers on this laptop really stand out. A pair of harmon/kardon speakers sit directly below the screen providing a very interesting and rather slick look to the screen area. However these speakers aren’t there just to look pretty and they don’t disappoint. While not having a lot of bass to the sound, I found the sound quality good with ample volume. These are much better than the average tinny-sounding laptop speakers, but if you are an audiophile or looking for a lot of base you will still want external speakers.

The Toshiba Satellite M55-325 comes with an Intel Pentium M 740 (1.73GHz) processor. Add to that 512 MB of RAM and a 100 GB hard drive spinning at 5400 RPM and you would expect that this laptop should put up reasonably fast numbers for a thin and light laptop. Unfortunately at least from my perception this laptop was far from fast and I was slightly disappointed with the performance. However to be as objective as possible, I’ve included several benchmarks so everyone can evaluate the performance themselves.

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I don t know too much about laptop speakers but for the size (about that of a dime), the Harmon/Kardon speakers are great. They lack bass, but they still sound good and can be turned up loud. You might want external speakers if you want a lot of volume and bass, but for normal use the internal ones are more than adequate for me.

This notebook comes with a MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-820S Super-Multi drive. I believe this is the same Super-Multi drive that is in the Acer 2012WLMi. It can be removed from the computer by removing two screws from the underside of the notebook. It reads and burns pretty much everything at varying speeds, which I have listed below:

I ve only burned a few things on this drive: a full CD-RW and a full DVD-R, when the computer was plugged in. They both burned in the same time as a desktop (for a full DVD-R it is about 30 minutes at 4x, and for a full CD-RW it is a bit over 10mins at 8x).

The drive is noisy when speeding up, and when running at full speed. Toshiba provides a program to slow down the speed, thus making it nearly silent. It is only useful if you want minimum performance from the drive. I tried turning it on when loading a program, and it reduced the loading time considerably. I also noticed that some applications lag a bit when the drive speeds up.

Overall, I find the keyboard and touchpad to be well placed. There is noticeable flexing in the keyboard when it is used normally, but is not too bad. There is a numeric mode to overlay a number pad on the keyboard. The touchpad works well too. Tapping on the keypad acts as the left mouse button, which I find useful. The buttons below the touchpad are also well-placed and not stiff. However, a scroll button would have been a good feature. Toshiba provides some interesting software for the touchpad. With one program, you can set it up so a motion of your finger from each of the 4 corners can open up different files, folders etc.

There is no parallel port, but it doesn t really make a difference to me. There is only an SD card reader on this notebook. I know some other notebooks have a multiple card reader, but again this wasn t an important feature for me. My digital camera uses xD picture cards anyway, and I haven t seen a notebook that supports this format yet.

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Wifi is supported via the integrated Intel 2200bg card, which is easily accessible as I mentioned above. There is a wireless indicator by the keyboard, and an ON/OFF switch. Unfortunately, I haven t been able test the wifi yet, but I will once I start school again. I am not sure if this laptop has Bluetooth.

The stock battery is a 6-cell Lithium Ion (Li-ion) 10.8V x 4400mAh capacity. The battery life on this notebook depends greatly on what you re doing, the display brightness etc. I managed about 4 hours with the long-life mode at 600 MHz, without the wifi on, doing word processing and listening to music some of the time. If you play games, run the processor at full speed etc. it lowers the life.

I don t have any programs to benchmark the battery life. However, it was suggested that a good test is to run a looping MP3 playlist with the screen brightness on its highest level. Since I find the brightest screen setting overly bright, I ran a looping MP3 playlist on Winamp 5.04 at half brightness and the battery lasted about 3 hours. Again, this test was done at 600 MHz without wifi on. These readings are decent, but could be a bit better. I recommend a second normal battery, or Toshiba s high-capacity batter (double that of the normal one) if you don t have any access to a plug for the day.

The amount of heat and noise produced by this laptop varies greatly. If you are just doing word-processing or surfing the net on low processor power, the computer will run pretty cool. However, if you are playing games at full computer power, it can heat up quite a bit. The touchpad is one place where it will heat up, but it is normally not too bad. However, the bottom left side of the computer (where the CPU is located) can get quite hot (I measured 43 degrees C after playing SimCity 4 for a few hours) when you place a large demand on the computer. So I wouldn t want to place it on bare skin.

Reviled though it may be, Toshiba is pushing the European style keyboard layout in Canada. Weep for your poor wretched Canadian cousins. The X305’s keyboard is finish is glossy – a motif that is being extended throughout the Toshiba line up. It looks good but the keys are a little slippery. Also, the base flexes a lot and the short key travel makes this defect very noticeable. Key clicks are loud getting progressively worse as you move to the right. Next to the Acer 6920g keyboard I would rate this as the worst I have used this year. It is possible that the US keyboard is better. Here is a quick video that captures the flex.

On the right side of the keyboard where flex is most pronounced you will find a full numeric keypad. The positioning of the Del, Home, Pg Up, Pg Dn and End keys is unorthodox. Above the keyboard and centered between sharp looking Harmon/Kardon speakers are media control buttons (exactly where they belong – Acer I am talking to you). Additional speakers are situated near the palm rests as well.

Toshiba’s touchpads often need a bit of twiddling to get them setup the way I like them (fast with a light touch). The X305 was perfect right out of the box. Unlike in past years, Toshiba has elected to keep the touchpad simple and uncluttered with chotchkas – a smart choice. Buttons are firm and rattle free. There is no Apple-like two finger tapping or multi-touch. The top of the pad glows red while the notebook is on.

First Boot

The installation is relatively clear of junk. Toshiba’s utilities are present, but in some cases they are redundant with Windows offering the same functionality. There is no point having two programs that do the same thing running in memory – a good example being the Wi-Fi configuration. Uninstalling these will free up some memory and remove a few unwanted background services.

A Bluetooth setup utility pops up on first boot to help you configure any keyboard mice or other peripherals you may have. I like this feature but it is a bit odd; Toshiba reminds you to setup a wireless mouse but not to create backup discs? On a related note, lack of an included Vista restore disc is a disappointment. This notebook is not a $399 door crasher – Gateway provides recovery discs with its notebooks.

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