New Apple commercial ridicule Microsoft ad campaign
Apple’s new commercial directly attacks Microsoft’s recent $300 million advertisement campaign. Microsoft ad campaign features Bill gates and Sein field and gained bit popularity lately.
Apple Unveils 24-inch LED Cinema Display for MacBook
Apple unveiled a LED Cinema Display featuring a stunning 24-inch LED-backlit widescreen display which is designed for the new MacBook® family. The display contains a built-in iSight® video camera, mic and speakers enclosed in aluminum. The new LED Cinema Display will be available in November through the Apple Stores.
Sony and Toshiba top laptops
Sony and Toshiba laptops scored highest in a poll to find which home computers are the most reliable. The two brands got 93 per cent reliability in the “Which?” Computing annual survey. Overall, laptops scored 87 per cent for reliability, compared with 80 per cent for desktop computers. Apple, Compaq and Dell chosen as the top desktop brands.
Rwanda Distributes XO laptops
Rwanda launched the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program with the distribution of 5,000 laptops. The laptops are currently being sold for US$188, but OLPC is working to drive down costs through a give-one, get-one-free program. Nearly 100 teachers have already completed training by the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology in the use of specialized OLPC XO-1 computers. The organization has also provided Ethiopia with 5,000 laptops, and South Africa and Ghana have each received at least 100 laptops. Rwanda is one of the poorest countries in the world with a GDP of $238.30.
HP Breaks the 24-hour Battery Life Barrier
Up to 24 hours of continuous laptop operation on a single battery charge is possible now with an HP EliteBook 6930p notebook. “With the HP EliteBook 6930p, customers no longer have to worry about their notebook battery running out before their work day is over.” said Ted Clark, senior vice president Notebook, Global Business Unit, HP. The longer battery life is made possible by some of the energy efficient laptop components such as Intel® solid-state hard drives (SSD) and mercury-free LED displays. The highly efficient HP Illumi-Lite LED display boosts battery run time by up to 4 hours compared to traditional LCD displays and Intel SSD provides up to a 7 percent increase in battery life
Sony Recalls VAIO Laptops
Sony is recalling thousands of its VAIO laptops, due to an issue that can cause overheating. According to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission,the recall is for about 74 000 laptops in US. Sony said on its website that “the issue involves a small number of units which may overheat due to a wiring problem”. Sony is offering users free inspection and, if necessary, repair of their VAIO notebook. The company asks customers to visit Sony’s product support Web site to see if their laptop is included in the recall.
Mac’s Market Share Continues to Grow
Mac’s user base is growing in a rapid phase,thanks to iPod’s popularity. More and more personal users and small business community are moving to Apple’s Mac computers from Windows PC. Analysts believe Mac’s growing popularity is partly due to a “halo effect,” created by Apple’s iPod. Apple had a 10.4 home market share at the end of the first quarter of this year, compared to 7.5 percent for the first quarter of 2007, and 5.4 percent for the first quarter of 2006. Release of Microsoft’s new operating system Windows Vista also helped Mac to furthered its success.
Microsot Resosponds to Mac ad, enlists Seinfeld
The “Get a Mac” campaign may one of the reasons behind Apple’s rising market share in computer industry. Now Microsoft is fighting back with its own ad campaign. Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen in the $300 million ad campaign which is going to be launched soon. The new ad effort is expected to use some variation of the slogan “Windows, Not Walls.” But its doubtful that $300 million is sufficient to reverse the negative public perception of Windows Vista.
Laptops with 3G Connectivity
Lenovo has announced that it has teamed up with Vodafone in the UK to offer mobile broadband built-in to the laptops. Customers will be able to purchase new ThinkPad notebooks in the T and X Series and on all of Lenovo’s new ThinkPad SL Series notebooks with the new connectivity option. The price for the data plan will cost £8.50 a day for unlimited data around Europe, USA and Japan according to Vodafone.
Top 10 Computers From Past To Present
- The Difference Engine by Charles Babbage -1822
- ENIAC -1946
- IBM System/360 - 1964
- Datapoint 2200 - 1970
- Xerox PARC Alto - 1974
- TRS-80 - 1977
- Apple II - 1977
- IBM PC - 1981
- Apple Macintosh - 1984
- IBM Roadrunner - Current
Toshiba’s New Cell powered Laptops.
Toshiba unveiled its first Quad Core HD processor notebook. The new mobile PC features a Cell-based chip said to be able to offer a “revolutionary high-definition, multimedia user experience”. The Qosmio G55-Q802 series laptop is equipped with a Quad Core HD co-processor with 4 SPEs (Synergistic Processor Elements) and 128MB of XDR memory. The starting price of the G55-Q802 is set at $1,549.99. The notebook will ship with Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed. The featured components are a 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo T7350 CPU, 4GB of DDR2 memory, a GeForce 9600M GT graphics card with 512MB of dedicated memory, 500GB worth of storage space via two 250GB SATA hard drives and a DVD SuperMulti drive.
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Lenovo leads in customer ratings.
Laptops thinner than Mac Book Air.
Pay Dell to Downgrade to XP
June 30 was the last day you could get Windows XP. Because of compatibility issues, uncertainty about Vista stability/ease of use, and hardware requirements there are many people who don’t want to go for Vista. If you are ready to pay up to $50 to downgrade to XP,Dell is ready to sell computers with Windows XP. This may well be the first time an older operating system is being sold as a bonus package. But Microsoft promised that Vista SP1 release solves many issues reported on Vista such as low battery life in Laptops.
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Vista SP1 pulled by Microsoft.
