Netbook News

In July of this year, dell in China has issued 10 inch flat Streak 10 Pro, its 2999 yuan price, by many users to chase after hold in both hands. Just a few short months, this kind of flat in dell’s website has been under frame, it is not clear frame under the true reason.

Now China’s official website can still search for dell to this type of Streak 10 Pro flat, although price display 2699 yuan, but the commodity inventory shows no money, and when the user clicks the buy button, will receive the goods already of off-the-shelf hints.

As more and more low the emergence of plate, this kind of Streak 10 Pro being slowly forgotten by the user. In order to stimulate sales, dell officials have quietly on the price is 300 yuan 2699 yuan. Perhaps is price strategy, did not increase the flat sales, so dell eventually decided to give it up.

Interestingly, after dell has in its official website announced to stop the production and sales of its 5 inch flat Streak 5, and the flat out to halt sales from only within a year.

This kind of flat with 1280 x 800 resolution 10.1 inch touch screen, 1 GHz frequency carrying the NVIDIA Tegra T20 dual-core processor, with 1 GB memory and 16 GB storage space, running Android 3.2 system, providing 5 million pixels rear camera.

Lenovo ThinkPad S420 laptop use different from the traditional ThinkPad design style, but its still is the classic business laptop brand and enjoy the “ultimate office edge tool” reputation. The ThinkPad notebook to buy the users, the random bringing some software for the user’s business office provides the more good help effect, Think of business performance to the biggest show, below I will introduce you to focus on the kinds of S420 ThinkVantage application and their good safety performance.

Rescue and Recovery through the backup data, can be in the operating system collapse according to need to restore system to the state of the saved. However, if no backup system, can’t protected, therefore, to the system and documents of the security best to backup system. If created a number of backup, restore to create any backup system where he state. For example we used in laptops, sometimes will meet the virus or laptop in their collapse, leading to file the application or system, sabotage, in this case can Rescue and Recovery in advance through with the data backup, restore to the document, can be so will the virus and system collapse to minimise the impact.

System Update similar to Windows 7 System of Update, is a more line program. Laptop through ThinkVantage System Update can make regular laptop System and software Update. System Update from the help center for lenovo laptop collect relevant new updated information, and then to Update the sequencing and display for users to download and install. Updated content includes: used to solve the current problem of software patches, avoid software future problems of the patch, software, device drivers or BIOS upgrade, improve performance or laptop for its add utility new software applications.

Open Access Connections after software see is a wireless network distribution, to notebook for the center, the will of the wireless network signal around, according to the strength of the show with latitude form, and in the latitude indicated the signal strength, very intuitive. Users can adjust according to this laptop or wireless router’s position, to achieve the best reception. In the router icon beside the names of mark signals, and “lock” icon said the connected to the network whether to need password, a green signal of the waves of light are being practical of router network.

Power Manager is ThinkPad notebook in very practical and very important a software, easy to operate, set up a simple. Through the Power Manager user not only can adjust the Power Settings to achieve performance and energy saving the best balance between, but also can adjust Settings to the maintenance of the better charging the battery.

In the battery option card, can see the most detailed the battery of information, among them, the battery charging and discharging the user is more concern times a bit, because the lithium ion battery charging and discharging of 100 or more, can appear aging phenomenon, so from that point will be simple to see how the actual performance of the battery. In addition, the left’s battery health also need to pay attention to, health is divided into three categories: green says health, the battery can be at ease use; Yellow said general, battery has slightly aging; Red to represent poor, battery basically had scrapped, the need to change the battery.

Through the ThinkPad S420 bring their own software trial, you can basically feel ThinkPad notebook strong safety series with experience, the user using on add a lot of security, whether the restoration of the system or the detection, done for the sake of users, the powerful hard drive protection, for user data, provides a more convenient protection, S420 is a highly safety performance of the notebook business type.

According to Taiwan media reports, although by apple MacBook Air Intel success inspired and designed a own light thin Ultrabook, however the product in the market is still difficult to gain a competitive advantage, that prompted including acer, asus and some of the PC manufacturers will target by 40% above financial.

Taiwan’s “electronic times (DigiTimes) report, the two companies in the original plan before the end of 2011 to 300000 units Ultrabook order out, but because of the advance sales not beautiful, forcing the two companies will target down from 150000-180000 8:20am platform. The report quoted the original design manufacturers source says, Windows based Ultrabook advance sales “unsatisfactory”.

The report says: “acer and the asus Ultrabook and apple’s MacBook Air, either from or performance compared to industrial design are completely without the advantages. According to news personage points out, the sale of weakness is completely by surprise, each are big the notebook computer manufacturers will focus in May 2012, and hope after in October 2012 when Windows 8 see after the surge in demand for launch.

At present Ultrabook price has far more than the ordinary cheap PC, the asus Zenbook light thin laptop computer costs at about $1200, this price even more than the apple MacBook Air. Apple MacBook Air on the 11.6-inch price for only?????? 999 dollars.

And Ultrabook process of going public arrived too late for more or less by the global economic crisis and, while the effect of the continuous economic crisis is to global notebook computer market brought serious negative effect.

Intel in August ever published Ultrabook design specifications, including one for PC makers material reference list, says will be in low to costs $475 production of ultra-thin laptops, and aiming at the launch of the below $1000 with a “tablet computer functions” ultra-thin laptops.

However PC manufacturers but very hard to reach like apple MacBook Air laptops that realization of less than $1000 price point, first generation Ultrabooks price than Intel reference specification in general in the suggested retail price much higher. Ultrabook manufacturers are also feel to the control of the supply chain apple overseas pressure, and very difficult to develop similar MacBook Air that integration metal case

In Ultrabook struggle in the edge of survival, a quarter of the apple Mac computer sales reached a record high point but, in three months of shipment of 4.85 million units. But along with light thin MacBook Air of the market is very popular, have rumored apple or will in 2012 further expand the MacBook Pro products series. Reports have pointed out that in October this year, apple has started to test a 15 inches of super slim MacBook products. However the outside world is still not sure whether the product belongs to the MacBook Air series or MacBook Pro series.