Today, Samsung launched the highly anticipated follow-up to last year’s very impressive Series 9 premium ultra thin-and-light notebooks (they have Ultrabook specifications, but because of the premium branding and pricing that Samsung is going for, they won’t be called Ultrabooks). The new entrants are still referred to as Series 9, so to save you from any confusion, we’ll refer to today’s star of the show as the 2012 Series 9. The 13.3-inch model comes in black aluminum build by default. Samsung also unveiled a 15-inch model (housed in a 14-inch body) that comes in either a magnesium (silver) or aluminum (black) chassis. The 2012 Series 9 Ivy Bridge notebooks look as sleek as ever, and if anything, even thinner at 12.9mm (13.3-inch) and 14.9mm (15-inch). This compares favorably to the 2011 Series 9 notebook (16mm). And of course, you can’t have thinner machines without shaving off some excess weight. The 13-inch Series 9 weights a feather light 1.15kg (aluminum), while the 15-inch model weighs 1.58kg (magnesium) or 1.68kg (aluminum).

Apart from making the Series 9 sleeker than ever before and a change of materials used, not much has else has changed aesthetically from its 2011 edition. However the new machines have fairly significant upgrades to the components within. Screen resolution is now 1600 x 900 pixels (13.3-inch and 15-inch), up from last year’s paltry 1366 x 768 pixels. We hope that this will represent a Samsung shift towards sharper displays which will undoubtedly please consumers who have to hand over some pretty serious cash for one of these sexy Ivy Bridge processing platform based beasts.

Users will also be pleased to know that Samsung listened to their consumers, and resisted adding a glossy screen on these new notebooks and stuck with a more eye friendly matte screen. That’s probably also because the screen is a blinding 400 nits, the same as last year’s Series 9.

While the screen is important, so is the graphics engine crunching the pixels behind the screen. To keep these notebooks thin and sleek, Samsung has opted not to weigh the machines down with discrete graphics options. Instead, all three machines rely on Intel’s HD Graphics 4000 that's integrated within the Ivy Bridge processor. Renewed and better than the previous generations, it's decent for most intents and purposes, including video playback and even encoding - well, other than proper gaming and heavy media manipulation needs.


Connectivity-wise, the new 2012 Series 9 notebooks also don’t disappoint. This time, there are USB 3.0 ports, one for the 13-inch model (and a USB 2.0 port) and two for the 15-inch models (plus one USB 2.0 port). There is also the very necessary micro-HDMI port, but if you really need to connect to older display devices, you could also obtain an optional micro-HDMI to VGA converter from Samsung (or get one from the open market).

Besides differentiation by screen size and external color for the 2012 Series 9 notebooks, there is also the difference in storage capacity. The 13-inch and 15-inch magnesium models, sport a 128GB SSD, while the most premium of the bunch, the 15-inch black aluminum model sports a 256GB SSD. Having an SSD on board means that performance (boot time, data retrieval time, transfer rate, etc.) will be boosted by a substantial amount over normal hard drive based machines. This aspect hasn't changed since the last generation, but you can expect much better SSD controllers and flash memory to be used to deliver better performance than the previous generation (hopefully).

When we reviewed the 2011 Series 9 notebook, we were very impressed with the overall build quality of the notebook. And from the looks of things, this year’s variants promise to be even better. The keyboard housing is now a single piece of material, fused together with the palm rests, so flex definitely wouldn’t be a problem.


Source : www.hardwarezone.com.sg

Ahmedabad : Cubit Computers, in collaboration with a Taiwan company, today announced the launch of All-in-One (AIO) bare bone Desktop PC in the Indian market. With this, consumers would be able to get their All-in-One PC configured in any way they want it. One can now personalize the sleek, stylish, space and energy saving AIO desktop at a 20 to 25 per cent higher price of a conventional desktop of same configuration.

In the next one year, the market share of AIO computers is expected to grow 300 per cent triggering off a shift from the conventional desktop to AIO. AIO PCs today have just 1.5 per cent of the total Desktop Market.

Cubit All in One Bare bone :

Cubit All in One Bare Bone comes with 21.53” HD LED; in-built 2Megapixels web cam; in- built speakers; in-built Hunkey Power supply and a Cooler Master half heat sink fan; in-built VGA and card reader slot. Moreover, the AIO consumes 60 per cent less electricity than the conventional Desktop.(SUPER ENERGY SAVER)

The AIO is easy to assemble and has option of both Desktop hard disk and Mobile hard disk or both can be placed at the same time. This comes with 3 year Warranty.

Mr Vinay Chopra, director, sales and marketing, Cubit Computers said, “We are highly confident and take pride in being the leaders in getting AIO bare bones to India. We would be first launching AIO PC in Gujarat & Rajasthan followed by Mumbai, Punjab, MP and other states.”


About Cubit Computers:

Cubit is a laptop and computer peripherals manufacturing company which has gained a fine reputation as a manufacturer of notebook computers. It was one of the first laptop manufacturing companies in India to get an ISO 9001:2000 Certification.

The company has its Technical Collaboration in TAIWAN which reflects on its competitive product range which is not only technically advanced but is also good value for money. The company was set up in 1991 as computer hardware solution provider. In the year 2000, anticipating the market trend and future potential MD & CEO Mr. SURESH NAIR focused on the Business of Laptops and Computer Peripherals Manufacturing. Since then he started his journey to provide better and better IT solutions to its valuable clients and Partners.

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In addition to catering to the needs of professionals confined in cubicles with the Z210, HP will also be offering a little something to on-the-move customers with its new HP EliteBook W-Series mobile workstations.

HP EliteBooks, the 14-inch 8460w, 15.6-inch 8560w and 17.3-inch 8760w make use of a FORGE design framework and feature aluminum-alloy hinges and cast titanium-alloy display latches for increased durability, a radial-brushed gunmetal finish, a 2nd generation Core processor, up to 32GB of RAM, various storage options (SEDs or SSDs), AMD FirePro or Nvidia Quadro graphics cards with 1GB to 4GB of memory, USB 3.0 connectivity, and 6-, 8- or 9-cell batteries.

The HP EliteBook 8760w, 8560w and 8460w start at $1,899, $1,349 and $1,299 respectively, and will go on sale in the US in May.

Lenovo Thinkpad W520 is a great portable gaming system, to multimedia and to work, a workstation with 15.6-inch diagonal screen that debuted in recent days in the States. The look of the notebook configuration that offers a wide range of latest-generation Intel Core. Do not miss the Extreme Edition, i7-2920XM powerful but also the quad-core Core i7 and Core i7-2720QM 2820QM and more accessible Core and Core i7 i5-2540M-2620m.

Lenovo ThinkPad W520 believed to offer excellent graphics performance thanks to the Nvidia Quadro 1000M or 2000M with 2GB of dedicated memory and Nvidia Optimus, which allows you to save energy and save on energy use of components in relation to "horses" required by 'current operation.

The technical ThinkPad W520 can mount a maximum of Ram and a 16GB SSD or HDD storage capacity growing. The screen has a diagonal of 15.6 inches and a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels with LED backlighting and brightness of 270 nits.

Weighing 2.4kg and with a thickness of just 3.3 centimeters, opts for the operating system Windows 7 Professional. The price of Lenovo ThinkPad W520 is $ 1,299 in the States, will soon be accompanied by Lenovo tablet barnacles.

Dell has announced its 2011 business PC lineup, including new laptops, tablets and mobile workstations. The refreshed Dell Latitude line includes the Latitude E5420 and E5520 notebooks for budget-minded customers, the business-rugged Latitude E6520, E6420, E6320, E6220, and E6420 ATG laptops, all with MIL-STD tested Tri-Metal cases and durable displays, and the Latitude XT3 convertible tablet.

The systems have new chassis designs and are based on 2nd Generation Intel Core processors. The Dell Latitude E5000 series will start at $859. Availability info and pricing for other systems will be released in the coming weeks.

Acer Aspire TimelineX 3830t is one of the model. This laptop has an Ethos similar to design and arrives in aluminium covering with thin and frivolous body. It is built in finest features and equipped with advance technology.Acer Aspire TimelineX 3830t is equipped with Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Sandy Bridge processor and it functions on Windows 7 Home Premium OS. This model arrives packed with 500 GB of HD and features up to 8GB of DDR3 memory. It is built in 13.3 inches of WXGA HD LED backlight CineCrystal monitor in the laptop that supports apparent and bright contents.

It is built in a 6 cell 6000 mAh battery that is capable of specified that a back up of around 9 hours. It comes with slim and sleek design very handy easy to carry in traveling. It is best for your professional as well for personal use.Other features include Intel GMS 3000/NVIDIA GeForce GT540M 2GB graphics, DVD RW optical drive, 2 Dolby Home Theater speakers, WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Bluetooth 3.0 +HS, multi-touch touchpad, USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports. 5-in-1 card reader, HDMI port, 1.3 MP CrystalEye webcam and others

Fujitsu has made available the 3D-capable LifeBook AH572 15.6-inch laptop, based on the 2nd Generation Intel Core Sandy Bridge processors.

The Fujitsu LifeBook AH572 features an Xpol 3D filter on the screen with 1366×768 resolution and 400 nits brightness, the Intel Core i5-2410M 2.3GHz dual core processor with integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics, 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 500GB hard drive, a Blu-ray combo drive, and a 6-cell 63Whr battery for “up to 7 hours and 50 minutes” of run time.

An interesting feature on the 3D laptop are two 1.3MP web cameras on the front of the display panel, enabling 3D video recording. A pair of circular polarized 3D glasses is included.

The 6.7-pound LifeBook AH572 also has Intel Wireless Display (WiDi) technology, DTS audio, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Gigabit LAN, two USB 3.0 and three USB 2.0 ports, HDMI and VGA outputs, a multi-in-one media card reader, a spill-resistant keyboard, a scroll wheel beside the touchpad, and a user-cleanable dust filter. The notebook runs Windows 7 Home Premium OS and is priced at $999.

Japan's Mouse Computer, which has always engaged in the production of laptops, has announced a new netbook with some different features. The netbook in question is called LuvBook M130 has a dual-core processor at 1.50 GHz Intel Atom N550, Intel GMA 3150 graphics card, 2 GB DDR3 RAM, a good resolution of 1280 x 720p 10.1-inch screen LCD, offers an option rather unusual for the category: the storage solution may in fact be chosen from a hard disk from 320 GB or more 80 GB SSD performance. Even the slightest possibility of configuration is not unusual for the netbook.

LuvBook M130 is designed with a captivating LuvBook body with stylish metal finish. Unfortunately for the moment, the netbook is available only in Japan, the equivalent of 349 € for the version with hard disk and the equivalent of 437 € for the version with SSD.