Sep 09
Tags: battery life, hardware, hewlett-packard, laptops, LED display laptops
Hewlett-Packard says it has achieved a mobile-computing milestone by getting the HP EliteBook 6930p to operate continuously for 24 hours on a single battery charge. The laptop used in the test is, however, rather different from those consumers would pick up at the store, at least for now.
The machine’s equipped with high-end components including Intel solid-state hard drives (SSDs), a mercury-free LED display, and an optional ultra-capacity battery.
The cream-of-the-crop components played a crucial role in making the 24-hour battery life possible. HP says the Illumi-Lite LED display, by itself, boosts battery run time by up to four hours compared with traditional LCD displays, and the Intel SSD provides up to a 7 percent increase in battery life compared with traditional hard drives.
Article from CNET News
Jul 16
Tags: hard disk, hard disk capacity, hardware, laptop, toshiba
pcmag.com – Toshiba’s storage division is gearing up for the holiday season with a line of 400-Gbyte 2.5-inch disk drives.
Toshiba said that the 5,400-RPM MK4058GSX line, with capacities up to 400 GB, will begin shipping in September, in time for OEMs to build them into laptops they can sell in time for the holidays. The company also announced the MKxx54GSY family, a line of 7,200-RPM drives that will begin shipping in August.
Apr 14
Tags: cost effective, hardware, Linux, pc, security, software, support, updates
PCMech.com has posted an article about “Why Use Linux (Myths and Reasons)”
Myths:
Myth 1: “Linux is hard to install”
Myth 2: “Linux does not recognize my hardware”
Myth 3: “Linux is too complicated to use”
Myth 4: “There are no applications available”
Reasons:
Reason 1: Security
Reason 2: Updatability
Reason 3: Support
Reason 4: Self-improvement
Reason 5: Cost
Read the complete article here.
