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HP Probook 4510

Viliyana Filipova — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:57:16 +0000

The laptops gradually cease to be a luxury product, unattainable for most households. This contributes to better market segmentation, and inexpensive mass production of Chinese factories, switching to more economical processes. Certainly decreased significantly and the quality of the hull, keyboard, cooling system, etc. Ever had a laptop mainly for corporate clients and series Thinkpad, Latitude, Tecra, LifeBook were uncompromising quality. This article will not discuss in detail the low grade laptops, and problems associated with their operation. There is enough material on the Internet forums about the problems of low-cost Satellite, Inspiron, Pavilion (AMD-series), Amilo and others. authorizing a series of major manufacturers. HP is among the largest and most reputable manufacturers of laptops – Laptops series of the American company can claim to best in class. For example HP Compaq series for the corporate market there is competition from last successful IBM Thinkpad T60 and less adequate for Lenovo Thinkpad T61, since 2006 no real konkuerntsiya the corporate market. HP Compaq Mobile Workstation no competition among graphic laptops, with the exception of certain models of DELL and Lenovo. HP’s achievements in the class of gamers laptops are definitely proven after the emergence of 20-inch HDX9000-series (Dragon). HP’s obviously lacking a clear-cut middle-class consumer laptops, which is similar to a successful series of Vostro DELL. Need for the emergence of new series of laptops from HP was imposed after compromising consumer Pavilion series of mass defective chip-sets AMD-modifications, and the marriage of video nuclei of NVidia (mainly 8th-Series). Disputed Pavilion series, however survived, except for much criticism for some of the products have an inheritance and very positive feedback. Change the look of HP’s consumer class began with the emergence of a new elite class HP Elitebook – really great laptops, combines the best of HP Compaq and HP Pavilion.
When the gradual fading of the negative reviews for HP Pavilion, it was logical to appear and to lower middle class who can not bear the heavy burden of thousands of negative feedback.
This test will look at two laptop HP’s new budget consumer range Probook, 4510s and 4510 models. Probook until 4510 could be attributable to the lower class, because Core Duo processor and integrated graphics card on Intel (4500M), it has Probook 4510s with Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a new graphics card from ATI (HD4330). Company to test the new representatives of the middle class will make older, but considerably more expensive business series – IBM Thinkpad T60 and DELL Latitude D620. I would like to compare the new consumer notebook and laptop second hand from an earlier generation that equates current market value. Is the T60 and D620 are from a previous generation is debatable assertion, given the lack of significant changes in technology. Previous generation laptops are rather Pentium M-based machines.

Toshiba Tecra M9L–149 Laptop

Viliyana Filipova — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:38:07 +0000

Tecra the high end series of Toshiba has a whole range of products, all most robust and dependable. Their Tecra M9L model is light-weight, easy to handle and so a delight to carry around especially for the people who travel. It has AC 120/230V (50/60 Hz) power and lithium ion battery. It has a run time of 5.2 hours. The operating system is Microsoft Windows XP Professional. It comes with a RAM of 2 GB which is installed with a maximum of 4GB – DDR II SDRAM – 667 MHz (2 x 1 GB).
Main Features:
The Tecra M9L has dimensions of 33.6 cm X 24.5 cm X 3.6 cm (WxDxH) and weight of 2.4kg. The system type is notebook with Intel Centrino Duo platform technology. Its built-in devices are Bluetooth aerial, wireless LAN aerial and stereo speakers. The embedded security is the fingerprint reader. The processor has Intel Core 2 Duo T7500/2.2 GHz (Dual Core) and a cache memory of 4MB – L2 Cache. It has card reader which is useful for people using SD cards. The hard drive capacity is 120 GB Serial ATA-150 – 5400rpm. The optical storage is DVDRW (R DL) /DVD-RAM (removable plug-in module). Its main display is 14.1” TFT active matrix 1280 x 800 (WXGA) – 24 bit (16.7 million colours). The graphics controller specification is Intel GMA X3100. This Toshiba laptop is equipped with sound card and Fax/Modem of 56 kbps. Network adapter comes with Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, Ethernet, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft), Gigabit Ethernet and Bluetooth 2.0 EDR. The input devices are keyboard, dual point. The manufacturer warranty is for 3 years.
Extended Specifications:
The Tecra M9L also comes with Toshiba’s advanced Easy Guard feature, Toshiba’s shock protection system with HDD cushioning and magnesium alloy casing and spill resistant keyboard. It is HALT tested for a durable design. It has enhanced speedstep technology, Execute Disable Bit capability, expansion bays of 1 x slim select bay – front accessible, expansion slots total free of 2(1) x memory, 1(1) x PC Card – type II and interfaces. The Tecra M9L also has features like security lock slot (cable lock is sold separately), passwords for administrator, system and hard drive, notebook security, power-on password, hard drive I/O control. All in all, it is an excellent and versatile product in the Toshiba range.
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TOSHIBA TECRA is the Japanese ThinkPad

Viliyana Filipova — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:59:09 +0000

After IBM has withdrawn from the market of laptops is felt an urgent need for reliable high-end laptops. Sole market leader ThinkPad raised very high level of quality and reliability. Other large manufacturers since the time of the ThinkPad business had prepared a series of good quality. Similar to ThinkPad T-series is from DELL Latitude, from Toshiba is TECRA. Along often defective “satellites”, the Bulgarian consumer is left with the impression of poor reliability of laptops TOSHIBA. Tecra However, “S-class, Toshiba and unlike the image and expensive Qosmio series is designed to work – engineering, design, diagnostics and others. In our office we have several models TECRA from different generations, including dual-core model. Is commendable that all TECRA models with external video card (ATI Radeon, NVidia GeForce or professional Quadro). TECRA interesting feature of the model is setting the volume, which is based on the classic disk controller rather than buttons “+” and “-” or “<” and “>”. TOSHIBA TECRA M5. Traditional, refined and very stylish design business – black and dark gray metallic, metal lid. Very solid hull and hinges. Incredibly comfortable keyboard and joystick, which is very close to the benchmark ThinkPad. Extremely agile and economical processor Intel Core DUO T2600 (2.17GHz) laptop made suitable for heavy applications. Graphic orientation of the laptop is due to productive graphics card – NVidia Quadro NVS110M. Display, despite its 14 inches offers good resolution – 1400 * 1050, which is suitable for graphic design, modeling and simulation, processing photographs. Unique system for reporting the movement and stopping work on a hard disk is successfully copied from the Thinkpad in the Tecra M5, but is supported by the hardware protection similar to that in business laptops, HP. Fingerprint scanner has excellent visibility, and unlike a cheap laptop detects finger saved without error. Special attention deserves grid bottom of the laptop, which helps air circulation and stability at work even in the hottest days. Unlike some older series Toshiba, this model is completely silent. The laptop has all the extras without the camera, which is unnecessary and even banned at work in big companies.