Archive for January, 2008

Macbook Air: order it NOW

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

OK, you already know that: Apple has released the Macbook Air, claimed to be world’s thinnest laptop. It has a 13.3″ screen and weights 3 pounds: compare it with a Sony Vaio TZ: 11.1″ screen and 2.6 pounds. You can look at some pictures and get additional info, among others, at Notebook Review and Laptop Magazine.

About the specs: from the specs the processor looks like an Intel Core 2 Duo L7500 (1,6 GHz), that can be upgraded to L7700 (1,8 GHz); it has 2 GB RAM, 80 GB PATA hard drive (4200 rpm, can be upgraded to a 64 GB SSD) and Intel GMA X3100 graphics card. Apple claims a battery life of 5 h. Additional details at Apple.

Pricing: 1799 USD the standard model. It’s not expensive, considering the price of other ultraportables. Shipping is expected in about 2 weeks, I think but you can pre-order it RIGHT NOW. You know where:


Apple Online Store


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HP Pavilion a6200n Desktop PC (AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+): 399 $

Friday, January 11th, 2008

I get a lot of offers from my sponsors, but I only publish a few of them: the most interesting ones. Today, I got this one from Buy.com:

HP Pavilion a6200n Desktop PC, only 399 $ (refurbished). The specs are as follows: AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+, 2 GB RAM, 360 GB HD (7200 rpm), Nvidia 6150 SE graphics card.

If you don’t need a high 3D performance, it’s a pretty powerful system for the price. In case you need to expand it, you have 1 PCI slot available, 1 PCIe 16x and 1 PCIe 1x, but bear in mind that the power supply is only 250 W, so it cannot support powerful video cards. Another limitation is that the standard warranty is only 90 days. There are 9 reviews from people that purchased the computer at the product page, and it has been also reviewed at About.com with good marks (4/5), so you can get a good picture about the system you are buying.

A good deal I wanted to share with all of you!

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Apple news: Microsoft Office 2008 and 8-core Mac Pro available at Apple Store

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

January is a very exciting month for Apple fans: some interesting releases have been shown at CES, and Macworld Expo is around the corner. The latest releases are already available at Apple Store: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and the renewed Mac Pro, now with 8-core processing power in the standard configuration and RAM up to 32 GB!


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