CNETTV : Beautiful and Powerful Dell XPS 14 - First Look

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The latest high-end XPS laptop from Dell is a slick aluminum ultrabook with discrete graphics. It offers a minimal design that’ll be instantly familiar to Apple fans. The latest Intel processors and a beefy portion of RAM will hopefully make it your powerful, portable friend.

The flagship of Dell's revamped laptop line, the XPS 14 is a worthy competitor to something like the MacBook Pro, and the two systems share a similar aesthetic. But Dell's new Inspiron ultrabook is nearly as good, and a lot less expensive.

The Dell XPS 14 follows the XPS 13 ultrabook. Equipped with a 14-inch screen, dual-core Intel Core i7 running at 2.4 GHz, 8 gigabytes of RAM, 500 gigabyte HDD (with a 32 gig SSD for quick caching), and discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M graphics, it certainly has horsepower to spare.

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HP : Product Manager Greg Morris presents New Desktops for Business

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HP recently unveiled its newest Professional Desktops that keep employees productive and provide Professional Innovations to manage and help protect Businesses.

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Dell : First Ultrabook XPS 13 on CES 2012

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The laptop looks much like Apple's MacBook Air, has a 13-inch screen and weighs 2.99 pounds (1.35 kilograms). The laptop is 0.2 inches (6 mm) thick. It can run up to eight hours on a battery charge. The XPS 13 comes as Dell moves away from consumer products to focus on the more profitable segments of business computers and mobile devices. 

The company has already killed it's Mini netbooks and some Streak tablets, which have not done well with consumers. Dell's consumer PCs now revolve around laptops and desktops branded Inspiron and XPS, some of which are also targeted at businesses. 

The XPS 13 is "squarely aimed" at the professional community, but will be offered for sale through consumer channels, a Dell spokesman said. The XPS 13, though thinner, provides the full functionality of a standard-sized laptop, the spokesman said. The 13-inch laptop is designed to fit in the frame of an 11-inch laptop, so users get a full-sized keyboard and larger screen in a smaller package. 

The laptop's starting price is US$999 and it will be available in late February or early March. But ultrabooks have been criticized for their high prices and Intel hopes to bring down the starting price of ultrabooks to $699 by the end of the year. The XPS 13 has specific mobility features unique to ultrabooks such as Smart Connect technology, in which email and social network feeds are updated even when the laptop is in sleep mode. Dell said XPS 13 also boots in a matter of seconds. 

The laptop has Intel dual-core Core i3, i5 or i7 processors based on the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture, up to 256GB of solid-state drive storage and 4GB of RAM. The laptop has a USB 3.0 port and a webcam. The laptop will initially be available in the U.S. and some parts of the world, though specific country details were not provided. 

Ultrabooks are backed heavily by Intel as a way to rejuvenate a slumping PC market, which has taken a beating from tablets. Intel said future ultrabooks will include tablet-like features such as touchscreens and always-on connectivity. 

Ultrabooks have dominated the CES show floor, with PC makers like Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard and Acer announcing products. Ultrabooks based on Intel's new Ivy Bridge microarchitecture, which will bring faster performance and graphics, are due later this year.

Compared to previous shows, Dell has a comparatively mellow presence at CES. Last year Dell announced many tablets and laptops at the event.

UPDATE : CNETTV : Beautiful and Powerful Dell XPS 14 - First Look

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Kingston releases SSDNow V200 series SSDs

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Kingston has released its SSDNow V200 Series SSDs, which offers twice the performance as the V100 series and up to 20 percent less in cost.

Kingston’s SSDNow V200 lets you stretch your system without stretching your budget.

Designed for notebook and desktop hard drive replacements and upgrades, it maximises your computer investment while boosting the performance of the system and its applications. It’s available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacity kits that make switching to an SSD easy and affordable. Kits include cables, brackets, cloning software and HDD enclosure and installation video - everything needed to get started. 

SSDNow V200 makes computers more responsive than ever. Boot up is quicker and applications load faster than ever before. More reliable and more durable than a traditional hard drive, V200 is backed by a three-year warranty, 24/7 technical support and legendary Kingston® reliability. Learn more about the Specifications below.

Features : 

Multiple capacities : to fit your design needs 

Form Factor : 2.5-inch drive available in both 7.0mm (64GB & 128GB only) & 9.5mm (256GB) to fit more systems 

Faster : boots system and applications faster than a hard drive 

Silent : runs silent and cool 

Reliable : with no moving parts, solid-state drives are less likely to fail than standard hard drives 

Convenient : all-in-one kits with all the components for easy installation 

Supports S.M.A.R.T. : monitors the status of your drive 

Supports TRIM : ensures maximum performance on compatible operating systems 

Guaranteed : three - year warranty, 24/7 tech support Specifications 

Form factor : 2.5" 

Interface : SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) - with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s) , SATA Rev. 1.0 (1.5Gb/s) 

Capacities : 64GB, 128GB, 256GB 

Dimensions : 

64GB & 128GB – 69.8mm x 100.1mm x 7mm 

256GB – 69.8mm x 100.1mm x 9.5mm 

Weight : 

64GB & 128GB – 88g 

256GB – 105.2g 

Storage Temperatures : - 40°C to 85°C 

Operating Temperatures : 0°C to 70°C 

Vibration Operating : 2.17G Peak (7–800 Hz) 

Vibration Non-Operation : 20G Peak (10–2000 Hz) 

Sequential read : 

64GB – up to 260MB/s 

128GB – up to 300MB/s 

256GB – up to 300MB/s 

Sequential write : 

64GB – up to 100MB/s 

128GB – up to 190MB/s 

256GB – up to 230MB/s 

Max Random 4k Read : 

32GB – 32,000 IOPS 

64GB – 36,000 IOPS 

256GB – 32,000 IOPS 

Max Random 4k Write : 

32GB – 1,400 IOPS 

64GB – 2,500 IOPS 

256GB – 4,000 IOPS 

Power Consumption : 0.491 W (TYP) Idle / 1.87 W (TYP) Write 

Life expectancy : 1,000,000 Hrs MTBF 

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