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Stressed by the high cost of computers today?

For most people, buying a new computer does not have to be as stressful as buying a new car. Nor does it have to be as expensive. If you’re like most people, and you have a limited budget for buying a computer, then you need to try to get as much computer for your money as possible.

Here are 3 simple ways anyone can save money when buying a new computer:

1) Shop around for best deal.

Sounds pretty obvious. But many people don’t realize they don’t need the fastest, most expensive computer with the most “extras”. In fact, if you are already using an older computer, even the least expensive new computer will be a big upgrade. If you don’t know a lot about computers, you can learn a lot by shopping around. Ask lots of questions, compare prices, compare features, then find the best price. Shop at your local electronics store, and look for the best deals online. You’ll be surprised at how much money you can save by shopping around!

2) Install your own “extras”

Many computers you will find in a store have a lot of extra software already installed. While this is convenient, it is not always the best way for you to save money. Also, while many of these extras sound good, you don’t always need them. You can often find better deals by shopping around separately for your own software extras (such as a word processor, anti-virus, popup blocker, spyware removal, games, etc). And some of these you can get for free. So before you buy the “fully loaded” computer, ask yourself if you really need all the extras, then shop around to see if you can buy a scaled down computer – and get the extras yourself for much less!

3) Don’t buy extended warranty

If you are not a computer “techie”, the extended warranties offered by the computer retailers often sound like a good idea. After all, who wants to be bothered paying for service on a computer after you buy it. But keep in mind that most computers come with a warranty, and most computer problems will either happen at the beginning (when you still have the warranty in effect) or much later (when it might be cheaper to buy a new computer). Technology changes very quickly these days. So consider whether or not it’s worth the inflated price of the extended warranty. And, if you really feel you need the extended warranty, then ask to purchase it at a lower price. Not all retailers will negotiate on the warranty, but some will. And whether you buy the extended warranty or not, make sure you back up all your files periodically, just in case!

If you have an unlimited budget, consider yourself lucky. And if you do business on the computer, make sure you get what you need, while trying to keep the price down. At any price, buying something that does not fit your needs is not a good deal.

Hope you find these tips helpful, and happy computer shopping! While if You need some money to buy a computer, you can consider to use a loans online so you can buy your desired computer.

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The biggest innovation in this Clarksfield is the existence of a memory controller which is integrated in the processor. This memory controller function is driving the DDR3 memory modules. Because the controller is in the processor, the communication between the CPU memory is expected to increase significantly compared to CPU Core 2 Duo / Core 2 Quad. According to Intel, increasing system memory bandwidth now reaches more than twice the performance compared to earlier when tested using the SiSoft Sandra 2009.

Another advantage of this architecture is that there is an option to disable or enable parts of processors (cores, caches, I / O, system memory) dynamically and separately. This will enable better notebook save power when idle or during low load conditions (consider there is no current leakage in the disabled section).

Role of Turbo-Boost

Because i7 CPU running at lower clock speed (between 1.6 to 2.0 GHz), Turbo Boost technology that has been introduced in the Core 2 Duo CPU now plays a more important role. By depending on the amount of load and temperature, a single core CPU can be overclocked separately. For example, if only one core used to complete the job (and if adequate cooling system), Core i7-820QM processor can be overclocked from 1,73 GHz to 3.06 GHz. Because of this automatic overclocking capabilities, i7 processors with lower clock speed can achieve higher performance when running older applications (such as various old games), which usually uses one core only. Not surprisingly, the i7 processors performance exceeded Core 2 Duo processors when running various such ‘old’ applications.

The Return of Hyper-threading era

Hyper-Threading technology, which has been introduced in the era of Pentium 4 (Northwood), is now reused by Intel Core i7. If the processors’ core are not fully utilized (ie only executing one floating point operation), Hyper-Threading technology will run a second thread to increase the utilization of the processor core. Because of the presence of Hyper-Threading technology, this seems to have 8 core processor that can work 25 percent faster.

The use of an integrated memory controller and quad core design also resulted in changes in the structure of the i7 cache. Multi-level shared cache is no longer just rely exclusively to the lagre Level-2 cache, but also taking advantage of Level-3 cache. This change is expected to pump performance, particularly when running multithreaded applications.

More Electricity Saving

Because the memory controller integrated in the processor, i7 system design has become simpler. When compared to the use of three chips in the Core 2 Duo system (CPU, Northbridge chip, and Southbridge), i7 core processor chipset requires only one assistant, who handles PCI-E connections, USB, SATA, LAN connections, and voice. One example of this is the PM55 chipset (Ibex Peak), with the ability to handle 14 USB 2.0 ports, 6 ports SATA 3 GB / s, and 8 PCIe 2.0 x1 connections (with a capacity of 2.5 GT). Because it does not contain a memory controller, PM55 chipset will only drains 3.5 W TDP power (compared to 7 W power drawn by the previous PM45 chipset).

With such specifications, it is not surprising that the total power consumption is 45 watts (which sucked by the Clarksfield) plus 3.5 watts (which is drawn by the chipset PM55), still considered better than the power used by the Core 2 Quad (45 watts) + chipset PM45 (7 watts) + chipset ICH9M (2.5 watts) in total.

Performance

According to Intel, this new architecture is promised to be achieved satisfactory performance when running nearly all applications, compared with the previous Core 2 Duo processor. For example, compared with Quad-Core QX9300 processor, the processor i7 920XM performance recorded an increase of 10 to 80 percent. And because it has been equipped with automatic overclocking facilities, i7 also noted a high achievement, both in single mode applications or application thread multithread mode. QX9300 only superior when in certain situations where the overclocking process can not be done automatically by i7.

Are you interested to feel Core i7 greatness?

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The combination of hardware in this notebook also felt less optimum. This notebook weighs 3.3 kg and using the Intel Core i7-820QM (1.73 GHz), which collaborated with DDR3-1066 memory capacity of 4GB. With that combination, Asus M60J beat all notebook on processors-based test (Sysmark 2007 and encoding video/audio).

However, this notebook only uses the graphics card nVidia GeForce GT240. Actually GT240 still belong to middle class VGA, but still less powerful than GTX260M and GForce GTX 280M used by Alienware and Forsa. As a result, in the graphics card-based test (3DMark Vantage and Stalker), Asus M60J lagging performance and behind the last two notebooks.

This combination seems to show that the Asus M60J targeting multimedia segment more than gamers. This impression is stronger when we see on the multimedia facilities embedded in this notebook. Above the keyboard, we will find the Touch Media that contains a button to adjust the playback of multimedia files. We see its design as too grand, but the blue color that appears when the panel is touched to give its own aura. In addition to the lively panel, Asus also installed speakers from leading manufacturers, Altec Lansing. The quality of the resulting sound pretty crisp, but since there is no subwoofer, the bass still feels less bite.

From the facility side, Asus M60J performed slightly above average. In addition to standard facilities such as WiFi, Bluetooth, FireWire, and USB, the notebook is providing HDMI and eSATA. Other facilities which are not available in other notebooks is a fingerprint scanner, which is located between the touchpad buttons. Other unique facility is the Express Gate, which is a mini operating system that allows us to quickly access the computer. When you choose Express Gate entrance, the system will turn on in about 10 seconds, and available operating system contains standard applications such as browsers and instant messengers. There was not much can be done in the Express Gate, but at least we can email or chat though pressed for time.

Our test with this notebook is spelled out pretty good, though not all satisfactory. We do not like the glossy coating covering the hand rest palm which so easily left behind fingerprints. In addition, the voice sounded fairly strong fan when the computer is working in maximal performance. But its keyboard feels soft and feels good when pressed, while its touchpad is responsive.

All in all, we see it as a good performing and well-equipped multimedia facility piece of technology. If only the provided graphic card is more powerful, this notebook can be a serious competitor for the like of Alienware M15x gaming notebook.

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TouchPortal itself is a unique interface. To open it, you need to pull scraps of paper shaped area on the desktop. When that is done, open family room-shaped interface. And then we can see a variety of menus with different icons that represented a unique and creative software. For example, media player is represented by a display of the CD player, image viewer as photo-shaped patches, as well as Internet Explorer with IE-logo. If you want to play a song, you simply pull the CD-shaped icon to the main screen and all of your songs collection contained in a notebook will be posted. Really creative.

But frankly, we were not too eager to try this notebook touch. Because, we have tried several notebook with touch screen and is often frustrated with the lack of precision and responsiveness. But this notebook was able to lure us. Aspire 5738PG touch-screen able to provide good responsiveness, since it has support for multi-touch. Problem of precision is still a occured because we need to press several times to select the Close button. But the majority of the finger movement is detected by the screen so the touch screen experience feels good; best of all touch notebooks we’ve ever try.

Even so, there is one question that still propping: what’s the point of having touch notebook? Moreover, Aspire 5738PG is not a tablet PC screen which can be folded and positioned like a notebook. It remains in the form of the notebook so our hand must hang around when touching the screen which was exhausting. In addition, the screen lever is less robust to hold the touch, so the screen will fall little by little when pressed.

Outside the touch screen capabilities, Acer Aspire 5738PG notebook is also true reliable power. Using Intel Core 2 Duo processor P8700 (2.53 GHz) assisted with 800MHz 4GB DDR2 memory, this notebook’s performance looks very rushed. In addition, this notebook uses the ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 with 512MB memory, which allows this notebook to play today’s games. Endurance of the batteries are not too long, but fair for high-powered notebook like this.

From the facility side, this notebook performed quite complete thanks to the presence of HDMI, fingerprint scanner, card reader, 8X DVD Writer, gigabit ethernet, camera, and 4 USB ports. Even if there are less is the absence of external SATA ports.

Call us old-fashioned, but the truth is the touch screen is not the facilities that we desire from a notebook. But fortunately Acer Aspire 5738PG attraction is not just a touch screen, and this is what fits in our. With the price of US $ 1,299, this notebook has the performance and facilities are highly competitive. So look at Aspire 15.6-inch notebook 5738PG as decent choice with the touch screen as a bonus.

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Seeing her physical form, Alienware M15x is confident to be mentioned as a desktop replacement (replacement PC) because of its size that is big enough and weighs no less than 4 kg. These dimensions are enlarged due to buried none other than the various components of “steady” for gaming (such as wide-screen 15.6″ with LED lighting system). This notebook also carry the latest mobile processor four-core Intel Core i7-720QM, which is attached to a capacity of 4 GB of DDR3 memory (Dual Channel) and 500 GB hard drive. No doubt this notebook’s power equivalent desktop PC for the upper class and for who are ready for heavy computing.

But what makes M15x looked more powerful is the use of graphics chip GeForce GTX 260M with 1GB DDR3 memory. This chip is a graphics processor for the middle class that satisfy today’s game, at least 260 GTX performance better than the GeForce 9600 or Radeon 5850. Some M15x variants also offered in VGA SLI mode for graphics though more toothed. But as long as we try, GTX 260M single mode alone is very sufficient for any activity as well.

As a gaming notebook, Alienware M15x with an atmosphere thicker muscular and fierce. This is clearly visible from the material that was stiff but strong in every part. The layout of the frontal speakers and a wide armrest makes gaming activities become more attractive. Unfortunately the composition of the keyboard keys, although substantial, did not have enough gap so that its use so feel a bit cramped. However, M15x still attractive with a very adequate completeness of features, this product is equivalent to a desktop PC.

Despite offering a strong gaming concept but Alienware M15x is not for everyone. Its bulky and heavy weights are not necessarily appropriate for your mobile activities. Moreover, the batteries run out too quickly due to high specification. However, if used as a desktop replacement devices, M15x does not disappointing. Because its performance is as ferocious as its appearance. You did not need a headache to upgrade, considering the composition of its own hardware is already high. Dell’s own party acknowledged that the gaming market is limited, because that’s an expensive notebook is not imported in large quantities like other notebooks.

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