Laptop Reviews of Lenovo ThinkPad X200

April 2nd, 2009

The good: Record-breaking battery life; strong performance for an ultraportable; comfortable full-size keyboard; wide-screen display with a sharp resolution; WWAN and GPS options. 9 Cells IBM Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Battery

The badThe bad: Nine-cell battery adds significant weight; lacks an optical drive; includes pointing stick but no touch pad.

The bottom lineThe bottom line: It lacks some basic features you may require–touch pad, optical drive–but the 12.1-inch ThinkPad X200 offers strong performance and the longest battery life we’ve seen. With a variety of connectivity options and a roomy keyboard, the X200 makes a great ultraportable for road warriors.

Although the ThinkPad X300 gets all of the attention for cramming so many features into a sleek 13.3-inch notebook, not everyone has more than $2,500 to drop on a laptop. As the successor to the ThinkPad X61, the equally portable and more affordable ThinkPad X200 (starting at $1,199; our particular Centrino Pro configuration will be available August 5 for closer to two grand) skips the X300’s optical drive and makes a solid state drive optional while offering a slightly smaller 12.1-inch widescreen.

More important, it boasts better performance and battery life than the pricier X300, thanks to Intel’s new Centrino 2 platform. And as with every ThinkPad, you get a durable design, stellar keyboard, and the security features that define a first-rate business ultraportable.

Design
The ThinkPad X200 features a lightweight, rock-solid design with Lenovo’s standard matte black finish. Measuring 11.6 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches and weighing 3.8 pounds (with the beefy nine-cell battery) the system’s magnesium alloy frame is thicker and heavier than the featherweight MacBook Air but feels more durable.

All the usual ports and connections are on board, starting with two USB ports, Ethernet, VGA, and an ExpressCard slot on the left side (along with the Wi-Fi switch). The right side houses an additional USB port, headphone and mic jacks, and a modem connection. Up front is a lone SD Card reader. IBM thinkpad X200 USB 2.0 External Burner 8X DVD+-RW/RAM DRIVE

ThinkPads have been known for their sweet keyboards, and the X200 doesn’t disappoint. We loved the feel of the firm, responsive keys as we created documents in Word, and the spacious layout was conducive to an excellent typing experience. Unlike the X300, the X200 lacks a touchpad—we had to make due with just the TrackPoint—but we became acclimated to the responsive stick within a few minutes

 

Review Of Laptop Dell Latitude D620

March 25th, 2009

The Dell Latitude D620 is a 14-inch widescreen business notebook equipped with the latest Intel Core Duo processor.  The D620 replaces the D610 and provides quite an overhaul in both design change and internal components.  The new industrial charcoal grey and black look of the D620 conveys its strong build, which Dell calls “Road Ready”, and with a slew of available built-in wireless communications this notebook is road ready in more ways than one.


Dell Latitude D620 Laptop

Quick Specs of D620 as Reviewed:

  • Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz
  • 1GB 533MHz DDR2 RAM (2 x 512MB config)
  • 80GB 5400RPM HD
  • 14.1-inch WXGA screen
  • Integrated graphics (Intel Media Accelerator 950)
  • 24X CDRW / DVD Combo
  • Windows XP Pro
  • Dell Wireless 1490 802.11 a/g and built-in Bluetooth

Detailed Specs and Configuration Choices for the Latitude D620

  • Processor: Intel Core Solo & Duo processors 667MHz Front Side Bus & (2M L2 Cache)
  • Audio: High Definition Audio codec 2.0W (4 ohms), integrated omni-directional microphone
  • Wireless LAN Intel Pro/Wireless 3945 WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g, Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g
  • Wireless WAN (cellular broadband) choices:
    o Dell Wireless 5505 Mobile Broadband 3G HSDPA (Vodafone UK, France, Germany)
    o Dell Wireless 5500 Mobile Broadband 3G HSDPA ( Cingular US)
    o Dell Wireless 5700 Mobile Broadband CDMA EVDO ( Verizon WirelessUS)
  • Security Hardware: Integrated Smart Card reader, TPM 1.2 Security chip, Optional UPEK fingerprint reader
  • Dell Wireless350 BlueTooth internal wireless card (optional)
  • Docking and Port Replicators: D/Port, D/Dock, D/View Notebook Stand, D/Monitor Stand
  • Chipset: Choice of Intel 945GM or Intel 945chipset PM chipset
  • Memory: Supports 256 MB to 4056 MB of 667-533MHz DDR2 SDRAM shared
  • Displays: 14.1″WXGA (1280 x 800 resolution) 14.1″WXGA+ (1440 X 900 resolution)
  • Graphics Chip: Choice of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Up to 224MB shared) or 256 MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M with TurboCache
  • Hard Disk Drive: 40, 60, 80 & 100GB primary; 80 GB secondary
  • Modular Media Bay: 24X CD-ROM, 8X DVD-ROM, 24X CDRW/DVD, 8X DVD+/-RW, Floppy Disk Drive, Secondary 6-cell/56 WHr “Smart”Li-Polymer battery, 2nd80GB hard drive, or TravelLite module
  • Modem: Internal 56K V.92 modem
  • Networking: Internal 10/100/1000 network interface adaptor
  • Ports: Serial, docking connector, 4 USB, VGA, 1 PC card slot type I/II,headphone/speaker out, infrared port, RJ-11, RJ-45, AC power
  • Battery
    o Primary 4-cell/35 WHr “Smart”Li-Ion battery featuring ExpressCharge
    o Primary 6-cell/56 WHr “Smart”Li-Ion battery featuring ExpressCharge
    o Primary 9-cell/85 WHr “Smart”Li-Ion battery
    o Secondary 6-cell/56 WHr “Smart”Li-Polymer battery featuring ExpressCharge
  • Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2
  • Dimensions HxWxD (32mm/1.26″x 337/13.27″x 238mm/9.37″)
  • Weight: Starting at 5.00lbs/2.27kg with 6-cell battery and CD-ROM (depends on configuration and manufacturing variability) –preliminary weight
  • Service & Support: 3-year Limited Warranty* with Next Business Day On-Site Service

Dell Latitude D620 Battery


The battery has a built-in charge indicator on the D620

The D620 can be configured with a 4-cell, 6-cell or 9-cell d620 battery.  The battery location is rather odd relative to other notebooks in that it is at the front and not the back of the laptop.  If you get an extended life 9-cell battery it will stick out of the front a bit and create a sort of lip that extends 0.9″.  I have the 6-cell type battery and it does not stick out at all.  With wi-fi on and screen at mid-brightness and doing tasks such as web browsing and emailing I got 2h 36m of battery life.  That’s decent, but not great.  There are certainly thin-and-lights with better and I prefer to see 3 hours or a little more for a thin-and-light travel notebook.  If you were to upgrade to the 9-cell you would certainly exceed 3 hours, but at the cost of extra weight and increased notebook size.


The 9-cell extended life battery sticks out a bit at the front of the D620

One thing I really like about this Dell battery is the Express Charge feature.  The Express Charge means that you can quickly charge to 80% capacity in about 40-minutes or 100% capacity in about an hour of charging (those numbers are stated assuming the notebook is off).  If you have a layover at an airport or limited time to plug-in a notebook before you have to be pulled away from a wall outlet again, this can be a life-saver.  At other times it’s just really convenient.

The D620 also has a nice 5 light LED display to show you how much battery charge is left without having to boot the notebook.  Push the battery icon on the battery and it will light up with each light representing 20% charge.

Conclusion

The Latitude D620 is a very welcome upgrade to the D610 offering many improvements, especially in terms of performance and security, and the look and build quality are also much improved.  The widescreen approach is interesting for a business notebook, I think it makes sense and probably will be well received.  It’s very apparent that Dell is excited about this new line of Latitudes (D620, D420 and D820) and have gone out of their way in regards to testing the notebook and getting feedback from customers on what they want.  So thumbs up on the D620, if you’re a business worker or just someone that wants a notebook for productivity purposes and don’t need a bunch of bells and whistles media features, the D620 is a very well built and good option for you.

Laptop MSI Wind U100 Review

March 25th, 2009

Sub-notebooks are revolutionising the way we look at portable connectivity. Gone are the days, it seems, where you paid a pretty penny for a ridiculously small and lightweight piece of hardware. Nowadays £300 will get you a cool mini-notebook in iPod white and still leave you with change to spare.

We’ve previously looked at Asus’ 8.9″ Eee PC 900 and the HP 2133 Mini-note, but now MSI is releasing it’s first attempt to crack the sub-notebook market. The MSI Wind - make fart jokes at your peril.

Despite the fact that MSI told bit-tech it tried its absolute hardest to get the Wind to reach the £300 mark, what we’ve ended up with is closer to the £329 mark for the XP model instead. That’s not exactly a budget killing sum - it’s still cheaper than the HP - but it’s still more than Asus’ ubiquitous Eee PC 901.

Well, this is until we found the Linux version of the Wind on sale for a tidy £291.25. At this price it’s very much a bargain.

Another interesting fact picked up by eagle-eyed forum member Doug, is that you can pick up the near-identical MSI Advent 4211 laptop for even less. So, what exactly does the Wind offer us that the Advent and Eee PC does not? Let’s find out…

Unboxing the MSI Wind

Just like the Eee, the MSI comes in a tiny box with just a few goodies inside - a bulky but secure wallet to keep it in, a Li-ion battery and the matching power brick charger and all the documentation you’ll ever need but never read. Warranties, yuck!

Immediate reactions are mixed. The leather-feel wallet isn’t quite as nice as the neoprene wallet you get with the Asus EeePC 901, however it is padded for extra protection and comes with an internal net to hold all your USB sticks and gizmos in.

 MSI Wind U100 MSI Wind U100 - Unboxing

The Wind’s wallet is also bigger and bulkier than you might like. With just the Wind inside it the wallet swells to 290×220x50mm (HxWxD). That size sure isn’t going to leave your tote-bag busting at the seams, but if you plan to carry a portable mouse, MP3 player and so on with you as well then you might want to be just a tiny bit wary.

The good news though is that the faux leather finish on the Wind’s wallet, plus the zip and extra padding, mean that it’ll be a lot safer than it would be in a thin neoprene envelope. While it might be a more snug fit inside your bag, at least it will be better protected.

The battery meanwhile is physically far larger than that of the EeePC 901 and as a Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) rather than Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) it should have a better potential battery life too. Unfortunately the three cell is a pathetic - MSI reckons it can only manage to squeeze out two and a half hours without wireless, but we’ll test that later. There is a 6-cell available which should double the battery life available to a more respectable ~5 hours, but at the moment it looks like an optional extra to keep costs down.

 MSI Wind U100 MSI Wind U100 - Unboxing

Of course, at bit-tech we can just do a vague hardware overview. Flip the page for an in-depth discussion of the hardware used in the MSI Wind…

Laptop MSI Wind U100  Review

LCD Screen Panels in sales promotion at power2battery.com

March 24th, 2009

To pay tribute to our customers and celebrate the new year, power2battery.com promote a series of promotional activities, more discounts than ever before.

Now comes the LCD screen panel! We have several kinds of high-qualified panels with different sizes, and they are compatible with most laptop models, such as Acer, Gateway, Apple, Toshiba, etc..They are glossy displays that can create more saturate colors, deeper blacks, brighter whites, and are sharper than traditional matte displays. This makes it more appropritiate for viewing photos, watching movies, or even just general computer usages such as web browsing.Also, in extremely bright conditions where no direct light is facing the screen, such as outdoors, glossy displays can becone more readable than matte displays because they do not disperse the light around the screen. So it is more enjoyable for the viewer. So do not hesitate to do your shopping here.

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Releases Newest Dell Laptop AC Adapters Replacements

December 9th, 2008

Power2battery.com Seller Online based in Hong Kong, announced the release of their new Laptop AC Adapters. Power2battery.com Company offers no minimum order quantity on these items and is inviting importers worldwide.

“We have already been offering many models of laptop ac adapters, which are mainly laptop ac adapters, car adapter or dc adapters.” said Max Chee, Sales Manager of Power2battery.com.

The laptop ac adapters released today are high quality, one year warranty; Feature a laptop carrying ac adapters for laptops Dell, ACER, APPLE, IBM, Sony, Toshiba, Compaq, hp or other laptop.

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December 2nd, 2008

65W AC Adapter for Apple PowerBook G4 Series Laptop 

Features:

  • Input: AC 110-240V 50-60Hz
  • Output: DC 24.5V 2.65A 65W
  • Models: A1021,M8943LL/A
  • Condition: new

Fit Models:

    Apple PowerBook G4 1GHz 15.2-inch WideScreen FW800 M8980LL/A
    Apple iBook G4 1GHz 14.1-inch M9165LL/A
    Apple PowerBook G4 1GHz 15.2-inch TiBook Titanium M8859LL/A
    Apple PowerBook 1GHz G4 12.1-inch FW800 M9008LL/A
    Apple PowerBook G4 1GHz 12.1-inch FW800 M9007LL/A
    Apple PowerBook G4 15.2-inch M8591B/A*
    Apple PowerBook G4 15.2-inch M8591J/A
    Apple PowerBook G4 15.2-inch M8591S/A
    Apple PowerBook G4 15.2-inch M8591T/A
    Apple PowerBook G4 15.2-inch M8591X/A
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    Apple PowerBook G4 15.2-inch M8591*/A
    Apple PowerBook G4 15.2-inch M8592B/A*
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Newest Laptop Keyboards & Laptop AC Adapters 4 ACER TOSHIBA Dell

December 2nd, 2008

Power Seller Online based in Hong Kong, announced the release of their new Laptop Keyboard and Laptop AC Adapters. Power2battery Company offers no minimum order quantity on these items and is inviting importers worldwide.

“We have already been offering many models of Laptop Keyboard and Laptop AC Adapters, which are mainly high quality Laptop Keyboard and Laptop AC Adapters.” said Candy Lau, Sales Manager of Power2battery.com.

The laptop keyboard released today are high quality, low price; Feature a laptop keyboard for ACER, APPLE, IBM, Dell, Sony, Toshiba, Compaq, hp or other laptop.

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Unbrick your PSP with Pandora battery

October 20th, 2008

PSP gamePSP GamesAll for one, and one for all. A project promulgated under the collective Noobz - more officially branded as N00bz! - has given birth to another monumental development in homebrew: a PSP unbricker for every Sony PlayStation Portable. In short summary, it would perform the following:

  1. You run a program on a homebrew-enabled PSP that will convert a standard PSP Battery into a jigkick battery. Note that you can’t then use that battery normally - so you should use a spare one.
  2. You run a program to generate the unbricker memory stick image, built from the v1.5 update EBOOT (note that this, and the custom IPL, means the release is completely free of Sony copyright materials).
  3. You run some programs on a PC to install the image to your memory stick.

Earlier, Fanjita announced that Noobz and C+D developers would release an unbricker for bricked PSPs as a result of a “faulty decryption algorithm,” but the C+D devs thought they could do even better. Chalking up another feat to the Prometheus project, C+D created an unbricker for all PSPs, even without accessing the official software or hardware. But in essence, the feat wouldn’t have made successful waves if the the following victories hadn’t made ripples to start with:

  • Reverse engineering of the service (unbrick) mode
  • Development of a technique to change an ordinary battery into a service mode trigger battery (and back)
  • Development of custom IPL code along with a technique to sign that code as authentic

Of course, similar to a few CFW releases before, the unbricker was leaked before it was officially released, and C+D has yet to tie down the reasons for the leak. What was important to mention, however, is that the unbricker is completely free, and some people have tried to gain profits from the leaked unbricker over several websites around the world. Yet again, the early release of the unbricker was necessary, even if it was originally planned to unravel at the release of the PSP Slim.

Noobz salutes the members of the Prometheus project, namely Adrahil, Booster, Cswindle, Dark_AleX , Ditlew, Fanjita, Joek2100, Jim, Mathieulh, Nem, Psp250, Skylark, and TyRaNiD - who should also be recognized in their Create and Destroy (C+D) identities as follows:

  • Mathieulh = WiseFellow
  • Tyranid = bockscar
  • Fanjita = FullerMonty
  • Joek = CosmicOverSoul
  • Dark_Alex = Malyot
  • Chris = Caretaker
  • Adrahil = VoidPointer
  • nem = h1ckeyph0rce

Just as Noobz warns, please take care to read the file’s readme for the instructions. Failure to do so will cause degrees of risk to your PSP.

Thanks to demologik, EXTER, and MozyMan for the tip off!

The “Pandora’s Battery” as they call it, is just a regular psp battery. The battery of a psp has flash memory on it with boot information for the system. When converting the battery for this downgrade procedure, the psp program that you use actually dumps the batteries flash and puts a bin image with official sony firmware 1.50 and some developer code. When you place the converted battery into the psp it boots and runs the developer code and downgrades the psp. At this point, they say that the battery is useless. They have come out with an update that will convert the battery back and thats why they dump the flash first. After the psp is downgraded, if you use the converted “pandora’s battery” as your power source, it will only run a partial of the 1.50 firmware because of the missing battery flash files. in order to have full 1.50 you must convert your battery back into a normal one.

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Toshiba Satellite A215-S5802 Laptop

October 20th, 2008
Toshiba Satellite A215-S5802 Laptop Toshiba Satellite A215-S5802 Laptop

The Satellite A215 notebook delivers cuttingedge technology thats built to match your lifestyle–mobile and multitasking. Systems feature the latest AMD Turion 64 X2 dualcore mobile technology and big memory for optimal performance.

  • Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile 1.9 GHZ
  • Hard Drive: 120GB Serial ATA
  • Memory: 1024MB PC5300 DDR2 SDRAM
  • Optical Drive: CD/DVD/CDRW/DVDRW
  • Battery Life 3.0hrs
  • Cache: 512KB
  • Screen: 15.4″ widescreen TruBrite TFT LCD (1280 x 800)
  • Graphics card: ATI Radeon X1200 128MB-319MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory
  • Audio: Sound Volume Control Dial
  • Speakers: built-in Stereo Speakers
  • Networking: Modem 10/100 Ethernet Realtek 802.11b/g wireless-LAN
  • Ports/Slots: USB 2.0, Firewire 400, Headphones, microphone input port, ExpressCard/34/54 Slot, 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter
  • Mouse/Pointer: Touchpad Pointing Device & Enable/Disable (Control Buttons: Internet button to launch default browse
  • Keyboard: 86 key US keyboard
  • Webcam is not included with this purchase
  • OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

PA3534U-1BAS Battery Toshiba Satellite A200 A215 Battery

Sony PCG-GRS700 Battery

August 14th, 2008

Replacement for SONY VAIO PCG-23P, VAIO PCG-FR130 / VAIO PCG-FR33, PCG-FR55, PCG-FR70, PCG-FR200, PCG-FR300, PCG-FR400, PCG-FR700, PCG-FR800, PCG-FRV, PCG-GR, PCG-GRS, PCG-GRS700, PCG-GRT, PCG-GRT230, PCG-GRT250, PCG-GRT270, PCG-GRT280, PCG-GRT290Z, PCG-GRT300, PCG-GRT390Z, PCG-GRV, PCG-GRV600, PCG-GRX, PCG-GRX500, PCG-GRX600, PCG-GRX700, PCG-GRXXX, PCG-GRZ, PCG-GRZ600, PCG-K, PCG-NV, PCG-NV100, PCG-NVR, VGN-K, VGN-Kxx Series SONY PCG-GRS700 Laptop Battery PCGA-BP2NX PCGA-BP2NY Sony Battery