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HP Pavilion dv6 and dv7 – A stylish light weight laptop

HP has come out with two different variety of laptops with stylish finish and variant colors.Gone are the days when laptops where made with thick plastics, now you can see various latops with aluminium coated surface specially the cover and palm rest area and other base part of the laptop with magnesium compound. laptops also comes with variant colors.DV6 comes with black cherry, champagne, and Sonoma red and DV7 comes with Espresso Black or optional Moonlight White . Other than than the mettalic finish HP also provides other features like wider screen perfect for HD1 viewing and also options for built in tv tuning

DV6

DV7

Specifications

Screen Width
dv6 comes with 15.6 screen width and dv7 comes with 17.3 screen width

Processor
Asusual user has the option to choose between AMD and Intel processor
But dv6 can also have quad-core processor, which is intel core i7
dv7 can have Intel Core i3 processor, upgradable to Intel Core i5

Operating System
Both laptops comes with two options
genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Service & Support,Warranty
One year warranty on hardware
Extensible quick support
Access to on-line support by clicking on the desktop icon
Access to our on-line classes, FAQs, and other resources through HP Total Care
60 days of complimentary live updates to Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010, which has been optimized for your PC

Response and battery time
Real-time chat and e-mail (with a response in about an hour)
Battery life up to 4.75 hours (8 cell)

Connectivity
4 USB ports
HDMI
eSATA
VGA

Security
Built-in HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection, which detects if your notebook is being dropped and locks your hard drive to help protect your data

Memory
Choices
3GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
FREE Upgrade to 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) from 3GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

Hard drive
Choices:
320GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
640GB 7200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (320GB x 2) with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
1TB 7200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (500GB x 2) with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
448GB 7200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (SSD 128GB + 320GB 7200RPM)
628GB 7200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (SSD 128GB + 500GB 7200RPM)

Price of dv6 laptop is around $650 and dv7 laptop is $800

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Intel launches Core i5 520UM Processor

Intel has launched the Ultra low voltage chip Core i5 which can very well use for laptops and also in mobile phones.This is considered to be a new variety of processor from Intel family and it also has 3MB smart cache.This processor is in turn having many advanced and also many new features.Processor speed is about 1.06GHZ.

Processor supports Hyper Threading technology with which there could be efficient utilization of Processor resources as it supports Thread level parallelism.This processor will also very well suit for Mobile devices as there is a speedstep technology which will satisfy the power conservation needs of mobile systems

There is also a built in security system with which the system can be safe from various software attacks and also the data created and stored within the client PC is safe with the Trusted Execution Technology.Processor also has a built in hardware security which reduces the attacks from virus and prevents malicious code propagating through the network.

Intel Processor has a Clear Video Technology which delivers enhanced video playback, sharper images, and precise color control for a premium visual experience.

Memory Specifications
Max Memory Size 8 GB
Memory Types DDR3-800
# of Memory Channels 2
Max Memory Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Physical Address Extensions 36-bit
ECC Memory Supported No

Graphics Specifications
Integrated Graphics Yes
Intel® HD Graphics Yes
Intel® HD Graphics with Dynamic Frequency Yes
Graphics Base Frequency 166 MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency 500 MHz
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI) Yes
Intel® Clear Video Technology Yes
Intel® Clear Video HD Technology Yes
Dual Display Capable Yes
Macrovision* License Required No

Expansion Options
PCI Express Revision 2.0
PCI Express Configurations 1×16
# of PCI Express Ports 1

Intel has released Bulk Budgetary price of around $241 for 1ku for retailers and customers.

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Cool commercials by IT Heavy weights despite recession

There have been some cool ads recently, after the chapter zoozoo’s for Vodafone now its time for the IT biggies to bring out their own. The coolest of em all is the Intel’s ‘Our Kind of Hero’ ad. The ad shows Ajay Bhatt (Sadly the one in the ad is not the real Ajay Bhatt) co-creator of USB (Universal Serial Bus), walking to get coffee amid adolation from his Intel junior collegaues. They have T-Shirts with his picture,autographs and more. Watch the advertisement of Intel here.

Now for the real Ajay Bhatt in Intel rockstars campaign. Intel Rockstars – Ajay Bhatt, Stephen Whalley, Bala Cadambi and Josh Smith.

The next one is the IBM commercial about power grid wastages, the ad goes on to tell about the electricity wastage in the current power grid system.One which makes you think about the wastages.

Hope someday Indian IT companies come up with something cool like this.. I mean not just copy of the above commercials but something of their own.