Dell released two new laptops in late October—Dell Studio XPS 17 and Dell Studio XPS 15. Dell Studio XPS 15 (XPS15D-118) features a 15.6 inch screen, and utilizes i7-740QM processor, GT 435M graphics card and 3D functionality. Currently, Dell Studio XPS 15 prices at from $849 to $1149 according to the different specifications, and the estimated ship date will be available in late November and early December in U.S.

Dell XPS 15 (XPS15D-118) packs Core i7-740QM processor, Intel HM57 motherboard chip, 2GB video memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M graphics card; 4GB DDR3-1333MHz memory and 640GB 7200 rpm hard drive, and double-layer DVD burner. Dell XPS 15 (XPS15D-118) supports the 3D functionality, integrated NVIDIA 3DTV Play software; Intel 1000 wireless card, built-in WiDi, GPS Bluetooth (3.0) Mini-Card; pre-installed Home Premium Genuine Windows 7 64-bit operating system.

1. Dell XPS 15 Features:

1). Dell XPS 15–NVIDIA graphics card performance

Dell Studio XPS 15’s high-end NVIDIA graphics card can allow you to deal with the retouching photos and videos and games with impressive details.

2).Dell XPS 15 –Enjoy a captivating sound

Associated with MaxxAudio Wave 3 Technology, JBL speakers produce high-fidelity surround sound, powerful and breathtaking clarity.

3). Dell XPS 15 –Crystal-clear video conversations

Communicate with your family and friends as well as enjoying superb images in high definition with the first laptop of Skype certification and enjoying the first HD video streaming webcam.

4). Dell XPS 15 –3DTV

Dell Studio XPS 15 is the Dell’s first notebook to integrate 3DTV play software, which lets you read 3D Blu-ray and games and photos on your big screen.

5).Dell XPS 15 –Smart Energy Management

Thanks to the smart energy management technology, running long-time multimedia is no longer a problem, which also utilizes the NVIDIA Optimus technology to extend the life of the battery.

2. Ports:

1). Dell XPS 15 right side ports:

Ports located on the right: optical drive, integrated TV tuner antenna, Ethernet, combo with Powershare e-SATA/USB 2.0, 9 in 1 card reader;

2).Dell XPS 15 left side ports:

Ports located on the left: USB 2.0 (1) headphone jacks (2), microphone jack;

3). Dell XPS 15 right side ports:

Ports located at the back: mini DisplayPort, HDMI 1.4, AC power, USB 3.0 (1), Kensington Lock slot.

3. Dell XPS 15 laptop technical specifications (general):

Intel Core i5/i7 Processors

NVIDIA GT420M/GT435M GeForce

Windows 7 OS 64-Bit

Up to 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333Mhz

Chipset: Intel HM57

Up to 640GB SATA hard drive (7200RPM) / Up to 256GB Solid State hard drive

16x DVD+/-RW (standard), Blu-ray Disc combo (reads Blu-ray Disc & writes to CD/DVD); 12.7mm tray load

Silver Anodized Aluminum

Wireless LAN WiFi n

Integrated Gigabit ethernet 10/100/1000

9-in-1 media card reader

Camera: 2.0MP HD with single digital mic (H.264)

JBL 2.0 Designed & Certified Speakers +Waves MaxxAudio

Bluetooth v3.0

Mini DisplayPort

3 total USB 2.0 (2 / 1 eSATA/powershare combo)

HDMI 1.4

15.6-inch HD (720p) WLED Display

Weight: Starting weight of 2.78 kg

56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

DEll Latitude E6410 comes with the mainstream processor i5-540M, and NVS3100 professional graphics card, it is easy to get a high performance. In addition, DEll Latitude E6410 features rich ports and connectors; it allows users to plug many USB ports. DEll Latitude E6410 also has other selling points such as Dell StrikeZone™ shock absorber, fingerprint recognition, etc.

DEll Latitude E6410 we got this time comes with i7 processor instead of i5 processor as this DEll Latitude E6410 is an engineering prototype; it is also equipped with a 3G module, providing convenience for users.

▲ Dell E6410

Now we disassemble the DEll Latitude E6410 to help you know the innards of it.

▲    DEll Latitude E6410 specs, it is not outstanding.

▲ Different from most laptops styles, Latitude E6410 notebook bottom base cover is in uinbody design.

▲ This is the most significant feature of this Dell E6410 – 3G Module

▲ E6410′s 3G module comes with Telecom EVDO/CDMA2000

3G module and wireless network card

▲ In the lower right corner of the back side, we found the 3G module and wireless LAN.

▲ Latitude E6410 is used its 3G modules –5,620

▲ Wireless 5620 has the functions of EVDO + HSPA + AGPS.

▲ Dell Latitude E6410 wireless card is using the Intel Centrino Ulitimate-N 6300

▲ With support for 2.4GHz and 5GHz connections and AGN, so theIntel Centrino Ulitimate-N 6300 comes with three antennas.

Cooling system and the dismantling the core innards

▲Dell Latitude E6410 cooling system front side

▲Dell E6410 cooling system on the back

▲    Dell Latitude E6410 cooling system without fan.

▲ Latitude E6410′s cooling system uses a single copper pipe and the heat sink uses copper material.

▲Latitude E6410 cooling fan and cooling system has been removed.

▲ E6410′s screen line is fixed by screws to ensure the safety use.

▲ Core i7 620M processor

▲ NVIDIA NVS 3100M discrete graphics card

▲ Latitude E6410 GM57 chipset is hidden under the framework

▲Dell Latitude E6410 has two memory slots, can fully meet the user needs

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Today MSI FX610 is disassembled and also is compared with the MSI GE600 to let users know the differences in internal structure, workmanship, cooling system, and most anticipated speaker system.  

▲ MSI FX610 is certified by the THX Sound

MSI FX610 is entertainment-oriented laptop, so MSI FX610 is equipped with AMD Phenom II triple-core processor to deal with playing videos, MSI FX610 comes with ATI Radeon HD 5470 discrete graphics card; while MSI GE600 comes with Intel Core i5 450M processor, HD5730 graphics card.

Easily upgrade and maintenance

Removed MSI FX610 back cover, we found that we can easy to upgrade the memory module, hard drive. Moreover, we can see the pure copper heat pipe cooler, and processors, graphics chips and South Bridge, this design not only meets the user to upgrade memory or hard disk conveniently and clean the laptop fan easily as well, even it is easy to replace MSI FX610 processor.

▲ FX610 back cover opened, we can see memory, hard drives, radiator and wireless network module

▲ MSI GE600 layout, little different from that of MSI FX610.

▲Graphics card on MSI GE600 is connected with the motherboard through PCI port, while MSI FX610 graphics card is soldered on the motherboard.

▲ MSI FX610 memory

▲FX610 two ASint 2GB DDR3 1333 memory modules

▲ MSI GE600 features the same memory module.

▲ FX610 Western Digital WD3200BEVT hard disk

▲ back side of the hard disk

▲ MSI GE600 features Seagate 500GB 7200 RPM hard disk

▲    There is a foam pad under the hard disk to shakeproof.

MSI FX610 comes with as same radiator as GE600, which includes two copper heat pipes, heat sink and fan components. MSI FX610 and MSI GE600 both feature 2GB DDR3 1333 memory. FX610 comes with Western Digital WD3200BEVT 5400 SATA hard disk, while GE600 comes with 500GB 7200 rpm hard disk.

▲ MSI FX610 pure copper heat pipe heat sink

▲ FX610 copper heat sink back side, it is slightly smaller than the GE600

▲ MSI FX610

▲ You can remove the fan just by a screwdriver, clean the dust is easy.

▲ MSI GE600 radiator

▲ GE600′s HD5730 graphics card.

Replaceable Processor

Removed the FX610 radiator, we can see the processor can be replaced. It is as same as GE600, removing the screw near the CPU, then we can take down the processor.

▲ MSI FX610 processor, graphics card and Southbridge chip

▲MSI FX610 processor, right side power supply design

▲ FX610 graphics card power supply

▲ FX610 processor

▲ FX610 processor back side

▲ MSI GE600 processor, because it has built-in integrated graphics memory controller chip, so there are two chips.

▲ FX610 discrete graphics card, on the left there are four video memories.

▲ on the back of the motherboard, there are four video memories too.

▲ MSI FX610 WIFI module

▲MSI FX610 WIFI module

Chiclet keyboard and serial port drive

MSI FX610 and GE610 are featuring a full keyboard, the keyboard has a small numeric keypad on the right areas, and FX610 uses a chiclet keyboard, better workmanship.

▲ MSI FX610 keyboard

▲ MSI FX610 keyboard

▲ FX610 keyboard

▲ FX610 keyboard

▲FX610 keyboard back side

▲ MSI FX610 C panel

▲ FX610 C panel

▲ GE600 keyboard

▲ MSI GE600 keyboard on the back

▲ GE600

▲ FX610 CD-ROM drive

▲ FX610 CD-ROM drive

▲ FX610 CD-ROM drive

▲ FX610 CD-ROM drive

Speakers and Ports

From the following picture, we can know that MSI FX610’s each speaker is larger than the general laptop speakers, especially long and narrow, it can lead to better sound quality.

▲ right side speakers, left side cables are speaker audio cable and power cable.

▲MSI FX610 left side speaker

▲ There is a phase inversion hole on the left of the speakers

▲ MSI GE600 speakers

▲ GE600 speaker includes a subwoofer, the volume is not small

▲ MSI FX610 small circuit board

▲ The small circuit board contains audio input/output and two USB ports and HDMI

▲ GE600 audio jack has more ports.

▲ e-SATA hybrid jack, VGA and network jack

▲ MSI FX610

▲MSI FX610 card reader

Motherboard details

▲MSI FX610 motherboard

▲MSI FX610 motherboard back side, 4 discrete graphics memory particles at the lower left corner.

▲MSI GE600 motherboard back side

▲MSI GE600 motherboard

▲FX610 memory slot

▲FX610 hard disk jack

▲FX610 battery jack

▲MSI FX610 graphics card, memory and power supply section

▲FX610 processor socket

▲FX610 very impressive processor power supply part

▲ GE600 power supply part, no better than FX610.

▲ MSI FX610 motherboard power supply jack

▲MSI FX610 motherboard back side

▲ FX610 memory on the back side

▲ MSI FX610 radiator back side

▲    MSI FX610 bottom shell

Recently, we witnessed the Dell professional and technical personnel replaced Dell laptop motherboard whole process. I believe that it helps to broaden people horizons and understand the notebook’s internal structure, so share it with you today.

Dell professional was ready to replace the motherboard of the Dell Inspiron 1420 notebook

Dell engineer started with disassembling the keyboard.

Removed the keyboard, we see the main components are covered with metal heat sink.

Second step, remove the back cover one by one.

• The process of replacing the motherboard

Dell Inspiron 1420 was gradually disassembled.

This is Dell 1420 Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 processor

Dell engineers are carefully comparing the components on the old and new motherboards.

Dell 1420 original motherboard was removed.

• The motherboard installation process

Dell Inspiron 1420 shell, motherboard and other parts, and now assemble them.

Various Inspiron 1420 components are assembled together quickly

Screen frame has built-in antenna, Dell engineers is to connect the screen frame antenna with the wireless module.

Now power on Inspiron 1420, and set in the BIOS boot system, it will be in normal use.

After experiencing the process of replacing the Dell laptop motherboard, we have a certain understanding on the notebook’s internal structure. We found that the current mainstream notebook can be upgraded their own memory, hard drives, optical drives and other components at a ease (in fact, replacing the CPU is not too difficult.) In addition, we suggest that you clean up the CPU fan every six months, or it will cause bad heat transfer and cause noise and so on.

Flaunting high security, stability and user-friendliness, black ASUS B43J in angular shape presents mix-and-match style of fashion and elegance.

ASUS B43J’s top cover made of sturdy aluminum provides LCD screen with the most effective protection. There will be no obvious ripples appear on the screen if you press the cover gently. The stylish fiber drawing processed metal surface is not only wear-resistant but also anti-fingerprints.

ASUS B43J adopts matte screen rather than mirror screen for matte screen offers clear pictures even though in the strong light. Asus B43J sports a 14.1” HD LED-backlit screen with a resolution of 1366 × 768.

ASUS B43J 200 million-pixel webcam

Apart from face recognition function, it is also designed with an anti-spy switch which can protect your personal privacy thoroughly.

The upper key on the left side of keyboard allows users to switch to demo mode such as wallpaper replacement and icon hiding. The lower one is a shortcut for forbidding touchpad.

Rectangle curved surface designed keycaps and reasonable key space help greatly reduce the rate of typing errors. Another feature of Asus B43J keyboard is the spill proof design which can avoid splashing trouble.

It is quite comfortable to operate in such a large touchpad. In the front of laptop, there is a switch for wireless LAN card. If you don’t often use wireless LAN car, you’d better close it to extend battery life.

It is a biometric fingerprint recognition which is a symbol of security for a business laptop. Asus B43J this powerful function protects the data and prevents copying through the embedded Copy Protect mobile device.

ASUS B43J has been carefully arranged in interface layout. The left side interface: Power Adapter, USB, heat outlet, Display Port, eSATA, 34mm Express Card slot and a set of audio interfaces; the right side interfaces: DVD burner, RJ-45 cable, RJ-11, a USB2.0 and HDMI.

ASUS B43J is the first laptop utilizing ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology all over the world. As having three video output ports, thus allowing a single graphics processor support up to three independent display output devices so as to expand visual range.

It is worth mentioning that Asus has designed the Smartcard slot for the first time which can read information of on the IC card and so on via Asus B43J laptop directly.

ASUS B43J Laptop Specs:

Screen Size 14″

LCD Resolution HD (1366 x768) (LED) (Matte)

Intel Core i7-620M (2.67GHz)

4GB DDR3-1333 SDRAM

Graphics ATI Mobility Radeon 5400 512MB DDR3 VRAM

Hard Disk 640GB 5400RPM HDD

Operating System Windows 7 Professional (64bit) +XP Pro Driver CD

Optical Storage Super Multi

Wireless 802.11b/g/n

Fingerprint Reader YES

Bluetooth YES

Webcam 2.0 Megapixel

Battery Sonata Long Life 6 Cell 48WH

ASUS B43J comes with the latest Intel Core Duo i7-620M processor and QM57 chip board, together with the highest 2 × 4GB DDRIII-1333 memory, ATI Mobility Radeon HD5470 graphics card, a 640GB 5400RPM SATA -II hard drive, DVD burner, 802.11n wireless module and built-in Bluetooth module.

CPUID Test Information

CINEBENCH Test Result

We use CINEBENCH R10 to test the performance of Core Duo processor i7-620M through rendering a high-precision 3D scene. We get the final result for dual-core processor of 8028 points, which demonstrates the excellent performance of this processor.

PCMark Vantage Test Result: 5862

3DMark Vantage GPU Score: 6642

It is proved that ASUS B43J laptop performs well in business 3D graphics treatment and current large-scale 3D game.

At first, we choose EVEREST sensor to test the internal temperature in low-load condition. Then run the Furmark for one hour to reach the high-load condition and test the internal temperature. Meanwhile use thermal imager to its surface temperature of keypad and the bottom.

ASUS B43J keyboard surface temperature

ASUS B43J’s bottom surface temperature

ASUS B43J is equipped with an 11.1V, 48Wh, 4,400 mAh lithium battery.

Asus B43J laptop battery life can last for up to 3 hours and 52 minutes in standby mode.

Toshiba AC100 is tiny. Measuring just 21mm at its thickest point, it has a slim-lined chassis which is backed by being very lightweight –Toshiba AC100’s weight is 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg).

It is reported that Toshiba AC100 netbook features a 10.1 inches screen—an ultra-bright LED screen which pipes out 1024 x 600 resolution. Toshiba has given the AC100 a yellow and black design, making Toshiba AC100 eye-catching.

Toshiba AC100 is equipped with Android 2.1 operating system, not a conventional OS like Windows 7.

And when you play with the OS it is plain to see that some things need working on. Such as: you type using the real keyboard for inputting things like web addresses and a virtual keyboard pops up on the screen.That said, Android with its wealth of widgets and apps is a joy to use regardless of what machine you are using it on.

Toshiba AC100 comes with built-in NVIDIA Tegra 250 1.0GHz frequency dual-core processor, 8GB memory, 512M memory, HDMI output. Toshiba AC100 also offers Bluetooth and 802.11 b / g / n wireless network card, two USB2.0 and HDMI ports, 130-megapixel camera,

Toshiba AC100 supports for 8-hour battery life, standby 180 hours.

Toshiba AC100 has pre-installed a number of apps. There’s an app to view YouTube videos, Opera Mini web browser to view the internet at speed and Fring, a VoIP service, etc.

At present, Wi-Fi version Toshiba AC100 is at the price of £ 293, 3G version will be sold through operators, which will be sold in Japan with 40,000 yen.

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Satellite C600 is 14-inch, and in the size of 343x234x30-35mm. Toshiba C600 weighs 2.034kg with battery and 2.434kg with adapter. It is clearly that Toshiba Satellite C600 is not portable laptop for you carrying around.

Pros: Relatively low Price
Cons: Fewer interfaces can not meet demand

Toshiba Satellite C600 notebook specifications:

Processor: DualCore Intel Pentium P6000
Code: Arrandale-3M
Core / thread: 2 / 2
Frequency: 1.86GHz
Frequency range: 9x-14x
External Bus: 1066MHz FSB
L1 Code Cache: 32 KB per core
L1 Data Cache: 32 KB per core
L2 Cache: Core 256KB/3MB each
Processor Instruction Set: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T

Motherboard: Toshiba Satellite C600
Chipset: PCH: Intel Ibex Peak-M HM55
Memory Type: SO-DIMM DDR3-1333
Maximum expansion capacity: 8GB
Configuration Memory Type: 1xSamsung M471B5673FH0-CF8 (2GB SO-DIMM DDR3-1066)

Integrated graphics: Intel (R) HD Graphics
Core Code: Intel GMA HD
Core frequency: 467MHz
Memory capacity: 768MB

Disk controllers: Intel (R) 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
HDD: TOSHIBA MK3265GSXV (320 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II)
ODD: TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633C ATA Device

Sound Card: Conexant Cx20585
Speaker: two speakers at the top of the left and right keyboard

Cable Network: Atheros AR8152 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
WLAN Network: Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter
Bluetooth: N / A
Infrared: N / A

Display size: 14 (16:9) LG Philips LP140WH1-TLA1
Resolution: 1366 × 768
Backlight Type: LED

Camera: 2 million pixels
USB Ports: 2 USB 2.0
IEEE1394: N / A
eSATA: N / A
Video Interface: 1 VGA
Audio interface: a headphone jack, 1 microphone jack
Card Reader: SD Card Reader
Size: 343x234x30-35mm (length x width x thickness)
Weight: 2.034kg, travel weight (including adapter): 2.434kg

Fewer interfaces

▲Toshiba Satellite C600 is still coming with a glossy screen and matte frame.

▲Satellite C600 C face style is exactly the same as the Toshiba L series laptop.

▲Toshiba Satellite C600 left palmrest: processor, operating system and the Energy Star logos.

▲ C600 touchpad was rectangular, the area of the main general operating handle also more general

▲ Satellite C600 right palmrest logos

▲ Toshiba C600 right side speakers

▲ C600 has no independent shortcut keys.

▲Toshiba C600 left side ports: only the power port and optical drive

▲Toshiba Satellite C600 right side interfaces are much more than left side

Toshiba Satellite C600 provides users with 2X USB2.0, 1X D-SUB, 1X RJ45, one set of audio input and output interfaces and a card reader. Satellite C600 is not very good to meet the mainstream applications needs of users.

▲ C600 provides a second memory slot for expansion

Hardware configuration

Toshiba Satellite C600 is equipped with Intel Pentium dual-core P6000 processor, clocked at 1.86GHz, 3 cache to 3MB, TDP 35W.

▲    Toshiba Satellite C600 processor specifications

Satellite C600 is also equipped with HM55 chipset, it can support up to six SATA 3Gbps ports (including eSATA), 8 PCI-E 2.0 x1 ports , 14 USB 2.0 ports, Hanksville GbE MAC Gigabit Ethernet Controller , Matrix Storage Technology, High Definition Audio, Management Engine Ignition Firmware technologies.

▲    Toshiba Satellite C600 graphics card specifications

▲ C600 comes standard with a 2GB DDR3 memory

Toshiba C600 comes standard with a 2GB DDR3 memory: Samsung M471B5673EH1-CF8 DDR3 1066MHz memory, for 32bit operating system users, such memory capacity can be sufficient to meet most of the mainstream applications, and runs large-scale 3D games. As C600 provides users with an additional memory slot, so even if running 64bit system, users only need to buy 2GB memory to upgrade it.

▲    Memory Specifications

Toshiba Satellite C600 we got is equipped with TOSHIBA MK3265GSXV 320GB hard drive.

Test overall performance

We mainly use the SYSmark2007 Preview and PCMark Vantange, SiSoftware Sandra Professional v2009 software to test Toshiba Satellite C600; BAPCo SYSmark2007 Preview includes E-Learning, Office Productivity, Video Creation, 3D Modeling four modules.

▲ Satellite C600 SYSMARK test scores

▲    Satellite C600 PCMARK test scores

▲ 3DMARK test scores

Battery

Toshiba Satellite C600 productivity 2007 battery life rating is 206 minutes, performance qualification is 193, and DVD 2007 Battery Life Rating is 152 minutes.

▲    C600 Standard Battery

Acer Aspire One 533, compared with netbooks those comes with N450 processor, is improved in obvious aspects of performances, it is because that Acer Aspire One 533 is carrying the N550 processor. And Aspire One 533 has 11-hour battery life, it will be satisfied by people who need laptop work for long time.

▲ Acer Aspire One 533

▲ Acer Aspire One 533

As a 10.1-inch netbook, AO533 is at the dimension of 263x188x18 ~ 30mm. Aspire One 533’s weight is 1.226kg, travel weight (including adapter) is 1.412kg, so this 10.1-inch netbook is smaller, and has a very good portability.

Acer Aspire One 533 notebook specifications:

Processor: Intel Atom N550
Chipset: Intel Tiger Point NM10, Intel Pineview-M
Graphics Model: Intel (R) Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
Memory: 256MB
Disk controllers: Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller
HDD: Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 (250 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II)
Audio: Realtek ALC272
Speaker: two speakers at the bottom of laptop
Cable Network: Atheros AR8152 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
WLAN Network: Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter
Display Size: 10.4 (16:9), Resolution: 1024 × 600
Battery type: Lithium battery, Capacity: 11.1V/63Wh
Camera: 2 million pixels
USB Ports: 3 USB 2.0
IEEE1394: N / A
eSATA: N / A
Video jack: 1 VGA
Audio jack: a headphone jack, 1 microphone jack
Card Reader: SD Card Reader
Dimensions: 263x188x18 ~ 30mm (length x width x thickness)
Weight: 1.226kg
Travel weight (including adapter): 1.412kg

AO533 shell design is very simple, there is only ACER and Aspire One’s LOGO on the wine-purple shell, the main color of wine-purple and the round edges makes Acer Aspire One 533 with a fashion sense. AO533 still maintain the Acer Aspire One series products previous level.

▲    AO533 the B side and C side with the black and red colors

AO533 the B side and C side is with the black and red colors, screen frame is using the class piano effect and black color, while the palm rest and the panel is in red color, forming the more contrast. This approach is similar to our previous netbook Acer Aspire One 721.

▲ Camera is still being designed in the middle of the screen border position

▲    On the top left of the keyboard, it is AO533 power switch

Camera is still designed in the middle of the top screen frame. The top left of the keyboard is AO533 power switch, switch surface is covered with a transparent material.

▲ ACER AO533 still using the usual ultra-stereoscopic keyboard

▲ACER AO533 touchpad is with an integrated design

ACER AO533 is still using the usual ultra-stereoscopic keyboard; touchpad is with an integrated design, supporting multi-touch. The touchpad is large, and very convenient to use, the touchpad surface decoration stripe that allows users to easily understand the size of the touchpad.

▲ Left side ports on Acer Aspire One 533

▲    Right side ports on Acer Aspire One 533

AO533 provides 3 USB2.0 ports, 1 D-SUB output, an RJ-45, one Four in One card reader, audio input and output.

▲Acer AO533 provides users to upgrading memory and hard drive more easily.

As the previous Acer Aspire One series products, AO533 also provides users to upgrading memory and hard drive more easily. Through the disassembly graph, we can see that the right side of the bottom, there is processor, memory and motherboard chipset, the hard disk is located on the left.

N550 processor is the biggest bright spot

Acer Aspire One 533 is equipped with Intel dual-chip architecture netbook platform PineTrail, new dual-core ATOM N550. N550 processor is still using 45nm process technology, dual-core architecture, clocked at 1.5GHz, have 1MB secondary cache, performed better than the usual N450 significantly. In addition, N550 processor has built-in Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 graphics chip.

▲Acer Aspire One 533 processor specifications

▲ Hynix HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 memory

AO533 comes with a single 2GB Hynix HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 memory, this is the first high-speed DDR3 1333MHz memory used on netbook platform, this 2GB DDR3 1333MHz  memory can basically meet all users capacity, speed requirements on the memory.

▲ Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 hard drive

Acer AO533 features a 250GB Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 hard drive. In network connectivity, AO533 is using a combination of Atheros and Broadcom, Atheros AR8152 supports 10/100M LAN connection, Broadcom 802.11n wireless cards can support 802.11b/g/n protocols.

We mainly use the CINEBENCH R10 software to carry out a simple, intuitive test.

Cinebench R10

Acer Aspire One 533 get a score of 1980 in PCMarks, this is because Aspire One 533 comes with a dual-core four-thread processor, 2GB memory, 250GB hard disk. In terms of total performance, AO533 is better than N450/N470 netbooks.

AO533 comes standard with an 11.1V, 63Wh lithium battery. We used MobileMark 2007 to test its battery life. It has three test modes: Productivity module, DVD module, Reader module, respectively, is called Adobe AcrobatReader 7.0, Adobe Illustrator CS2, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Apple Quicktime 7.1, Intervideo WinDVD 8, Macromedia Flash 8, Microsoft Office 2003 Pro, Microsoft Project 2003, Winzip 10.0. In this notebook, we run the Reader module to simulate the battery life.

In the test, we closed the screen saver, hibernation, system restore, automatic updates, firewall and other functions; the screen brightness set to 50%, and test the laptop until its battery is 0%. This product’s Reader module test results is 671 minutes, taking into account Acer Aspire One 533 is equipped with a larger battery, so this performance is quite good enough to satisfy those has stringent requirements on the battery life.

Advantages: stylish, high performance, 11 hours battery life
Disadvantages: No

Alienware M15x is a 15-inch notebook, M15x shell is used the anodized aluminum material; cool LOGO is inlaid on the shell.

M15x outlook

Alienware M15x outlook

M15x has not small keypad area, the main keyboard area looks small, if you use the M15x for the first time, and you need time to adjust to it for days.

Under the control of AlienFX light software and AlienFusion power management software and systems, Alienware M15x keyboard backlight color can be free to change.

Alienware M15x running effect

Alienware M15x decorative light effect

Alienware M15x touch keys

Alienware of “stealth mode” feature also designed to the key-bar, in stealth mode, discrete graphics will be closed, CPU and GPU will slow down in order to achieve 65 watts power and reduce noise, this feature is very practical.

Alienware M15x “car lights”

LOGO hard disk light is combined with LOGO.

Apart from “stealth mode” function, the button bar is also integrated Command Center software shortcuts; users can easily adjust keyboard backlight, the color of decorative lights by Command Center software. Command Center feature is extremely powerful; users can individually set the different color on batteries, power supply and standby mode.

Alienware M15x interfaces are rich; there is IEEE 1394a, Gigabit Ethernet port, three high-speed USB 2.0, one eSATA, 1 VGA, 1 DisplayPort, 8 in 1 card reader, ExpressCard, and 2 audio output ports.

Alienware M15x right side: USB port、e-SATA/USB combo port、audio input/output, Blue-ray driver and Express Card jack.

Alienware M15x left side: Security keyhole, power connector, VGA, Gigabit Ethernet port, Display Prot USB ports and 8 in 1 card reader (MMC \ SD \ MA \ PRO)

M15x heat vents are designed on the rear of the laptop rather than the traditional position on both sides, whether you use the left hand or right hand to operate the mouse, you will not feel discomfort.

Alienware M15x front side

Alienware M15x rear side

Alienware M15x stainless steel name plates

Most of Dell‘s laptops can be custom configured, Alienware M15x is no exception. The official recommended two configurations, the product code for the S510908CN and S510900CN, the former features I7-720QM processor, the latter uses I7-820QM. In addition, the screen resolution and hard disk capacity are also different.

Core i7 Q720

2GB DDR3 memory

NVIDIA GeForce GT240M

Alienware M15x can not choose SLI program, so a single card performance is particularly important. Currently M15x uses GTX 260M graphics card, and the laptop we used this test is 240M, so there is different somewhat to the commercial laptops.

In order to restore the true performance of the whole, we will close the screen saver, hibernation, system restore, automatic updates and other functions, user authentication reduced to minimum, the system uses windows 7 Ultimate 64bit version.

PCMark Vantage

3D MARK 06 score

Alienware M15x test can be compared to the desk laptop, M15X with GTX 260M graphics cards will performance better. Of course, we can not simply measure Ailenware M15x by performance,  it can be said Alienware M15x represents a culture.

This 11.6-inch Acer 1830T design and outlood is similar to Acer Aspire 1810T. Acer 1830T mesh pattern shell is eye-catching, texture is good. In addition, TimelineX 1830T is at the thickness of 22-28.9mm, it is another portable notebook for you to choose.

Slightly protruding battery of TimelineX 1830T does not affect the appearance.

TimelineX 1830T plastic casing, but with silver mesh pattern, feels good.

Acer 1830T comes with Intel Core i5-520UM low voltage processors, supports for Turbo Boost technology, the maximum automatically overclocked to 1.86 GHz. Acer TimelineX 1830T also supports Hyper Threading technology.

Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T comes with Suspended-type keyboard design.

The power button is on the top left corner of the metal keyboard of Acer TimelineX 1830T.

Acer 1830T laptop is equipped with Intel Core i5-520UM processor, and a screen of 1366 x 768 resolution, standard 3GB DDR3 memory and a 640G hard drive, but TimelineX 1830T did not equip with discrete graphics but powered by the Intel GMA HD integrated graphics, and pre-installed Windows 7 Home Premium system.

Acer TimelineX 1830T Specifications:

Product Type: Aspire 1830T
Screen: 11.6 inch
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor: Intel Core i5-520UM (1.07GHz)
Memory: 3GB DDR3
Hard disk: 640G SATA
Graphics: Intel GMA HD integrated graphics
Wireless Network: 802.11b/g/Draft-N
Card Reader: Five In One Card Reader
Camera: 1.3 million camera
CD-ROM: No

On the left of Acer TimelineX 1830T, it is equipped with USB, HDMI, power jack, and VGA.

On the right of Acer TimelineX 1830T, it comes with 5 in 1 card reader, headphone microphone jack, USB, security keyhole, and RJ-45 network jack.

Battery capacity of Acer TimelineX 1830T is 5800 mAh.

Device Manager Information about Acer TimelineX 1830T

In Windows 7 index test, the score of Acer TimelineX 1830T is 3.2 points, the processor Core i5-520UM score is 4.9, memory score is 5.2, hard disk scoring 5.9 points and the graphics card only get the lowest score of 3.2.

Summary:

Acer 1830T performance is good according to the Win 7 test. Acer TimelineX 1830T laptop has many selling points: one:11.6-inch mini body is easy to carry out; two: imelineX 1830T is equipped with Intel Core i5-520UM processor, and with 3GB of memory and 640G hard disk mass; three:t imelineX 1830T battery life can last for 8 hours. A good laptop is just waiting for you!