Category: Laptop / PC

Dell Venue Pro 11 is going to be first laptop to be equipped with USB Type-C port which is the same one that was made its debut in the Macbook 12 inch 2015 model and Chromebook Pixel. The new USB replaces a wide range of interfaces acting as power connector, HDMI and Display Port. However you must buy a adapter for each if your current peripheral does not uses USB-C port. Using this new USB port, you will be able to charge your device, connect it to a monitor, storage or other external devices.

The new model will be released in September and will come pre loaded with windows 10 operating system, Intel Atom X5 / Atom X7 processor, 3D real sense room and reversible USB-C port.  

The current gen Dell Venue Pro 11 features Atom Bay trail processor and windows 8.1 pro and we feel the upcoming model will pack a lot more than just being a minor update with processor update. 

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Italy is not very well know for its computer industry and OnePC is looking forward to change that. OnePC is an Italian based desktop vendor that also makes laptops and all in one computers. It has launched a new product in the market called OnePC Cube which looks like a small speaker box. However OnePC Cube specifications do not disappoint the geeks as the vendor is offering it with Linux operating system.

OnePC Cube specifications. Five variants will be offered

1) OP.CS05 / OP.CS05W with Intel Celeron G1840 2.8 GHz, 4GB RAM, 1000GB HDD starts from 269 Euros;
2) OP.CS06 / OP.CS06W with Intel Pentium G3250 3.2 GHz, 4GB RAM, 1000GB HDD starts from 299 Euros;
3) OP.CS07 / OP.CS07W with Intel Core i3-4160 3.6 GHz, 4GB RAM, 1000GB HDD starts from 359 Euros;
4) OP.CS08 / OP.CS08W with Intel Core i5-4460 to 3.2GHz, 4GB RAM, 1000GB HDD starts from 449 Euros;
5) OP.CS09 / OP.CS09W with AMD A8-3850, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD starts from 239 EUR.

Extremely compact

The OnePC Cube is customizable, extremely compact and versatile. You can watch streaming movies, surf the net, play online and interact with social networks. It does not disappoints on ports selection too as it features two USB 3.0 ports on front panel and 300 Mbps wireless networking card.

You can choose between a dedicated GPU Nvidia GeForce GT 730 or GT 750 and Ubuntu Linux or windows 8.1 (100 euro extra) operating system. No matter which Cube model you get, you get three year warranty.

HP Spectre Pro X360 is a variant of X360 that comes with vPro technology and runs windows 8.1 professional. It is on sale in Europe in four different configurations with different specifications.

Continue reading HP Spectre Pro X360 specifications and hands on review

Aldi Nord is now selling the Medion Akoya E6416 laptop for discounted price of 399 euro. Features include the new Intel Core i3 5010U broadwell processor, fast wireless A/C LAN and Intel HD Graphics 5500 GPU. The i3 5010u has passmark score of 2916 as mentioned by CPU passmark website.

Other Medion Akoya E6416 specifications include a 15.6 inch display packing 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, Core i3 5010U 2.1 GHz processor that is backed by 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive and integrated Intel HD Graphics 5500. It has plenty of ports that includes Wireless LAN, Gigabit LAN port and four USB ports out of which two support USB 3.0 standard.

You also get HDMI, VGA, SD card reader and DVD burner. The operating system is pre installed windows 8.1 operating system. It weighs just under 2.3 kilograms. Medion and Aldi offer a manufacturer’s warranty of 3 years.

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Lenovo Y40 and the entry level Lenovo G50-80 will soon be updated with a Radeon R9 M375 and Radeon R5 M330 respectively. The launch of the new AMD graphics cards is closer than expected.

There is massive excitement in the world of graphic cards as Nvidia and AMD both have introduced new models. Nvidia launched GTX 960M GPU last month and AMD launched the new Radeon M300 series. Some companies like Lenovo have already planned upgrading of some notebook models especially for gamers.

2015 Lenovo Y40 and G50-80 specifications

Lenovo has updated the data sheet of Lenovo Y40 and G50-80. Both laptops will now use Radeon R9-M375 and M330-R5 respectively. At the moment, no other details on the two notebooks is available.

Information about the new Radeon R5 GPU: It comes equipped with a memory bus to 64 bits and 1 or 2 GB of DDR3 RAM. The Radeon R7 will have the same amount of onboard memory but with the option to choose between DDR3 and GDDR5 versions and with bus 64 or 128 bits.

Stay tuned for official announcement from Lenovo regarding the new 2015 Lenovo Y40 and G50-80 laptops.

RaspPi Kiiboard is a keyboard that can do the function of a mini PC. It packs Raspberry Pi 2 inside which is one of the smallest PCs ever built. While the Raspberry Pi 2 has remained a niche product as it requires high degree technical knowledge.

RaspPi Kiiboard review

RaspPi Kiiboard on the other hand has all required ports that one would need on a modern computer. You get a full fledge HDMI video output port and two USB ports. The user can decide whether to use the RasPi Killboard as normal keyboard or an all in one computer.

To do this, the designer had to remove the doors from the original PCB of Raspberry because the motherboard does not have available ports on one side and thus he had to rewire all contacts to get them to get up to the bracket which also eliminated the Ethernet LAN because RaspPi Kiiboard only uses Wi-Fi. He was also kind enough to upload a video explaining this grueling process.

The key on the keyboard have a retro look which makes it look very unique. It clearly takes us back to the golden era of the Commodore VIC20, C64 or Amiga.