Then the first Android tablet appears, and now we have TV set-top boxes and TVs, smart glasses, smart watches and other portable devices that are working on Android. However, Android was not available for one of the most popular platforms – PC or laptops. Now you can install Android 6.0 Marshmallow on a laptop or PC without any problems, thanks to Android-x86 project.

The aim of this project is the adaptation of Google Android 6.0 operating system to run on x86-based devices. This means that you can run Android operating system on laptops, netbooks, desktops, monoblocks and even Windows tablets.

The project exists for a long time before, thanks to it we could run earlier versions of Android Honeycomb, Android Ice Cream Sanwich, Android KitKat and Android Lollipop on PC.

And now you have the possibility to run the latest version Android 6.0 Marshmallow on your personal computer. The first release of Android-x86 is available for download on the official website of the project for computers with 32-bit and 64-bit x86 processors.

The current build supports computers with UEFI, graphics cards compatible with OpenGL ES 3.x from NVIDIA and AMD, and can provide valuable work of all equipment on your PC or laptop, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, audio, touchpad, camera, Ethernet, etc.

How you can install Android 6.0 Marshmallow on PC.

– Download ISO file with the image of Live CD here;

– Download and install Linux Live USB Creator (LiLi) from linuxliveusb.com;

– Run LiLi and perform the following steps:

1. Select FAT32 in “Select USB”.
2. “ISO file” – select the downloaded file.
3. Tick “Allow LinuxLive USB on Windows” if you do not want to download and install LiLi on Virtualbox.
4. Push in paragraph 5 on a zipper and wait until the program will create a bootable USB.

Then you can run Android 6.0 Marshmallow from your PC (Do not forget to choose USB drive in BIOS), or if you made a CD with Virtualbox, you can try to run Android directly from Windows.

Most of the equipment, including WiFi, works fine, you can get access to the Internet and enter the Google Play Store.

Also recall that you can use Remix OS to run Android on laptop, netbook or PC.

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I want to note that hard reset hp stream notebook, unlike the most laptops from other manufacturers, have a recovery partition that is located on a separate logical drive.

Also I want to remind you that you should save all important data from your hard disk, because after the hard reset hp stream notebook all data will be deleted.

Hp stream notebook has the ability to save data before recovery, but I prefer to use third-party programs, so in this manual I cannot dwell on the issue of back up.

And finally, remember that hard reset hp stream notebook should be carried out with a fully charged battery. It is also strongly recommended to connect the hp stream notebook to the mains.

1. So, first you need to turn on the notebook and press Esc, until you see on the screen the following menu:
2. To start hard reset hp stream notebook you need to press F11.
3. Next you will see the utility interface. Select “System Restore: Restore your computer to its original factory condition”.
4. It will be offered a choice between saving data and system recovery. If you have not saved your data, you can save right now. After saving, select “Recover without backing up your files” and click “Next”.
   
5. We were warned that we should disconnect all external devices. You need to disable everything is connected to the notebook. Even the mouse.
6. Click “Next”.
7. After this begins hard reset hp stream notebook. You can watch the information on the screen. This process will be long enough, so you can relax a bit and do other things.
8. After hard reset is complete you will see a message about the successful completion of the procedure
9. Click “Finish” button to reboot your laptop. After booting the notebook you will see the system as when buying a new device.

So you learned how to hard reset hp stream notebook to its factory settings.

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A special role in this abundance allocated budget sector, the most numerous and, therefore, popular among the modern users. Ideally, everyone wants to buy a cheap device, with capacious storage and a good display, ability to “pull” the problem of a different orientation. However, to comply with most of the criteria, the manufacturer still obliged to sacrifice something, for example, the same filling or screen design. But what if the ASUS X553MA – this is an exception, and its internal content harmonizes with the outside cut? Let’s find out!

Design ASUS X553MA

As the gadget ASUS X553MA has turned the budget, it is quite natural that his body is completely plastic. However, it leaves a good impression, a feeling of cheapness and low-quality finish does not arise. The manufacturer offers to buy one of four colors ASUS X553MA: white (White), black (Black), pink (Passion Pink) and violet (Lavender Purple), and we, in turn, decided not to change the classic and selected packaging exemplary black.

Beauty is in the details ASUS X553MA, so let’s see how this state of affairs with our laptop. His cover is characteristic minimalism, because, except for a small mirrored logo on it is nothing else. Incidentally, the surface of the panel has an interesting pattern that resembles a series of ZENBOOK: the same concentric circles extending from the center and the beautiful Lambent in daylight.

Inside devices are simple but tasteful. The upper part is connected with the lower hinge. The screen of ASUS X553MA is surrounded by a not too wide plastic frame, which is willing to collect fingerprints. On the bottom, you can see the verge of another logo, brand name, and on top – a small peephole webcam. At first glance it seems an ergonomic keyboard is very comfortable to use. Below it is placed a medium-sized touchpad.

ASUS X553MA turned out not the most subtle, as evidenced by the presence of the optical drive and the size of the laptop – 280x252x25 mm. But we pleased weight – 2.2 kg, so the laptop ASUS X553MA can take with you, without fear of its excessive severity. Incidentally, we note and build quality, which also no complaints, because the body of the gadget does not bend, do not play, in a word, no way gives it a budget “companion.”

Display, sound, and webcam ASUS X553MA

Unfortunately, in terms of the characteristics of the screen, the model has not made much of an impression on us. Its diagonal of 15.6 inches, the resolution is quite low by today’s standards – 1366×768 pixels. In addition to the TN-matrix of the wide viewing angle you can only dream of, while the horizontal visibility is better than vertically. In general, of course, things are not as bad as it might seem at first glance. If you’ve worked in the past with similar displays, the difference for the worse, you may not even notice. By the way, due to the glossy surface to work with a laptop outdoors, especially in sunny weather, it will be difficult, will prevent glare and annoying.

Here are some figures: Compliance sRGB scheme is equal to 61%, the black level of 0.57 cd / m2 and contrast ratio – 416: 1. The indicator brightness ASUS X553MA is average, that is, the screen, of course, stars from the sky is not enough, but also to call him very much, too bad we can not. Color reproduction is limping a bit though the picture lacks richness and saturation.

In order to ensure a high level of sound devices, engineers have implemented it technology SonicMaster. However, even that is not possible to make a multimedia notebook “giant.” It is unlikely that the consumer expects such happiness in such a democratic price. Two speakers located on the front slant notebook, very good job with their responsibilities: the output sound, though not very loud, but at the maximum it is not distorted. Of course, there are problems with the bass, but the situation could improve somewhat, just by connecting to the gadget headphones. This, incidentally, saves in the case, if the room where you are watching a movie or listening to music too loud.

The webcam ASUS X553MA quite typical resolution – 0.3 megapixels. It allows you to chat on Skype and quite clearly see the face of the interlocutor in the process. Of course, in a dark room the visibility deteriorates, but this quality – a lot of most built-in laptop cameras.

Keyboard and Touchpad ASUS X553MA

ASUS X553MA has a keyboard island type with the separate numeric keypad and a standard layout. It is difficult not to notice a very dense arrangement of keys, because of what between them is not very much space. Marking buttons are done in white, key travel is short, the return – is not very expressive, so to the press on a keyboard need to be accustomed.

Laptop Keyboard ASUS X553MA be called unremarkable: the characteristics and appearance, it is absolutely typical of the inexpensive segment. Keys, including commonly used, do not attract attention. For example, [Enter] single-row, beneath it there is the small size of the button [Shift]. Another [Shift], left, looks much more, almost caught up with her size [CapsLock] and [Tab]. A switch unit does not take up much space, its buttons are small, rectangular shape. Above the keyboard, in the upper corner, it was seen power button of the laptop. It is an oblong, easy groped blindly.

Perhaps, it may be called front position, that, in principle, only the user’s hand. The manipulator is very sensitive, it promptly responds to all commands, executing them without delay. The touchpad supports various multi-touch gestures, providing a high-quality navigation in the operating system Windows 8. These include the standard: scrolling, zooming, etc. EXPRESS physical keys in touchpad is not. A user to clearly understand where the built-in buttons, engineers noted its lower part of the vertical strip the of the separator.

Performance ASUS X553MA

ASUS X553MA (90NB04X6-M18820) operates on 64-bit operating system Windows 8.1. As for the filling, then this configuration pending quad-core Intel Pentium N3540. Its nominal frequency of 2.16 GHz is able to rise to 2.66 GHz, and the multi-threading technology Hyper-Threading, unfortunately, is not available. The chip is made on 22nm process technology, a 2 MB cache level 2, consumes only 7.5 watts of power.

Another important element of the filling – the graphics processor. In our laptop, it is Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail), the clock frequency range from 311 to 792 MHz. The graphics support DirectX 11.0, Shader 5.0, and coupled to the processor, it is perfect for everyday tasks, and less likely to play. Discrete graphics card in a laptop is not available.

RAM in the device – 4 GB DDR3-1600 MHz standard out of a possible 8 GB. To store all sorts of information provided hard disk capacity of 750 GB and a rotational speed of 5400 rpm. Moreover, you can make free use of storage ASUS WebStorage, proposed by series notebook X.

Ports and Communications ASUS X553MA

Things interfaces in the gadget things well: all you need is, however, little ports USB. See for yourself: on the left side placed USB 3.0 and USB 2.0, HDMI video output and VGA, the network RJ-45 connector, card reader 2-in-1 (SD / SDHC) and a combined audio jack.

The right side has only the optical drive DVD-RW and a slot for a Kensington lock.

Behind and no interface is provided. As you can see, all the major ports and connectors are brought to the left end, and for them there is clearly too small, and the user is likely to be uncomfortable.

With wireless communications is simple: in the laptop has only Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Battery ASUS X553MA

The ASUS X553MA set 2-cell lithium-ion battery capacity of 2500 mAh (30 Wh). It would seem that such a battery is unlikely to be able to show good results.

However, if we consider energy-efficient filling and a very high-resolution display, naturally receive good standalone figures. So, when the gadget is not particularly load, carrying on it the most unpretentious tasks such as paperwork, then he can work out the whole day. But in the high load device would have to be recharged in 4 hours with a little.

Conclusion ASUS X553MA

Well, well, it’s time to appreciate the possibilities of laptop ASUS X553MA. First, note that the device is positioned as appropriate for the tasks of the initial level. That is, the gadget is ideal for use at home as well as office work.

The laptop is finely tailored appearance: the concentric pattern on the lid, he recalled his kinsman, native “aristocratic” line ZENBOOK. The 15.6-inch display has a TN-HD-resolution and a glossy finish, in short, a complete set of “state employee”. The keyboard likely will not please everyone, yet some of its features will have to adapt. The hardware part is designed for simple office and multimedia applications. However, this factor to any claims by the user should not be, after all, so it is clear that the low-cost laptop priority can not the be high-performance machine. The results of battery life we like, but the interface is somehow crudely arranged, and USB ports absolutely enough. However, do not rush to give up on ASUS X553MA, because its cost (about $ 380) a very conducive to shopping. As you can see, the indicators of price and quality in this laptop complement each other.

Source: Asus

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Laptops Nitro line is gradually gaining popularity. Number nitro models increases, eyeing them more and more users who need a low-cost laptop for entertainment, including games. But there really is something to see, even if run superficially. The housing of these devices is stylish and elegant, this will appeal to many.

By the way, one of the Nitro-notebooks we’ve already got. It is a powerful and incredibly stylish Acer Aspire VN7-791G-57RE with processor Intel Core i5-4210H, two graphics cards, as well as Full HD-display. Laptop Acer Aspire VN7-571G-33J0 is interesting in its own way, though, and can yield in terms of performance, because it mounted ULV-processor Core i3-4030U. However, along with that provided in the stuffing hybrid drive, 6 GB of RAM and a discrete video. So that this model could be equally interesting.

Design – Acer Aspire VN7-571G-33J0

The unit case looks quite strict and concise, partly due to sharp corners. It is made of plastic with a matte finish, feels close to the soft-touch. Unfortunately, the surface of Mark, her fingerprints are collected and can be clearly seen in the black. Apparently, the notebook will often wipe.

On the lid of the laptop can see the unique element – the company logo Acer. But closer to the rear panel hinged – engraved Aspire V Nitro. Also, on the outer surface has a lithographic pattern.

By the way, the lack of metal is almost not felt – plastic pretty hard to bend it will take considerable depression. With regard to the size of the housing 390h257.5h24 mm, they are standard for the 15.6-inch device, but overall the notebook looks visually thinner. Weight Aspire VN7-571G is 2.4 kg, it is a bit, even if every day to take a laptop with you.

Display, sound, webcam – Acer Aspire VN7-571G-33J0

Acer Aspire VN7-571G-33J0 is equipped with a 15.6-inch matte display with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels. Just say – sparse, many already “bypassed” such screens, setting, for example, Full HD and higher.

Display the most common, not touch, it has a small degree of brightness and contrast, and visibility is also not one of his virtues. The matrix shows a good picture only when the “live” viewing and only at the slightest deviation. However, the larger the angle of the screen, the stronger begin to distort color becomes darker, and the worse is changing sharpness. This is not the best way affects the quality of video viewing, work, and the more the game.

The notebook has two speakers, also has support for Dolby Digital Plus Home Theater. Sounds device normally, although not always audible low frequencies, due to the fact that they overlap medium and high. However, for movies, music and other entertainment that should be enough.

Webcam on a laptop Aspire V15 Nitro has a resolution of 0.3 MP – frankly lowest. However, more is needed if the camera is needed only to communicate in Skype.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Manufacturers established in the Aspire VN7-571G-33J0 island keyboard, adding to its separate number pad. Almost all of the buttons normal size, were reduced only arrows, but if you frequently use them to control the cursor, you get used to it is not difficult.

As for the icons on the keys, the key made white, while some functional – blue on black surface buttons are immediately apparent.

It’s nice that the keyboard is illuminated, however, did not calm white or blue tinge, and red. In addition, the level of emission is not regulated. In fact, you can either turn the backlight on or off. As the saying goes, “there is no third.”

The touchpad in a laptop is quite large and slightly recessed area. Beneath it hides the mouse button, all of its area is fully clickable. In general, the sensitive area of the touchpad, but sometimes things go wrong, and the commands are not recognized at first. It might be better to go directly to the use of the mouse.

Performance

Acer Aspire VN7-571G-33J0 (NX.MQKER.003) comes with pre-installed operating system – Windows 8.1 on a 64-bit version. Laptop provided for entertainment, some manufacturer calls it, is not the most powerful stuffing. Thus, in the configuration provides dual-core processor Intel Core i3-4030U clocked at 1.9 GHz and third level cache 3 MB. This CPU is built on norms of 22-nm technology microarchitecture Haswell. It is also a low voltage, and its power consumption does not exceed 15 watts. From tech support can be identified Hyper-Threading, thanks to simultaneously treated with four data streams. Unfortunately, without Turbo Boost frequency Core i3-4030U not rise above the base. As for the performance of the chip, it will be enough for many tasks, including Web surfing, video playback, games and, of course, routine work with documents.

The device employs two graphics cards. Has an integrated Intel HD Graphics 4400, as well as mid-level discrete NVIDIA GeForce 840M. For simple calculations, such as office applications, simple image editing and so on. Using built-in accelerator. It supports DirectX 11.1, and also has twenty-uniform flow. But for games best fit discrete graphics. GeForce 840M with 2GB of DDR3 video memory will master many modern toys, although some will have to change the settings. For example, Wolfenstein: The New Order normally go to the medium at a frequency of 30 fps, but with a resolution of 1280×800 pixels. But Titanfall – on high, with a native resolution of 1366×768 pixels and 34 fps.

As for RAM, there is provided a standard 6 GB DDR3L-1600 MHz. Under the RAM allocated two slots in which the strips are installed capacity of 2 GB and 4 GB. If you need more volume, the manufacturer provides for an increase of up to 16 GB.

Also in the filling has a hybrid drive, which includes 8 GB SSD-cache and a 500 GB hard drive. Winchester is running at 5400 rpm, it allows you to store various files, but for games, perhaps not all of it will be enough. As for the SSD, then with it will boot quickly and not have to wait long.

Ports and Communications

This notebook has the required minimum of ports and connectors. However, it is not too varied. For example, on the right side of the notebook contains three port USB 3.0, combo jack for an external microphone and headphones, as well as the interface HDMI, RJ-45, hidden under a plug and socket for recharging.

Virtually the entire left face empty, it contains built-in optical drive DVD-RW with support for Double Layer, and a slot for a Kensington lock.

But on the front end is provided only SD-card reader.

Laptop wireless modules are Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Conclusion – Acer Aspire VN7-571G-33J0

Laptop Acer Aspire VN7-571G is an example of the working device average, which will be under the power of multimedia tasks and, of course, work with documents. This laptop even if not the most powerful processor, but in tandem with him are two video card and 6GB of RAM. Will not stand aside backlit keyboard, as well as stylish looks to be another bonus in the treasury of this notebook. However, some points may not like it. This display with low resolution and too simple set of interfaces. Although this is a matter of personal preference.

Given the cost of about $ 800, you can seriously think about buying a laptop Acer Aspire VN7-571G, which under the force of modern problems, including games.

Source: Acer

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Notebooks Lenovo IdeaPad M – devices for business. Although they are not designed for complex professional tasks, however, in business will be good helpers. This is still a small number of groups to include several laptops, including the IdeaPad M3070. In contrast to his brother’s shop, a 15.6-inch M5400, it is 13.3 inches, respectively, more compact. However, there is no fingerprint scanner, which is especially for buyers are betting business devices. Rather, it is a laptop for business, but the entry level. However, discard the speculation and see what’s what.

Design – Lenovo IdeaPad M3070

Lenovo IdeaPad M3070 laptop comes in a pleasant and somewhat unusual coloring. The outer surface has a brown color that is interesting is combined with silver-gray interior. Both colors complement each other, by which the device looks modern. In fact, the only thing that attracts attention, because of the additional design elements can be seen only logo Lenovo, located on the lid. The rest of this panel, tapering to the front end face, classical, a little strict design.

The bottom of the notebook contains the battery compartment, multiple vents and grilles, under which the hidden dynamics of the speaker. In addition, the bottom has two sliders in which the battery is easily removed.

To assemble the laptop and strength of materials, then there is no problem with them. In any case, the plastic casing is hard enough, so almost no flex, except that if excessive force in the lid. Incidentally, the hinge holding the display, however strong, because it is not able to open notebook with one hand.

Lenovo IdeaPad M3070 very compact. His body has dimensions 330.8×230.2×8-22 mm, which means that it is always a place in the bag. Especially that weight 1.8 kg did not become an obstacle to carry a laptop every day.

Display, sound, webcam

Laptop screen has a diagonal size 13.3 inches and a resolution of 1366×768 pixels, which is standard for many displays. Indicators luminance to 200 cd / m2 and contrast of not more than 170: 1 are low, by using a device outside the image have straight. But in the room such a display did not prevent the work or watching movies, the more matte finish that will not shine.

Speaking of visibility, the image on the TN-matrix can not be equally clear and bright display with different slopes. Horizontal viewing angles are, of course, much better than vertical, but the overall impression is not the best.

As for acoustics, it sounds good laptop. Two stereo speakers out loud sound, but it can be heard only the high frequencies. Settings Dolby Advanced Audio V2 will help to improve the sound, but not so much that it appeared bass and it became less monotonous. Hear really balanced sound headphones help.

Webcam in the laptop has a resolution of 0.3 megapixels. With it, you can chat on Skype with friends or colleagues.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Without departing from the tradition in the Lenovo IdeaPad M3070 established brand AccuType keyboard with a standard layout. It consists of small keys having a smooth concave surface and a short stroke. When pressed there is a clear return, so typing on a keyboard comfortably. Nampad naturally absent, and a row of buttons [PgUp], [PgDn], [Home], [End] delivered in a vertical row.

Touch pad on a laptop has quite a large area. Under the panel hidden mouse button, and all of it is clickable. By the way, the touchpad area is a bit rough, but it does not interfere with positioning and implementation of multi-touch gestures (scrolling, zooming). In place of the surface of the keys is pushed clear, although it is characterized by a short stroke.

The manufacturer indicates that the Lenovo IdeaPad M3070 refers to the line of business notebooks. However, one of the important elements of such a device – the fingerprint scanner – not here.

Performance

59426232 Lenovo IdeaPad M3070 comes with pre-installed operating system Windows 8.1 64-bit version. The laptop is worth the entry-level processor Intel Celeron 2957U with a frequency of 1400 MHz and the third level cache 2MB. This chip Haswell has two processing cores, low power consumption of 15 watts. However, it does not support a number of technologies such as Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading. For this reason, the base processor frequency will remain at 1.4 GHz Celeron 2957U also not be able to simultaneously handle more than two data streams. In general, the performance of the CPU is enough for simple office tasks.

In the filling device includes 4 GB of RAM standard DDR3-1333 MHz and hard drive capacity of 500 GB. This capacity RAM ensure smooth operation of the laptop and quick launch programs, while the hard drive will hold a lot of files. Manufacturer is the possibility of increasing the basic amount of system memory up to 8 GB, which is enough even for some complex calculations.

As for the video, then this configuration is provided only integrated Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) with support for DirectX 11.1. It is certainly better than the Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge), referring to the previous generation, but still its performance is not always enough to cope with a variety of graphics tasks. For example, it can pull a number of games, but not the most modern. For example, Counter-Strike: GO – at medium settings with 30-34 fps or FIFA 14 – at high speed with 34-37 frames per second. And not have to change the display resolution, as it will be 1366×768 pixels.

As such, the possibility of this laptop can be described with a few words: good for everyday tasks.

Ports and Communications

Interfaces in a laptop placed on the sidewalls are fairly evenly. Thus, the right side is IdeaPad M3070 socket for charging, card reader SD / MMC, two USB 2.0 ports and a combined audio jack for an external microphone and headphones.

But on the opposite side of the device can see the USB 3.0, digital output is HDMI, press Novo, as well as network RJ-45 connector. In addition to the ports located on the left ventilation grille, which eliminates warm air. If we talk about the button Novo, it launches Lenovo OneKey Recovery, which allows the system to recover the laptop in case of failure.

On the front panel interface, there is only two LEDs. One shows the power the laptop, the second – the battery level.

IdeaPad M3070 is equipped with wireless communications, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Battery

The device is equipped with a 4-cell lithium-ion battery. Capacity in the battery is 2200 mAh, so when you surf the web, it is discharged after 3 hours and 30 minutes, and under high load will not last more than two hours.

Conclusion – Lenovo IdeaPad M3070

Thus, familiarity with a laptop Lenovo IdeaPad M3070 held. In it, we see only a part of what is optimal for the business model: an ergonomic keyboard, modern processor, the required set of ports, suitable dimensions and low weight. Complements the image of a nice design and good build quality. However, in order to fully justify the name “business notebook”, it was necessary to provide a fingerprint sensor, possibly, better display and capacious battery. Of course, the cost of the laptop is not very high up to $ 400, however, and it gives the right to demand more from a notebook designed for business tasks.

Source: Lenovo

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For by NVIDIA hard to keep up with even the eminent world manufacturers of gaming notebooks, it like hotcakes release their new video card. For one only in 2014 the world saw just two generations of video cards in the spring – 800-th series, and then fall – 900 th. But the company ASUS has responded promptly to all of these events, at first just to upgrade the interior of your notebook, and only then, in the fall, presenting the world completely new line of Series G. On one of these devices, which received the new video card from NVIDIA, as well as the futuristic design and will be discussed in this review. Meet – ASUS G751JT.

For all the years of its existence, the game lineup ASUS ROG G-series managed to create an army of loyal fans, both among professional gamers, and among the amateurs who simply love to relax with a favorite game in his spare time. But at the same time and they both want to see a high-quality picture and high fps. In our case, this is called a discrete graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and quad-core Intel Core i7-4710HQ. In a very hard-fought and close fight with their competitors – by MSI and Dell (Alienware), ASUS has managed to bring the quality and functionality of your laptop to almost ideal. Let’s see if the new generation has become even better or a “step” on the spot?

Design – ASUS G751JT

The notebook in comparison to its predecessor, has become more “toy”. If ASUS G750 looked subdued and representation, and it was possible to select only brushed aluminum and painted in light gray tubes, but now the situation has changed. The new model is immediately striking bright red elements, including: ROG logo on the top cover and podladonnoy surface, marking the keyboard and, of course, “petals” in the nozzles of the ventilation system. Incidentally form themselves vents also changed.

In addition to the abundance of red, which, incidentally, looks very harmoniously combined with black matte finish can also select to change the design lid. Now the major part of which is made from a soft-touch plastic cover was put on top of aluminum. It is a trapezoid, which descends to the loops and then comes to the bottom of the notebook. Outwardly, this design element reminiscent of the car “hood”. This item performs not only a purely decorative role, but also provides the rigidity of the cover. By the way, the whole assembly of the notebook is quite high, however, is characteristic of the G-series from ASUS.

Besides lining on the lid, all the rest of the ASUS G751JT made of plastic with a soft-touch coating. Only gripe is the internal working surface, because it was the last model made of aluminum, which, though collecting fingerprints, but was cleaned quite easily. Now, soft-touch coating in this zone collects fingerprints no worse than aluminum, but remove them is not so simple.

The bottom of the laptop can not be called ordinary. First of all I would like to highlight the multi-level, unlike most laptops, ASUS G751JT boasts relief ducts that if an athlete muscles show through to the bottom and go to the back edge. Also deserve attention-leg braces, which look very impressive, and its function is performed by 100%. Among other things, on the bottom, you can see small holes for cooling and a subwoofer, which is covered by a decorative grid. Not without its usual slot for quick access compartment models, but, unfortunately, it can be reached by only two drive bays and two strips of RAM. Why unfortunately? – Yes, because to get to another two strips of RAM, cooling fan and wireless module can only be completely disassembled the laptop that not everyone on the shoulder, and even people who know it will take a lot of time.

All representatives of the flagship G-series such as G75, G750 and other earlier models had a fairly large size and weight. In this regard, a new generation has decided to continue this tradition. ASUS G751JT has dimensions 416x318x20-53 mm and weight of 4.8 kg. Our test model almost pounds heavier than its direct competitor MSI GT72 last generation, which weighs 3.8 kg, but in the world of gaming “monsters” weight and dimensions are not so important as an effective cooling and performance in games.

Display, sound and webcam

Display ASUS G751JT is typical for most game models diagonal 17.3 inches, and the standard for this size resolution – 1920×1080 pixels, or as it is often called, Full HD. Watch a movie or play on the 17.3-inch screen is much nicer than say on the 15.6-inch, and thanks to the high resolution, you will not see the grain.

Huge leap forward can be called that engineers finally began to equip slot model matrix made by technology IPS, rather than TN. Firstly, IPS technology provides a wider viewing angles, which increases comfort while working at his laptop. Secondly, the difference in response time between IPS and TN is becoming less and less so for games, this figure is not so critical. Therefore, ASUS G751JT we have excellent viewing angles and excellent image quality is through the use of IPS-panel.

This display is virtually devoid of drawbacks, the main diagonal, high resolution and excellent image quality is added and a matte finish that reduces glare and reflections with direct sunlight.

Do not disappoint the owner ASUS G751JT and installed it acoustics. Two speakers are pretty high volume and good sound quality, however, notice a slight bias in favor of the midrange, but it is peculiar to all notebook acoustics. In addition to the speakers on the bottom of the ASUS G751JT there is a built-in subwoofer, responsible for the reproduction of low frequencies. In general, the data published by the laptop is perfect for scoring games and movies, as well as for the full listening to music.

Webcam with a resolution of 1 megapixel is perhaps the most ordinary element of this laptop, it does not differ from cameras located in the low-end models and is, first and foremost, to communicate via Skype.

Keyboard and Touchpad – ASUS G751JT

Strict and minimalist keyboard ASUS G750 in the past. New ASUS G751JT equipped with a large and functional keyboard, but with a new design and some new elements. Engineers make maximum use of the internal workspace ASUS G751JT, so here we see a large distance between the keys analog and digital blocks. Last specifically displaced by the way down to the buttons were normal, not narrow size.

The keys are square, flat, have a good read coded letters, which is made in red and green and white markings Cyrillic. The key travel is quite large, and the return on average power. Separately want to note the increase in the left side of the space bar to make it easier for the player to get it and use it in games very often, whether it’s a jump or a manual brake.

You also can not ignore the key [W], [A], [S], [D]. They further highlighted in red on the sides to make it easier to find them. The way to play in the dark, in the ASUS G751JT provided backlit keyboard. Unlike its predecessor, the new generation does not it glows white and red that keeps the overall design line.

Appeared in ASUS G751JT and individual media keys, all five of them, and they are located above the keyboard on the left. Among them there are: the start key applications NVIDIA GeForce Experience, which offers automatically set the most appropriate for your system settings in the games start button Steam, providing access to an online game store, and three separate numbered buttons which can be assigned to start applications using a utility ROG MacroKey. The power button is right above the keyboard and she made silver to be different from others.

The touchpad is quite large, however, as its predecessor. However, for a gaming notebook is not such a big advantage, since it is likely to give way to an external mouse. If it so happened that you still have to use the touch-sensitive surface to control the laptop, it will not disappoint you, thanks to the precise positioning and support of a large number of multi-touch gestures.

Performance

ASUS G751JT (90NB06M1-M00380) is running the operating system Windows 8.1 (64-bit). As the processor uses Quad Intel Core i7-4710HQ. This processor is still familiar to us over the past generation ASUS G-series, and had proved themselves very well for heavy applications and for modern games, many of which require high performance not only on the video card, but also from the processor. Most of all it relates to online games. Among the technical characteristics include the clock frequency, which ranges from 2.5 GHz to 3.5 GHz, 6 MB cache in the third level and support Turbo Boost technology and Hyper-Threading. Thanks to the latter, four cores of the processor can handle up to eight data streams.

But no matter how powerful the processor was, after all, the main role in the game is given a laptop graphics card. In ASUS G751JT installed discrete graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M, is the average of all the option available in the range of laptops ASUS G750, except ours, also have the option to buy a laptop with top-end NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M or more affordable NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M. Let’s start with the fact that the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M is based on the architecture and Maxwell made on 28-nm process technology. The memory interface has a bandwidth of 192-bits (bits 3h64). The total number of shaders is 1280, and the core clock speed – from 924 MHz to 1038 MHz. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M has 3 GB of video memory standard GDDR5.

In ASUS G751JT has four slots for RAM, of which our equipment employs three. All trims size to 8 GB DDR3 memory and work with a frequency of 1600 MHz. Thus, in our laptop out of a maximum of 32 GB to 24 GB installed, which, however, with the head enough for any application or game.

Well thought out in the ASUS G751JT and system drives. Through the use of the hard drive and SSD achieved the perfect balance between capacity and performance. The hard disk has a capacity of 1 TB, and the rotation speed of 7200 rev / min. SSD is much more modest in scope than HDD – only 128 GB, but it is, it provides excellent performance and operational loading.

Ports and Communications

A set of ports and connections remained virtually unchanged compared to the previous generation. Add only one additional audio jack. But let us, nevertheless, consider the set of communications and their arrangement in more detail.

The left side ASUS G751JT are two ports USB 3.0, card reader (SD / MMC) and a slot for a Kensington lock. In addition, here you can see the optical drive DVD ± RW, which is more expensive versions can be replaced by Blu-ray. Also worth noting is that the location of the optical drive on the left side is very rare, usually located on the right side, but ASUS decided that it would be more convenient. However, the previous generation also had this, in our opinion, the lack of. The fact that the optical drive on the right side is not so much interfere with the external arm, than devices and cables connected to the ports. Admittedly this is only true for right-handers.

The main carrier of the ports in this laptop is the right side. Here you can find the video outputs HDMI and VGA, two-port USB 3.0, RJ-45 port high-speed Thunderbolt, the power supply connector, microphone input, and two headphone jacks, which are combined with audio output S / PDIF.

The front face, though devoid of communication, but on it there are five indicators of the state of the system.

At the same rear nozzle housed massive ventilation system. For wireless technologies there no complaints, all of the latest technology – Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0.

In general, communication capabilities ASUS G751JT can be evaluated on a solid four, as we have a sufficient number of ports and their variety, but still in some aspects ASUS G751JT plays all the same MSI GT72, which is 2 more USB ports. In addition, the placement of the optical drive on the left does not improve the comfort of working with an external mouse.

Battery

8-cell lithium-ion battery capacity of 6000 mAh provides ASUS G751JT low rates of autonomous operating time, which is typical gaming laptop. In the game mode, this laptop can last a little more than one hour. When watching a video or surf the web, this figure will be around three hours.

Conclusion – ASUS G751JT

We saw a really updated model, and not just cosmetically retouched last year’s laptop. ASUS G751JT rightly included in the cohort of the most successful and productive game models top segment. Of the most striking changes is to provide the appearance, which, incidentally, may not appeal to all lovers of the G-series, high-quality IPS-display, and a new video card from NVIDIA. Also it should be noted very comfortable full-size keyboard island, which has got some “chips” like dedicated keys [W], [A], [S], [D] and figure space.

Of the weaknesses ASUS G751JT comes to mind only the set of ports, which, though rich, but still inferior competitors. Large size and short battery life called flaws in the game model of this level is ridiculous, so perhaps it’s ports, though not explicit, but still a weak point. Therefore, summing up we can say that ASUS G751JT in any case not a step back and a leap forward!

As already noted in the review, ASUS G751JT is a middle ground between version available with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and a top with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M, respectively, the price of our version also average – about $ 1,800 for that segment of the game is not so much money.

Source: ASUS

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Partner organization OLPC (“Laptop Per Child”) in the next two weeks plans to announce a modular laptop XO-infinity by analogy with modular smartphone Ara from the corporation Google.

Australian non-profit organization One Education, partner of the project OLPC (“Laptop Per Child”) over the last year has developed a modular mobile computer for school children, which she is going to introduce in the next two weeks, the resource Ink, Bits & Pixels.

One Education representative of Paul Cotton (Paul Cotton) confirmed the publication of this information in an email.

Structurally, the new computer is like a modular smartphone Ara by Google. It will have a frame to which are attached plug-in modules – a communication module, battery, computer unit (including the CPU, RAM and storage).

The basic idea is that a computer could be used for several years, gradually upgrading its hardware stuffing. This procedure is very simple, so it can cope with even a child. The computer will be called XO-infinity. The word “infinity” is translated from the English “infinity” – refers to the duration of use of the device.

How much will it cost and when the new model will go on sale, and which modules will be available to it, is still unknown.

Recall that the OLPC project was founded in 2005 by Nicholas Negroponte (Nicholas Negroponte). His aim was to create a cheap laptop for students in primary schools in developing countries.

Modular computer OLPC for school XO-infinity

OLPC originally planned to create a laptop costing no more than $ 100. Then its value was increased to nearly $ 200. At this price noutubuk were invited to buy educational institutions, and the price for ordinary users was twice as high. In the organization explained that half of the amount will go to charity. An increase in the price of the computer was grown due to production costs.

XO-infinity makes it easy to replace the main components that will extend the life of

The official announcement is expected in the next two weeks

Since then, the organization has updated several times XO. The latest generation of computer, XO-4, is almost identical to the original model, but has a 2-core processor, touch screen and support for HDMI. In 2009, introduced the concept of OLPC XO-3 tablet for $ 75, but it was never implemented.

Source: OLPC

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MSI has more than one year is known for its quality products, among which there are motherboards, servers, tablets, laptops, etc. In addition, in the range of a certain niche occupied by mobile workstations. Previously, they were within the gaming segment, although they had a professional stuffing. But now created for them a general rule «W», which includes workstation WT and WS. Figuratively speaking, WT – it’s heavy artillery, the design of which is borrowed from the GT, whereas WS – thin high-performance devices, with the appearance of the GS.

With one of the workstations WS series we met. MSI WS60 2OJ – is an upscale working tool with many features with which you yourself feel like a fish in the water, even when faced with a real challenge. It was announced in the summer of 2014 and was able to interest the large audience of users. The singularity of this workstation is the design, which as two drops of water similar to gaming. But it is hardly the only thing that will attract attention, probably something left overs.

Design – MSI WS60 2OJ

For many there is a certain way that mobile working dock – often massive laptop, made in classic style. Probably, MSI WS60 shake your confidence, because its design is not the one to which a workstation. Originally intrigue cover that strongly resembles the surface of a gaming notebook. You will see a sloping panel, convex strip.

Also attract the attention of not only the company logo as a special emblem, much like the symbolism of Republic of Gamers, – icon mobile workstations MSI. If you are interested in laptops close of the manufacturer, it could not be seen in the design of a great similarity with the MSI GS60 2PC Ghost, whom we used to devote a separate review.

Housing workstation made of magnesium and lithium. He is strong and reliable, but also thin enough, because the designers managed to hold the stuffing in the design of the device is not thicker than 20 mm. In this case, the outer surface is not as practical as we would like. At the slightest touch lid collects a large number of fingerprints. As for the other sizes, then the length of the workstation 390 mm, while the depth – 266. It is noteworthy that all MSI WS60 weighs 1.9 kg and is given battery.

Bottom of the notebook is a surface on which the speaker grilles, concentrated near the sides, as well as ventilation and several stable legs that do not allow to swing a laptop on a table or other flat surface.

If we talk about build quality, the gap is not noticeable, and body parts are secured tightly. However, the lid flexes a bit. By the way, the display is connected to the base by means of a strong and rather thick hinge, with his help he can open up to 140 degrees, which is enough for the job.

Display, sound, webcam

It is due to differences in the resolution of the display, MSI WS60 2OJ can be in two versions. The first – a Full HD (1920×1080 pixels), the second – an option that we are considering – WS60 2OJ 3K IPS Edition. This Notebook is equipped with a glossy screen with a diagonal of 15.6 inches. His main trump card – a very high resolution 2880h1620 pixels with which you get superb detail and realistic image. In addition, the matrix is IPS technology, which will provide a broad overview and deep saturated colors. If we talk about the level of brightness, it does not exceed 300 cd / m2, the display workstation that should be enough.

Traditional choice acoustics by MSI and this time remained unchanged. Dynaudio provides high-quality sound that is transmitted the most realistic, and four stereo speakers perfectly cope with the withdrawal of the high and low frequencies. Music in the laptop sounds dynamically, there is no distortion and no noise. By the way, enhances the listening experience technology Audio Boost, and Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 2. They will sound more impressive as the speakers and headphones. By the way, audio jack for a headset is gilded, that will ensure the most efficient signal path, reducing the amount of noise. Perhaps workstation all is not so important, but in his spare time is more than urgent, whenever you want to watch a movie or play.

Standing in laptop webcam not particularly appreciate, because its resolution is only 1 megapixel. Although if it is needed only to communicate in Skype, then this will be enough, especially since the camera is supplemented with two built-in microphones.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Availability island SteelSeries keyboard with adjustable backlight in a mobile workstation is controversial. It is clear that if we were talking about the game laptop, it would be understandable why adjust the backlight of certain areas, but this functionality to the device for professional use is not quite fit.

They are very comfortable would Shortcut Manager. With this software, you can assign each key its function. So, at the press of a button, you can run consistently perform certain commands. It is not only individualizes but simplify workflow.

Called the standard keyboard layout completely does not work, due to the fact that it lacks a key [Windows] on the left side. The rest are all simply and thoughtfully. Thus, the optimal size of main buttons, they are clearly visible marking; dial key block and nampada little less, but they are also comfortable to use. With regard to the keystrokes, it is more soft than hard, but returns when printing is quite clear. Minus the keyboard surface can be considered to sag, especially when intensive printing. True, you can not hear the clatter strong.

Above the keyboard there is no additional keys except the buttons on your notebook. During operation, MSI WS60 2OJ highlighted its border, as well as an icon inside. Depending on which card is active at the moment, one can see the white or orange luminescence.

As for the touchpad, it is not a large amount of his more close to the average. Discomfort during the work it does not create, the more that the entire sensor surface is smooth, responsive and with clickable area, under which the hidden key. The touchpad supports standard multitouch gestures, such as scrolling and zooming.

Performance

On the laptop MSI WS60 2OJ-026RU worth 64-bit operating system Windows 7 Professional, which is quite logical for the workstation. Inside the laptop is a quad-core Intel Core i7-4710HQ, built according to the norms 22-nm technology. It has a clock speed of 2.5 GHz, which can grow in Turbo Boost mode up to 3.5 GHz with an active nucleus and up to 3.3 GHz – at work of all four. The chip has a cache memory 6 MB third level and provides excellent performance due to the possibility to simultaneously process up to eight data streams. As regards energy consumption, it reaches 47 watts, naturally with the built-in graphics Intel HD Graphics controller 4600 and memory. In general, such a powerful processor Haswell can easily deal with complex tasks.

No matter how modern and productive nor was integrated video accelerator complex graphics tasks will fall on the shoulders of professional graphics NVIDIA Quadro K2100M, built on 28-nanometer technology on the architecture of Kepler. This controller has 2 GB of internal memory standard GDDR5, supports DirectX 11, and his level of heat can reach up to 55 watts. This video card drivers are optimized for applications such as AutoCAD, CAD, Autodesk, and the like. In addition, Quadro K2100M supports display resolution up to 3840h2160 points, and also allows you to display an image on the four external monitors, of course, with the appropriate ports. By the way, in addition to professional problems, you can do video editing, handle complex three-dimensional images, play some modern games, all this performance video card should suffice.

As for storage, then this provides a hard disk capacity of 1 TB, but for the operating system and various programs, there are two SSD-drive in a RAID 0, a total volume of 256 GB. It is in this mode, the read speed of RAID data closer to 1000 MB / s.

RAM in the laptop fully realized. Its 16 GB, which occupies two slots, more than a good supply for all calculations and complex professional programs. That’s enough for the next few years. RAM is standard DDR3L-1600 MHz.

Ports and Communications

Interfaces MSI WS60 not too diverse, but among them there are those who will make an impression on you. So, on the left side of the workstation has two audio jacks for microphone and headphone jacks, Kensington lock slot. Also there is a socket for recharging, and two USB 3.0.

It is worth noting that in the laptop all have modern standard USB 3.0. In particular, on the right side of the device there is one such port. Next door to them are HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 connector, card reader, readable format SD / SDHC / SDXC, and one of the main interface, attracts the attention of many – Thunderbolt 2 is compatible with Mini DisplayPort 1.2. It provides high-speed data transfer (20 GB). Besides using mDP can be displayed on an external display one video streaming 4 K, whereas the presence of two – can show an image with a resolution QHD. Do not forget that not only Thunderbolt port to connect a variety of devices, but also the possibility of recharging. As you can see, in the MSI WS60 lacks an optical drive.

Located on the sides of the vents. Also there are bars on the rear panel. And the front end of the connector is free.

Indicators in the laptop abound. Their numerous group includes display battery status of the notebook, the activity of wireless networks. There is also a Num Lock and Caps Lock. As for wireless communications, they represented Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Battery

Battery in a laptop lithium-polymer, it has six sections and capacity 4840 mAh. While its charging is done quite powerful 150-watt power supply. As for autonomy, it is about three hours, and at maximum load the laptop, and when working with documents and viewing images. This is due to the powerful short stint filling and high-resolution display 2880h1620 pixels. However, for a workstation, even a relatively compact, it is unlikely to critical, because most of it will be on your desktop near the outlet, and less on the go.

Conclusion – MSI WS60 2OJ

Well, the workstation from MSI was a success. Despite the fact that the chosen design solution for her style gaming notebook a bit unusual, appearance MSI WS60 2OJ looks modern and extraordinary. There are a few elements that you are unlikely to meet in the workstation segment. This adjustable backlight SteelSeries, the presence of 2 Thunderbolt port, as well as the highest resolution display 2880h1620 pixels.

However, in the workstation, there are other equally important aspects. Filling laptop above all praise. Quad-core processor Haswell with professional graphics NVIDIA Quadro K2100M “heat ask” any applications, in particular those associated with the design. And support for 16 GB of RAM and two SSD-drive running in RAID 0, quickly cope with the task. Of course, such a battery pull stuffing and display with a resolution 2880h1620 points is extremely difficult, which is why the autonomy of MSI WS60 not exceed three hours. As for the cost, you should expect no less than $ 2,000.

Do not think that if the mobile station – this is a serious tool for the daily work, its computing power and functionality is not enough for the tasks associated with leisure. This machine high morale!

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Laptops Aspire E – is often the device primary or secondary level, which by virtue of office applications and other daily tasks. As a rule, they are low cost because manufacturer equips them not the most powerful components of conventional displays, which is enough to work with documents or watching videos. Often, the E-series laptops very limited possibilities when it comes to complex calculations. Yes, in general, they do not claim to be more staying typical workhorse. If we talk about the design of these devices, it is often a classic and unremarkable. However, there are exceptions, such as Acer Aspire E3-111 produced in quite bright colors (pink, blue).

We have repeatedly talked about the laptops Aspire E. familiar with Acer E5-571G-56B5, Aspire E1-771G, Aspire E1-510, Aspire E1-572G and others. They are mostly unassuming appearance, practical, often with modest resources. In other words, amazingly hardworking laptops, but without the veneer and the “high self-esteem.” Not surprisingly, the Acer Aspire E5-551G seem as common. However, things may be quite different, perhaps by this shell will performance notebook that will change the general opinion on the budget line of Aspire E.

Design

If you think that the laptop is made in the original design, you are deeply mistaken. His most usual unassuming exterior. The cover is a smooth panel, curving at the corners of the ornaments – only logo Acer. Plastic outer surface strongly spoiled, despite a matte finish and a little bent and slightly squeaks. Coloring Acer Aspire E5-551G too monotonous and boring. And the work area, and exterior completely finished in black. However, if the laptop is used for office work, then more is needed to once again not to be distracted.

The display is connected to the base by means of tight hinge, which allows it to uncover 170 degrees. The bottom panel contains only the laptop battery compartment, but to get to the hard drive or wireless module have to unscrew a few screws. By the way, at the bottom you can see several vents, as well as two speaker grilles placed closer to the right and left end face.

Dimensions Acer Aspire E5-551G up 382x256x30.3 mm, and weight – 2.5 kg. For a 15.6-inch device is the usual indicators, except that the thickness too big. In general, you can leave the laptop in the office or at home, and carry with them on business trips and other travel.

Display, sound, webcam – Acer Aspire E5-551G

Aspire E5-551G screen has a standard 15.6-inch diagonal and a resolution of 1366×768 pixels. Matte display, easy to operate, because it reflects almost nothing and no glare. However, the brightness level that does not exceed 255 cd / m2, a sunny day is not enough.

Unfortunately, the colors on the screen are inaccurate, so the image can not boast of realism. And visibility TN-matrix does not provide stable viewing angles, because a small deviation will be significantly distorted picture and go into the negative. Given the budgetary display, do not expect him to something supernatural.

Above the screen is built-in webcam Acer Crystal Eye 1.3 megapixel resolution. It is useful if you frequently chat on Skype, but for the photo is not the best option.

As for the acoustics, the sound is not very good laptop. High frequencies are heard perfectly, but there is practically no bass. Because of this audio playback turns one-sided, there is no special emphasis. Of course, in the perfect sound and do not need, but when watching a movie it really is not enough, so you have to plug in the headphones.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Laptop Keyboard perfectly designed for everyday typing. It is an island, a relatively large, complemented nampadom. Strongly reduced no buttons, except that you have to get used to to the deflection unit and compressed rarely used tilde.

The rest of the keys are very well marked, clear symbols, the layout is standard, in general, do not have to look closely and rebuild. With regard to the substrate, it is quite tough and intensive printing will not sag. Of additional buttons that are out of the keyboard, you can see only the power key. No backlight, so as to be expected from a budget notebook.

Touchpad Aspire E5-551G has a relatively large size and smooth surface besknopochnuyu and supports scrolling, zooming, gestures in Windows 8.1. The problem only with sensitivity. Occasionally touch pad responds to commands from the delay, and it brings discomfort and desire to go on a mouse.

Performance

In Acer Aspire E5-551G-F63G NX.MLEER.010 pre-installed 64-bit operating system Windows 8.1. The device operates on quad-core AMD FX-7500, submitted in 2014. This chip is built on the architecture of the Kaveri to 28-nanometer technology, it is a low voltage, has an average level of performance similar to Core i3-4100U from Intel. CPU clock speed of 2.1 GHz, but can be increased up to 3.3 GHz. Cache Memory AMD FX-7500 – is 4 MB second level. Of course, this potential will not allow the processor to master complex computational operations.

In addition, there is an integrated graphics card Radeon R7 (Kaveri), which is a good idea to cope with daily tasks. Graphics has 6 cores, supports DirectX 11.2. In addition, it is well-encodes and decodes video, and will play in the game of the year 2013-2014, however, at low or medium settings. Its potential can be compared with a discrete graphics card entry-level NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M. So, with video accelerator Radeon R7 (Kaveri) will go to medium-settings and a resolution of 1366×768 pixels game Total War: Rome II 2013 or F1 2014. In each case, the frame rate per second will be at the level of 29-30 fps.

Manufacturers generously contributed enough to the needs of notebook 8 GB of RAM. It has a standard DDR3 Low Voltage and bus speed up to 1600 MHz. This amount of RAM along with other components of filling should improve the performance of Aspire E5-551G. As for the hard drive, there is a storage allocated 1 TB. Hard drive works with a standard spindle speed of 5400 rpm. Additionally used SSD-cache, which has a capacity of 8 GB. In other words, we are dealing with a hybrid drive.

Ports and Communications

Mainly ports and connectors Acer Aspire E5-551G are on the left side. In particular, there is placed a network RJ-45 connector, VGA, HDMI, one USB 3.0 standard and combined audio jack for headphones and microphone. At the end of the verge is a slot for a Kensington lock.

But the right you can see the built-in optical drive DVD ± RW, as well as two USB 2.0 ports and a socket for recharging.

On the front end of the notebook has a card reader. He reads the memory card format SD / MMC / MS / SDHC / Pro. There is also the indicators of the state of charge of the battery and the laptop works. The rear panel of the laptop completely empty.

As for wireless communications, they are presented with Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Battery

The laptop is a 6-segment lithium-ion battery capacity of 4700 mAh (52 Wh). When you surf the web and reduced brightness by 40%, it is discharged after five hours. Documents can last about eight hours. But in games, when the device is exposed to excessive load, autonomy drops to 3 hours.

Conclusion – Acer Aspire E5-551G

If you are a lover of glamorous things, laptop Acer Aspire E5-551G not the option that you want. He is discreet, made in primitive design that perfectly fit into the interior of the office or the office, but no more. Like other low cost device, this laptop does not provide very high performance, so it is easy to cope with web surfing, work tasks, as well as play back video without problems, will provide an opportunity to play a little and so on. To do this, it provides a low-voltage processor with integrated graphics, hybrid drive, 8 GB of system memory. In addition, the display has a matte finish that reduces glare and reflections during use. As for the cost of the laptop Aspire E5-551G-F63G about $ 480, it fully justifies its capabilities.

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Low-cost single board computer Raspberry Pi appeared a few years ago and quickly became amazingly popular. That is not surprising. This is the best solution for projects in the style of “do it yourself”. At a price of just $ 25.

Enthusiasts instantly found use miniature novelty. On its basis, began to make game consoles, robots, media centers, and more.

A project developers Pi-Top turned the device into a real laptop. With the body of the details printed on 3D-printer. And the authors of the idea did not stop there. The first version appeared in September 2014. Now, users are encouraged version number 3.

A few months have brought a platform engineers “to the mind.” They managed to transform the design the better.

Significantly updated design of the device. Pi-Top Raspberry Pi has become 30% thinner than the previous (second row) modification. This allows us to spend less on the device fabrication materials and time.

In addition there was a large trackpad with two special buttons. Recent mimic switches computer “mouse” and offer adequate tactile communication.

It became easier to make some adjustments in the technical specifications. In what way? Using modular rails for integrating own PCBs.

Sounds interesting. It should be Pi-Top (according to sources in the network) about 299 US dollars. Includes Raspberry Pi. Without the above system will have to pay a little less – 265 USD.

Released in May of this year.

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