Dell’s got a new notebook computer on the market: the Inspiron R. The next iteration on Dell’s Inspiron series of notebook PCs, the Inspiron 14R, 15R and 17R appeared in stores.

There are three screen sizes available these are 14-inch, 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch models. It feature a chiclet keyboard, 2nd generation Core processors, up to 8GB of RAM, discrete graphics (an AMD Radeon HD 6000M series card for the 14R, a GeForce 500M card for the 15R and 17R), a HD webcam, support for Intel Wireless Display technology, SRS Premium Audio, a 6- or 9-cell battery, and come with switchable lids, the default one being black.

It’s got a chiclet style keyboard (Dell uses it on most of their laptop PCS).

The casing’s got a glossy sheen to it.

The details of the dell inspiron R

While other, more colorful models being available from the Dell Design Studio for.

New Apple MacBook Pro 2011 has been released with powerful processor update and amazing Thunderbolt port. Today we will have a look at the inside structure of new Apple MacBook Pro laptop.

15-inch Apple MacBook Pro 2011 features  a brand new port-Thunderbolt, which has integrated PCI Express and DisplayPort to the same single port. Thunderbolt supports as high as 10 Gbps transfer speed for both input and output. The data channel of PCI Express and DisplayPort are mutually exclusive to avoid the screen competing with the external hard drive for bandwidth .

Up to 6 Thunderbolt devices can be chained up to the Apple MacBook Pro. This limitation affects little, because the number of Thunderbolt compatible devices on the market even doesn’t reach 6. On the contrary, FireWire 800 port can support up to 63 devices in a daisy-chain, while USB does not support daisy-chain.

The 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro 2011 still comes with the model A1286, which Apple has used for this kind of laptops since Oct 2008.

Apple has added the warning to forbid users to throw away MacBook Pro as trash. But the Verizon iPhone doesn’t have such a warning.

The bottom case of 15-inch new Apple MacBook Pro is fixed by 10 Philips #00 screws instead of specialized pentalobe screws, which allows users to replace the RAM or hard drive by themselves.

The New 15-inch MacBook Pro is also equipped with the  PC3-10600 RAM as same as the one in the 2010 21.5″ and 27″ iMac, but different form previous Apple laptops. the PC3-10600 RAM of 15-inch MacBook Pro is compatible with the PC3-8500 RAM of the old version Unibody MacBook Pro, but the PC3-8500 RAM can not be used in this MacBook Pro 2011.

15- inch MacBook Pro packs a 77.5 WH battery with the same capacity as the previous one. But the battery life has been reduced form 8-9 hours to 7 hours. Has the performance decreased, or does Apple evaluation become more realistic?

As same as the previous Apple laptops, the battery of Apple MacBook Pro is fixed by the tri-wing screws.

A Spudger tool can easily disconnect the battery.

In this 15-inch MacBook Pro, you can disconnect the battery without removing it form the MacBook Pro, which is very convenient as users need to disconnect the battery before repair.

The wireless card of 15-inch MacBook Pro has been changed. The antenna has been increased from three to four. The three antennas work for 802.11n while the last one seems to be a dedicated antenna for Bluetooth 3.0. Although Apple doesn’t mention the improvement of wireless performance, Apple really does make the internal structure better quietly.

Prying the sealed EMI shield, we can see the true face of wireless connectivity: BCM4331 single-chip 802.11n Dual-Band 3X3  wireless solution provided by Broadcom. Bluetooth 3.0 support is handled by a BCM2070 in a separate, shielded section of the board.

The wireless card bracket of 15-inch MacBook Pro has been changed from previous plastic material to the aluminum, which may serve for the heat dissipation. The pink thermal pad is used to deliver heat from the circuit board to the aluminum bracket.

As same as most 15-inch Unibody laptops, the 15-inch MacBook Pro also comes equipped with two fans. In order to make the whole body cool, there are many temperature sensors scattered around the body of 15-inch MacBook Pro, including trackpad, battery, and the logic board.

After removing the main board, the heat sink is still attached. It is another convenient design to save the trouble of reapplying the thermal paste  every time after removing the main board.

Except two large main heat sinks inside 15-inch MacBook Pro, there are two smaller heat sinks. The previous 15-inch MacBook Pro 2010 was equipped with only one large heat sinks to cool just the CPU and GPU.

Will the thick thermal paste applied to the CPU and GPU cause overheating issues? Also different from 2010 version,  the graphics switching chip of MacBook Pro 2011 comes without a heat sink together.

The chip under the heat sink is a new chip that is most likely the Thunderbolt controller.

Thunderbolt port is placed in the top left corner. According the circuit board traces, the chipset may be the Thunderbolt control IC.

The AMD Radeon HD 6490M GPU of Apple MacBook Pro 2011

The quad-core core i7 processor of Apple MacBook Pro

Front side of the logic board of Apple MacBook Pro 2011

Back side of Logic board of Apple MacBook Pro 2011

Except the difference between the main board, new 15-inch MacBook Pro is the same as previous 15-inch unibody laptops.

The red circled little plastic plates seem to be used to keep the screen data cable and antenna bundle stationary while the screen is opened and closed.

The SuperDrive of new MacBook Pro has the model number of  UJ8A8, which may be different from the UJ898 drive of 15-inch MacBook Pro 2010.

New Apple MacBook Pro 2011 Disassembly Conclusion

The new 15-inch MacBook Pro is easy to repair. Because the bottom case is easily removed, and the battery connector is also easily access, which makes the repair of most components have no need to touch the battery screws. But the vast thermal paste applied may cause problems to repair.  The  tri-wing screws provides a certain degree of difficulty for users to change battery. To replace the LCD screen becomes tough as it’s easy to shatter the front glass panel of new MacBook Pro 2011.

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New Apple MacBook Pro Released

Apple has released the new MacBook Pro laptops on Feb 25. The new MacBook Pro laptops are not slimmer or lighter than the previous ones as expected, and the screen resolution is also still not promoted. It is the configuration updates only for new MacBook Pro laptops. New MacBook Pro laptops all boasts the Intel Sandy Bridge processor, ThunderBolt transfer technology, 720P HD camera and  SDXC memory card support. Besides the 13-inch MacBook Pro,  the other two laptops are all equipped with the AMD graphics.

Furthermore, new Apple MacBook Pro laptops are all changed to the new FaceTime HD camera which is capable for 720P HD video chat.

13-inch MacBook Pro is only equipped with Intel HD 3000 graphics and 4 GB DDR3 1333 standard memory (up to 8 GB), FaceTime HD camera, two USB 2.0 ports, Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps transfer speed), FireWire 800 port and SDXC card slot. The battery life of 13-inch MacBook Pro can last up to 7 hours.

13.3-inch New Apple MacBook Pro Specs

15-inch MacBook Pro is also equipped with 4 GB DDR3 1333 standard memory (up to 8 GB), FaceTime HD camera, two USB 2.0 ports, Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps transfer speed), FireWire 800 connector and SDXC card slot. The battery life of 15-inch MacBook Pro also can last up to 7 hours.

Different from assertive Dell Alienware and other brands’ gaudy laptops, Msi gaming laptops have always held a unique position in users’ hearts with concise appearance and high cost performance. Powered by the latest quad-core Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M graphics, Msi’s new laptop GT680 performs fantastic in gaming. Let’s feel the charm of Msi GT680 gaming laptop now.

Msi GT680 Appearance

Resembling previous Msi GX660/GT660, Msi GT680 comes with a modest way to express its understanding for game and entertainment. Although the black top cover looks very stylish, the plastic material decrease the whole sturdiness and it’s easy to collect ugly fingerprint as well, which is more or less a pity.

But there is no denying that the color scheme of black, grey, silver and red and the angular line design are in line with gamers’ taste, which resemble ASUS G series laptops more or less.

A set of speaker is placed above the keyboard of Msi GT680, while the Msi Logo and white-backlit power button are in the middle. It’s worth mentioning that Msi GT680 comes with dynaudio Acoustics system (four speakers and a subwoofer) supported by the THX TruStudio Pro technology, plus a 15-inch wide screen, providing more real audio effect for gamers while gaming.

Additionally, Msi GT680 is also available for LED backlighting control system. The power button is white-backlit, and two red-backlit control buttons are nearby. One of these buttons turns on orange LED backlight in the top cover and base of Msi GT680, two of which act as floodlights for whatever surface Msi GT680 resting on. From this point, Msi GT680 has already surpassed all the other Msi gaming laptops.

Msi GT680 Port Design

The Msi GT680 performs excellent in the aspect of connectivity. With a 15-inch large body, Msi GT680 has the VGA and HDMI for pronounced 1080P HD video playback, while as many as four USB ports (two USB 3.0 ports and two USB 2.0 ports) also highlight the generality of Msi GT680. Regarding to the audio, Msi GT680 also supports perfect 7.1 digital audio, and four 3.5mm headset jacks also satisfy the need for many people listening at the same time, while one of these functions as a digital output too.

In the rear part, besides two video ports we mentioned above, there is also an e-SATA port, a card reader and a network card slot, which all shows Msi GT680 are completely equipped in the aspect of data transmission and internet application.

Msi GT680 Details

The Msi GT680 gaming laptop comes with the fashionable chocolate keyboard, but this kind of keycap is not good for actual gaming operation. However, the specifically divided “WSAD” keys still reveals the essence of the gaming laptop.

Because the Msi GT680 we review this time is not the one with the highest configuration, no high-end blu-ray drive is available. Of course, normal DVD burner will lower the whole price of Msi GT680.

The touchpad of Msi GT680 is accord with the whole appearance style. But in actual operation, due to the area limitation of this touchpad, users need a period of time to adapt. It’s also a pity that this touchpad doesn’t add multi-touch. The buttons in the touchpad are worked into a single, brushed metal rocker switch.

Msi GT680 Screen and Speaker

The Msi GT680 features a 15.6-inch screen with 1366X768 resolution, meeting the mainstream standard. However, due to the screen mirror design, Msi GT680 has a serious reflective problem in the highlight condition.

Besides the reflective issue, the Msi GT680 screen works superb in the regular condition. Compared with normal mainstream wide screen entertainment laptops, Msi GT680 performs prominent whether in the luminance or the saturation. Moreover, the viewing angle of the Msi GT680 is also impressive. Even for big angle of inclination, there is only a bit fuzzy in the display image.

The Dynaudio-branded speakers is supported by THX TruStudio Pro technology. The sound filed produced by the professional equipment is incomparable with excellent depth and dimensionality among the same level entertainment laptops.

Msi GT680 Overall Performance

As Msi GT680 comes equipped with Intel high-end quad-core 32nm processor and Nvidia 460M graphics, the whole performance of Msi GT680 is worth looking forward to.

In actual test of PCMark Vantage, Msi GT680 gets the overall score of 8022, totally superior to that of Msi GX740 and ASUS G73Jh, which archives a newly high standard.

With the powerful Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M graphics, Msi GT680 has shown the competitive strength in the gaming test. In the game TrackMania Nations Forever, Msi GT680 entirely defeats the other two laptops with 164 FPS. While in the game Stalker: Call of Pripyat, Msi GT680 falls behind Asus G73Jh equipped with the Mobility Radeon 5870 graphics, but its overall performance is excellent.

To further test the true power of Msi GT680, we run Crysis in the highest special effects. We can see that these laptops work exactly the same result. Although Msi GT680 ranks second with 35.7 FPS, it’s still blameless.

Msi GT680 Battery Life

Msi GT680 gaming laptop definitely has strong performance via above tests. Then, what about the battery life of Msi GT680?

Msi GT680 is equipped with a 7800mAh/87Wh 9-cell Lithium battery. By the perfect power consumption control of Intel Sandy Bridge processor, Msi GT680 can last for 3 hours and 46 seconds, and totally defeats all the mainstream entertainment laptops.

Additionally, Msi GT680 also lasts for 2 hours and a half for DVD playback, which is rare to happen in current entertainment laptops.

Msi GT680 Conclusion

From the above tests, Msi GT680 gaming laptop performs very satisfying in each aspect. The superb screen and special speakers are impressive. But it is worth mentioning that as an outstanding gaming laptop, pronounced performance is needed, but only the one which can also offers adequate battery life is the best. Msi GT680 nearly 4 hours battery life cover the shortage of most gaming entertainment laptops, which is commendable.

Msi GT680 Gaming Laptop Specs

• Intel Core i7 2630QM processor, Intel HM65 high-speed chipset
• 8GB DDR3 Memory
• Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M graphics
• 15.6-inch Wide Screen
• 500GB*2 7200rpm hard drive
• WiFi+Bluetooth
• 9 cells Li battery
• Windows 7 OS
• 2 USB 2.0 ports, 2 USB 3.0 Ports, VGA, HDMI, Audio input/output port, RJ45, all in one card reader

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Dell has come up with XPS high end laptops with 14, 15 and 17 inch models. The XPS 15 has clunky and bulky design along with stellar speakers.

Design:
The Dell XPS 15 does not have great look.It sports a matte silver anodized aluminum lid that doesn’t pick up fingerprints, but its somewhat dull color doesn’t impress.

Port:
The ports are rear facing where back lip is used for each of it. It sports various ports that includes Mini Display Port, HDMI, a USB 3.0 port and power jack. It provides a user friendly desktop but is a bit tough for lap use. It tries to keep the wires out of reach by acting nearly like a dock.

Keyboard and touchpad:
The XPS 15′s backlit keyboard offered reasonable tactile feedback and no flex at all, The keyboard enables fast typing and is very responsive and comfortable. Above the keyboard sit a few status lights and three touch-sensitive buttons. The first button launches Windows Mobility Center, a mini control panel that allows you to easily manage your Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and display settings. We particularly appreciated being able to set the keyboard backlight’s brightness. The second button is user-configurable and the third button launches Dell Audio by Realtek, an audio control cetner.

The large 3.9 x 2.2-inch touchpad on the XPS 15 has a surface that offers just the right amount of friction and smoothly executes multitouch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom. It also has two discrete mouse buttons that offer good tactile feedback, a huge benefit over competitors that make you click the entire pad or force you to deal with a single button that clicks left or right.

Performance:
The Dell XPS 15 has a bright display with true colors. The performance has increased up to 137% with use of Intel Core i5 processor when compared to Core 2 Duo generation processors. The NVIDIA GeForce graphics makes XPS 15 a gaming machine too. The annual power consumption cost is $6.38. It has a 6 cell battery. The battery performance is a bit disappointing which lasted for 2 hours and 26 minutes. It has one year limited warranty.

Features:
Display: 15.6 inch LED screen
Dimension: 15.0 x 10.4 x 1.3-1.5 inches
Weight: 6.3/7.2 pounds
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor: Intel Core i5 M460 2.53 GHz
Memory: 4GB, 1,333MHz DDR3
Hard Drive: 500GB 7,200rpm

15.6-inch Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop features super slim body design and its weight is almost the same as 14-inch laptop. Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop is available in white and black that priced about $1050. Now we have a review on Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop together if you are interested in it.

Elegant and classic Japanese-style appearance

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 made of engineering plastics instead of metal factor that in fashion this year, but the whole body of Fujitsu AH530 impressing us with its well-built structure and rugged materials. The top cover surface printed with “FUJITSU” and “∽” logo, in addition, the stream-lined structure and circular arc form corners add more stylish look to Fujitsu AH530 laptop.

“FUJITSU” and “∽” logo printed on the surface of top cover highlight the FUJITSU laptop’s brand charming power.

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop sports 15.6-inch LED backlit screen, which supports 1366×768 pixels.

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop comes with a 1.3 megapixels HD camera and a built-in microphone.

Brightness of the screen can up to 220 lumens, which can add brightness to the screen of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop effectively. At the same time, Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop supports the maximum resolution of 1366 × 768, contrast ratio up to 350:1, but the screen grayscale and color reproduction is not so excellent. In addition, at the top of the screen, Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop equipped with a built-in microphone and 130-megapixel camera, which allows us to have remote business meeting anywhere and anytime, or video chat with friends and family to record the highlights of life.

Compact and convenient operating area

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop operating region is well-matched with the whole body’s simple and refreshing style. Lovely design of the shaft to provide moderate damping force, while in the operating area at the top of the left and right sides designed a set of speakers, and then with a large 15.6-inch screen. As a result, Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop can provide fully immersive experience to the user whether we enjoy high definition movies or 3D games. Beside more unique design, the keyboard of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop inherits its consistently convenient typing experience.

Sink style rotation axis of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop on left and right side.

The rotation axis of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop can rotate up to 145degree.

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop applies sink style in rotation axis design, which positioned on the left and right sides. The sink style in laptop’s rotation axis is very common to see, but Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 add some loving factor to it, which makes AH530 distinguish from other ordinary laptops easily. When I open the screen axis to some degree of angle and then shake back and forth, we can not see some shaking phenomenon. So the structure of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop is rugged and well-built.

Close up on built-in speaker of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop.

Power switch on the right side of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop.

The keyboard of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop designed in full-scale. It is very convenient to typing with Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop’s keyboard that with moderate size and matte surface.

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop comes with independent numeric keypad.

Close up on touchpad of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop.

Indicator lamps in the left corner of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop.

Palm rest of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop.

The touchpad of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop features Japanese style in layered concave design. Although this design is very elegant, the touch area is little that will make men with stout fingers fell a little impressed. While the surface of AH530’ touchpad also in subtle matte, which ensure the small touchpad to position precisely and operate with a sense of comfort. On the low left side of palm rest there is a row of indicator lights that we can see the laptop’s running state conveniently.

Compact interface distribution and light weight

Left interface distribution of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop: VGA video output port, RJ-45 Ethernet port, heat dissipation vents, HDMI HD video output interface, ExpressCard card slot and 2 × USB2.0 interface. We can see a trace of business features on Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop, although it aims at providing audio-visual entertainment.

Close up on left interfaces of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop.

Close up on left interfaces of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop.

Left interface distribution of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop: USB2.0 interface, security keyhole, DVD driver and Power Interface.

Close up on left interfaces of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop.

3.5

In addition, Fujitsu AH530 left front side of the fuselage also designed a set of audio input and output interfaces and all-in-one card reader slot that providing comfort to the users who use digital product frequently.

Back of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop.

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop weighs 2.471kg with its battery, which is competitive light.

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop weighs 2.820kg with its battery and AC adapter.

Overall configuration and performance test

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop equipped with Intel Core i5 450M dual-core processor that integrated a 45nm graphic core, and HM55 chip board. Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop also comes standard with a 2 × 2GB DDRIII-1333 memory, the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v independent graphics card, Hitachi 320GB 5400RPM SATA-II hard drive, DVD burner and the Atheros AR9285 wireless card. In addition, Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop pre-installed 32bit Windows 7 Home Basic Edition operating system.

This Intel’s latest Core i5 450M dual-core processor based on 32nm processing technology, the core code is Arrandate, clocked at 2.40GHz, the shared three-level cache is 3MB. When the Core frequency acceleration on, the frequency of single-core up to 2.66GHz, and supports synchronized Hyper-Threading Technology, so a dual core four threads. In addition to supporting all the instruction set supported by the previous generation, it also supports the brand new SSE4.2 instruction set, which gives us a faster speed in dealing with text documents.

In addition, thanks to the shared L3 Cache technology in 32nm processor, the waiting time in task managing process is shorten to a large extent by improving the computing efficiency and data hit rate. Meanwhile, 32nm processor applies DMI bus and integrated with PCI-E bus. So that the processor can realize operate just by exchanging data with PCH chip part on mainboard. And as a result, this greatly reduces the data delay and the waiting time during the operation we need.

CINEBENCH R10 test result on Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop.

In Hard drive aspect, Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop comes with Hitachi 320GB 5400RPM SATA-II hard drive, which gets the average read speed of 61.6MB / s, 195.2MB / s emergency transfer rate. Those speeds are general, but the performance of continuous data transfer rate is very stable. So it can be said that the new platform hardware and technology improve the performance of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop to a great extent.

PCMark Vantage test result on Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop.

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop gets total score of 5064 points through PCMark Vantage test software, while the results of all the items are very balanced, which can also shows that Fujitsu AH530 has a stable performance. In addition, in audio-visual entertainment aspect, Fujitsu AH530 laptop gets high score of 5369 points. So it can be certain that Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop have the capability to provide an excellent entertainment experience to the users.

5.2

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop gets overall score of 8851 points and GPU gets 9725 points through 3DMark Vantage test in Entry mode.

Gaming performance test

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop gets average 39.00FPS in the condition of 2X antialiasing turned on and in 1366×768 pixels. Although this result does not reach the need of big gamers, but it can satisfy the average users’ need sufficiently.

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop gets average 62.39FPS in the condition of 2X antialiasing turned off and in 1366×768 pixels.

Heat dissipation performance and battery life time test

Test condition: 24℃, Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop have already running 2 hours, in 1366×768 pixels, 8X antialiasing turned on.

The temperature of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop’s operating area.

The temperature of Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop’s back.

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop comes with 10.8V 4400mAh 48Wh 6-cell lithium-ion battery.

Fujitsu AH530 equipped with a 6-cell 10.8V 4400mAh Li-ion battery with capacity of 48Wh. In the Windows 7 system, we adjust the power management mode to the “energy saving mode” and use the BatteryMark Life Test mode to tests the endurance of its battery. Finally we get 2 hours and 37 minutes life time.

Summary

Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop is one of the laptop that aiming at widescreen video entertainment, but from the whole materials and workmanship, we can see AH530 inherits Fujitsu business series’ features. Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop features super slim body and light weight, which is the sweet spot Fujitsu boosting. Though still using the previous generation of graphics products, Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop can supports almost all the 3D application. There are some flaws in Fujitsu LifeBook AH530’s power consumption of its graphic card, so I think it maybe can do better. On the whole, Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 laptop is a quite good choice for us.

HP G42 laptop‘s hardware configuration are using core i5-460M Dual Core four threads processor, and equipped with Intel motherboard chipset HM55, and comes with a single 2GB DDR3-1333 RAM. What is more, HP G42 laptop applied the ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5470 graphics card, Seagate 500GB 5400RPM SATAII interfaces hard drive, and also comes with a 32-bit Windows 7 Home Basic Edition operating system.

HP G Series is one of the series products that targeted at the mainstream consumer market. Although there is no luxury of Pavilion, and not as serious as EliteBook, the competitively low price makes it accessible to main stream consumers and becomes the sales of king among all the HP laptops. For most vendors, market share is everything, and it is easy to see HP G Series should be an important sweet spot for HP to expand market share, and HP G42 Laptop just one of the epitome.

Introduction of the overall appearance

It is rhome-shaped pattern printing on the surface of HP G42 laptop, which features anti-scratch and fingerprint free.

Striking HP logo printed on HP G42 laptop.

HP G42 laptop applies the latest three-dimensional laser etching technology, which allows the top cover showing the mark with a three-dimensional glyph-like texture. From the above map, we can see surface of HP G42 laptop is more like in leather material, which greatly enhances the device grade in appearance.

HP G42 laptop sports a 16:9 LED backlit screen in 1366×768 pixels.

Web-camera on HP G42 laptop.

HP G42 laptop has applied 14-inch 16:9 LED backlit LCD screen in 1366×768 pixels. On the top of the screen is placed a frequently used webcam for shoot and network video chatting. There are two rubber pads on two sides of the webcam to avoid being scratched when open or close the screen.

The rotation shaft of HP G42 laptop in sink-style design.

The rotation shaft of HP G42 laptop in sink-style design.

HP G42 laptop (Rear part).

HP G42 laptop still adopts a double stent shaft design with the largest open angle of 130 °. Result from the large shaft damping power, you need to use two hands when you open the lid.

Keyboard and palm rest design

HP G42 laptop comes with keyboard in simple and neat design. The four corners of the keys are in round shape, and the size of the keys is broad enough in ladder-like shape, the keys are in matte texture. All the features on keyboard of HP G42 laptop ensure a convenient and efficient typing experience provided to the user.

Close up on HP G42 laptop’s keyboard.

Wifi switch on HP G42 laptop in power on condition.

Wifi switch on HP G42 laptop in power off condition.

You need merely press F12 keys to power on Wifi, then the indictor light will turn in red. This clever design can save power consumption effectively.

Hardware working condition indicator light on HP G42 laptop.

Power switch on HP G42 laptop.

CD driver pop up button on HP G42 laptop.

Left part of palm rest on HP G42 laptop.

Right part of palm rest on HP G42 laptop.

HP G42′s touch pad area features proper elasticity and moderate sensitivity in borderless design, although no obvious partition between palm rest area and touchpad, the accuracy of the fingers’ touch on the touchpad is great on raised rugged surface. However, it will take a period of time to type with the device with facility.

Interface configuration and simple disassembly

Left side interface configuration of HP G42 laptop: VGA interface, HIMI interface, RJ-45 network interface, 2 USB2.0 ports, audio interface and all-in-one card reader slot.

Right side interface configuration of HP G42 laptop: DVD driver, USB port, AC adapter interface and anti-theft clock jack.

Simple disassembly on HP G42 laptop

After unscrewing four screws on the solid back of HP G42 laptop, you can see all the hardware divided clearly inside the device heart. It is so easy to disassembly HP G42 laptop that users can do it themselves for hardware upgrade.

The position of HP G42 laptop’s hard disk drive.

RAM slot of HP G42 laptop.

Heat dissipation vents on the back of HP G42 laptop.

We can see a series of heat dissipation vents positioned on the left back of HP G42 laptop, which together with heat pile inside internal processor and heat dissipation vents on the back of the device to provide a perfect heat dissipation condition.

HP G42 laptop weighs 2.177kg with its battery.

HP G42 laptop weighs 2.633kg with its battery and AC adapter.

Configuration and performance test

HP G42 hardware configuration using core i5-460M Dual Core four threads processor, and equipped with Intel motherboard chipset HM55, and comes with a single 2GB DDR3-1333 RAM. What is more, HP G42 laptop applied the ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5470 graphics card, Seagate 500GB 5400RPM SATAII interfaces hard drive, and also comes with a 32-bit Windows 7 Home Basic Edition operating system.

CPUID test result on HP G42 laptop.

HP G42 is powered by Intel Core i5-460M processor, which uses the latest 32nm process technology. HP G42 laptop comes with 2.53GHz that can up to 2.8GHz by using Core frequency technology. The three-level cache of Core i5-460M is 3MB. Dual-core processor applied on HP supports Hyper-Threading Technology with processing power of four threads and dual-core. Finally, thermal design power TDP is 35W.

CINEBENCH test result on HP G42 laptop.

In the Hard drive aspect, through the HD Tune test data, 500GB 5400RPM SATAII interface hard disk that manufactured by Seagate gets the minimum reading speed of 29.3MB / s, average read speed of 79.7MB / s, maximum read speed of 62MB / s, 18.6 ms access time. So we can conclude that the continuous data transfer rate of hard disk is relatively stable.

3DMark Vantage test result of HP G42 laptop.

In the graphics, HP G42 laptop equipped with ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5470 graphics card, which is one of the relatively new and mid-range graphics cards with 80 stream processors, 512GB GDDR3 video memory, and supports DX11 and SM5.0. In order to reflect HP G42 laptop’s display performance, we also used 3DMark Vantage testing software. Finally, we get overall score of 6729 points and GPU score of 6409 points.

We test the overall performance of HP G42 laptop through PCMark Vantage testing software in the condition of 1024×768 pixels. After an hour and a half, we get final score of 5163 points, and the highest one is music performance with score of 5765 points, and the integrated graphics card gets 3982 points.

Heat dissipation performance test and battery life test

Temperature of HP G42 laptop keyboard surface.

Temperature of HP G42 laptop back.

After the test we can see that, in addition to the air outlet temperature is higher, the temperature control in other parts of the fuselage was pretty good. Especially the bottom of the fuselage, the heat is concentrated in a very small part of the fuselage area, which other locations are shown in blue that indicates low temperature. So the users should not concern too much on heat dissipation of HP G42 laptop.

Finally we have a test on HP G42 laptop’s battery life time. Fueled by 47Wh Li-Ion battery, HP G42 laptop gets 2 hours and 56 minutes life time through BatteryMark testing software. For the mainstream performance of this kind of laptops, this battery life time test result is relatively normal.

Summary

In addition to a slight change on the top cover’s LOGO, the difference between HP G42 laptop and HP CQ42 laptop is little. Is this action indicating that HP G42 series laptops will replace HP G42 series laptops completely in the future. While, we can see CQ range of products still inHP’s current desktop devices, one machine areas ,so we just have no idea about the specific intention of HP. Anyway, as a new series of HP, we hope that HP G Series laptop may appear in front of everyone with a new image, and look forward to its progress.

HP CQ series laptop occupies an important position on low-price laptops’ market for its high cost performance, which equipped with the mainstream core i series processor and ATI DX11 graphic card and priced only around $600. And now let’s have a review on one of them, that is HP CQ32-107TX .

Appearance: Hexagon print, compact design

HP CQ32-107TX laptop made of composite materials, and we can see hexagon prints both on its surface and cover that can reduce the fingerprint leave on it and enhance its overall look.

HP CQ32-107TX laptop.

Close-up picture on HP CQ32-107TX laptop.

HP CQ32-107TX laptop comes with a high pressure resistant cover.

HP CQ32-107TX laptop features stream form design overall.

HP CQ32-107TX laptop sports a 13.3-inch LED backlit screen in 1366×768 pixels in a ratio of 16:9.

On the whole, there are not too many differences between HP CQ32-107TX laptop and HP CQ series laptops in the appearance aspect. So we can say that the selling points of HP CQ32-107TX laptop is not its good look, but its high cost performance.

Keyboard, brushed metal revolving shaft, Altec loudspeaker

Compact look hexagon prints on HP CQ32-107TX laptop impresses us with its simple style design. Meanwhile, HP CQ32-107TX laptop sports keyboard in reasonable arrangement, such as broad key cap, moderate keys margin, which features matte surface for conveniently typing.

In addition, from the ALTEC logo in the left corner of keyboard, we can conclude that HP CQ32-107TX laptop applies ALTEC loudspeaker that ensures the decent audio output performance.

HP CQ32-107TX laptop.

The touchpad and palm rest of HP CQ32-107TX laptop blended very well. The touchpad of HP CQ32-107TX laptop boosts right sensitivity and precise positioning, which supports multi-touch. There is a touchpad switch on the above left of the touchpad, and you can power on or power off the touchpad by pressing the switch two times.

Power switch of HP CQ32-107TX laptop that positions in the left corner of its C surface.

Complete interface configuration, but need some upgrade

HP CQ32-107TX laptop provides the users with complete interface configuration, but the arrangement may not so good. The space between each interface is too narrow that may reduce the users’ using experience. So some upgrade on HP CQ32-107TX laptop’s interface configuration is needed.

Left interface configuration on HP CQ32-107TX laptop: safety lock, heat dissipation vent, VGA interface, RJ-45 interface, HDMI interface, USB2.0 port and two headset jacks.

Right interface configuration on HP CQ32-107TX laptop: DVD hard driver, 2 USB2.0 ports and power jack.

The card reader slot locates in the front left side of the fuselage cross section. This design is very reasonable and very convenient to use.

Portability, battery life test

HP CQ32-107TX laptop weighs 2.11kg along with battery.

HP CQ32-107TX laptop weighs 2.645kg with battery and AC adapter.

HP CQ32-107TX laptop powered by 10.8V/48Wh Six-cell lithium battery.

We get 3.44hours battery life time through BatteryMark software test.

Graphic card and gaming performance test

We get 4222 scores through 3D Mark test on HP CQ32-107TX laptop in 1024×768 pixels.

We get 3785 scores through 3D Mark test on HP CQ32-107TX laptop in 1366×768 pixels. So we can see that HD5450 is an entry-level DX11 Graphic Card.

Street Fighter IV gaming test result on HP CQ32-107TX laptop in 1024*768 pixels.

Street Fighter IV gaming test result on HP CQ32-107TX laptop in 1366*768 pixels.

So we can conclude that HP CQ32-107TX laptop can supports ordinary 3D game play with HD5450 Graphic Card.

Resident Evil 5 game playing test on HP CQ32-107TX laptop.

Resident Evil 5 game playing test on HP CQ32-107TX laptop.

Resident Evil 5 game playing test on HP CQ32-107TX laptop.

Resident Evil 5 game playing test on HP CQ32-107TX laptop.

In both DX9 and DX10 test environment, “Biochemistry 5,” test result on HP CQ32-107TX laptop is not satisfactory, the average flow is about 23 frames even though it can barely run the game, but the picture is somewhat delayed, playing a long time will make us feel dizzy.

Summary:

HP CQ32-107TX laptop features high cost performance with simple and compact appearance, we can concluded that the selling point of HP CQ32-107TX laptop is not its look, but its decent performance instead. As one of the product from low-level laptop market, HP CQ32-107TX laptop can satisfy the users’ daily using demand. So HP CQ32-107TX laptop may be a good choice for you, if you just have an ordinary demand on a laptop.

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Consumers may very familiar with MSI Gaming series laptops that feature powerful performance and Wind series netbooks feature portability. As for MSI FX400 laptop, it features outstanding performance with stylish appearance. Now let’s have a review on MSI FX400 laptop in detail.

MSI FX400 laptop features raised totem seal coating for fingerprint proofing.

MSI FX400 laptop comes with 14-inch backlit display with 1366×768 pixel with a ratio of 16:9.

MSI FX400 laptop sports sink-style screen rotation shaft that can be rotated up to 135°.

MSI FX400 laptop comes with a groundbreaking speaker design by the world leader in sound design-THX that can provide the users with smart surround sound to maximize the multimedia experience for the users.

The metal MSI logo printed on the FX400 cover. And the logo will glisten various colors according to different light conditions.

3D totem coating film on MSI FX400’s cover. Soft and comfortable touch feeling.

MSI FX400 laptop weighs 2.164kg.

MSI FX400 laptop weighs 2.571kg when comes with AC adapter and cable.

Reasonable interface arrangement

MSI FX400 laptop comes with VGA port, HDMI interface, AC adapter interface, RJ-45 network interface, heat dissipation vent, ESATA interface and USB2.0 port on MSI FX400 laptop left interface.

Heat dissipation vent on MSI FX400 left side face.

Data and video output interfaces on MSI FX400 laptop.

DVD driver, laptop lock, all in one card reader, two USB2.0 ports and headset jacks are on the right interface of MSI FX400 laptop.

Compact interface design.

DVD driver indicator light is active and will show yellow light when the driver is working.

There are 7 distinct indicator lights on the front of MSI FX400 laptop that can be seen clearly, but I think the case indicator light had better to be placed at the right face of MSI FX400 laptop.

After opening the bottom coating, we can see the CPU, RAM expansion bin, fan and some other hardware clearly. So it is very easy to disassemble the MSI FX400 laptop to clear dusk on its fan or replace the processor.

Chocolate keyboard and broad palm-rest area

On one hand, MSI FX400 laptop applies middle-end graphic card, as a result, it gets powerful gaming performance. On the other hand, the operating experience is also very important, MSI FX400 laptop equipped with black chocolate keyboard that will give you neat and exquisite impression.

MSI FX400 laptop comes with black chocolate keyboard that is very popular among the consumers especially the female. As for the game fans, the moderate 19mm margin between keys is quite necessary and helpful that will reduce the error operating dramatically. At the same time, the Ctrl key is located on the left of Fn key that is quite accord with RTS game users’ demand. All of them will maximize the typing experience for the users.

MSI FX400 laptop comes with Ctrl key in quite reasonable position.

Full-scale direction keys on MSI FX400 laptop keyboard.

MSI FX400 laptop comes with sufficient shortcut keys to provide convenient typing experience to the users. We can press Fn+F3 to forbidden the touchpad function.

MSI FX400 laptop comes with broad palm-rest design.

The touchpad of MSI FX400 laptop that can be disabled by shortcut key.

Core i3, dual graphic cards, one key accelerating function

MSI FX400 laptop equipped with core i3-350M processor, HM55 chipset, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 640GB hardware, DVDRW. As for FX400 laptop’s graphic card, it applies intel HD integrated graphic card and NVIDIA Geforce GT325M independent graphic card. In the meantime, MSI FX400 laptop supports 802.11b/g WiFi, Ethernet card and Bluetooth v2.1 in network connection aspect.

Core i3-350M is one of the most popular processors on the current laptop market. Compared to Core i3-330M, Core i3-350M equipped in MSI FX400 laptop gets higher GHz, more powerful performance, although Core i3-350M don’t support accelerating technique, 32nm craftsmanship, Hyper-Threading technology,SSE4.2 order set, built-in integrated graphic and 3MB sharing cache attract many consumers’ attention.

Core i3-350M processor’s parameter standard diagram.

During the CINEBENCH R10 processor performance test, core i3-350M single-core get 2439 operating scores, multi-core gets 5806 scores. Its test result is close to Core i3-330 processor, after all, the update on the GHz is little that is from 2.13GHz to 2.26GHz.

MSI FX400 equipped with its own brand TDE Drive Engine technology. Gently press the keyboard as long as at the top of the Turbo (P1) shortcut, you can instantly improve the performance. So let’s have a test on MSI FX400 laptop’s this performance.

Firstly, please press the P1 button on the top of the keyboard.

The screen display Turbo Overlocking.

Before the Turbo Overlocking R10 multi-core: 5806 scores.

After the Turbo Overlocking R10 multi-core: 6000 scores.

3DMARK VANTAGE graphic card’s performance test result.

In general, dual-graphic cards laptop often equipped with integrated graphic and independent graphic card, and MSI FX400 laptop is not the exception, which equipped with Intel HD integrated graphic card and NVIDIA Geforce GT325M independent graphic card. So it is easy to achieve hot swap for MSI FX400 laptop. 3DMARK VANTAGE test result shows the independent graphic card gets a 9868 scores’ GPU mark.. So MSI FX400 laptop can display HD video and play some main stream 3D video game clearly and smoothly will out of question.

PCMARK VANTAGE comprehensive performance test result.

PCMARK VANTAGE can be able to access a laptop’s overall performance, after a half an hour, MSI FX400 gets 4315 total scores. We can see the performance of music,communication and productivity performs excellent.

3D video game experience, heat dissipation test

We take the popular 3D video game as an example.

Test condition: 1366×768 pixel, no Accuview Antialiasing, and shadow, modeling as well as texture effect switched to the high or highest level.

3D video game-Street Fighter 4 playing effect in HD condition.

3D video game-Street Fighter 4 test result.

During the test, we get 56.03FPS average frame and B overall merit. So we can conclude that MSI FX400 laptop’s gaming performance is so good that can support almost all the main stream 3D Video game playing.

Heat dissipation test

MSI FX400 laptop surface temperature.

MSI FX400 laptop bottom temperature.

We use FLUKE thermal imager to observe the surface and bottom temperature of MSI FX400 laptop. We can see from the image that the right palm rest area getting little heat and the bottom of MSI FX400 gets higher temperature. But the overall heat dissipation performance of MSI FX400 laptop is quite good.

Summary

MSI FX400 laptop equipped with Core i3 processor with high cost performance, NVIDIA Geforce GT325M independent graphic card and combined with one key Drive Engine performance. All of the above ensure MSI FX400 laptop to satisfy the majority of users’ game playing demand. At the same time, MSI FX400 laptop comes with 640GB high-capacity hardware that can save more HD movies and some great game like WLK.

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ASUS N71jv laptop equipped with Intel core i5-430 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GT325M Discrete Graphics and PowerXpress automatically. In addition, ASUS N71jv laptop comes with 17.3in broad screen. Undoubtedly ASUS N71jv designed for providing the users with multi-functional entertainment experience and excellent operation performance. So let’s have a detailed review on the great laptop– ASUS N71jv laptop.

ASUS N71jv laptop applys 17.3in backlit screen in glazed mirror-like material that possessing a sense of unique, elegance and tranquility.

The screen rotation shaft of ASUS N71jv laptop.

The front two edge corners on ASUS N71jv laptop’s lid are smooth and evasive. So ASUS N71jv laptop look very fashionable.

ASUS N71jv laptop apply comparative lower price engineering plastics that get strong durability to reduce cost.

A camera is equipped on the top open casing of ASUS N71jv laptop, which gets 200 –megapixel and along with a microphone on right side to make the users have chatting online conveniently with ASUS N71jv laptop.

We can see speakphone, heat radiator vents and two panels located on ASUS N71jv laptop back. And we can see two hardware positions for internal memory update that up to supports 8 GB when open the hardware panels.

ASUS N71jv laptop equipped with independent numeric keys on its keyboard for convenient typing. And ASUS N71jv laptop apply artistic aerosol -like keyboard for stylish looking and comfortably typing.

Independent numeric keys on ASUS N71jv laptop.

5 shortcut keys on top left of keyboard on ASUS N71jv laptop for mode switching, volume adjusting and video play.

The power switch is on the top right of keyboard on ASUS N71jv laptop that impress some sense of technology when it in power on white light condition.

ASUS N71jv laptop applys skin-friendly materials on palm rest part that providing your fingers a sense of nice and cool touch.

The touchpad and 5 indicator lights on ASUS N71jv laptop.

ASUS have developed a whole new image enhancement technology—Splendid to improve the output image effect of display card to the largest extent. It provides a stable technology to ASUS N71jv laptop on its high quality image presenting.

Left interfaces on ASUS N71jv laptop are power jack, VGA, RJ45, E-SATA, two USB2.0 and Express card.

Right interfaces on ASUS N71jv laptop are Audio Streaming Input and Output interfaces, SPDIF output interface.USB3.0 port and USB2.0 port.

So we can see that ASUS N71jv laptop come with SPDIF data audio output and the whole new USB3.0 port for ground-breaking visual and sound effects.

The battery placed in the position showed in the above image for screen rotation shaft’s sink-style design on ASUS N71jv laptop.

Hardware of ASUS N71jv laptop.

ASUS N71jv laptop runs on Intel core ™ i5-430M processor with powerful performance, which supports Turbo Boost technology that can accelerate ASUS N71jv laptop’s processor automatically When your PC needs extra performance to present more smooth HD image and faster operation speed.

Intel core ™ i5-430M processor base on 32nm technology and dual-core four threads design and come with 2.26GHz and sharing three-level 3MB buffer memory. 2.53GHz in single core and support thread technology newest SSE4.2 instruction set when the Intel core ™ Boost powered on.

As for the discrete graphics, ASUS N71jv laptop equipped NVIDIA GeForce GT325M discrete graphics core, 1GB DDR3 VRAM and 128it Bus Width. In addition, ASUS N71jv laptop apply NVIDIA Optimus technology and have a free switch between GMAHD and GT325.

CINEBENCH R10 64-bite test result of ASUS N71jv laptop.

Test result of Core i5-430M single thread is 3457 score and multi-thread is 7928 that performance very good even in excess of Core i5-450M’s performance.

ASUS N71jv laptop gets high 5581 mark through PCMark Vantage 64-bite sofeware test. And the other subjects are all get higher mark when compared with the other laptop and the mark is proper that found a stable basic for the whole performance of ASUS N71jv laptop.

As for the image quality test, we use Futuremark test software—3DMark Vantage. NVIDIA equipped in ASUS N71jv laptop gets high mark—9738, general 8995 score and 7319score CPU mark in 1024×768 pixels. All of the above prove that ASUS N71jv laptop gets balanced performance that can proving HD image and amazing entertainment performance.

3DMark score of ASUS N71jv laptop is 6401 in 1024×768 pixels condition.

3DMark score of ASUS N71jv laptop is 4995 in1600×900 pixels condition.

As a entertainment laptop, ASUS N71jv laptop come with 17.3in wide screen and developed equipment. So HD image and smooth and amazing game performance will be ASUS N71jv laptop’s orientation.

Movie play with ASUS N71jv laptop.

CPU occupation rate is about 25% when ASUS N71jv laptop playing regular image and about 40% when ASUS N71jv laptop playing special good effect image. And most movie have very short time special good image. So ASUS N71jv laptop will out of question to provide high quality and smooth image.

Game play test on ASUS N71jv laptop.

Take game–NeedForSpeed13 as an example, ASUS N71jv laptop is in speed of 31 frame/s in 1600×900 pixels condition.

Take game– Sreet Fighter IV as an example, ASUS N71jv laptop is in speed of 60 frame/s in 1600×900 pixels condition.

As orientated on entertainment ASUS N71jv laptop gets comparative big and heavy body.

ASUS N71jv laptop weighs 2.92kg without batteries and power equipment.

ASUS N71jv laptop weighs 3.22kg with batteries.

ASUS N71jv laptop weighs 3.75kg with batteries and power equipment.

Summary

ASUS N71jv laptop come with very balanced equipments, dual display cards, AUSU various good software and the well coordination among every parts ensure ASUS N71jv laptop’s unchallenged powerful performance. ASUS N71jv laptop is a laptop orientated on largest entertainment performance in wide 17.3in, we can say the 1600×900 pixels may be too low, but the whole of ASUS N71jv laptop is quite excellent and deserve our desire.

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