Sony VAIO 11

The Sony Vaio 11 is a wonderful computer that many should be buying. This is not just an ordinary laptop it screen can also flip to convert it into a tablet. The Sony Vaio 11 is one of the most recent systems that Sony has published. This hybrid laptop has a price tag of $755 US dollars.  This is a price that matches well with the computer. The screen pivots around to turn this laptop into a tablet. However this computer also has its cons. The first thing many users dislike about this is its processer it only comes equipped with a intel Pentium processor, rather than the new fourth generation intel i5 and i7 processors. Secondly many other users dislike the battery life it is only capable of lasting 5 hours which many find unpleasing. A third default people found in it is that its keyboard keys are too close together. On the good side of this computer it comes with an excellent 11.6 inch full had touch screen display. With the conversion of a laptop to a tablet and its excellent display it makes it perfect for people are into industrial design. It also has a 128 GB SSD which is latest in technology. As a bonus the Sony Vaio 11 brings Adobe Photoshop elements pre-installed.  The keyboard has a backlit and keys smaller than the ones found in a MacBook air.  It also has an HDMI port, SD card port, and two USB 3.0 ports. Because of the Intel Pentium processor fell behind in some testing especially in photo editing.  The reason why Sony put an Intel Pentium processor was because they wanted to save money for the product so it could sell for a cheaper price. And even to it has a lower power usage the battery life still disappoint many. Cons to not buy this product is some design issues, slow performance, low battery life. And the pros to buy this laptop is its nice price and screen display. It is up to you to decide whether this laptop is for you.

Mac Book Air

The MacBook Air is an ultrathin, ultralight laptop with two screen sizes: 11 inches which weighs 2.4 pounds and 13 inches which weighs 3.0 pounds. The Mac Air is the perfect fit for anyone who is always on the go, and who doesn’t want a regular-size laptop, and who needs a computer that’s more versatile than an iPad. In the machine of the computer you will find that all four MacBook Air models have the same 1.3GHz dual-core Core i5 processor and come with 4GB of RAM and integrated Intel HD Graphics 5000 technology. It has an amazing battery life of 9 hours for the 11-inch versions, and 12 hours for the 13-inchers. The versions differ mainly in storage. The 11-inch model that costs $999 and the 13-inch model that cost $1099 has a 128GB of flash storage, whereas the 11-inch model that cost $1199 and the 13-inch model that costs $1299 has a more generous 256GB. The MacBook Air has Wi-Fi for connecting to a network and Bluetooth for wirelessly connecting a peripheral. Connecting to an Ethernet network requires an Apple USB Ethernet Adapter. Thunderbolt is the Air’s high-speed connector. The laptop also has two USB 3.0 ports, which can work with USB 2.0 devices. To accommodate a FireWire 800 drive, you’ll need a Thunderbolt-to-FireWire adapter. Besides everyday tasks, you can use the Air for editing short videos or for working with JPEGs from your iPhone or camera. This is a great laptop for someone who does general-purpose work and moves around a lot. You can’t easily upgrade the storage after purchase, so you should buy the model that has the largest amount of storage you can afford.

Mac Book pro

The Mac book pro was made for users who wants a portable computer that doesn’t sacrifice a lot. The Mac book pro is a 13 inch model laptop with a 2.5GHz dual-core i5 processor and has a 4GB memory. It offers a transfer speed of 5400 rpm and also have an integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000graphics system. However you can customize your own system with the requirements you want since all of this can be upgrades for faster processor, more memory, a larger hard drive, or even a solid-state drive. The standard MacBook Pro is the only Mac laptop with a built-in SuperDrive this is used for optical discs. The Mac book pro also comes with a built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The mac book pro also continues to offer ports that Apple has taken out of its MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro lines. The ports that it also includes is the FireWire 800 port and a gigabit Ethernet port. The Mac pro also has two USB 3.0 ports. The 13-inch standard Mac- Book Pro is slower overall than the 13-inch MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro’s hard drive can’ keep up with the MacBook Air’s flash storage. However, the MacBook Pro has a tremendous performance advantage over the MacBook Air on tasks such as video editing. So if you are wondering to buy a Mac book pro factors to consider is that that the hard drives create a performance of bottleneck, so if you want to get the best performance, consider replacing the hard drive with an extra-cost SSD. Many user consider the Mac book air better than the pro so, if you want a laptop for travel and can’t decide between a standard MacBook Pro and a MacBook Air, go with the MacBook Air unless you really need built-in FireWire.

Alienware's Steam Machine

Alienware is a brand that is very well known for gamming in both pc and desktop. Many users consider it the best producers in gamming computers because of its excellent features and cooling system. Now Alienware will be pushing the boundaries of gamming once again.  Later in the year they plan to release there all new steam machine console. News from Alienware says that they have been working on the console for about four years in collaboration with Crytek and Valve to build their product. The prototype Alienware showed off measured approximately 8 by 8 by 3 inches, which is very comparable in size to the newest-generation gaming consoles, the Microsoft Xbox One and the Sony Playstation 4. The look of the console is very simple and great. The device box is all black with the Alienware logo and the steam logo on it which glow and change color. In the front unit houses two standard USB ports. Around the back, Alienware kept the I/O simple, with just two USB 3.0 ports, Ethernet and HDMI-out below two large vent outputs. At the top, the unit is coated in a soft touch finish. Too much information about the operating system hasn’t been revealed much of only that it will have an Intel CPU and NVIDIA GPU. More detailed specifications will come later. They claim that they have accurately tested different combinations of hardware in order to meet the expectations of the customers. And proven that NVIDIA’s technology aligns best with the Steam Machine criteria at this time. The consoles steam controller will be different from others it will bring two round track pads on either side, which is similar  to the scroll wheels on early-gen Apple iPods. The track pads are also clickable, and between the two track pads lies a high-resolution touch screen. Players can touch the screen during the game, browse available actions that come up, and then click on the one they want to use. The controller has two buttons on the inside top and bottom of each track pad, a button on the left and right top and two on the back. There are also three buttons at the bottom of the screen. The middle button, which resembles the space bar on a keyboard. According to Valve, the controller is compatible with all the games that are in the Steam library. The console is expected to be released later in the year with a price that will be competent with those of the Xbox One and PS4. So for all the game lovers out there this will surely be a great machine to try out. 

TOP TEN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE 2014

Many of times we all have our information stored on our computers and never keep a backup copy of it. When our computers crashes we lose all the data stored in it. So that’s why we need to get external hard drives to save our data. External hard drives are very useful to store data and backup files. Most of the external hard drives are portable and small. That’s why I made a list of the top ten External Hard Drives for 2014.  In tenth place we have the Toshiba Canvio Slim II (1TB) this hard drive is very small and portable and is compatible with both Mac and PC. It has a transfer speed of 5400 rpm and uses a 3.0 USB cable, the Toshiba Canvio Slim II comes at a price of $100 US. In ninth we have the Toshiba Canvio Connect (750GB), it is a fast, capacious hard drive that fits in a coat pocket. The USB 3.0 drive comes with 10GB of cloud storage and a Pogo Plug PC utility that makes your files available on the Internet. The cables it is compatible with are: USB, USB 2.0, SATA, USB 3.0 this cables offer a transfer rate reaching 5400 rpm, this hard drive cost about $110 US. On eight place we have the SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive (32GB) SSD. This is a wireless storage accessory for your digital devices that gives you just a bit more storage. The SanDisk Connect is a pocket able flash-based wireless media drive that can be used for quick trips and jaunts away from reliable cellular-based Internet access. Because it is SSD it comes at a price of $80 US for 32 GB. In the seventh place we have Promise Pegasus R4 is a big metal box with four removable drive sleds in the front, with power and access lights, and a perforated panel for cooling duties. In the back the drive has a pair of 10Gbps Thunderbolt ports, a Kensington lock port, cooling fan exhaust, and a standard 3-pin power port. The drive's internal power supply means that you won't have to find space for an external power brick, which saves a little space and makes it more convenient to move the drive to another Mac or PC. The Promise Pegasus R4 of 4 TB comes at a price of $1999 US. In sixth place ewe have the G-Technology G-Dock ev with Thunderbolt it looks like a standard desktop RAID drive, with two drive enclosures slightly protruding out of slots in the front face of the chassis. This offers a transfer speed of 7200 rpm with thunderbolt and USB 3.0 cables. It comes at a price of $660 US for 2000 GB. In fifth is the Buffalo Drivestation DDR 2TB (HD-GD2.0U3) this hard drive is an innovative take on the external desktop-class hard drive. Buffalo has added DDR3 system memory to a spinning hard drive in one chassis to give us a non-Flash hybrid drive this is faster than regular spinning hard drives, but a lot less expensive than SSD-based solutions. Supports USB, USB 2.0, SATA, and USB 3.0 cables and offers a transfer speed of 7200 rpm, and this hard drive cost $120 US. In fourth place is the Seagate Wireless Plus this hard drive offers carrying your entire media library. It's a 1TB hard drive with a built-in battery, media server, and Wi-Fi router, so you can share videos, photos, and music on the road, no internet access needed. It uses USB 3.0 and SATA cables and offers a transfer speed of 5400 rpm. This hard drive cost $200 US. In third place we have the LaCie 5big. This one is a Thunderbolt Series desktop-class external drive gives you a huge 20TB of storage, available instantly. It's the drive to use when you need constant access to all your work or project data. It is used by It is used by large business because it is 20 TB it cost $1900 US. In second place is the LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt (120GB SSD) with this hard drive is the fastest rugged portable storage for now. It uses USB 3.0 Thunderbolt and offer fast transfer speeds. This solid-state drive (SSD) is made for a Mac, but is strong enough for a PC. Solid-state drives are a little pricey on a GB-per-dollar basis, but the LaCie drive totally makes up for it in speed and flexibility it costs $250 US for 120 GB. And finally the best external hard drive now is the LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt (1TB SSD). This is the latest version of the aluminium-clad thoroughbred series of external solid-state drives (SSDs), keeping a single user's data easily accessible at a moment's notice. With its Thunderbolt interface, it's one of the fastest drives ever tested, even rivalling a multi-mechanism RAID array costing twice as much. This SSD External hard drive comes at a price of $1000 US.

 

MUST HAVE ANDROID APPS

Today many users have the latest phones running on an android system. In this article I will list ten must have android apps every user must have. This apps help you use your phone better and also help on your daily lives.  One of them is an app called Any.DO. There are a lot of task managers and to-do lists in the Android market, but Any.DO rises to the top. This app helps you every day to remember all the tasks you want to-do and make sure you get them done, so if you constantly forget task save them on this app and it will surely not fail you. A second app to have is the Dolphin Browser HD, Free this is a mobile browser that does everything better. You can set up custom gestures, it syncs with Google bookmarks, and it supports a bunch of plug-ins. This browser is considered the best browser for android phones. Another app to download is Pocket, Free this app allows you to easily save articles, videos and more for later. With Pocket, all of your content goes to one place, so you can view it anytime, on any device. You don’t even need an Internet connection. Don’t lose track of the interesting things you find by emailing yourself links or letting tabs pile up in your browser. Just save them to Pocket. Another app to download is SnapPea, Free this is like the iTunes for your Android Device. When you install this software on your PC, and tweak some phone settings, from that point on you can use SnapPea to manage your music, photos, videos, and contacts from your desktop. This is the best way to get big files on and off your phone. More apps to get is Slacker this is one of the best internet radio to go.  Another app is Mint, Free this app helps you keep record of you budget. It shows you how much you have spent and on what and helps you keep record of it all you need is a Mint account and the app and you can calculate your budget from your phone. This app is password protected so your information is safe. Another app to get is SnapSpeed for android. This app offers sophisticated photo editing. Although there are plenty of one-click filters to choose from, you can also do more detailed image manipulation. The next app to download is NewsRob, Free this app you can use it for quickly scanning your RSS feeds. The interface is clean, and with a few quick clicks, you can send stories to your e-mail, Twitter account, EverNote, or even to Instapaper. NewsRob lets you scan 150 to 175 headlines on little time. Another app to get is Avast! Free Mobile Security this app is used for security and deletion of malwares. You can easily scan viuses and delete malwares that affect your phone it also allow you to remotely locate and, if necessary, completely wipe your phone. That’s way avast makes a great download. You can also get the Google Voice, Free this app allows you to get transcripts of your voice mail messages. In Google Voice you can see a transcript of messages and play them back without dialing into voicemail, it’s definitely worth downloading. So the ten apps you must download are: Any.DO, Dolphin Browser HD, Pocket, SnapPea, Slacker, Mint, SnapSeed for Android, NewsRob, Avast! Free Mobile Security and Google Voice. All this apps are free.