An article in PC World online was describing some upcoming and anticipated portable devices of the next year. This is certainly relevant to this week’s material in regards to Ch. 7 Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology. The next year will hold the release of some exciting electronics. The ultraportable and notebooks are this, small, and lightweight portable computing devices with longer battery life and more convenient portability. The functions of these new devices will be the best yet, with better graphics, larger memory capacity, TV capabilities, GPS navigations, and 3G technologies.
One such laptop coming out is the MSI Wind U115. It will cost under $700 and is less than 3 pounds; the screen size is 10 inches. It is considered a hybrid computer due to its separate solid state hard drive and the traditional 160 GB hard disk. It will use less power than a standard hard drive while performing faster. Battery life will be dramatically increased as you can switch off the hard drive and just run the system on solid state drive. 12 to 20 ours is the estimate. 3 USB ports and 2 GB of RAM, good speakers, wireless card, and many SD card capabilities top it off.
Personally I think it sometimes can be difficult to decide which laptop to buy. Of course once you do make a decision there will be something newer, better, or cooler in just a few months. Nevertheless when I make a decision about buying new technology or in this case a newer laptop, I look at a few things. I first consider price, what my budget is, then I look at function requirement for myself. At this point I usually have it narrowed down to about 2 or 3 laptops. Then I like to test them out a little bit and maybe do some online research to get users opinions of the machines. Then the decision usually comes down to which one I feel most comfortable with. In the case of this new laptop described above, someone looking for a lightweight, easily portable, long lasting laptop will apparently be well satisfied. Let’s see what else there is to come…
Sources: Paul, Ian. (2009). 10 Most Anticipated Ultraportables and Netbooks of 2009. PC World.
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