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Ultra thin low voltage chips from Intel

Intel has launched new ultra thin new notebook processors which would consume very less voltage and this is going to make a new era in the processor family.Intel has variety of Ultra thin low voltage chips for notebooks as well as for Mobiles.Number of new designs available for ultra thin chips is around 40 and there are even chips with less than 1 inch thickness,weight between two and five pounds and hence the notebooks or the laptops is going to be small in size an weight.Laptops are also going to be lightweight with its new chip and hence it is assumed to be energy efficient and in turn there is going to be a good battery life.

Intel’s new ultra-low voltage consumer laptop CPUs include the following

Core i7-660UM (dual-core, 1.33GHz, 18W, 4MB cache) Core i5-540UM (dual-core, 1.20GHz, 18W, 3MB cache)
Core i5-430UM (dual-core, 1.20GHz, 18W, 3MB cache) Core i3-330UM (dual-core, 1.20GHz, 18W, 3MB cache) Pentium U5400 (dual-core, 1.20GHz, 18W, 3MB cache) and Celeron U3400 (dual-core, 1.06GHz, 18W, 2MB cache).

Intel also provides new chips for Mobile 5 series with many supporting features as follows

Expanded support for video and audio
Built-in data protection and anti-theft technology
Full ultra-thin platform

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HP Pavilion dv6 and dv7 – A stylish light weight laptop

HP has come out with two different variety of laptops with stylish finish and variant colors.Gone are the days when laptops where made with thick plastics, now you can see various latops with aluminium coated surface specially the cover and palm rest area and other base part of the laptop with magnesium compound. laptops also comes with variant colors.DV6 comes with black cherry, champagne, and Sonoma red and DV7 comes with Espresso Black or optional Moonlight White . Other than than the mettalic finish HP also provides other features like wider screen perfect for HD1 viewing and also options for built in tv tuning

DV6

DV7

Specifications

Screen Width
dv6 comes with 15.6 screen width and dv7 comes with 17.3 screen width

Processor
Asusual user has the option to choose between AMD and Intel processor
But dv6 can also have quad-core processor, which is intel core i7
dv7 can have Intel Core i3 processor, upgradable to Intel Core i5

Operating System
Both laptops comes with two options
genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Service & Support,Warranty
One year warranty on hardware
Extensible quick support
Access to on-line support by clicking on the desktop icon
Access to our on-line classes, FAQs, and other resources through HP Total Care
60 days of complimentary live updates to Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010, which has been optimized for your PC

Response and battery time
Real-time chat and e-mail (with a response in about an hour)
Battery life up to 4.75 hours (8 cell)

Connectivity
4 USB ports
HDMI
eSATA
VGA

Security
Built-in HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection, which detects if your notebook is being dropped and locks your hard drive to help protect your data

Memory
Choices
3GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
FREE Upgrade to 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) from 3GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

Hard drive
Choices:
320GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
640GB 7200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (320GB x 2) with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
1TB 7200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (500GB x 2) with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
448GB 7200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (SSD 128GB + 320GB 7200RPM)
628GB 7200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (SSD 128GB + 500GB 7200RPM)

Price of dv6 laptop is around $650 and dv7 laptop is $800