So i read it looks like a netbook, costs the same as a netbook but it’s got an honest to goodness Pentium Processor from a PC magazine - therefore I had to take a look at it - afterall - I’m a techy chick right? the T115 will cost $480 in the market - and i’m guessing i will be paying as much as such with a local supplier - since I can’t beat Staples prices or even Walmart if they do carry it.
The T115 is different from netbooks in one very significant way. It houses a traditional notebook processor. It has a single core, single thread, 45mn, 1.3 GHz Pentium M. But hang on a minute - it doesn’t mean that this model will be good enough for gaming - in fact it’s not for gaming i heard because the graphics on it - is not as good as some. But one thing I have to mentioned is - the battery life - it is said to run 5 hrs more than most on a full charge. But if you are like me and types a lot - then you won’t like the keyboard feel - because it’s small - but overall - i would buy this - and not a netbook for its size.
The store just brought in a Asus Maximus III Formula for a customer and a closer look at it - I think it definitely is better than some I’ve come across. I hear it overclocks higher on its own and tweaking the RAM to its fullest potential while keeping the system stable is also made far easier with the MIIIF’s Memperfect utility. The best part i find is the remote monitory and the overclocking of the system via a USB connected machine. For now one can monitor POST codes using USB but maybe in the future , one can use a remote function to run diagnostics if you have an issue with the card. Pretty cool right? So the question now is - i’m sure you are going to ask me is how much is it? $235 - was the best price we got. So for those who are thinking of it - you know where to get them.
A customer of ours had happily bought a new video card the other day - only to write back to us in the middle of the night to say that he wasn’t do real great with his game - Starcraft 2. We were a bit taken aback - because even though his video card wasn’t a high end one - it still would have run Starcraft 2 with no hitches as far as we can see. The spouse has a crappy video card that is 3 years old and it ran Starcraft 2 with no problems.
But what makes it even more amusing was - his computer was new - not bought from us - we found out later today. Apparently, it was gotten from Aliant - poor customer! then it just dawned on us that perhaps his power supply wasn’t powerful enough - so he came in today and gotten a new power supply. We are keeping our fingers crossed - so far we haven’t heard back from him. So folks having a new computer doesn’t mean you have the top of the line stuff - check and make sure your power supply is good enough to run your games too - especially if you are a gamer.
We brought this in for a customer - who wanted something cheap for his kid’s schoolwork. Like everyone said - it wasn’t an expensive board to begin with and it was pretty decent when it got installed, we didn’t have to mess around too much. We did overclock it to see how it would run - and it was not as good as we wanted it to go. The board was pretty quiet too - and didn’t heat up too much when we let it run for 24hrs. Amazingly, it had a floppy connector - haha! What I don’t like about it was it didn’t have too many RAM options. Overall, can’t complain too, too much - because of the pricing and if you are looking for a entry level board that is stable - this is it. We retailed it for $79.98.
The inside of the box
The board !
I do like google - although they can be quite the Nazis at times - like the g/f who had adsense on her websites/blogs and then got banned for no reason she knows at all. Of course, we all know how google can be - they are not called the Lord Google for nothing eh. Anyhow, the spouse does advertise with google - so every once in a while we get this freebie - that he never uses - why? because his company has a huge account with google and they never use them. But lately - google had been sending quite a few of this - and it had been lying around his office desk for a long time - so i had asked him - how come he never take advantage of it - in which he replied - they already have a budget for google and don’t make sense not to use that budget at the office. Plus he said with every freebie - there is sure to be some catch to it. hahah!! cautious or being paranoid?
BlogHer is even a bigger community than I had thought. I have a few blogging friends who went to the recent BlogHer 10 and returned with full of zest and excited. I wanna go every year but never made it - you see I want to do some networking too -for BlogHer has been around for a long time now. They are something like FoodBuzz and they create opportunities for women who blog to gain exposure, educated them and connect them with advertisers and likewise. But in order to join BlogHer - they are quite strict with their requirements too - so for those who are already in BlogHer - i don’t know how they do it - because they do sponsored posts and all too, well - except the few that i know. But i know of some who had returned with less than they had expected? I read some blogger posts - while they all enjoyed it - not all came back with the exposure they hoped to get. Maybe - too many participants - and only the important ones - got noticed? Will i attend? sure - just to experience it first hand - maybe next year eh? but do you need to already be in BlogHer to join? i have to find out.
I can’t resist things on sale - and i’ve always wanted to get a Graphic Tablet for the kids - since they love drawing so much. $54.39 after using this code from Apartment Therapy (w/ code SCHOOL15) - @ Super Biiz. I remember selling our first Wacom tablet for more than a few hundred dollars to the ex-employee - ouchh! So i hear you asking what is with this Graphic Tablet?
This graphi tablet is not only useful for those who loves to draw anime - it can be use as a mouse, and write on it to be transferred into your Word program or Open office and jsut about any PDF documents. You can have handwritten notes and do your sketches and doodle for children and this product is compatible with Windows and Mac and only require a USB port to power up. If you use the Adobe Photoshop you are all set but if you don’t - no worries - i hear it is compatible with a lot of drawing programs. If you have been eyeing to buy a tablet - this is the time - how can you go wrong with something less than $60 ! I’ve read so many good reviews about it - if you are someone with the tablet please share your experience with me.
Last year when my kid attended her Grade Primary school - they had some fund raising they had to do. But you see my kid has got some rich godmother, aunts and uncles from home - so she collected more than $400 in total and some were cash because these wonderful friends and relatives of ours didn’t want to collect the angels from the kid - that was used for her fund raising. We had in turn asked the school what they want us to do with the money - and they had asked for an LCD projector instead.
So the spouse read up on many projector reviews for the right projector to get for the school and instead of getting them a projector screen with the LCD projector - we offered to paint their wall white for the use of the projector. This year - they had asked for a pocket projector for easy traveling for the teacher who will be using it for her teaching for small classes - so if you have any to recommend - please leave a comment - we would like to hear from you all. We already have a few in mind - which doesn’t cost an arm or a leg - thank God! But if you have one that you are already using and works great for you - give me a shout eh.
Well about time!!! i saw it on Zellers flyers this week that it will go on sale on the 27 midnight! Will you be the first at the store to get it? Starcraft 2 is definitely long overdue - this game was popular like 10 yrs ago - when i first arrived in Canada and time and again - we still get people asking for the first version of it in the store. So what is so great about Starcraft or Starcraft 2 ?
Well, it’s going 3D from what i’ve read and of course Blizzard will be making tons of money from it as usual. Only on PC of course - I heard that one can expect some very awesome graphic. Facial expressions, character movement, sound and art design are not disappointing. Did you know that the original Starcraft sold 1.5million copies in the first year? yup! you heard me right and another 11 million copies after that. Like i said - gamers are still asking for it once in a while. I can’t wait to get a copy of it.
Normally at our store - we don’t see something like that come in but many people/customers have had their laptop/s in filled with coke and juice and one even with cat’s pee - hahha!! yup! i kid you not! Of course normal virus repairs and upgrades are definitely things one needs to pay for themselves and if you have lots of kids and/or prone to accidents - i’ve often wonder why they don’t get laptop insurance. I mean look at the above picture? no way we can save that for them right? likewise for water/pop or juice in the laptop - no matter what we try - it just won’t work and by fluke if it does - well - it’s not going to last very long either. So yes - people!!! get some insurance !!! if you know your laptop might need it - especially if you have kids going to college or kids who are rough with their equipment! I cannot stress hard and long enough but nope some people just won’t learn.
