Tech Review: Samsung R470 Notebook

There is at last a lovely Notebook that stands tall amongst the various others available in the market. I am talking about Samsung’s latest Notebook offering – Samsung R470.

Before I proceed with describing about its lovely features, I would first like you to know about the unique one’s its got to offer –

• Chargeable USB Port – You can charge all USB devices supporting USB charging through this Notebook’s USB Port, even when the Notebook is turned off. Wow this is to cool !!! I now don’t have to lookout for a Plug Point while travelling
• Spill Resistant – The Notebook is coated with a water resistant coating. Hence carrying your cup of Coffee to your table wouldn’t pose much of a problem
• Anti-bacterial Keyboard – It uses the latest medical technology to keep the Keyboard free from any kind of Bacteria. Hence the Notebook remains clean, thus maintaining hygiene.
  

Other than these unique features the Notebook also feels awesome due to its ultra-stylish design & its features. Its comes with an LED screen, the latest in the market these days. To add to that the LED screen looks more vibrant due to the new-generation nVIDIA GeForce G105M graphics card, thus enhancing your movie & 3D-gaming experience. All these hardware are supported on a processor base of Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6400 (2.00 GHz, 800 Mhz, 2 MB).

I guess there is lots more to speak about this Notebook. But I only described what I found really different in this Notebook from the others in the market. For more details you could also check out the Samsung's site for the review of R470 or check out this link for Review. If you like to see more images & videos of this Notebook, please click here.

Would be eagerly waiting to hear from you something interesting you discovered in this Notebook, which I'm yet to trace ;-)

msconfig - A useful tool to speed up your PC

If you have been a Windows XP user & have been recently finding your PC to run slowly, then you should definitely know about msconfig - System Configuration Utlility. The shortest way to access is by typing msconfig at Start->Run.

If you are a techie you might already know about it & this post is not relevant for you. For the not-so or semi-techies there are lot of documents available on the Internet to know about msconfig, but the basic thing which you need to know about this utility is accessing the Startup tab. This tab lists all the services (the CHECKED ones) that are scheduled to start after a user logs on. These services are inaddition to the one already set in Start->Programs->Startup. So if you are clever enough & have discovered a specific service through the Task Manager eating up your memory, you could possibly locate it here & uncheck it from auto-startup. You could also turn it on once again by checking it. This is just a brief description on the msconfig utility. There are loads of stuff on the net to explore. One nice link is http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/index.html . Do check this out.

(Trick - In this post I would also like to share a small trick with you - if you are not sure about the outcome of deleting a specific program from Start->Programs->Startup, you could possible browse the Startup folder in Windows Explorer, go to the program shortcuts properties & check on HIDDEN. Windows XP is built in such a way that program shortcuts which are hidden in Start->Programs->Startup do not start automatically. Try this trick, it works!!!).