New ViewSonic Long Life Notebooks for the UK
ViewSonic have introduced 4 new notebooks into the UK market. They are the ViewBook 120, 130, Pro and the 140; their names being highly indicative of their screen sizes. The ViewBook 120 comes with a 12.1″ LED screen. Both the 130 and the Pro model come with 13.3″ displays. The ViewBook 140 has a 14″ LED screen.
The highlights of these notebooks are – they all have the Windows 7 Home Premium running within. The Intel ULV or Pentium Duo processors and 2GB RAMs are employed. Multi-touch capable trackpads are supposed to be part of these mobile PCs too. The ViewBook 130 and the ViewBook Pro both have like-sized screens. They differ in that fact that the Pro comes with a DVD SuperMulti burner integrated within.
Most of the other features and specs are expected to be quite mundane, except for the battery life. The ViewBooks boast almost 12 hours of work-life between charges. Thus enhancing its portability quotient. These workstations also have the provision of hot-swapping the batteries, without having to power them down.
ViewSonic VNB101 Netbook
The ViewSonic VNB101 Laptop is hailed as thin, stylish and capable. It definitely is thin and stylish looking, however, the capability aspect remains to be tested. It is internally powered by the Intel Atom N280 processor which has a frequency of 1.6GHz. A 1GB RAM has been housed in this device. There is a 160GB hard drive present as well. The operating system that this mobile computer ships with is the Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition.
The ViewSonic VNB101 sports a 10″ LED backlit display which has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. A 16:9 aspect ratio is presented, putting this screen in the widescreen category. The graphics processor used is the Intel GMA950. WiFi and wired Ethernet are both supported for logging into the internet. You can link to other gadgets without wires, using Bluetooth as well. The interfaces that sit along the sides of this netbook are – 2 USB ports, microphone socket, headphone socket, a VGA port, a 5-in-1 card reader for SD, SDHC, MMC, MS & MS Pro, the Ethernet connection and a Kensington lock.
The ViewSonic VNB101 10″ Netbook is an easy to carry device with a weight of just 1.1kg and measurements of 266mm X 25mm X 182mm. A 92% keyboard is present along with a multi-touch trackpad. This trackpad supports scrolling, drag & drop, pinch, swipe, rotate, tap and double tap gestures. Clad in golden, black and dark red cloaks, this netbook carries a price tag of £288. However, the battery life does not seem to be very impressive.
ViewSonic V1250S 1GHz Pentium M Laptop Review
If you have to name the best notebook PC’s in UK the one name that will strike the minds of the people will be ViewSonic. ViewSonic is the one company that has introduced a series of the best laptops with a wide range of features suitable for everyone’s needs. The latest tablet PC introduced by ViewSonic is the all new ViewSonic V1250S laptop. Highly suited for business class people the ViewSonic V1250S laptop has all the significant features that the perfect business person looks for in his notebook PC. With a wide range of excellent features the new ViewSonic V1250S tablet PC stands apart from the others of the same category.
The specifications
The ViewSonic V1250S laptop works on the Intel Pentium M processor with a processor speed of 1GHz and runs on the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system. The Pentium M processor is specially designed for low power mobile usage, and it features the latest in power-saving technologies that ensures the best battery usage. It also has a 400 MHz front-side bus (FSB) and 1 MB L2 cache. The ViewSonic V1250S laptop features a 12.1 inch XGA TFT active matrix LCD screen that supports a maximum screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. The ViewSonic V1250S also features the Touch Screen Technology along with Auto Brightness Adjustment feature and an Intel Embedded AGP 4X graphic processor and an integrated sound card. The new ViewSonic V1250S features a 30 GB hard drive capacity with an internal memory if 512MB supported by a 2GB RAM. The ViewSonic V1250S also supports a range of connectivity options that include an integrated 54g wireless LAN that is fully compatible with 802.11b/g wireless networks, 2 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals ranging from digital cameras to MP3 players, 1 FireWire also known as IEEE 1394 or i.Link port that is used for connecting digital video camcorders and other peripherals, 1 VGA monitor port, 1 PCMCIA (or PC Card) slot (Type I/II, 32-bit), 1 headphone jack and 1 microphone jack, 1 notebook expansion port and many more. It also comes with an integrated 56kbps modem.
The best notebook PC from ViewSonic
The new LCD screen of the ViewSonic V1250S notebook PC looks like an ordinary notebook PC screen but it can also swivel from side to side for better viewing of presentations. It can also lay flat with the screen facing up, enabling you to use this Tablet PC as an electronic notepad. The ViewSonic V1250S also features a series of other features that includes Core voltage technology, Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) feature, security features that includes Multi-level password security on BIOS, BIOS-level signature authentication and Kensington lock on the tablet. This new tablet PC from ViewSonic comes in dazzling style that robs everyone’s minds. The input methods of the ViewSonic V1250S laptop are a 101 key compatible keyboard, five easy-launch keys, built-in scroll button, stylus or pen to access the very sensitive touch screen. The ViewSonic V1250S is powered by a Lithium ion battery and the run time of the battery is approximately 3 hours.