Oh , now it's finally here !

Assalamualaikum w.b.t, what's up guys ?

Yeah, I know, its been quite long since I last updated this. It's just that I wasn't in the mood of writing for the past weeks.

Anyway, you know whats happening ? iPhone is happening ! 24th June marks the date of official release for the iPhone 4 ( described earlier in the previous post).


There is this guy, who happened to had been suprised by UPS ( delivery service company ) for his early delivery. Well, he showed his brand new iPhone to the internet by putting a video about it. Check it out yourself.

Btw, I want you guys to see this official commercial for the new iPhone 4.




Have a great day lads. See ya!

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Epal - Jus epal ? pai epal ? kek epal ? apa yg lebih best ?

Sudah tentunya Apple iPhone !


Ok, mungkin sesetengah orang berpendapat adalah tidak wajar untuk membeli produk2 daripada Apple kerana semuanya tak kan pernah berhenti. Pada masa kita rasa kita bangga bahawa kita akan mempunyai iPhone, kerana ingin membelinya esok, sedar tak sedar lusa akan keluar edisi yang terbaru. Sigh~

Dan selalunya iPhone dilabel oleh masyarakat sebagai "overprice".

Tapi semua itu bergantung kepada individu masing-masing. Mana taknya, duit sendiri kan? Tetapi perlu beringat, jadilah pengguna bijak.

Tak perlu fikir panjang, post kali ni saya nak dedahkan tentang kelahiran generasi baru iPhone, - Apple iPhone 4G. Ya 4G.

Di kala ada yang dah pasang impian memiliki iPhone atau yang baru sahaja memilikinya, tentu sekali ada perasaan kecewa, menyesal dan agak tertekan. Sudah tentulah, there are so much to be offered by this latest generation. Ia jauh lebih baik.

Baik, berdasarkan sumber daripada Gizmodo, Satu model prototaip iPhone 4G telah jatuh ke tangan seseorang yang menjumpainya di bar kerana seorang pekerja Apple di bahagian pembangunan teknologi telah tidak sengajanya meninggalkan model tersebut. Lalu tersebarlah semua ciri-ciri baru yang ingin dirahsiakan pihak Apple ke seluruh pelusuk Lembah Silikon ni.

Dan ada desas dessus mengatakan ia akan dilancarkan sepenuhnya pada pertengahan musim panas 2010 iaitu pada Julai. Dan ia bukan sekadar penambah-baikan yang ala kadar, dan sedikit, ia bakal menerajui era "Computer-in-your-pocket". Bukan sekadar teknologi iPhone 3G yang tidak boleh merakam video kepada iPhone 3GS yang boleh merakam video. Ia sesuatu yang baru !

Mungkin inilah yang dinanti-nantikan sesetengah pihak (seperti saya) yang berasakan bahawa pembelian iPhone generasi sebelumnya seperti 3G dan 3GS adalah kurang berbaloi kerana ia masih dapat ditandingi iPod touch cuma harganya sahaja yang berlebihan.

Antara ciri-ciri baru iPhone 4G :

-Sudah tentunya teknologi internet yang lebih pantas dengan 4G. Lebih hebat daripada teknologi 3G.
-Email bersatu (segalanya ada dalam satu tempat, bukan berterabur)
-Folder untuk Apps
-Design yang lebih kemas dan ergonomik. (lihat gambar di bawah)
-Skrin OLED
-Multi-tasking. (anda boleh bersms, berfacebook dan menjalankan apps-apps dalam masa yang sama) menggunakan teknologi OS 4.0
-kamera di hapadan (untuk kegunaan video chat) bermakna ada 2 kamera
-32G dan 64G basic memory. Sentiasa boleh ditambah (ada slot SD)
-Bateri boleh ditanggalkan
-HD - Camera, camcoder, audio.
-True GPS built-in

Stylish, as always !

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Lap-Machines for us. Which ?

What Machines? (thanks for the face, Ray)

Salam. Peace be upon you.

Today we're going to discuss a lil' bit deeper into this matter. This machines matter. Since many of us, youths are more comfortable with laptop, the arguments goes on and on, which is the best? Some will say the best one is the best brand. Brand is another context of an issue, but generally, it becomes best when it fits your need and affordability and provides you with satisfying services. Well, satisfying service must come with a satisfying specs, right ? Then here's what we're gonna do, to take a look specifically on a laptop specs to select the best for us.

To provide with a clear view, I must say, best laptop comes with good combination of each component based on it's purposes and pricing. Take a look on each component.

1-CPU- (central processing unit)

Basically, CPU is the brain of your laptop. You must've familiar with these two brands - Intel and AMD. So which one? And what type?
To measure the processing power a CPU has, you consider it's clockspeed rate. The more GHz it gives, the more powerful it is. But remember, more power, means more heat. This depends on how you cope with it with your laptop. A laptop with 2.1 GHz CPU is already enough for an upper medium performance(advanced medium tasks) like amateur graphic works, sedentary gaming, and some software like CAD. A laptop with 2.1 GHz CPU can already run Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Media Player (Music Streaming) and Internet Browsing. But this gather along a good combo, with 4GB RAM and a low-class video (graphic) card. With less than that, less work it can perform.

You might also want to consider the amount of cache a CPU can handle. More means more job it can handle at once. Like 6 or 8 M, it can handle much work already compare to only 1 or 2 M.

However, if some of you might demand intense gaming with a 14'' to 16'' machine like Crysis, Left for Dead, Gears of War,you should get yourself more GHz, (clockspeed rate) and get more RAM, more powerful video/graphic card, and, a better cooling system.


There are simple steps to know which CPU that might best compatible with your lifestyle.

1. Imagine your live and what you're going to do with the machine on your lap for 4 to 5 years forward. Or if you plan to stick with it for entire of your life, that's up to you.

2. If you plan to do casual work like word processing, media streaming, normal games, movie watching, and stuffs like that with your laptop, Intel Dual Core or AMD Sempron, Turion X2, are best. But remember, if you're using Macintosh, always get higher requirements since it uses more on graphic and OS (operation system). In this case, Intel Duo 2 Core is allright.

3. If you love to play heavier Games and more often, and works with heavier software like Adobe After Effects, 3DS MAX, Blender, Adobe Premire Pro and several architecture and engineering software get a Intel Quad Core. It performs better. For macintosh user, get an Intel Dual Quad Core

4. But however, if you're rich and don't care at all about money, just ask for the latest CPU like Intel i7 980 and get the best out of your laptop.

There are also some fuss going around whether AMD is better than Intel or vice versa. Like I said, it all depends on clockspeed rate, cache, and performance. But there are some special properties that AMD has, but not Intel, so do Intel has, but not AMD.

AMD is cheaper than Intel, cooler and often related to has a best value. However, Intel has a better cutting edge technology and usually has higher capability in Overclocking.

But these also relate to video/graphic card ability you have. A bad CPU with powerful video card is as bad as a good CPU with bad video card.

2-Video/Graphic Card

ATI or Nvidia? Don't bother. Just notice it's memory. 512 Mb is just best enough for laptop gaming.

However, there are certain laptops that come without these card, they are built with integrated video or Intel HD video that perform less satisfying than ATI or Nvidia. But this usually resulting in lighter laptop since it save more space.


3-RAM - (random access memory)

This is way too simple, more RAM means better performance. However, if you have a larger Hard Drive, you must also have a better RAM as it requires more memory to browse through more space. Like you need more people to find stuff in a larger store, or warehouse.


4-Hard Disk

The bigger, not absoulutely better. But bigger hard disk gives you more space to save more stuffs. But this require more memory (RAM) to operate. You should also notice that it is SATA. SATA hard disk is faster in operation than no-SATA. You might also want to consider it's RPM, or rotation per minute, that represents it's speed. 54k RPM is good already

5-Others

There are still some other stuffs that you want to consider, like webcam availabitly, screen quality, bluetooth availability, wifi, card reader, and the weight ( though not so important i guess) but they still influence your way of using, comfort, and pricing or a laptop.

There is a feature that some of older laptops don't have, the HDMI. HDMI is the capability of connecting your laptop to a wider screen like your TV ( latest TV, not the big bulky one).

You also should consider the warranty of a laptop. The longer the better isn't?


Suggestions

Some would ask me to suggest, which should be best bought. Well for me, I'd list down some options ranking number 1 for the most I'd really want. But that depends on the price and some other aspects, if it is'nt possible, I'd go for number 2 and so on. And, some reasons why I chose them. (Note that these are just only my thoughts and opinion). And oh, I dont want to suggest Mac Book Pro, it's just unreasonable for a student.

1. Sony Vaio VPC CW28FG
Price : RM 4399
Pros : Sony always comes with great combo's. This is one. Sleek, and Stylish, comparable to Mac Book
Cons : It's hard to find a place good enough to repair if it is broken. And it is expensive, see ?

2. Acer 57416 ....Mn Olympic
Price : Rm 2999
Pros : Great price for a great combo and great video card. Easy to find someone to repair.
Cons : Life-spans is short. About 3 years (but depends on how you use it and manege it)

3. Compaq Presario CQ42 177TX
Price : RM 2499
Pros : Great price for a great combo and great video card. Last's Longer than Acer. Easy to find someone to repair.
Cons : Less CPU Performance, although it is an Intel i5.


Well, however, the choice in your hand, choose wisely. One thing in Malaysia that I love is, we can always bargain for a lower price. Especially those who has an exceptional way of speaking !

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Desktop, Laptop, or Netbook(Coffe Table-Top) ?

Salam. Peace be upon you.

This is the season where most of my colleagues are going to further studies in tertiary level education. Regardless of what kind of course or profession that you are into, medic or engineering, law or accounting, or even teaching, most probably there are some of you desire your very own personal computer either be a desktop, notebook or laptop. I can tell already, since some of you have already rained me with questions on which laptop(mostly ask about laptop) to be best bought.

Well to be truth, there are couples of things that should be taken into consideration.

In this post, I am going to make a little comparison and bring out some things about these stuffs to make many of you clarified about this area. A lot of my friends expect that a good laptop(usually) is a good brand. Well this is quite true in some occasions. But holistically, there are certain aspects that should be taken into consideration that defines how good a laptop is.

Lets begin with re-clarification of what laptop, PC, netbook are.

This is a normal desktop PC, (in case if you just came out of living in a cave for the past 10 years)

And this is a typical laptop. Most of you must've seen this before. Besides, it is a netbook. Notice that a netbook is smaller, means laptop has more powerful capability in terms of doing works, gaming and stuffs.

Between these, which one should you chose for a life in a college/university ?

Most probably a laptop or netbook isn’t? Well, that is not absolutely correct though. And to make a correct decision, consider how’s your life’s like, what kind of assignment you’re going to do, the frequency of using these machines in a day, e.t.c. Once you’ve listed and pictured how you’re life’s gonna be with these machines, take a look at pros and cons of each category.

Desktop PC – Most acknowledged and liked feature : extremely upgradeable. It is cheap and easy to upgrade. This suits to those who thinks of long terms and decide to live with it for a long period.

It is also much powerful than the other category even it comes in it’s basic form-out of the box. Nevertheless, PC is heavy, and not portable. You can’t drag it around to any coffee shop just to check e-mail or facebook status. Ridiculous. It also consumes more power (although some of motherboards are built to reduce the consumption) but it still consumes a lot. But bear in mind that, it has a capability of tanking more than a terabyte disk and processing power up to 6GHZ and memory of up tp 20G. Much less like a supercomputer(if upgraded) eh?

Basically, those who should live with it are ;

-Electric and electronic engineering stundent (calculation software requires more processing power)

-architecture students

-Graphic, motion graphic, outer and inner graphic designers

-Web developer

-Software and game developer

Laptop (lappies some called) – Most people will say the most significant feature is it’s portability. Yes It is. A machine weighed around 2 kilo can fit on a table in any coffer shop. And anyone can seize it and bring it around. Yet, it has computing power rival to the desktop thanks to ever accelerating technology. Basically, 2GB of memory (RAM) and a dual core processor (AMD or Intel ) is good enough for a typical university student.

However, this regarding on how you live your life. And to have more power out of a laptop, the more it takes. Starting 3GB of ram with dual processor, you should have already equip your lappy with a cooling pad to make it lasts longer. But still, to its greatest extent, it still cannot rival desktop because as far as it seems today, only up to Intel i5 quad-core processor a laptop can handle. More than that, you’ll have a small bomb in your house or instant egg cooker in your room. IT IS HOT. Laptops also have their own graphic card, sound card which enable better performance.

But the dark side of this is that it is not upgradable(totally) and costs more to repair if damaged. Anyway, Hard Disk and memory(RAM) can still be upgraded. But processor or graphic card? Overhaul. Change everything.

Those suggested for laptops;

-typical university student (engineering, medical, accountancy and business stream)

-those who only make a light assignement (words, basic photoshop)

-those who love outside air

-those who prioritize BOTH PORTABILITY AND COMPUTING POWER

Netbook – As its name indicates, most probable activity that this has to offer is just the internet. Although you still can run Words or Excel or anything the same, but it can’t offer more than that. The best card it has is only portability. Also good in taking instant notes from lecture or talks. This really suits those who love travelling, without works related to computers, having fun staying connected via twitter or facebook. Also, as the size shown, small, the price is lesser.

Suitable for :

-Law students maybe?

-Girls

-any people who doesn’t bother computing capability and not doing much work related to these machines


Choose wisely, the decision is in your hand. And purse(money) of course. LOL
Well, end of today’s post. More to come, specifically about laptops. Keep connected !

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