News Bits: Asus A8Sr with ATI HD 2400, HP 2710p First Look, Windows Vista SP1 Delayed

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Asus A8Sr 14.1-inch notebook features Santa Rosa, ATI HD 2400

On July 20, Asus introduced the A8Sr 14.1-inch widescreen notebook, which is based on the latest Intel Santa Rosa platform and features a DirectX 10 ATI Radeon HD 2400 video card. Other specifications are as follows:

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7100/T7300/T7500
• 802.11a/g/n wireless
• Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
• 5x USB 2.0
• Firewire
• VGA, DVI, S-Video
• 6-cell battery

Unfortunately no pricing information was revealed.

Read More (Engadget.com)

HP Compaq 2710p tablet PC first look review

Tiffany Boggs at our sister site TabletPCReview.com has done a first look review of the new HP Compaq 2710p tablet PC. It is a sturdy machine with a visually appealing design. Processing power comes from a 1.2GHz Ultra Low Voltage Intel Core 2 Duo U7600. It weighs in at 3.7 pounds and has a 12.1&quot; widescreen LED display.


Toshiba R500 receives 3.5G HSDPA upgrade

The sleek new R500 ultraportable PC from Toshiba is getting a full 3.5G HSDPA upgrade. It was originally hinted that this upgrade would not come out until the end of the year.

The R500 now comes pre-installed with a Cell-PCS radio module supporting GSM, EGPRS, GPRS, WCDMA, and WCDMA+HSDPA - and to put icing on the cake, it has already been approved by the FCC.

Read More (PCJoint.com)


Vista Service Pack 1 to come &quot;sometime this year&quot;

Microsoft this week stated that Service Pack 1 Beta for Windows Vista would come out &quot;sometime this year.&quot; It was originally thought that the Beta would come out this week. The official statement from Microsoft says:

“There will be a Windows Vista service pack and our current expectation is that a beta will be made available sometime this year. Service packs are part of the traditional software lifecycle — they’re something we do for all Microsoft products as part of our commitment to continuous improvement, and providing early test builds is a standard practice that helps us incorporate customer feedback and improve the overall quality of the product.&quot;

The statement was published on Josh's Windows Weblog, which also stated that the early SP1 build would only be available to a select group of testers.

Read More (Laptoping.com)


Successor to Vista now called &quot;7&quot;, slated to come out within 3 years

The successor to Windows Vista, previously known as Vienna, is now codenamed &quot;7.&quot; 7 is scheduled to be developed in three years. The new name was announced in an Orlando Microsoft sales training conference.

Read More (Engadget.com)

 

I wonder if "7" will deliver on the features which <strike>XP Service Pack 3</strike> Vista promised?

And that R500 is slick

 

Hm...7 eh? I kind of liked the name Vienna but 7 certainly is an intriguing name.

 

Sounds like a play for Microsoft's lucky number.

 

Not necessarily. You seen the film Se7en?

 

I wonder how long it took them to pick the name "7"...maybe that is what is delaying SP1.
Tim

 

ROFL! I certainly hope that they aren't alluding to the film Seven. :S If they were who would be the deranged killer?? lol Also, that would be really sad if the name for the new OS held up SP1 because that would mean that the programmers and testers would be the ones who were choosing the name. haha

 

they didn't even say that sp1 would only come out this year, only that sp1 beta would

 

How does the ATI HD 2400 compare to the nVidia GeForce 8700 Go?

 

I'll take the over on the 3 year release time table. If only Vegas took action on such things

 

Vista SP1 delayed... this is my surprised face.

 

It should be somewhere between the 8400M GS and GT in power, so much less powerful than the 8700M.

 

LOL, codenamed "7"....I know they didn't mean "007" at all

 

Weird name.."7"
I'd prefer the name Vienna instead of "7".

Sounds kinda weird to call the new OS, Windows 7.
At least make it like, 7.0 instead of just 7.

The Asus A8Sr sure looks nice. I wonder how the ATI HD 2400 compares with the Geforce Go 8400m GS.

 

It doesn't - it compares to the 8400M-GS/GT. There are no benchmarks for it so right now I'm not sure if it is faster or slower than the Nvidia chip.

 

Windows Next is supposed to be the deranged killer of the Macintosh platform.

 

the A8Sr is a disappointment.
that's worse than the 7700 in the A8Js

 

But it isn't supposed to be replacing the A8Js. Its supposed to be replacing the A8Jr, and with a more powerful graphics card, I think its doing a good job of it.

The A8Js and A8Jp will be replaced by the F8Sv and F8Sa, with the 8600GT and HD2600 (possibly XT) respectively.

 

Maybe, maybe not. ASUS already botched one thing, there was word of a V1S with 8600M GT in it coming out in August now other sources say it'll carry an 8400M GT. To be honest, I'm typing this after a one and a half hour session of F.E.A.R., and the right side of my keyboard's hot to touch. Don't know how they're going to stick this 8600M GT card into a 14.1" and get away with not melting the thing.

 

Hmm Microsoft has a head start...I wonder if Apple is working on OS 11 or something

 

Apple is unlikely to ever (not in the near future) rewrite from scratch.
they have darwin, and it's already great.

 

Expected facts about the new Windows 7:

- The top version will cost $700
- There will be 7 versions
- It will be delayed 7 times
- You can try a 7 day demo of 7 after release
- There will be 7 different keys to type in to activate a genuine copy
- It will take 7 hours to install and verify a genuine copy
- Genuine editions will receive a new key every 7 months to prevent privacy...er...piracy
- Updates will cost $7 a month
- Games for 7 Live will let you play with friends on an Xbox512
- 7 will not play MP3's unless you purchase a Zune
- 7 will delete your data if it thinks you pirated it
- Microsoft will claim 7 is 7 times better than anything Apple or Linux can do
- 7 can only be released on the 7th of a month
- Only 7 pices of software will work upon release
- Only 7 pieces of hardware will work on release
- Microsoft will claim 7 is 7 times better than Vista and 77 times better than XP
- Microsoft will market 7 7 months before release in a worldwide campaign
- There will be 7 concerts in 7 locations around the world to promote 7
- 7 will be more energy efficient than Vista
- 7 will feature a hybrid kernel that's good for the environment
- 7 will be sold everywhere, including 7/11 stores
- 7-ready computers will come with a sticker 7 times bigger than the XP or Vista sticker
- 7 will no longer have error messages in favor of a red ring of doom
- 7 will be based on Windows from 7 years ago (Windows 2000)
- "Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers!"
- 7 will have Flip 7D where sounds chime when you change active windows
- 7 will automatically delete Linux for your safety if it detects Linux
- 7 will send your personal and financial information to Microsoft for "safe keeping"
- 7 will be 7 times slower than Vista
- 7 will take 7 times as much hard drive space
- 7 will come on 7 DVD's to verify authenticity
- 7 will consume 7 times as much RAM as Vista when operating
- 7 is actually the 7th major regular consumer iteration of the Windows system (3.1, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, 7)

 

Haha. Now that's funny!

 

It took 7 minutes to write this.

 

lol'd
couldn't have thought of nearly as much

(why might you have put 2000 in there..? )