A Review: Acer Aspire S5

Acer unveiled the world's thinnest laptop computer as an array of "ultrabook" rivals prepared to debut this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. 

The Taiwan-based computer titan will begin shipping Acer Aspire 5 models in the second quarter of this year, with prices to be disclosed in coming weeks. 

"That S5 is quite significant," analyst Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies said after the Acer press event. 

"It looks like the thinnest and lightest, and it sets the bar for the rest of the ultrabook vendors," he continued. 

The Aspire S5 has a 34-cm (13.3-inch) screen and is 15 mm at its thickest point. The ultrabook weighs slightly less than 1.35 kg (three pounds). 

"We are committed to evolving this technology," said Acer chief executive J.T. Wang. "By the second quarter of this year we will have four models of ultrabook and more to come." 

Ultrabooks powered by Windows 8 will be released by Acer after Microsoft releases the new version of its computer operating system later this year, according to Wang. 

He estimated that ultrabooks would make up at least 35 per cent of the Acer product line by the end of this year. 

Since Aspire S5 is Windows based it is not likely to be a direct challenge to MacBook Air laptops, which have been winning converts to the sleek machines powered by Apple software, according to Bajarin. 

"The real battle is not with Apple, it is with all the other vendors coming out with Windows ultrabooks," Bajarin said. 

"Apple will still do great with MacBook Air, but in the Windows world it is great news that five years after Apple set the tone the industry is finally getting something equal," he continued. 

Acer also announced plans to launch a free service that will let users of its computers store video, photos, music, and documents in the internet "cloud" and access files from any Windows 8 or Android software powered gadgets. 

"We believe Microsoft will take care of Windows devices; Google will take care of Android devices, and Acer will take care of in between," Wang said. 

"We will make Windows work very well with Android and other platforms too." 

Bajarin described Aspire S5 as the first viable Windows equivalent of popular MacBook Air laptops built by California-based Apple. 

Acer Cloud appeared to be a Windows version of the Apple's freshly-launched iCloud service that lets people access their content from iPads, iPhones, iPods, and Macintosh computers, according to the analyst.

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Windows 8 Developer Preview Launched!!..

Hey, I am back with some interesting news...

Already known fro the title that Microsoft launches its brand- new, fascinating 'Windows 8 Developer Preview'. The main features of this new version of Windows OS is the user interface, which has been highly redesigned keeping in mind optimization based on touch screen usage as well as mice and keyboard usage. It is having various graphical customizations which we saw in Windows 7. The new METRO UI has been included, something we saw in Windows Phone 7.

With this version, Microsoft has introduced a new start screen like that of the Windows Phone 7.

It has an option to switch between customized desktop and regular desktop by selecting the desktop tile. The windows 8 user interface has been highly developed on HTML5 and Java Script platforms. In this version, applications run on full screen resolution, but with the added feature of running two windows parallel using the swap tool. The various new applications demoed on this version are the stock tracking application, weather application and RSS feed applications, etc. This new version is designed primarily for screen resolutions 16:9 with 1366 x 768 with the ability to display various windows applications.

This new version of Windows OS will be using OEM version activation 3.0 while that used in earlier Windows version was OEM version 2.1. The main advantage of OEM 3.0 is that it makes things less easy to "crack."

A new additional feature of Windows 8 is the lock screen option which shows only the date and time and keeps the screen locked. This new version of OS will also include the Hyper V Virtualization Tool, but not available for the client machines initially. Systems should have a 64 bit processor for 64 bit Windows 8 OS and a minimum RAM of 4 GB to support the Hyper V Virtualization Tool.

The Hyper V Tool also requires a Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) which aids in managing memory of the system. Many of Intel’s AMD processors nowadays come with this feature.

The Windows 8 Version OS reduces the boot time for the system, as it loads the kernel memory into secondary storage or hard disk during the shutdown and reloads it during startup. The Windows 8 has system requirements similar to that of windows 7, including for a 32 bit system a RAM requirement of minimum 1 GB along with x86 processor with 1 GHz speed and minimum free memory space of 16 GB. While for a 64 bit operating system of windows 8 beta version the system must have the minimum configuration of: a 64 bits x86 processor with a minimum speed of 2GHz, a minimum RAM of 2 GB and free memory space of 20GB. The developer preview version of Windows 8 beta download is available now.

People who are interested in getting the flavor of the new version of Windows 8 can download the designer preview version of windows 8 Developer Preview. Along with that, a Windows 8 Transformation Pack is also available for different versions of Windows. Users interested can easily get Windows 8 Beta download and also may opt for the Windows 8 Transformation Pack.
Download the Windows Developer Preview

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Live The Future Today With Windows 8

All of us know that Microsoft is soon going to launch its new, and very much simplified, "Windows 8"...

Its what the developers said

In its Windows 8 development blog called "Building Windows 8," or B8, the company has invited people to discuss and will provide details about the upcoming OS. The software major plans to offer insights into how it focuses on performance, reliability, compatibility, security and quality of Windows 8.

Though Microsoft has remained tight-lipped on the release date of Windows 8, the company has revealed that it will be available for public testing in the coming months. The company also reinforced that Windows 8 will support the hardware that is compatible with over 400 million Windows 7 licenses already sold and all the Windows 7 yet to be sold. Oo! Thats a big number....

Its Windows 8 boot screen-

Good, isn't it?...

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