Apple’s new 13 and 15 inch retina display MacBook Pro line

Intel Haswell CPUs, Thunderbolt 2 and Retina display these are some of the important features the 13 inch and 15 inch MacBook Pro line, so let’s not get impatient and take a closer look to these two laptops.

 

If we start weighing them we see from the start that there lighter with a starting weight of 3.46 pounds for the 13 inch version and 4.46 pounds for the 15 inch version. There are also thinner both being 0.71 inch thick.

 

Under the hood we see fourth generation dual-core for 13 inch version and quad-core for 15 inch version. The 13 inch version comes loaded with 4GB and 8GB where the 15 inch with 8GB and 16GB. Both can be configurable to 16GB. Like MacBook Air here we see the new Iris Graphics for the 13 incher and Iris Pro or combined with NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB GDDR5 with graphics switching capability. Storage for these two starts from 128GB till 1TB flash storage. They also feature the same 720p FaceTime HD camera. We also find two USB 3 ports, headphone port, two Thunderbolt 2 ports, SDXC card slot, HDMI port and a MagSafe 2 port. Now arriving at the wireless area we see the new wireless ac standard and Bluetooth 4.0 technology.

Even though these laptops have been on a weight loss program the batteries are capable of giving 71.8 watt-hour and 95 watt-hour for the 13 and respectively 15 inch versions with an autonomy of 9 and 8 hours and a standby of 30 days.

The price for the 13 inch version starts at $1299 and can reach $1799 whereas for 15 inch version it stars from $1999 and reaches $2599. These prices are set for the base versions.

Amazons new Fire HDX tablets

We have seen Dell launching the new XPS and Venue series, but let’s talk about other players on the tablets market like Amazon. Well for those who are not up to date with the news, Amazon released two new Fire tablets, Kindle Fire HDX 7 and Fire HDX 8.9 inches. These two tablets have 323 pixel per inch with a reported resolution of 1920 x 1200 and 339 pixels per inch with a 2560 x 1600 resolution. Both tablets have micro USB with no HDMI and no MHL. The 7 inch version has only front facing camera where the 8.9 version has another camera on the back, to be more exact an 8mpx one with a led flash capable of capturing 1080p videos. As for the front facing camera there is no info regarding on how many mpx but it is supposed to capture 720p videos.

The tablets are equipped with quad-core Snapdragon 800 processors running at 2.2GHz with Adreno 330 GPU and 2 GB of RAM. The built quality is quite good. Amazon claims that these tablets have reduced glare also there is an interesting feature that allows you read in outdoors easily any documents using Paperwhite.

Compared to any other tablets in its category the Fire HDX tables have longer battery life.

The new Dell Venue tablets line

Besides announcing a new line of XPS ultrabooks Dell also announced the release of a wide range of Venue tablets. The diversification is not based on the specs, like size, processing power or any other component, but by operating system also. Some will run Android operating system other devices will run Windows 8.1. These tablests are Dell Venue 7, Venue 8, Venue 8 Pro and Venue 11 Pro, where the number in the name is also the screen size inches as for Pro those tablets are running Windows. All displays are IPS HD.

The one that I like the most is Dell Venue 11 Pro. This device has a display with a size of 10.8 inch IPS full HD, it features also an Intel Core i3 and i5 both 4th generation thus giving you the benefits of an ultrabook. Compared to other devices in the Venue family this has a removable battery.

These are in terms of hardware but when it comes to design just like XPS versions has also premium built quality. When it comes to accessories the Venue 11 Pro version supports some interesting accesories like Dell Active Stylus, Dell Slim Keyboard, Dell Mobile Keyboard and Dell Tablet Desktop Dock.

New XPS notebooks, featuring Dell XPS 15

Dell has recently announced its new 15 inch Dell XPS ultrabook featuring FullHD screen and Quad HD + touchscreens. For those who don’t know Quad HD+ has an outstanding resolution of 3200 x 1800 pixels. Designed with premium materials and combined with elegant design makes this ultrabook a masterpiece. Dell has used a combination of aluminum and carbon fiber for the shell as for the display Gorilla Glass from Corning.

This is not all usually devices create for portability have an impact on the performance, but with Dell XPS 15 ultrabook this barrier has been overcome. The standard configuration features a 4th generation i5 processor with FullHD display with a dedicated video card from NVIDIA, this has a starting price of $1 499. Or if you prefer a more powerful ultrabook you can opt for the i7 version also with a dedicated NVIDIA discrete graphics card, to be more exact a GeForce GT750M GPU enough to support that Quad HD+ touchscreen. You will also get 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.

This ultrabook will be shipped with the new Windows 8.1. If this caught your interest you will be pleased to hear that you can buy one from October 18.