Nov 29
Posted by Nimish Dubey
One of the long-standing beliefs surrounding Apple’s laptops, the MacBooks, is that they are, for all their power and multimedia prowess, unsuitable for gaming. The new range of MacBooks seems to have shattered that myth, with its on-board NVIDIA graphics. So when I was thinking of picking up a gaming notebook, the new MacBooks featured eminently in my considerations.
A friend of mine, however, advised me to try out the older generation MacBook Pro which came with a 512 MB NVIDIA 8600M GT graphics card, 2 GB RAM and a 2.5 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and a gorgeous 15.4 inch screen. Some of my acquaintances in tech publications scoffed at the notion, saying that the card would not be powerful enough for modern games, and reiterating that the “Mac is not for games” line. I was also shown a number of benchmarks and tests according to which the MacBook Pro would struggle with most new games. Continue reading »
Nov 29
Posted by Nimish Dubey
Nokia has been advertising its recent enterprise device the Nokia E71 as one that is suitable for both work and play. A jack of all trades of sorts. While there can be no doubting the quality of the device purely in enterprise terms, the claim that it is good for work as well as play really does not wash. The device is magnificent when it comes to handling e-mail, viewing and editing longish documents (I still wish it had a larger screen) and offers decent GPS and a not-too-bad camera (rumours of the purple haze notwithstanding). So when it comes to work, it scores. But play? Ah, that’s another story. Continue reading »
Nov 29
Posted by Morpheus
Any new electronic device is extremely exciting as long as you have more to explore in it. Once you’ve extensively explored all the features of a device, you often crave for more. A firmware upgrade can sound like a savior in such a situation. But, what do you do when after hours of struggle to upgrade the device, you’re unable to see any visible change!
When I bought my E71, about 2 months ago, I was pretty excited to explore all its features. But soon enough I was craving for more and unlike other phones from Nokia, this device had very few free apps available. Last week, I heard about a new upgrade for the device and got really excited about it. However, the entire upgrade process was nothing less than an adventure. Continue reading »
