Lenovo ThinkPad X1 now shipping in Switzerland

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Thomas Maurer

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 is now shipping in Switzerland. A lot of online shops have it allready in stock.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 is a ultra light and thin business class notebook. It’s the thinest ThinkPad ever made. And it looks pretty impressive.

“To the optimist, the glass is half full.
To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.”

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HP Elitebook comparison

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Thomas Maurer

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I thinking about buying a new notebook and since HP, Dell and other vendors released new notebooks based on Intel Sandy Bridge this would be the perfect time to replace my current MacBook Pro with a new Windows Laptop.

So basically I made this HP Elitebook comparison for all Important things for me based on the Swiss data. (In Switzerland not every model is available.) I also took always the best available option for me.

	Probook 6460b	Probook 6560b	Elitebook 8460p	Elitebook 8560p	Elitebook 8460w	Elitebook 8560w
CPU	i5-2520M	i5-2520M	i7-2620M	i7-2620M	i7-2630QM	i7-2630QM
RAM	16GB	16GB	16GB	16GB	16GB	32GB
Graphics	AMD HD 6470M 512MB	AMD HD 6470M 512MB	AMD HD 6470M 1GB	AMD HD 6470M 1GB	AMD FirePro M3900 1GB	AMD FirePro M5950 1GB
Display	14.0 1600×900	15.6 1600×900	14.0 1600×900	15.6 1920×1080	14.0 1600×900	15.6 1920×1080
3G	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Glass Trackpad	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
USB 3.0	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Weight	2.02kg	2.46kg	2.07kg	2.73kg	2.22kg	3kg
Thickness	3.4cm	3.4cm	3.4cm	3.4cm	3.2cm	3.45cm
Design	good	good	okay	okay	awesome	good
Battery life	okay	okay	very good	good	good	bad
Battery life+	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Docking station	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
incl. warranty	1 year	1 year	3 years	3 years	3 years	3 years
Price	good	good	okay	okay	okay	okay

Maybe there are some mistakes in this chart but the most things should be right. And I don’t say one is better than the other one, clearly they are made for different tasks and workloads.

Other things:

I will add a Intel SSD
I will use 8GB RAM
I will not use an optical drive

What’s important for me:

I need long battery life up 6-8h (more would be better)
I need fast disk speed. Since I used a SSD I will never use a HDD again.
I don’t need a lot of graphic power
Resolution should be 1600×900 or higher
the notebook should be light and not to think
CPU power, should be enough to run Hyper-V for demos (boot from VHD)

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HP iPrint iOS App

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Thomas Maurer

HP iPrint 3.0

Yesterday Hewlett-Packard released iPrint version 3.0. And this is a perfect App for printing and scanning documents directly from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. You can print to HP Network Printers or USB Printers. For example printers which are connected with the Apple Airport Extreme or Express USB port.

What’s New In Version 3.0

Print PDF and text documents
Native iPad resolution & user interface for enhanced iPad viewing and use
Document Support – View and wirelessly print attachments (text and PDF files) from mail clients and apps compatible with iOS “Document Support” feature (requires iPad and/or iPhone iOS 4)
WebDAV – Turns your device into a wireless flash drive. Copy documents directly from your PC or Mac to/from your device and take them with you
File Sharing support – When connected via USB cable, transfer documents to iPad & iPhone (iOS 4) from PC or Mac
Scan to device – Scan photos & documents wirelessly from HP e-All-in-One printers to iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad)
Available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish