Notebooks and netbooks, which have been the pioneers in the field of portative devices in the recent past, are now considered to be regular gadgets available practically for all people. IT market is oversaturated with the offers from different companies that produce those devices. Growing competition makes those companies invent new strategies in the development of notebooks, providing customers with more impressive performance and stunning design. The end of 2011 and beginning of 2012 was marked by the launch of new notebook generation, the generation of ultrabooks. The mass production of ultrabooks is prognosticated for the mid 2012.


The developers of portative devices took the challenge to combine the functional characteristics of ultrabooks with their ultrafine design. Such companies as HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer, and Asustek can be called the pathfinders in this technological sphere and their masterpieces have seen the light already in the end of 2011. The representatives of …

Prolimatech Inc., an established manufacturer of high-end air-cooling systems, is about to release its new VGA-cooler, codenamed MK-26 V2. The upcoming product will be compatible with graphics cards from AMD manufacturer (up to Radeon HD 7000 Series) and Nvidia (up to GeForce GTX 600 Series). According to the preliminary data, the new cooler models will be capable to manage up to 320W of extra heat to provide for the most optimal GPU cooling down.



The major distinction of MK-26 V2 cooler is its impressive dimensions which equal to 230x146x47 mm. Thus, the cooler will take the spacing of five expansion slots, leaving no room for SLI/Crossfire. The cooler has got a copper base which accommodates six copper heatpipes, 6mm in gauge each pipe. Those pipes pierce two heterogeneous blocks consisting of thin aluminum fins which are designed in correspondence with Buckle Fin technology. The fins are distinguished by the unusual form that is called to promote for better heat removal …

The developer markets the latest ViewSonic NMP660 Chromebox as a solution for offices or educational institutions. It may also serve either for computer classrooms/convention halls arrangement or for usage instead of a multimedia player for digital signboards/displays. On top of everything, the device may effectively perform the function of a domestic multimedia center or a standard office appliance.

 

The novelty is controlled via the Google Management console. The security functions set includes the autoupdate, the sandbox, the Verified Boot Control option, the encryption capability, the TPM module and the ordinary renewal process.

 

ViewSonic NMP660 Chromebox is based on the 2-core Intel Celeron 3865U (2/2 x 1.8 GHz) processor with the Intel HD Graphics 610 (300–900 MHz) integrated graphics unit. The volume of the preinstalled DDR4 RAM memory equals 4 GB, while the capacity of the embedded SSD is 32 GB. The SD card reader …