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Know Your Notebook Inside Out

Notebook or Laptop as it is called, is rapidly gaining popularity among people of all age groups because of its easy portability option, ultra user friendly interface, small, smart and slick look, ergonomic keypad and advanced features as compared to desktop computers.

Many might not know that notebooks consume less power and produce less heat as well as less noise than desktop PCs. One can comfortably perform a variety of tasks starting from sending of emails, listening to music, capturing images to other major business operations on a compact notebook PC. The affordable price also acts as catalyst for more and more people to opt for buying notebooks. Different types of notebooks are available like ultra portable, general-purpose, media center, cheap notebook or even gaming notebook. Depending upon one`s need, one can select a notebook.

A general curiosity might arise in a common user`s mind about the components of what constitute a notebook. For starters, a notebook is a compact model and instead of a sizeable case for air circulation, a notebook uses a miniature, flat design in which all the components fit together comfortably. The notebook screen is an integrated built unit and so is its keyboard.

Since in a notebook all the components are arranged in a compact space, to cool the components so that they can give optimum performance, the processors are mounted directly to the motherboard without the use of socket. To reduce the heat generation, some notebooks also use desktop CPUs which usually run at a lower voltage and clock speed, though it reduces the battery life significantly. Notebooks are equipped with small fans, heat spreaders, heat pipes or heat sinks and also the location of CPU near the edge helps to disperse the heat from the CPU. Some expensive models have liquid coolant channels alongside the heat pipe facility to reduce heat.

Memory types used in notebooks can be of four types, namely: Single data...

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gulfnews.com
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Communication: Smartphone Shipments Reach PCs in 2011
PC Magazine
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ZDNet

Intel pushes Macbook Air-like Notebooks based on Microsoft's Windows operating
Remunerative Times
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Windows ultrabooks: What's Apple reply?PC Advisor
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LG May Be Working on Chrome OS Notebook, Tombstone
Tom's Hardware Sign
Thanks to a physical agreement pronouncement released Thursday, Microsoft let it out that LG may be working on a Chrome OS-based notebook or equivalent device. Doh. On Thursday Microsoft said that it signed a manifest agreement with South Korea-based LG

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Beyond the Lion's bawl: The best overlooked, underrated features
Techworld.com
By Ryan Faas | Computerworld US | Published: 15:52, 30 January 2012 Apple billed this summer's emancipate of Mac OS X Lion as having more than 200 new features, but most coverage of Lion in the intervening months has focused on only a behaviour of them.

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