Computer Now

Recently I just received a new notebook from my company for work. It is interesting that notebook nowadays are becoming like an ordinary consumer product. Price is driven down, thanks to advancement in technology. Features are richer and more interesting, which really help us empower ourselves to become almost any roles we would never be in the past. We can be the author, the web designer, the merchandiser, the buyer, the freelancer, the professional photographer, the clerk, the executive, and the list is endless.

This Dell Latitude 620 sports 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo / 512 MB DDR2 RAM / 60 GB HDD / 14.1 inch TFT LCD / 8x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Writer Drive / 4 USB ports / Bluetooth / 802.11 Wi-Fi / Windows XP Professional (of course, or you expect Mac OS X in a Dell?) / 2.00 kg weight / More Work From Boss^tm / Less Graphic Creativity (compared to Mac) / Pirated Software Protection / Colleague Virus and Malware Invitation^tm Technology.

It will take me a little while to get used to working with both Windows PC and Apple Mac. Anyway, there are still many high-end notebooks and desktop PCs out there like these ones :

Alienware Area 51 m5790 Special Edition – Roaring
The Alienware brand is known in gamer's world as one of the best and luxurious one could find on earth.
Windows Vista Capable / Overclocked 2.66 GHzIntel Core 2 Duo / 2 GB DDR2 RAM / 256 MB NVIDEA GeForce Go 7600 / up to 400 GB Dual Hard drives / Blu-ray Disk Drive / 17" Wide Screen Clearview LCD / Intel PRO Wireless a/b/g / 7.1 High def. audio / 4 USB 2.0 ports / 8 lbs weight (about 3.6 kg.)

VoodooPC Envy W:201 – Superb notebook
From the legendary VoodooPC comes the Envy W:201 notebook featuring 20.1-inch LCD with weight around 16 lbs (7 kg!) and NVIDEA GeForce Go 7950 in SLI mode and up to 320 GB dual hard drives. Price starting from $5,000. No more spec needed as you can imagine the power of this machine. Envy will certainly be around the one who purchases this one great notebook.

Shuttle XPC 1337 – Extreme monster
With this compact cube ensures that the gaming experience will be smoothhhh to the last minute. This lovely monster features Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 (Quad-core) / AMD ATi-Radeon X1950 Pro Crossfire / 10,000 RPM Western Digital Raptor 150 GB HDD / 2 GB Crucial Ballistix RAM / Vista-ready.

I wonder what the scene would be if an ordinary businessman or businesswoman just uses one of these to do his or her routine like browsing internet, typing documents, or spreadsheets. For me, I would just cry.