Hardware

Lenovo has announced the prices of their Thinkpad series of laptops for the month of December, 2007. Here we have all the prices. Except for the entry level models which come with Intel Celeron processors all other models come with Dual Core or Core 2 Duo chipsets. WiFi and minimum 80GB hard disk are standard on all models. All the high end models come with DVDWriters, and either Windows XP or Vista. Lenovo Thinkpad Laptops

Lenovo has announced the prices of their Thinkpad series of laptops for the month of December, 2007. Here we have all the prices. Except for the entry level models which come with Intel Celeron processors all other models come with Dual Core or Core 2 Duo chipsets. WiFi and minimum 80GB hard disk are standard on all models. All the high end models come with DVDWriters, and either Windows XP or Vista. LENOVO 3000 G Series

When we burn CD/DVD, we name them either using adhesive stickers or markers. Now we do not require any of these. The new technology is called LightScribe. LightScribe Direct-Disk-Labeling is a new optical media recording technology using which we can burn labels directly onto specially coated recordable optical media (CD and DVD) and create our own custom labels.

Intel has been announcing massive price slashes for its processors and motherboards since January 2007. In spite of this AMD based systems still maintain a comfortable lead over the Intel based systems. The price difference used to be around Rs. 3,000 around a year back but it has fallen drastically during the last one year. An AMD Sempron based system can be bought for around Rs. 13,500 while an Athlon X2 costs around Rs. 14,600. The Intel counterparts Dual Core and Core 2 Duo based systems costs around Rs. 15,500 and Rs. 18,500 respectively.

There was a time when computers were so expensive that, to own one was beyond the means of a common man and, they were only affordable for the elite of the society. Times have changed and the prices of computers have fallen so drastically that it has been moved from the list of luxury items to the list of essential items in a household. They have become so cheap that you can easily buy a brand new personal computer with basic configuration for just Rs. 13,500/- excluding tax, or a used computer for around one third that price.

Starting or scaling up a business establishment almost always involves upgrading your existing IT infrastructure. This normally takes its toll on capital resources. Even if you finance your IT purchases it would involve some amount of down payment and you will inevitably have to channel a reasonable amount of your capital towards IT infrastructure purchases. Valuable capital that could otherwise have been used for increasing the working capital to meet the requirements for the growth.