It's considered that Dell and HP are the big players in the computer business. Who would've thought Acer would surpass them? Taiwan based, PC vendor has become the world's second largest PC manufacturer.


Many people here in Western are surprised with the news. How come a non-US manufacturer top the chart exceeding the sales amazingly in USA?

Statistically, big names like Dell and HP have suffered huge percentage of loss in yester years as compared to Acer's. The sole reason of this loss being their firm attitude selling high-priced computer system. Their oblivious attitude towards growing economic crisis has sunken their PC sales whereas Acer acted smartly and jumped into production of low cost, yet fancy and extremely portable netbooks. With their skyrocketing sales of Netbook, other vendors couldn't resist the urge and hurdled into the race. It seems Acer is still ahead of all according to their spiking sales chart reports. As a matter of fact, it's not only netbook, overall their products are cheap and best.

I'm happy not because I've 22" Acer widescreen Monitor or that I've envious 8" Acer Netbook, but to find out that finally Acer got it's recognition it deserved.

It's kindda obnoxious to see these companies still adamant about selling their so-called high-end PC's in thousands of dollars. Whereas Acer dealt with cheap & best list of manufacturers to produce nearly same result outputting systems.

Whatever it's all business model, it's dynamic and the only player wins who evolves with the time and demand.

To be true, Acer's products are awesome.


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I've been desperately waiting for Microsoft Windows 7 final(previously codenamed Vienna/Blackcomb) since past few months use of it's beta version. Finally the wait is over. Windows 7 is gonna be available on Oct 22nd,2009 in different flavors.

I didn't realize before why Microsoft has been doing this like serving different version of their ultimate product but considering the fact that many people won't be using the same hardwares and features, I see the clue. You can't have feature-rich full blown Windows 7 on your netbook with limited resource. But people have like "I need Windows 7, no matter what" mentality. Besides, you may not want to end up paying for unneeded features with a feeling "Gosh, I never needed this stuff, MS ripped me off". Literally, there are many many aspects to take care of and with what Microsoft doing is and has been doing seem perfectly okay. It is trying to reach as many end users as possible and that I guess is excellent marketing approach.


Different flavors of Windows 7 announced are:
Windows 7 Home Premium($200)
Windows 7 Professional($300)
Windows 7 Ultimate($320)

One could get the same stuff in upgradeable forms(if you want to upgrade from your old Windows) too.
Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade($120)
Windows 7 Professional Upgrade($200)
Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade($220)

As you can see, full version and upgrade version differs greatly in price. All of it are available for pre-orders on major e-retail sites like Amazon.com and so. The only catch here is the heavy discount one is getting on upgrade version of Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional. They don't have any discounted offer for Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade though.

Rate of pre-order discount on 2 Upgrade version of Windows 7 is:
Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade $49.99($120)
Windows 7 Professional upgrade $99.99($200)

Pre-order discount of Windows 7 started yesterday on June 26 and will be through till July 11 here in the U.S and Canada but will end July 5 in Japan. Similarly, in the U.K.,France and Germany, the same discount will start on July 15.

Considering this discount, I pre-ordered professional edition(at 50% discount) for $99 as it's best suited to my needs. Check the following chart for all the features on different flavors of Windows 7(Click image to enlarge it) :



The most frequently asked questions:
Q. Will 'Windows 7 upgrade' works on all previous version of Windows??
A. Microsoft says it works but asks user to backup all important files before doing that. As Windows 7 is promoted widely with nearly the notion of 'Upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7' easily, the doubt is growing if all previous version of Windows could be upgraded without flaws. The doubt is over, Windows 7 upgrade should work on previous versions of Windows but back it up. Personally, I recommend take image of your OS.

Q. Can 'Windows 7 upgrade' be installed on fresh new harddrive or partition?
A. There is a growing argument if one could install 'Windows 7 Upgrade' on fresh harddrive without any previous Windows on it. One group admits that one has to have previous version like Windows XP to install 'Windows 7 upgrade' whereas another group is firm about the fact that there is no need of Windows XP or Vista to install 'Windows 7 upgrade'. The only deal here is that one has to install the 'Windows 7 upgrade' twice if he/she wants to fresh install it on harddrive with no OS.
The following is the excerpt of the growing online debate:

hamiltonstallings said:
I'm not sure if this will work with Windows 7, but, with Windows Vista you could install the upgrade version on a completely clean partition. I just did it the other day.

The trick is you have to install it without entering the key, then once its done, reboot from the DVD drive and install again, this time entering a key (total of 2 installs). It works and validates.

And, this trick should work with Windows 7 too and thats what many OEM builders believe.

Q. Is Windows 7 as same as Windows Vista?
A. I don't know but with short experience with Windows 7 beta, I think Windows 7 and Windows Vista are different stories. Officially, everyone is claiming Windows 7 is totally different architecture far more efficient and superior than Windows Vista. And, I'm compelled to support this claim.

Q. Should I upgrade to Windows 7?
A. If you are happy with your current system, may be you don't need to but with latest technology and chips, to utilize all it's resources and also if you don't wanna feel outdated, then you can hop into Windows 7 bandwagon. I've pre-ordered because, I don't want to feel outdated.

Q. Can I have Windows 7 upgrade in 32/64 bit?
A. They say, sure you can. It's all in one DVD.

Well, the wait is over for me, I'm happy and eagerly counting days to Oct, 22nd. I'm gonna install it on New Harddrive. I don't know how old your system but you still may wanna use Windows 7 upgrade advisor software to check if your system is compatible. With it's non-demanding requirement setup, I think every system of todays should be fine unless it's historical PC from 10 years ago. If you are interested, you can pre-order and get discount. Just click the banner below and it'll take you to Amazon. Amazon is my favorite hangout and I buy stuffs from their all the time. If you've your favorite e-store, be sure to check for this time-limited pre-order discount on Windows 7.



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German royalties collector GEMA which brought the case against Rapidshare, has finally convinced a German court that around 5,000 songs are publicly and illegaly available on its server. The court also ruled that Rapidshare had not taken enough preventive measures to stop illegal sharing of digital contents via it's service. So, Rapidshare has been fined 24 million Euros.

To sustain in the business, Rapidshare has been ordered to strictly filter the content in coming days.

Rapidshare which goes by 'Easy FileHosting' slogan is facing a 'hard time' sharing files in coming days
According to a GEMA Statement,"The judgment states that the hosting service itself is now responsible for making sure that none of the music tracks concerned are distributed via its platform in the future. This means that the copyright holder is no longer required to perform the ongoing and complex checks."

To read more on this drama, GEMA's statement(in German) can be read here(Google Translated to English).

Rapidshare has not made any public comment yet.


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Give yourself some adrenaline moment. Recently stumbled upon one indie Rock band while listening to one local station. One song led me to fantabulous galore of orgasmic musical world. This is just my view, nothing to be taken seriously when I wrote 'orgasmic'.

Never been introduced to rock band so cool as this. They're called Gossip. I like almost all songs from their latest album 'Music for men'. This never happened to me before. I was selective and few of the songs were totally worthless and used to get rid of them. But 'Gossip - Music for Men' which I paid $20(w/taxes) has almost all songs which are totally undeniable. All fav'd.


Meantime, I'm checking their older album and listening to their previews. Of all, Standing In The Way Of Control song is pretty convincing and awesome. Amazon let me download it for almost a dollar.

You can listen to the preview of their album. Click it below. Made it easy for you, If you like you can buy 'em off else can just ignore it. (Anyway, digital version(mp3) cost you $0.99/song and you end up paying only $7.99 for entire album whereas CD version will cost you over $15 or even less for used ones.)



Some of the peeps actually asked me the music that played in background on one of those my personal videos posted online and I decided to come up with this post. You can check that video of mine @ here where I was cooking some stuff and coolest music in the background. I had it on some other video sharing sites too. Anyway, never mind.

If you like it, get it, buy it, guys. These people are truly rocking. I'm slowly changing my taste of music. Geez.


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Single 32 GB DDR3 Memory Module is the latest buzz. Samsung has unveiled the world's first 32GB DDR3 memory module tuned for use in servers. The module operates at 1.35 volts and supports the trend in reducing power usage in data centers around the world. The RAM uses the Samsung 50nm 4Gb DDR3 chips.

The modules improve throughput by 20% compared to 1.5V DDR3 modules and the lower power consumption saves power. Power savings in large data centers can add up to massive amounts of money.


The 32GB RDIMM is made of up to 72 4Gb DDR3 chip dies using Samsung 50nm class DRAM technology. A row of nine quad-die packaged 16Gb DDR3s are mounted on each side of the printed circuit board to total 32GB of memory.

According to the sources, this will set an achievement in the history of computing and will be affordable to home users in near future. The price has not been released yet.


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Guys, I'm back and I've come back with a determination to write at least one post per day. Some posts that I've written in past took lots of research,effort, test and trial and so. Based on those conclusions, I wrote them and you liked them too.

Past few weeks, if I said that I got too busy and couldn't write a single words would be the lamest excuse to make and only losers make excuses. But, I realized how fast time passed by. 2-check deposit slips on my desk and didn't even realized that almost a month is gone. Felt almost like some movie scene being fast-forwarded. Checked the date on my blog's last post and it's horribly too long time that I've not written a word since. uh uh...

Actually, something dawned on me this morning when I read news about Perez hilton beat up. That guy invited that himself and he's now readying to sue the afro assaulter. I checked some videos following news and he was whining. I felt he being so arrogant and self-centered. He counts the physical hurts whereas he totally ignored the emotional and mental hurt he's causing to many since 5 years. Moreover, he's calling himself blogger. He's a shame in the name of blogger and he has chosen or say devised a profession himself which is based on insult,mockery and defamation. The only thing concerned to me is he calling himself a blogger. In a way or two, he's polluting this term 'blogger' and spreading negative meanings. The day is not so far when people would start thinking 'blogger' as a demented and taboo thing. Perez Hilton whoever you are, you are responsible for all the consequences. You brought that in yourself. Thinking you are always right and all others are wrong is very unacceptable, and stupid act. Your website could be the hollywood's most hated site, but day is not so far when you could actually jeopardize the term 'blogger'. Control yourself.

Well, this is not the reason which fueled me to write words today. It's just something came into my mind while writing. That happens very often.

Long story short, I'll be writing swift article every day. Regularly. That's a promise( I know it's made to be broken) but still just for own sake,your sake, you know. I'm promising because of you ppl visiting my blog regularly and checking by if something new is published. Site stat shows that.

A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO ALL wanting to see me write something.

sometimes, I feel cosmic, truly I'm going spiritual and slowly

PS: I just managed to revamped my personal site, took many weeks of mere 30-35 min spare time of the day to finish it up. It's nothing useful but just personal. navinlama.com is there if you wanna check out.


Thank you for tolerating by gibberish talk.