Laptop Problems,

Strange kind of worm attack has taken place last Saturday which have affected internet traffic in different parts of the world. This is believed to be fast spreading malicious code which is attacking major servers resulting in huge fall of internet web traffic. This computer worm is interfering with email delivery and web browsers. Huge fall of internet traffic been noticed this Saturday which is very similar to attack occurred in summer 2001 by virus known as “code red”. This attack is not targeted for home computers or personal computers, but major servers who are responsible for directing traffic for internet.

Internet services in South Korea were put on halt national wide for hours on Saturday due to the attack, countries like Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, India and Philippines were also affected by it and experienced lower internet traffic due to worm attack.

This malicious code is designed to exploit vulnerability in database software SQL server by Microsoft. The code is programmed to get server into unlimited loop which is sending data to other computers continuously hence results in denial of service attack. This worm is programmed to design to work in the memory therefore anti viruses may not be able to detect it. The size of this malicious code is about 376 bytes only which affected the web significantly on Saturday at about 530 GMT.

United States had almost equal affect of this Worm attack although it is not yet sure if the impact is same as it is on South Korea. It is the first time that wired and mobile internet been collectively affected because of this attack in South Korea. Its impact on government organization, financial institution were relatively normal as the attack had occurred on weekend.

Several data pipelines seem to have affected due to attack of malicious code. Code has taken over its affect very quickly due to the use of protocol called UDP, which is different from the computers to access web pages.It is believed that 5 out of 13 major Internet hub were targeted on Saturday attack, Microsoft website has enhance their security checks for any kind further attacks, other companies can download the parch for security vulnerability.

Do not worry, this is not latest news :P i just wrote it for the people who never knew it had happened. It happened on 25 January, 2003,

Apple Incorporation was found on 1st April 1976, it is American Multinational Corporation. Apple company design and developed personal computers, software, different peripherals devices and networking solutions. Apple has also made fortune out of small portable gadget, digital music player including its accessories which is very famous as IPod. Mac or Macintosh is the first graphical user interface (GUI) operating system developed by Apple which was successful commercial launch. Later, major operating systems like windows, Linux etc started to come with exemplary Graphical user interface for best user experience.

Apple has high reputation in developing innovating and attractive design desktop computers, notebooks, related hardware and software. Apple laptops (Mac Laptop) are by far the best product they have launched especially when it comes to computing. IPod is another revolutionary product but it does not fall under computing but digital music player. Mac laptops are amazing to look at, very attractive design and very durable. Its cost is towards bit higher side but when used it is totally worth it, Apple laptops uses Macintosh operating system. Mac operating system is very stable OS and when it is used it is always preferred on other famous OS like windows XP/ Vista etc. Almost all software is available for Mac Os software like Word, Excel, Outlook and list goes on. I personally love using Mac OS. Since Windows based operating system is by far largest market in OS industry therefore Mac have recently introduce very versatile feature, it supports windows OS also, this feature increase Apple Mac laptops sales world wide.

Apple has introduced many laptop models which are developed keeping different needs and budget in mind. There are 6 models in the market available by Apple which are Macbook, Macbook pro, IBook, IBookG3, IBook G4 and PowerBook G4.

I will explain bit about each model which I am sure can be helpful in choosing one Apple laptop for your self.

Macbook : Macbook is the latest innovative machine from Apple, it is Macintosh based laptop. Macbook was introduce after replacing iBook G4 and pwerbook series machines. Macbook comes with Intel Core Duo processor based technology and it is available in different processing speeds from 1.8Ghz to 2.Ghz. Learn more about Macbook Laptops

Macbook Pro: First portable machine from Apple is name Macbook pro. The last Macbook pro model is powered by Intel Core Due processor with various speeds ranging from 1.66 Ghz to 1.83 Ghz. It provides all latest feature like any other notebook like Wireless connectivity through Wireless Lan, Bluetooth, with 15.4 wide display with good graphical memory cards. 100Gb of hard drive and Dvd burner. The most amazing this with Apple Macbook pro notebook is its weight, it is just 5.6 pounds and another out standing enhancement is it can be used with Windows based OS. Read detail information about Macbook Pro.

IBook: The IBook model from Apple was special addition catering special market needs, IBook targeted for consumer and educational based users with lower price comparing to other Apple notebooks. IBook still offers important features for today’s computing needs, it provides 12 inc to 14 inch display with good display quality. Read more about IBook.
If you want to read more here you can read about IBook G3, IBook G4, Powerbook G4

Apple has wide variety of notebook machines which suits needs of every one. If you are normal user who does not require special computing strengths you can find good machine with in your pocket size. Apple has machines which cater for professionals also and those machines are built for tough computing capabilities along with huge hard drive space and Rams in GB’s to compete challenging and Hi-tech needs of today’s world. If you use Macintosh one time you would want to use it over and over again, it is that stable, smooth and productive operating system. I rank Apple very good laptops for every one.

Following are the rankings users have given to Apple:

Cost: 60%
Performance: 60%
Looks: 84 %
Durability: 76.6 %

Acer Company is from Taiwan and it was first originated in 1976 with the name Multitech but later it was changed to Acer in 1987. Acer Company not only manufacture laptops but also products like desktop computers, mini mobile personal computers (pc), professional servers , LCD monitors HD TVs, projectors etc. They have been more successful in laptops and LCD monitors industry comparatively with their other products. Acer have three models going on “Acer Ferrari ”, “Acer Travelmate” and “Acer aspire”.

Acer laptops are ranked above average. They manufacture laptops for general public in mind, laptops which can do most of the work when used by normal user who needs to check emails once in while, browse internet, runs program which does not require power full computing and games which does not require heavy duty graphical memory cards. In past, Acer laptops missed looks in their entire model range, they just developed for the sake of so, these laptops were not trendy and looks conscious user would not prefer buying Acer machines. They seem to have improved their looks department and now creating laptops which carry very futuristic looks and current day trends in mind. These designs are making Acer machines popular in Asia and Europe and in other parts of the world.

The major problem with Acer notebook are with their hardware, user of Acer laptops encounter mostly hardware related issues, some times hard drive crashes and some times display black out or flicks and there has been battery time issues in Acer Aspire. It is little costly when we compare for what we get in return.

I would recommend Acer laptops to those users who does not have more of professional work which require more computing power, user who does not like heavy games to much because Acer laptops usually comes with small memory sized graphical card, other wise it can be useful investment for multimedia features, internet browsing and domestic computing requirements.
If you are professional in graphic designer, music composer, hardware 3d designer, gamers, complex software development then Acer may not fulfill your requirements.

User rating for Acer laptops is about 55%
Cost is about 54%
Performance is 57 %
Looks 60%
Durability 51%