It has been many years since I got hold of a Dell notebook. The one with me now is currently turning 8 this year and today I got hold of this red Dell Studio 15. W00t call me jakun or whatever, but I think the bag looks quite good. Though the bag capacity is rather limited, it can still hold a couple of things like your external drives and stuff in it and still look slim.

Here’s the Dell’s version of Targus notebook bag.

This thing looks gorgeous from the outside..

The inside, hmm.. not so good. Looks rather plain with the grey/silver finish. The keyboard was slightly on the “bendable” side because during typing you could actually see the whole keyboard moving slightly.

Call me jakun again but it look me a minute to figure out where the power on button was! HAHA!

As usual, the Dell Studio LED screen did not fail to impress me. Colors were vibrant and text was sharp. The blacks weren’t black enough though..

At a certain angle I could see some line scanning going on, I’m not sure whether this is a problem with the screen or it is meant to be like that. Anyway it is only visible if you really stare at the screen properly. Will check it out once the setup is complete.

Again! the 90w power adaptor has been trimed down to a size thinner than my phone. Nice one. It runs pretty hot though. The notebook itself runs quite hot during idle times too.

Overall, the Dell Studio 15 is a quite a powerful machine here. Equipped with the Core i5 2.4ghz , 4gb DDR3 ram, 1GB ATi HD5740, 500GB hdd, this notebook is perfect for watching my TVB dramas!! AHHAHA.

Special thanks to Ivy and Eddy for letting me molest their very new toy. I couldn’t resist myself from snapping photos of your notebook. It was simply a natural poser.

Windows Live Wave 4.

Microsoft have been doing their job recently and here’s a new “preview” of their new Windows Live Wave 4. Supposedly “redesigned, reinvented, re-everything.. LOL. Here’s the video of their new thing. Microsoft here, microsoft there.. blablabla. Oh yea, did I hear the word, iPhone? =P

Among the new features are :

Badges

Show your affiliation with an organization or social cause and have this show up next to your name when it fans out to your friends.

Games

More games in Messenger let you play with your friends, earn achievements and brag about your wins.

Video message

When your friends are offline, leave them a video message, similar to a voicemail but as a quick video that will be waiting for them when they sign in.

Integration of Bing results

Integration of Bing search results makes it easier to add photos and videos from across the web without having to leave the conversation window.

High-definition video chat

Meaningful conversations are enhanced by allowing you to see and hear your friends. The new Messenger now provides high-definition video chat, helping you experience video chats so you can share photos while chatting and see your friends’ reactions in real time and in full screen.

Tabbed conversations

You can manage all your chats in one location so you can juggle multiple conversations in one place rather than having multiple windows popping up.

and many more..

About the High Definition Videocall, we can’t even get smooth videocalls on standard definition here in Malaysia and now HD, oh you have to be joking..

Anyway, there are plenty of “beta” versions up on megaupload/rapidshare if you wanna check it out but I’ll just wait for the official release from Microsoft. We’ll see then whether I’ll have to put my status on “Appear Offline” more often, or rather not.

ZAGG is popular for its line of invisibleSHIELD and many other items which came after that. Although there are many.. yes many many other gadget protecting skins out there which are of the same quality and CHEAPER,  here’s a discount coupon/voucher/code for you if you insist on getting one. Discount code is valid till 31st April 2010.

They gave me this code and I’ve nothing to buy from them, so I’ll just pass it on then =).

The discount code is valid for a 20% discount store wide :  p8b1w4n

I’m currently looking for a cheap but good skin to replace my worn-out Sansa’s protector though