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DEll’s Inspiron 15R Alloy Edition, Anyone?

Wazzup, gadget geeks! Here’s one you won’t wanna miss—the all-new alloy edition Dell Inspiron 15R! Yes! It’s the same smart laptop brand you love with a newly designed HD display in a 15.6 inches widescreen. With an attractive premium aluminum finish and smudge-proof alloy waves design, you’d really go ga-ga over this Intel Coreâ„¢ i3, i5 and i7 powered mobile pc!

A closer look on the alloy edition Dell Inspiron 15R’s cool design will send thrill down your spine. From the premium finished aluminum outer shell down to the HD widescreen display, the Inspiron 15R is truly inspiring. It’s highly advanced with those laser-etched Alloy waves design that extends to the palm rests. Mind you, all these are smudge-proof so it’s definitely easy to maintain. Then, you get a 10-key numeric keypad. This will surely offer a more convenient way of working on any applications requiring data entry. You can truly work anytime of the day with its 6-cell battery that lasts up to 4 hours and 02 minutes. If that isn’t enough, you can choose to level up with the 9-cell optional battery that offers 7 hours and 58 minutes of continues power.

Inside the beautiful casing and awesome looks is the intense performance parts that includes an optional graphics card ATi Radeonâ„¢ HD with 1 GB dedicated memory, new Intel® Coreâ„¢ i3, i5 and i7 processors, 750 GB hard drive, and 7-in-1 media card reader. Of course, there’s the Dell’s standard 1501 802.11g/n wireless connectivity and 1.3MP integrated webcam with an analog microphone.

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GETAC V100 – The Tough Convertible Notebook

The GETAC V100 is a notebook and a tablet PC convertible that provides reliability, functionality and computing power in a compact outdoor ready package. Its dimension of 11.2 x 8.7 inches is even smaller than your average pad of paper. Even with its overflowing ruggedness, it’s less than two inches thick and weighs less than five pounds – including batteries. An Intel CoreTM i7-640UM 1.2 GHz CPU with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.26GHz and 4MB L3 Intel Smart Cache combines neck breaking speeds with long battery life. Any customers can select from a large variety of wireless and storage options and several display technologies. The V100 is available with 10.4” XGA (1024 x 768) TFT 1200 NITs QuadraClear sunlight readable LED display with glove-friendly multi-touch technology or an optional dual-touch mode 1200 NITs QuadraClear sunlight readable LED display multi-touch and digitizer. In case you missed it, that’s 1200 NITs brightness. A regular consumer notebook is around 250 NIT and barely hits 300. That’s a notebook that you cannot only easily use outdoors but also has a screen that you can read even with the sun shining directly behind or above you.

A good military design never hurts and the V100 is undoubtedly a ruggedly handsome device that’s ready to take on a beating. Its case is made of tough but light dark gray magnesium alloy with hardened plastics along the edges and small rubber bumpers in the corners for extra impact protection.

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High-Tech Rock Tumbler

Did you know that in rocks around you are crystal like gemstones that are waiting to be exposed? This is due to earth’s natural process of sedimentation, erosion, compression that create gemstones. So what you need is something to buff away the ugly and dull looking outer layer of stones to show its inner glistening beauty and that is what the Rock Tumbler is for.

00105498-475339_275You first need to collect a couple of rough rocks and minerals which you want to turn into gemstones. Then you put it in the Rock Tumbler and add the grinding powder that duplicates earth’s natural erosion process to remove the course outer surface of rocks and minerals. After the grinding process, what you have are a couple of coarse stones so it needs to undergo polishing. The polishing process is aided by the polishing powder which also goes into the Rock Tumbler. Then there you have it, you now have gemstones that can be used for your DIY accessories. The grinding and polishing powder are used as buffing agents along with the tumbling process that the gadget facilitates. The High-Tech Rock Tumbler comes with the grinding powder, polishing powder, half pound of rocks, and a set of accessories (2 key chains, 2 necklaces, rings, and earrings) that you can place your gemstones on. You can also use your polished rocks and minerals as gift decorations or for scrapbooks.

Get a High-Tech Rock Tumbler and feel the excitement of how little rocks and minerals turn into gleaming gemstones that you can use!