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A LiveCycle Enterprise Domain is synchronized with users and groups from an external entity.
The external entity can be either of the following,
- Custom SPI – Custom Service Provider Interface allows one to connect to a external system other than LDAP for fetching users to LiveCycle.
One can create a Custom SPI by implementing DirectoryUserProvider and DirectoryGroupProvider Interfaces.
The following document details step by step procedure for creating a Directory Provider, http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/programLC/help/index.htm?content=001505.html
- LDAP – Integrating an LDAP with an Enterprise Domain is very clearly detailed in this blog, http://blogs.adobe.com/livecycle/2009/02/integrating_livecycle_with_the_1.html
As of LiveCycle ES3, following LDAP servers are supported,
- Sun ONE 5.2
- Sun ONE 6.3
- Microsoft Active Directory 2003
- Microsoft Active Directory 2008
- IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.0
- Novell eDirectory 8.7.3
- Lotus Domino v8.x
- OpenLDAP 2.3.43-12.el5_5.3.i386
I'll talk about the following related to Domain Synchronization,
- Working of Domain Synchronization with an LDAP Server
- UniqueId used in LDAP Synchronization
- User Indentity in LiveCycle
- UniqueId migration – happens in cases where the users/groups have migrated from one LDAP server to another LDAP server.
Working of Domain Synchronization with an LDAP Server
An Enterprise Domain registered with an LDAP server works in 3 steps during a sync,
- Syncrhonize Users from LDAP
- Syncrhonize Groups from LDAP
- Syncrhonize Group Members from LDAP
Let's take an example where an Enterprise Domain is registered with a Microsoft Active Directory with following specifications,
- UniqueId for both Users and Groups is set to ObjectGUID.
- Batch size is by default set to 200, which means that the Users, Groups, Group Members will be fetched from an LDAP in a batch of 200.
- Let's consider some test Users from the Active Directory LDAP,
User 1
dn: CN=foo,CN=users,DC=example,DC=com
sAMAccountName: foo
mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
memberOf: CN=baz,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com
objectGUID: 1
User 2
dn: CN=bar,CN=users,DC=example,DC=com
sAMAccountName: bar
mail: email@example.com
memberOf: CN=baz,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com
objectGUID: 2
In an Active Directory LDAP server, the ObjectGUID field is a binary field.
For simplicity sake I'm using it as numeric field.
The user synchronization phase in this example, involves the following steps:
- Fetch 200 users (configurable batch size via editing config.xml) from LDAP.
- Determine the value for the unique identifier for each user.
- Look for a record in LiveCycle user table where the canonicalName matches with the user's unique identifier.
- Case A – If the record exists then update the user properties.
- Case B – If the record does not exist then create a new user record.
- Case C – If the record exists in LiveCycle Db but marked Obsolete, then mangle the userID of the previous record and continue creating the new record.
- Once all the users have been fetched, the users present in LiveCycle Db but not modified in the current synch cycle are marked OBSOLETE.
A similar logic is used in the group synchronization phase.
Group membership phase comes into picture only if both the User and Groups synchronization for a Domain are enabled.
Group Membership links the synched User and Group on behalf of the Membership at the LDAP end between both the principals.
UniqueId used in LDAP Synchronization
In the synchronization process, the unique identifier attribute for users and groups plays a very important role.
It serves as the key attribute for helping migrate Principals registered with one LDAP to another.
This LDAP attribute used as UniqueId should fulfill the following requirements in the LiveCycle database,
- Unique – The identifier should be unique across the whole user/group repository.
- Immutable – It does not change for a given user/group.
- Not recycled – The identifier once assigned to a user/group is never reused.
The following LDAP attributes are not a good candidate for a unique identifier:
- distinguishedName
For example, consider that a user's distinguished name (dn) CN=foo, ou=finance, DC=bar,DC=com is used as the unique identifier.
In this case, if foo moves to different department, then the dn will change.
- loginId
A user's login ID (samAccountName in Active Directory and uid in SunOne) are sometime recycled when an old user leaves and the new user with the same name arrives.
In this case, the new user is given the same userId.
- email
Email is fairly a good candidate. However, it might cause some issues when the emails are recycled or modified.
Therefore, the synchronization logic by default, uses the following LDAP attributes for different LDAP server,
- objectGUID – for Microsoft Active Directory
- objectGUID – for ADAM
- nsuniqueId – for SunOne
- guid – Novell eDirectory
- dominoUNID – Lotus Domino
- ibm-entryuuid – IBM Tivoli
However, these attributes can be replaced with any other attribute of LDAP which fulfills the above mentioned requirements.
The user identity of a user in LiveCycle is governed by the following rules.
In a LiveCycle domain,
- A user's loginid (edcprincipaluserentity.uidstring) is unique but with respect to it's own domain, i.e. same userId can co-exist in another domain.
- A user's canonicalName (edcprincipalentity.canonicalname) is unique but with respect to it's own domain, i.e. same canonicalName can co-exist in another domain.
- Each user and group is assigned an oid (edcprincipalentity.id), which is used to refer the user by other systems in LiveCycle.
It's unique across all domains.
Therefore, a process refers to a user using its Oid.
- A user can be uniquely referred using:
- User's LiveCycle DomainName and LoginId
- User's LiveCycle DomainName and CanonicalName
- User's Oid
There are times when an Enterprise needs to migrate it's users to another LDAP, or let say an Enterprise may have multiple LDAP servers but now wants to consolidate the principals in a single domain.
In broader sense the migration works as follows,
- Modify the unique identifiers from old one to new ones according to the new LDAP server.
- The next Synchronization detects that the unique identifier has changed. Therefore, the Synchronization logic is modified.
- Fetch 200 users from LDAP.
- For each user, determine the value for the old unique identifier.
- Look for a record in LiveCycle user table, where the record's canonicalName matches with the old unique identifier.
- Case A – If the record exists, update the user properties and the canonicalName.
- Case B – If the record does not exist, create a new user record with the new canonicalName.
- Once all the users are fetched, find all the users who have not been modified in the current cycle, and mark them OBSOLETE.
- In the end, the canonicalName (unique identifier) for all users is changed to the new Unique Id.
- Ensure that during this Synchronization process, the value for old unique identifier is not changed at the Old LDAP's end.
Scenario 1
An Enterprise has configured an LDAP DirectoryProvider in LiveCycle, which uses email as the unique identifier.
Due to various reasons mentioned above, an Enterprise may want to move to objectGUID, whereas other details, such as the LDAP server, domain, and so on, remain unchanged.
In this case, after the unique identifier has been changed, the canonical name for all active Users will be migrated to the new one.
Scenario 2
An Enterprise has configured a SunOne LDAP DirectoryProvider, which uses nsuniqueId as the unique identifier.
As a part of an IT exercise all the users at the LDAP end have migrated from SunOne to Active Directory.
This means that all the LiveCycle Users that are a part of the Enterprise Domain registered with Sunone will have to migrate to Active Directory.
Strict care has to be taken to preserve the User's Identity in such a way that the said User's work doesn't get affected.
- LDAP1 – Old LDAP server, SunOne
- LDAP2 – New LDAP server, Active Directory
The user accounts will be migrated from LDAP1 to LDAP2.
While doing this, a user account will be active only in one of the LDAP servers.
After the migration, it will be marked inactive in the other one.
As UniqueId will be different between LDAP1 and LDAP2, one needs to change the unique identifier in a way that the user identity is maintained.
i.e. the user identity should be federated between both the LDAPs based on a particular attribute which can also serve as the uniqueId during migration.
The following steps need to be performed to conclude a successful migration,
- In the Directory Provider configured with LDAP1, change the unique identifier from nsuniqueId to uid.
It assumes that the value for uid(from SunOne) and samAccountName(from Active Directory) remains same between LDAP1 and LDAP2.
- Run the Synchronization. It will change the unique identifier from nsuniqueId to uid, and thereby update the canonicalName for the Users in LiveCycle database.
- During the migration, LDAP1 will have users disabled while the same users will be in active in LDAP2.
Now, one needs to configure LDAP2 as the new Directory Provider in the same LiveCycle domain with unique identifier set to samAcccountName.
For example, the user Bob is disabled in LDAP1 and enabled in LDAP2.
In this case, when the Synchronization runs,
- It fetches the user Bob from LDAP1, which is inactive, and therefore will be disabled.
- It fetches the users Bob from LDAP2, which is active. Its unique identifier will be used to look up the user Bob in LiveCycle database.The record will be found (from the Synchronization by LDAP1) and updated.
- After migration is complete, the new Directory Provider can switch to the commonly used uniuqeId attribute and synchronize again, i.e. objectGuid in this case.


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Standard Components Used in this Example
This customized member of the rugged and intelligent Display Computer family is intended for use in public buses in a setup sometimes involving a second, non-intelligent display. Either one or two 19" widescreen displays are placed in each vehicle. The intelligent display computer is located behind the driver, its 16:10 display panel visible in driving direction. Depending on the length of the bus, the additional non-intelligent display is located behind the hinge of the bus, also visible in driving direction and supplied with the same signal as the main unit's display panel via DVI-D.
This panel PC is designed for installation in a custom housing with a glass pane. An M6 earthing stud provides a proper connection between interior and exterior housing.
The electronics inside the device are based on the Intel Atom low-power architecture which allows to develop fanless display computers even for extended operation temperature. All state-of-the-artPC interfaces are available at the back of the computer, using rugged D-Sub or M12 connectors. Among others, a WLAN connection is used for continuous information updates during the drive. The IBIS interface connects to the local bus network while one of the binary inputs is used to signal stop requests from passengers. The maintenance-free computer operates in a temperature range from -20 to +60°C and comes with E1 automotive certification.
Standard Components Used in this Example
The DC15 is a rugged, fanless and maintenance-free human-machine interface (HMI) for the train driver cabin desk, interfacing for example as display control unit of the Computer Based Train Control system (CBTC) to the Automated Train Operation system (ATO).


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Kolf is part of the KDE project http://www.kde.org/.
Kolf can be found on the download site of the KDE project.
For detailed information on how to compile and install KDE applications see Building and Running KDE Software From Source
Since KDE uses cmake you should have no trouble compiling it. Should you run into problems please report them to the KDE mailing lists.


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CT20 : CANADA vs TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The last time Canada and T&T clashed at the CT20, they played a classic nailbiter which T&T won on the last ball of the match. Canada will be looking for a similar performance with a slightly different result as they look for their first win of the CT20 tournament.
Canada's bats showed signs of revival against Guyana but will need another strong effort to put up a big score against the tournament favorites. Likewise the bowlers will be looking to make their mark for the first time in the tournament, as they have struggled to take wickets in the tournament.
Players will be playing for pride as well as spots in the 2012 CWCQ Team that will be named later this month. T&T are in a must win situation as they have yet to clinch a spot in the semi-finals.
Canadian Head Coach Michael Dighton was pleased with his teams effort in training leading up to the clash with T&T.
"We had another solid trianing session yesterday and the boys are looking forward to the challenge of taking on one of the best T20 teams in the world."
The coach continued and commented on the tournament so far.
"Whilst we showed some improvement during the match with Guyana as compared to the previous games against Leeward and Winward, the opportunity is there for us to put together a more consistent 40 overs of T20 cricket. It would be great to finish the tournament on a high as we continue to build towards our ultimate goal of qualifying for the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka."
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YOUNGSTERS can take part in new Warrington Wolves training programmes, joining in sessions designed by club legend Lee Briers.
And coaches at community clubs can get involved too.
It's not too late to get involved, with the deadline for entries having been extended until this Friday after a good response.
The opportunity arises from Wolves' youth performance department launching 'Wolf Cubs' for those in the under 11s and under 12s age groups as well as 'Origins' for under 13s and under 14s players.
Kicking off at February half term, the sessions will take place at the Wolves training centre on the University of Chester Warrington Campus at Padgate.
Former Wales and Wolves skipper Briers, a three-times Challenge Cup winner, said: "The sessions will challenge, through using games, the player's skills and decision making."
Initial phases of the scheme are open sessions to all players, running in February, Easter and May holidays, while the work with the older age group will lead into a 12-week training programme with a competition element.
The content of the sessions, as developed by Briers, will have a focus on:
• Games for Understanding
• Movement literacy
• Skill Development
• Decision Making
Briers added: "It will give them a taster of requirements within the club's performance programmes and I am sure it will identify some who can become future stars."
The cost to take part is £20 and will include a unique scheme T-shirt.
There is also an opportunity for local coaches to deliver on the under 12s to under 14s programme.
Ben Lazenby, Wolves' head of youth, junior recruitment and development, said: "This is a fantastic chance for community coaches to work alongside the club's performance staff, both to develop themselves but also to be able to take some of the ideas explored back into their own teams."
Every coach on the programme will receive coaching uniform and an individual coaching profile.
For further details on player participation or to apply for a coaching position, contact Wolves' player performance manager Phil Jones at email@example.com.
Interested coaches should include details of coaching background and an explanation as to 'why you would like to coach on the programme'.
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Yep, barring a tie, one of these teams will be 3-1 and, at worst, tied for its division lead.
Texans quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick was the Bills' starter for most of four seasons, but didn't live up to the new contract he got from Buffalo. The Texans are his fifth pro team.
He'd be helped if RB Arian Foster (hamstring) can return to the lineup.
The enthusiasm in Buffalo over the sale of the team and the certainty of it remaining in Western New York hasn't subsided. The zeal around the Bills' play was dampened a bit by last week's loss to San Diego.


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ASUS UX31A: Putting the Ultra in Ultrabooksby Jarred Walton on 8/28/2012 9:00 AM EST
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sheh - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkIt looks like the higher monitor DPI trend really started. I hope. Now just double the physical size (well, maybe stick to 24"), keep the DPI, change the ratio to 1.6, and you have a nice desktop monitor.
Oh, and make it OLED. :) Reply
bji - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkYes, and don't forget ditching 16:9 and going back to 16:10, a much more useful aspect ratio for computing. Reply
kezeka - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linka 1.6 ratio is 16:10. Reply
MamiyaOtaru - Sunday, September 09, 2012 - linkI am never throwing out my 4:3 monitor. I even liked 5:4. With so many people saying widescreen is better, complaints about 16:9 make me happy inside. Reap what you sow Reply
peterfares - Sunday, September 09, 2012 - linkNo one who knows anything likes 16:9, it's too wide for a computer. I like large 16:10 2560x1600 monitors where you can have two windows open side by side with plenty of room in each window. Reply
misiu_mp - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkI hate widescreen. It belongs in the living room, not on the desktop, where it is a complete waste of pixels.
I miss 1600x1200 displays. For laptops I find the 1400x1050 very comfortable at 15''. Alas, the mass hysteria of "wide-screen", "HD" combined with the popularization of consumer electronics made really useful screen sizes a niche that no one dares fill up. Shame. Reply
magreen - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkThis. A million times, this. Reply
pkaro - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkIt's a 25% reduction in weight.
Change = (Initial - Final)/(Initial) * 100 Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkFixed, thanks. Reply
MichaelD - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkNice review! Very detailed and I enjoy your personalized writing style. Thanks, Jarred.
IMO, the Ultrabooks are getting there. I don't at all care for proprietary connectors on the storage and *ugh* soldered-on memory, but the form factor is nice and thankfully we FINALLY have decent screens on laptops. When I can get an ultrabook with at least 16x9 res, user upgradable memory and standard form-factor (SSD) storage for under $1K, I'll bite. Reply
Belard - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkThose issues are typical of ultrabooks... okay, other than the non-standard proprietary SSD connector.
For a notebook in this this class, it seems ASUS hits most of the marks. But it also shows their stupidity of using non-standard SSD and the crappy generic keyboard. Only an idiot would have the power button where IT DOESN'T BELONG. It a cheap way of doing things. Otherwise, it looks like a beautiful ultrabook, its brushed metal looks great.
For business users, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon is still better BUT it doesn't have a 1080p screen at this time. I'm guessing within a year or so, 1080p SHOULD be standard but on the sub $600 notebooks.
The keyboard on the ThinkPad is still the best. The screen is matte. The memory (LIKE pretty much ALL UB) is soldered - its a space issue. The X1 comes with 4 or 8GB of RAM. For typical users, 4GB is still more than enough. Still, Ultrabooks are really nothing more than the PC version of the Apple Air, priced and aimed at the high end user, willing to spend an extra $500~1000 on a notebook. People with money do this... but for a typical WORK computer, its idiotic.
Look at the ThinkPad T430s, its just under 4lbs and only 1" thick, its not a wedge shape... its very expandable 4/8/16GB, any kind of drive you want and even includes a dead-weight optical drive. I bet they could shave off 1/2 a pound by ditching the optical drive... but it does have its uses (not needed an external.
And of course, going with a standard 5~6lb notebook means you are paying $500~700 for about the same performance.
Here is an example (as close to possible same spec):
$1600 Ultrabook - Carbon X1 - i7-3667 (3.2Ghz max) 4GB RAM 128GB SSD - 8hr battery
14" screen (1600x900) Mini DP / USB 2 (1) / USB 3 (1) Audio and SD Card reader.
* Oddly, the 8GB version only comes with a slower i5 2.8Ghz CPU for $1680 base.
$1225 SlimBook - T430s - i5-3320M (3.3Ghz max) 4GB RAM 128GB SSD - 7hr battery
14" screen (1600x900) Mini DP / USB 2 (1)Pwr / USB 3 (2) Audio SD Card reader & VGA. Ethernet. * the i5 on this notebook is still faster than the i7 in the ultrabook. ** Option to swap out the DVD-RW drive for 2nd battery or 2nd HD.
$1329 Notebook - T430 (Same specs above, including DVD-RW swap) - Yeah, the price is wonky... when configured to match the 430s, it ends up costing more... but is usually about $200 less than the T430s. A 2nd battery adds upto another 4hrs.
* All above configured with same memory/SSD and WWAN communications / back-lit keyboards.
I'd rather pocket the $400 to forgo the 1lb savings. Get the extra USB port and far easier to expand notebook that will hold ANY 2.5" drive I want to upgrade to later.
Of course, my needs and others aren't the same. I have a 15" and a 12" thinkpads for different uses. Expandability in a .75" form-factor is not allowed with todays tech and I don't find the price to be all that good. Mind you, its better than 3-4 years ago when Lenovo had the X1 ThinkPad which was the FIRST "Apple AIR" like notebook on the market, it too was $2000.
For the usual computer user (mom / web-user - facebook blah) - a $400 6lb 15" notebook or $400 tablet will do just fine. For $330, picked up a semi-bottom end Lenovo with an i3-CPU, 4GB, 320GB HD, 15" 1366x768 screen, almost not crap-ware installed (just the AV program, I think McAffe) - it was more than enough.
Hence, for the PC market, Ultrabooks are for those who want to spend $1000+ Reply
bji - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkIt probably seems overly picky, but I would never consider the Thinkpad line because of the pointer nub in the middle of the keyboard.
That is so 1990s. Yeah I know there are a few stalwart fans who still want a pointer nub, but for everyone else, it's a needless appendage, and it actually interferes with my typing (I don't touch type, I have my typing style which is reasonably fast and accurate but gets tripped by the nub).
Also the screen is 16:9, which I guess is acceptable in the PC world since it's all anyone seems to offer, but I vastly prefer the 16:10 aspect ratio on my retina macbook pro. Reply
Belard - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI'm okay with the pointy stick... ThinkPad clones by HP & Dell have thrown that in as well. Considering on the latest revised keyboards (which still feel very much the same and allow for back-lighting) - they kept it and it takes up a bit more space than it should. I think it can go... I'm not die hard for it, I still prefer a mouse. My two ThinkPads DO NOT have a touch pad.
Also, the current keyboard still has the stupid Fn <> CTRL keys switched. They can be flipped in BIOS (A hint that they SHOULD change the keys). Whatever, the keyboard is still better than the ASUS one above... but not as good as their previous layout style. I would have loved to have seen a mixture of the two. New shape with back-lighting with previous layout and drop the point-stick.
yeah yeah... I hear you on the screen size. Everyone has gone 16:9 which I bloody hate. 16:10 was easily better. Here is an example, a Thinkpad 15" 16:9 we had bought was defective (junky L series) and replaced it with a 14" model 16:10. The 14" screen is just as TALL as the 15". So during that transition, I ordered more 14" models... saved weight and space.
Going 16:9 as a standard has its benefits. Doing video output in 1080 is the same as the notebook (if its 1080) and keeps things from looking strange. Other than that... i hate it. When ever I get a new thinkpad, I'll be stuck getting such a screen.... sigh. Reply
Impulses - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI've only skimmed the review, I'll be reading it from start to finish later, but I didn't see any mention of the included Ethernet adapter or even the AC charger like on past UX reviews... I assume they're both the same ones we've seen bundled before but not everyone might realize that. I've actually been looking for a GigE USB 3.0 adapter without much luck, probably why ASUS didn't upgrade from the Ethernet one. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI added those to the "Extras" section of the table; without GbE, though, it's not much faster than WiFi at best and it's slower in some cases. Large files over the WiFi connection (particularly with 5GHz) can hit 18MB/s, where 100Mb Ethernet maxes out around 12.5MB/s. Lots of smaller files are still much faster over Ethernet, though, due to latency. Reply
MadMan007 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkProprietary SSD connector = fail. Reply
MichaelD - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkYup. One of the "joys" of laptop ownership for me is the ability to upgrade things down the road. I keep my portable devices for a long time. Even my single-core, 1.2GHz AMD-based laptop is relatively speedy with 2GB of RAM and a hybrid HD in it, for example. Reply
janderk - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkAsus got you covered. If buy the slightly thicker UX32VD you can put in it your own SSD and one stick of RAM. Reply
Belard - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkYep, I kind of learned this problem myself with the first ThinkPad T400s, it uses a 1.8" drive form factor, which until recently - was not available for SSD, or at least rarely.
Proprietary connector for a standard device = stupid. Reply
GotThumbs - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkAgreed. Add in the fact that the memory so soldered....and with ONLY 4 gigs.
While I can see companies seeing the Billions of profits Apple gets with this kind of "one size fits all" approach. It doesn't fly with everyone. Building for the masses seems to be the approach taken here as with Apple. No choices...just take what your given...and like it. Not for me and I'm guessing most readers on this site.
It looks nice but that's as far as it goes IMO.
Pass. Reply
cknobman - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkYou know best buy sells this model: UX31A-R5102F
Which has:
core i5 3317
1080p screen
Best part is it only costs $999
So you can get a full 1080p ultrabook for under a grand. Reply
Connoisseur - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkCareful with the best buy versions. From what I read on the AT forums, the quality control on the store model screens can be lacking as compared to the direct purchase versions. There's a lot of anecdotal evidence that the screens in the stores come with a higher prevalence of stuck pixels, bad backlight bleeding etc. They also mention that Asus doesn't cover the store model versions in their stuck pixel guarantee. Reply
Captmorgan09 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkYep, I purchased this model about a month ago for traveling and working on photos in Lightroom. When I first saw it on Best Buy's site at $999, I was skeptical about it having the 1080p IPS LCD but decided to take the plunge anyways. I absolutely love the monitor, I finally have a travel laptop that I can be fairly confident in post processing my photos and posting online.
As for the 4GB of RAM being on the slim side for photo work, Lightroom is actually not too bad in terms of RAM consumption. Yes, I would like to have 6 or 8, but 4GB does work when editing Canon 7D sized RAW photos in Lightroom 4.1.
*Lightroom 4 is a SLOW POS no matter how much RAM/CPU you throw at it. If it wasn't for a few very nice new features, I would go back to 3.x. Reply
quiksilvr - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkWhy did they go through the trouble of putting mini-displayport at all? I thought Ivy Bridge was Thunderbolt ready. Reply
janderk - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkIt's not a mini-display port (that is a small, probably soon fixed, error in the nice review). It is a mini VGA connection. My UX31A came with a VGA dongle which can be connected to this port. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkOh, you're right! I assumed it was mini-DP with an adapter to VGA. What a shame! Reply
Roland00Address - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkAnd there was no real reason to go with mini vga. Mini vga is a non standard connection that will need an adapter to go to vga.
They could have gone with mini displayport which is about the same size and has 4 advantages.
0) It can be adapted to vga with a cheap adapter
1) It can be adapted to dvi with a cheap adapter
2) It can be adapted to hdmi with a cheap adapter (and this adapter will carry sound)
3) It can run a 2560x1600 display with a mini displayport to displayport cable
4) Mini displayport adapters are far more common thus if you lose your adapter all you have to do is go to a apple store or a best buy to get this cable since macs have standardized on mini displayport/thunderbolt. Thus if you are a professional that needs to do a presentation and you are in a hurry and you need the adapter now you can go to a brick and mortor store and get this adapter right now. Reply
peterfares - Sunday, September 09, 2012 - linkYeah, that mini VGA port is really stupid. Dell's ultrabook has a mini DP connector. It just makes so much sense. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkNope. You still need to add a TB chip for an extra $20-30 to the total cost and whatever tradeoffs the extra space needed on the PCB requires. Reply
boogerlad - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkIs it possible to remove the cooler right after removing the back cover, or is the io cable going to get in the way first? I'd like to replace the thermal paste. Any warranty void stickers? Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI didn't see any stickers, so you should be able to remove the HSF with a bit of effort. I didn't try to do this but the screws are easily accessible. I should note that I tried to disconnect the battery plug and gave up for fear of breaking something, though, so maybe it won't be so easy. LOL Reply
j_c - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - link"and stay away from the SanDisk U100 if you want decent SSD performance"
More details on that particular issue would be nice.
Do you know a way to distinguish between these two models? Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkAFAIK, ASUS is not shipping the U100 any longer because of the performance issues. You can see where the UX31E and UX21A (with U100) rate in the PCMark 7 Storage suite -- basically the slowest SSD solution we've tested recently. What I don't know is whether ASUS figured out something with the ADATA SF-2281 firmware; I never experienced errors, but the BSOD issue still remains on some laptops/desktops. Reply
j_c - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkVery interesting, because over here in Germany, it seems the Sandisk model is the only one available. One commenter on amazon.de cites a call by Asus Customer Support, that no ADATA models will be available for now. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, September 08, 2012 - linkApparently there are plenty of U100 equipped units shipping; I've updated the conclusion. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkCan anyone make an educated guesstimate on how much a typical ultrabook would cost if it included this specific display, only a 128GB SSD, 4GB of RAM and the cheapest trinity A8? Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkHow much to make or how much it would sell for? In terms of BoM costs, it would probably be around $100 less than the Core i5 version ASUS is selling right now. Retail pricing is the real question. Right now, HP's Sleekbook 6z-1000 sells for $225 less than the Intel i5-3317U variant, but that's also with the A6-4455M which would be substantially slower than full voltage A8. The A10-4655M ought to be reasonably fast in graphics vs. Intel ULV, but we haven't been able to test it and it's $100 more than the A6 version ($125 less than Intel).
The big problem is that no one is making 13.3" AMD-based "sleekbooks" that I know of -- links if you have them, please. And in fact, their AMD Sleekbooks are the worst thing I can think of: a 15.6" 1366x768 display with an ultra-thin form factor. Do people want 15.6" thin laptops that much? I feel most people going for ultra-thin are going to want 14" or smaller.
Actually, the biggest problem is getting someone to make a 13.3" AMD laptop with a premium quality LCD. It's possible in theory, but getting the bean counters to agree to spend $100 more or whatever for a "premium" IPS 1080p display while going with a "budget" AMD APU is a very long shot. Heck, getting premium displays in consumer laptops in general is hard enough -- the 1080p UX21A/UX31A/UX32VD are the exception. Others might follow ASUS' lead in the future, but I expect all the quality LCDs to reside in $1000+ laptops for a while yet. Reply
ReverendDC - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI understand that SSD is faster, but I would like more mention of the dependability or lack therein of SSD. I am not sure of the warranty on this device, but if it is a year, you may have issues, especially if you move large chunks on and off the drive regularly (as you probably would for movies and music when taking the laptop on travels). Most SSDs have a warranty of three years, and even AnandTech has stated that you should expect about 5 years of storage, but anything more is gravy.
I have 15 year old spinning platters that still give data, although there are some bad sectors starting to crop up. Obviously, I am not willing to go backwards, but SSD is not the best use case in every scenario, especially if data fidelity is a top requirement, even if it is much speedier. What we really need is a price cut in SLC modules, which are far more reliable, with better capacity.
That being said....thanks for the great review. Informative as always. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkSSD durability is still far greater than five years for all but the most strenuous use cases, so I'm not too concerned about that. If you're constantly writing data to SSDs, you can burn through it faster, but Anand did some testing where he calculated even extreme use cases would still last five years. Five years from now, I suspect other areas of the laptop are likely to be failing (fans, hinges, whatever), and when an SSD runs out of cycles you can still read data off of it. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkAs we have stated in numerous SSD reviews, the endurance of current MLC NAND is not a problem for consumer use. Reply
ReverendDC - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkGM failed partially because of "planned obsolescence." Would SSDs not be put into the same category, regardless of how long they last in the end?
Tortoise vs hare, in my opinion (as small and non-majority it may be). We are starting to see low-end SSDs coming with only three years or two years of warrenty (thanks for the ever-informative reveiws, guys!). This means that, whether or not they continue to work, they aren't expected to work after 2-3 years. This is definitely inside the range of the average consumer's purchasing cycle, which usually stretches to 4-5 years.
This type of thinking is much more in line with CPUs and RAM, which will be obsolete within 2-3 years and need to be replaced (Moore's Law). Hard drives really haven't changed all that much in 15-20 years, and, really, are similar to the old tape spool drives in how they operate (speaking of tape, it is still used for mass storage...because it is reliable and lasts forever*, although tear-jerkingly slow...).
Just throwing it out there that there is still a (shrinking) contingency that will put up with double the boot times to get better reliablity. Not trying to be a jerk, just offer a different opinion (AND STAY OFF MY LAWN!).
*Forever=your mileage may vary Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkJust because something is out of warranty doesn't mean it stops working. For the record, I've had five people I know come to me in the past six months with dead/dying hard drives as a problem. Three were on laptops, two were on desktops, and only one drive allowed me to recover data (after putting it in the deep freeze). The oldest drive was around five years, three were less than two years old, and all were out of warranty because they came with an OEM PC (1-year to 3-year warranty).
I can't imagine SSDs are really any less reliable than HDDs, which in my experience aren't worth keeping after 3-4 years regardless. They get incredibly loud (bearing noise), fragmentation of files means massive performance degradation, and most consumer drives are now designed to last 3-4 years before all bets are off. In four years, I'm certainly not going to be sad to have to replace a $200 256GB SSD with a $200 1TB+ SSD that will likely run at even higher speeds.
Put another way: when was the last time you even thought about reusing a 3+ year old hard drive in a new PC build? Every time I help someone put together a new PC and they ask, "Can't I just use my old hard drive?" I respond with an emphatic "NO!" Then I explain that technically, yes, they can, but when $70 gets you a modern 1TB drive that will be more reliable and faster, do you really want to use your 4+ year old drive that might fail at any time? If they insist, I usually refer them to someone else, because I won't be responsible for putting together that sort of system and then having to provide support when things go south.
When have you needed to get the data off an old IDE drive where the data wasn't already backed up somewhere else? Even old SATA drives are now retired to the scrap heap (after copying data off, if necessary/possible). If people are keeping drives for 10 years and not backing things up, they're going to lose that data at some point.
SSDs aren't necessarily more reliable in any of these areas, but I've had enough issues with HDDs over the years that I wouldn't trust them as far as I can throw them. HDDs to sail pretty far on a good toss, though.... ;-) Reply
rickon66 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkThree reasons ultrabooks have not caught on.
1. Price
2. Price
3. Price
The mainstream public will not pay the price for an ultrabook, when they see a laptop for $350 sitting next to it. I know the advantages of an ultrabook, but the general citizen does not care enought to pay 3x or 4x the price. It is still somewhat a niche product. Reply
milkod2001 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI've read some articles(not on this web) how is Intel going to push prices for Ultrabooks dows to 700-800 level while this one almost doubles it.
U'll get nice screen but NoN upgradeable RAM(4GB max) NoN upgradeable SSD...would not pay more then $700 for that, it's just now worth it
I only hope ultrathins based on Trinity will bring some nice alternative because copying Apple designs and asking same money for it is just a bad JOKE Reply
flashbacck - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkIt's 2012. Seriously. Why can no one make a frigg'n touchpad that just works? Reply
Paedric - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkSadly, it's probably because of patents. Reply
KPOM - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkThe ASUS sounds like the top Ultrabook right now. I wonder why they didn't make an 8GB option, though, since it's available in the MacBook Air, and for the most part ASUS has taken its design cues directly from Apple with this particular line. The 1080 IPS screen is a nice touch, and it's good to see that battery life is still pretty good.
What does it take to get a Silver or Gold from AnandTech? The top ultraportables (ASUS UX31A and MacBook Air) get Bronze. I think Silver would be well warranted for both. The ASUS has the best screen in the business, and the Air has 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD options. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - link8GB and a touchpad that doesn't come with any caveats would have been Gold. Each of those items dropped it a notch in my book. The pricing is also somewhat of a factor, as a lot of people are going to shy away from $1400, though the $1030 model DB51 is at least a bit more reasonable. Reply
Aikouka - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkYou touched on it in your review, but I'd highly recommend that you try installing the Elantech drivers. I have a UX31A-DB51 (128GB SSD variant), and I've been using the Elantech drivers with no problems. Here are my qualms with it though...
* The touchpad is too big and it's not recessed. I have the same problems with my Transformer TF300, but the fact that the touchpad is rather large and not recessed means that it's very easy to hit it with your palm while typing. I don't have this problem on my old Dell XPS M1530, because the touchpad isn't that large and it's recessed. Although, it doesn't seem to ever register my palm taps near the top as clicks, which is a good thing. I typed up a few forum posts on it last night, and the worst that I did was move around the cursor a little bit.
* No middle mouse button. I've gotten pretty used to using the left mouse button + right mouse button to act as the middle mouse button. I mostly use it for doing things like closing browser tabs (middle clicking on the tab itself closes it). However, this doesn't work with the UX31, which might be an issue with the Elantech drivers?
* Only has USB 3. This is mostly an issue if you're neurotic like me and refuse to use the default Windows install. Since Windows 7 does not support USB 3 by default, I had to jump through a few hoops just to reinstall Windows and put my drivers on the laptop. However, a fellow forum goer said that turning the USB legacy option to "always on" (instead of "smart") would allow the Ethernet adapter to work. This at least will allow you to download the drivers. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkCan you direct me to a link where I can get the Elantech drivers? I commented on this in the review, and I can't find any non-ASUS drivers for Elantech out there. As for middle-click, I put in a request with ASUS to add that functionality. Reply
Aikouka - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI got the Elantech drivers ( Version V10.5.10.0 ) that I'm using from ASUS's website:
They're only about a month old, which isn't too bad. Finding that link can be a pain though... I had to go back to the forums where someone posted it ( http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=3372897... ) just to find it! Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkInteresting... I actually was probably at that page before but didn't notice the "Elantech" option about three down. That said: WTF REQUIRES 146MB!? A touchpad driver should be about 1/10 that at most. :-\ Reply
Aikouka - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkHaha! That was my reaction when I saw the download size as well! I get the feeling that it's some monstrous package that is capable of servicing a lot of different products... kind of like graphics drivers?
Although, I don't know how many products Elantech has. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkOkay, so I've downloaded the actual Elantec drivers from ASUS' site now to see if they're any better. One thing they do have that the ASUS drivers lack is a "Smart detector" option that you can customize to help avoid accidental activation of the touchpad while you're typing. The default setting is too small for my liking, but if you set it to use a "large" area you can get it so that it mostly rejects input while you type. I'm not sure how good it is because this is the first I've tried it, but the above paragraph was typed with me basically resting my thumb near the palm on the touchpad and I didn't get any activations where my text got screwed up. I'm going to go update that page of the article just for completeness' sake, though I still feel like it's not quite at the same level as a good Synaptics touchpad. Reply
amrs - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkSamsung's Ivy Bridge Ultrabook needs some more quality reviews, like Anandtech's... Is this planned?
Personally I think the RAM issue is something of a concern. Hopefully someone puts out a model with 8 GB. Reply
Toshio - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - link+1 on a review in this one, many sites consider it the best thin+light windows notebook. Reply
RetroEvolute - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI actually would have bought this ultrabook, but when I saw that it used a proprietary connector for its SSD, and soldered the RAM in (and at only 4GB), I really can't justify it. Everything else about it seems so great.
On goes the wait for the perfect ultrabook. Reply
Beenthere - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkThere is a good reason why Ultrabooks don't sell even with lots of Intel bribe money.
The reality is that there is nothing Ultra about these toys other than the high price. Most folks can see that there are many better, cheaper options for 99% of the world. If you're one of those who must own an Ultrabook, jump in. Otherwise your money is better spent elsewhere. Reply
roc1 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkJarred, could you tell me if the audio jack can also be used as a line-in? It is important for me to record sound from my synthesizer on the go.
Thanks! Great review :) Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkAs far as I can tell, and going by the specs as well, it only works for speakers/headphones -- no mic or line-in support. So if you need that and you don't want a USB adapter, you'll need to look elsewhere. Reply
roc1 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkThanks for the prompt response! Reply
ph2000 - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkisn't the headphone jack is a combo for headphone and microphone
it has 4 pins, same as phone headset Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkAll I know is I plugged in a microphone and while the Realtek control panel popped up a "device connected" message, it didn't allow me to configure the mic -- it set it up as headphones. Reply
ph2000 - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkit because normal headphone and mic jack has the same pin arrangement
use an adapter/splitter (TRRS to TRS) to use normal microphone
TRRS = 4 pin
TRS = 2 / 3 pin
something like this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Startech-com-3-5mm-Headset... Reply
repoman27 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkWhy on earth would ASUS include a mini-VGA port with a VGA adapter instead of a mini DisplayPort with a VGA adapter? I mean I understand an analog output can still be useful from a lowest common denominator standpoint, but if you need a dongle to use it anyway, why not just go mini-DP?
I can only assume it has something to do with the Ivy Bridge FDI requiring at least two of the three display outputs to share a pixel clock. Still odd though. Reply
smartypnt4 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkWill we see a mini-review discussing more in-depth differences between the UX31A and the UX32VD?
The upgrade-ability of the UX32VD seems like it would be almost every bit as good as the UX31A in most respects. It addresses the lack of availability of an 8GB upgrade since it has one slot for RAM available for upgrades, and it has a standard SATA 2.5" HDD. It could be argued that throwing an SSD in the UX32VD makes it the best ultrabook money can buy. It's a bit more expensive than the UX31A if you do that, though. But still. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkAnand has the UX32VD and is working on that review; I don't know when he'll be finished, though. My biggest issue with the UX32VD is that most of the models lose the 1080p display and the HDD + SSD hybrid solution basically stinks compared to pure SSD. (That latter bit isn't just an ASUS problem, of course.) Reply
ka_ - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkThat is the laptop I am most interested in! The main reason I will select UX32VD with IPS over UX31 is bad experience "mini" ports - the UX32VD got full size HDMI port. Also the UX32VD have one 2GB ram chip that can be changed with an 8GB giving a total 10GB ram. About pure SSD vs hybrid, I must say I favor hybrid still, though I could just as well bring an external USB 3.0 disk when space is needed. I would have liked to see the UX32VD without a dedicated graphics card - I have an Asus UL30VT currently and I never use the extra dedicated graphics card anyway. It could be interesting to know if the dedicated graphics card can be removed from the unit to save more weight or maybe even replaced with another SSD disk? Reply
Conficio - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkExactly. I'm looking time and again at the UX32? and the options that are affordable and shed the unnecessary GPU, those have a crappy display.
Soldered RAM and proprietary SSD are only things for people with too much money. to be honest at this day and age I don't want a built in SSD in the first place. I'd rather buy it after market to have choice over controller and warranty.
I'd even prefer a 14" or 15" version with an mSATA for the SSD and a 2.5" drive bay for the HDD and a beefy battery to boot. Reply
smartypnt4 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkOh, no, I agree. I'm more referring to the versions with that excellent 1080p screen.
And if I'm spending that much on a laptop, I don't think I'd have a problem finding a 128gb or 256gb SSD to put in it to replace that rather disappointing hybrid combo. That makes it a $1600-1700 laptop, though ($1500 for the laptop and $100-200 for the SSD).
But still. Points for being able to upgrade an ultrabook that isn't too much bigger than the one you reviewed with standard parts.
The only reason I push for a dedicated GPU is because when I find myself wanting it, it's REALLY nice to have. Most of the time, it's not needed. Those edge cases where I actually want one (playing an MMO on the go, etc.) make it worth it though, considering I upgrade laptops about once every 3-4 years at this point.
Then again, this whole argument about a dedicated GPU could be moot with Haswell, which should be awesome from a GPU standpoint for no other reason than the eDRAM, much less the 40% more compute resouces (I think that's right anyway). Reply
smartypnt4 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkWow. My math is a bit off here. $1300 + $100-200 = $1400-$1500.
So, for a comparable price, you get a slightly larger ultrabook that you can upgrade yourself. Reply
janderk - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI would have bought the 1080P UX32VD instead of the UX32A if it were available locally, but yes it is for nerds only.
The 32VD only makes sense if you immediately upgrade RAM and put in a Samsung SSD and reuse the Hybrid drive as a secondary drive in another PC or USB disk enclosure.
Hopefully Anand will tinker a bit with it too and do the same thing. Otherwise it certainly is an under-performer. Reply
jtwitkow - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkYes, I agree! Anand PLEASE TINKER!!!! Add an SSD and an 8gb stick and let us know how it improves things over the stock setup. Please!!!! Reply
Galcobar - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkHas anyone else noticed when shopping for laptops that display resolutions are never a filter option?
Not one manufacturer or retailer that I've looked at will provide that information without drilling down in to the configuration details of a specific model. Given resolution is perhaps the biggest differentiator in a sea of laptops and ultrabooks running largely the same hardware, it's wildly frustrating.
Would love to see "available screen resolutions" added as a category to the Bench for comparison purposes. Reply
parim - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkThe flooding was in Thailand not Taiwan Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkEgg, meet face. Sorry about that. Reply
Alexo - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkAny chance of seeing a review of the Tinkpad X230? Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkOnly if Lenovo wants to send us one, which is doubtful. Reply
Calista - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkWhat about the X1 Carbon? It seems to be one of the best ultraportables around and I would love for Anandtech to review it. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkThe problem is getting *anything* from Lenovo (though oddly, Dustin was able to get a ThinkCentre). If it happens, that will be great, but I'm not holding my breath. Reply
nerd1 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI'd like to see some quality review of sammy's series 9 laptop. So far I have only seen crappy amateurish reviews so far (*ahem* engadget *ahem* theverge *ahem*) and I think it is one of two best ultrabook options out there with 1600*900 matte PLS display. Reply
Toshio - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linknotebookreview.com has a decent review:
also they reviewed the 15" version, pretty interesting:
an Anandtech review would be pretty good whatsoever ;) Reply
nerd1 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkThat's old gen model with sandby bridge. Engadget review reports 7 hrs of battery life with new laptop - I'd like 'proper' review here. ;] Reply
JohnMD1022 - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkPC Decrapifier
http://pcdecrapifier.com/ Reply
ajp_anton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - link"ASUS did provide an updated Realtek driver that seemed to improve the audio quality slightly"
Does this mean ASUS has tweaked the drivers themselves, or that it's just a newer version and I don't lose anything by upgrading from Realtek's website myself sometime in the future? Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkIt looks like stock Realtek, but I could be wrong. Reply
geniekid - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkLet's not forget the predecessors to these new fancy ultrabooks - the Asus UL series! My laptop at the moment is the Asus UL80Vt and even with its G210M, I can still run TF2, Civ 5, Diablo 3 and Guild Wars 2 on this machine, albeit at low quality and 1366x768 resolution. And this is a 3 year old laptop that cost me $850.
These days, I won't be happy without a 650M and 900p resolution on a 14" screen, but the UL80Vt will always have a warm spot in my heart. Reply
falc0ne - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI really don't see all the fuzz about ASUS.
I had quite a few issues with ASUS products, most recent being with a brand new laptop featuring Sandy Bridge platform with core i7 processor that came with the hard drive DOA. I've only seen this happening with Acer or other OEMs that sell 'value' products. But ASUS is charging you premium prices. I just see them charging for premium quality but that quality just isn't there...
From my past experiences I have 2 other desktops that I built and the motherboards failed. One failed in 3 months, the other 9-11 months. I have to mention the laptop the came DOA was in the range of $1600 and the latest motherboard that failed in the $150 price range - so not cheap ones at all.
Anyone else had issues with their products? Reply
Roland00Address - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkWhy can't AMD make an ultrathin that is about $500 dollars that uses the a6 or a10 ulv
It would be so easy for AMD to get an OEM to actually build an ultrathin that is cheap and actually good just by swapping out a few parts.
Use a standard 11.6" netbook case. Many oems have cases that can take 17w processors in this form factor that are cheap remember the e series of amd processors have the same tdp as the a6 ulv. The faster celeron and pentium ulv dual cores also use 17w for tdp. For example hm dm1, Sony YB, Sony E11, my favorite the Lenovo Thinkpad x130, Lenovo x131, etc and the Acer Aspire One 756 (they finally got rid of the floating island crap and are now use chicklet). I am going to be talking more about the Acer Aspire One 756 below
Place at least 4 GBs of ram in the computer but it has to be in dual channel mode. If you can't do 2x2GBs then 6 GBs (1x2gb+1x4gb) or 8 GBs. Note all the models I listed above have two memory slots.
At least a 320gb hard drive or a 128 gb ssd. Note all the models I listed above use standard harddrives though some are limited to 7mm high models. The cheapest 320gb 7mm hard drives on the open market cost about $55 to 60, a samsung 830 128gb 7mm height ssd goes for about $100. So lets say $40 dollars extra for ssd.
A 1366x768 screen, it doesn't need to have a high rest just good viewing angles. Currently TN panels are all you can find in the 11.6 form factor, but with the rise of tablets and windows 8 tablets coming out this fall I won't be suprised we will see 11.6 ips screens starting to appear. To put it in comparison a 11.6 inch screen with 768 pixels height in the 16x9 ratio is 10.11" by 5.68" the ipad 2 4x3 ratio with 768 pixels 7.75" by 5.83." Chinese OEMs have complete ips tablets in the 9.7" form factor going for $120 so the screen cost isn't exhorborant if someone is actually making that size and form factor. Problem is no one is currently making this form factor but I hope for windows 8 to change all this.
To put it in comparison. Acer has a Acer Aspire One 756 with a celeron dual core, 4gbs of ram, and 500gb hard drive, with 7 home premium going for $349 final price on the open market. (Full model is AO756-2808-US) It weights 3.04 lbs with its 4 cell battery and is 1.1" inch tall.
AMD has $150 dollars to play with (if they can convince acer to build it) to put the a6 ulv dual core and place an extra stick of memory and suddenly they are in the $500 dollar price market where people will seriously consider buying an amd ultra portable. I know the a6 ulv price that oems pay is nowhere near the difference of a celeron price+$150 since the tray price (which is not neccessary what acer pays intel) of the 3rd generation ultrabook i5 ulv is $225.00. (Intel and AMD don't publish tray prices for their celeron ulv or the a6 4455m)
So why hasn't amd been able to convince anyone to do this? There are only two computer I have seen with the a6 4455m is the 15.6" hp sleekbook. I personally consider this computer fail for it is a 15.6" that weights as much as a 14" and still costs over $600 dollars. Why would someone pay that much, for an item that is so big, yet the have to go with the sacrifices of a ulv processor.
There is also a samsung series 5 13.3" that uses the a6 4455m but its going price is $660 to $700. This computer is more my style but when the 3rd generation i5 version is going for the same price $660 to 700 why the hell would you go with the slower AMD option? (To top it off the Samsung uses the 500gb seagate hybrid drive while the AMD system does not.) Reply
nevertell - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkI'd love to see an article about an ultraportable or atleast a laptop with a 17w i7 dualcore with an express card slot with an external GPU. I know that there is some guerilla hardware involved in these setups and these are the exception, not the rule, but I've always entertained the idea of a portable that doubles as a desktop once you put it in a dock.
Ultrabooks by themselves are never going to get further than they are now, since you don't need an i5 to browse the web, but to do anything more, the form factor is sort of limiting the machine. I don't really understand the fuss behind ultrabooks, if intel isn't making it a rule for them to have thunderbolt, as that WOULD solve most of the problems at this point in time I have with ultrabooks. Whilst you wouldn't have a special dock for extra cooling to exceed the thermal limits of the platform, you would at least have a way to connect an external GPU, high speed and high capacity storage and other peripherals.
At this point in time I don't really need a modern ultrabook, I already have one from the 2009- the X200s. It's keyboard is far superior to any of the chiclet keyboards that are trending nowadays, I can easily get 5 hours of usage on my 9 cell battery on wifi (7 and more if I am just writing stuff) and it still is easy to carry around. The only thing I would love to have is a unified high speed interface to connect peripheral devices as the express card slot is too slow. Or, in other words, THUNDERBOLT! Since these ultrabooks have hardware limitations. I can't really do any serious work on them anyway, so why would I need more processing power than I have at the moment from a ultra low voltage Core 2 processor, if it is sufficient enough for the same usage model the ultrabook (as it is now implemented) is intended.
TL/DR version- if there is no thunderbolt, then even a 4 year old ultraportable would suffice to do the ultrabooks job as the form factor and hardware of ultrabooks limit their usage model. Reply
peterfares - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - link4GB RAM in a $1400 machine? PASS.
Seriously, 16GB costs me $80 to buy from Amazon. It must cost ASUS less than that. I'll GLADLY pay the difference to have more RAM. Someone better make a transformer style windows 8 computer this fall with more than 4GB RAM. If they're all 4GB then I'm not buying. Reply
drfish - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - link...but I am still SHOCKED at the battery life you are able to get out of the W110ER... Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkAn interesting side note is that I had a second W110ER from AVADirect and couldn't get diddly for battery life. Vivek tested the Monster 1.0, but I don't know what Eurocom did differently on that model that the stock W110ER didn't have. I tried updating BIOS, changing drivers, etc. all to no avail. Makes me wonder what happened.... Reply
drfish - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkI know there are a TON of people out there that would really appreciate an answer to this question. Its pretty popular for a niche product. Reply
beginner99 - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - link...most people I know find that under standard resolutions stuff is to small (eg 720p on a 15" screen). I'm more in the middle but on my X220 with 12.5" screen anything much higher than 720p would also for me be rather to small.
Now what is the issue? The issue of course is windows. What I want is something like the mac book with retina display. High resolution without ultra small text and icons. Anyone using windows knows that adjusting DPI setting is basically a useless gimmick as a lot of applications will become less or unusable. Anyone knows if this is better in Win 8 in desktop? Reply
Super56K - Friday, August 31, 2012 - linkFrom what I remember reading: The ARM side of Windows 8 does, but not the x86 full desktop. I honestly hope I'm mistaken and someone corrects me on this. Reply
jramskov - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkDo I understand it correctly that there's no versions with more than 4GB memory?
I'll personally not buy a laptop with less than 8GB memory today, especially when it can't be upgraded. Reply
lemonadesoda - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkSilly position for power button. Cursor keys... which we use as much as the return key, are too small, proprietary SSD connector, scratched aluminium case. Thinkpad X1 Carbon wins except for their silly nipple and having the thinkpad logo where you right hand sits. It is annoying and collects dirt over time. The logo on the outside is enough. The second logo adds no value and does not increase sales of the thinkpad.
Less is more. Reply
wedouglas - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkI bought 4 and they all had a pos sandisk drive. I have yet to find a single adata drive from Amazon or various best buys. Its hard to find value in a premium ultrabook when most people are getting bottom of the barrel ssds. Reply
zipz0p - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkSorry to nitpick, but this is a pet peeve of mine!
On page two, you write "...they're actual profits..." instead of "...their actual profits..."
Otherwise, I appreciate the reviews of ultrabooks. I continue to hope to see superb trackpad implementation from companies other than Apple and continue to be disappointed. The screen sounds very nice on this though. Reply
Luke2.0 - Friday, August 31, 2012 - linkPage 5 on General Performance, the 3DMark06 graph is shown twice.
I assume the graph for X264 benchmark second pass is missing, replaced with 3DMark06 instead.
Anyway, a very good review, and thank you for checking the speakers quality! Reply
QChronoD - Friday, August 31, 2012 - linkWas searching around on some of the random notebook forums and came across a few mentions of this machine. 14" 1600x900 matte screen, I7-3517u, GT650m, SSD+HD. Would love to see a review to figure out if the gaming performance would be worth the probably subpar display. Reply
QChronoD - Friday, August 31, 2012 - linkWhile I'm throwing out suggestions, how about the HP ProBook 6575b? A10-4600 w/ 7660G graphics. It also has a 14" 1600x900 matte display, 8GB, 500GB HDD and DVD+/- drive. Best part is that it's only $830, so even with a 256SSD it'd be cheaper than most ultrabooks. Reply
simonm - Thursday, September 06, 2012 - linkAnd yet they still plaster those annoying stickers over the front of it. Reply
welch - Sunday, September 09, 2012 - linkIf you are looking for the best Ultrabook under $1,000 you can get it here http://www.squidoo.com/ultrabook-under-1000 all brand listed. Hope that help. Reply
Sunburn74 - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkYou can tell you SSD type without opening the box (specifically the brown box). Call asus' support line and give them the serial number on the outside. The technician will then tell you the ssd inside if you ask. Reply


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Launch Event: Statement by Ambassador Thoms entitled "Towards a comprehensive Guidance Framework for Justice and Prisons in Peacekeeping Operations"
(Statement delivered at the launch of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations' latests justice and corrections materials:)
Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, ladies and gentlemen,
An intense and productive week for the Heads of Justice and Corrections Components of all UN missions is coming to an end.
I am delighted to host the final event here at the German House, together with DPKO and ZIF, the Center for International Peace Operations.
A warm welcome to all of you!
I am honored to also welcome
- Under-Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous,
- Ambassador Guillermo Rishchynski and Ms. Francoise Secours from the Canadian Correctional Service,
- as well as Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe and Deputy Director-General Mary Gahonzire,
and I look forward to their interventions.
The topic of our discussion today may not be at the center of international attention when it comes to UN peacekeeping.
The focus is usually on troop generation, military hardware and adequate financing – or a lack thereof.
This, of course, falls short of other key issues.
There is a growing recognition of the importance of civilian aspects of UN peacekeeping.
"Rule of Law" assistance – specifically policing, corrections and justice – has developed into a crucial pillar and instrument of contemporary peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts. We applaud the many positive developments and innovations which significantly improved the UN's Rule of Law assistance to member states in recent years.
A well-trained, democratically-controlled and effective police force is essential for rebuilding trust and fostering durable peace in crisis-affected countries. By convening the newly established "Group of Friends of UN Police" here in New York, Germany hopes to further strengthen that role through better coordination, targeted support and a candid exchange about challenges that might still exist. Not only is Rule of Law necessary to help ensure public order and reestablish trust in government institutions. Efforts undertaken by UN missions in these areas also help create the conditions necessary for economic recovery.
The establishment of effective local justice and corrections systems are also key factors for an eventual transition of peacekeeping towards peacebuilding and development.
In short, rule of law is crucial for lasting peace and recovery.
This is also why Germany – with valuable support and input from ZIF - will remain a strong supporter of rule of law activities here at UN Headquarters and in the field.
The guidance and training materials introduced today will enable member states to deploy even better trained and prepared corrections and judicial affairs officers.
Faced with ever more complex, dynamic challenges to UN missions, as well as new types of mandates – just think of resolution 2139 on the Central African Republic - the launch of the Guidance Material surely comes at the right time.
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Led Zeppelin Songs Used in Two of 2012's Oscar-Contending FIlms
Does it seem to you as though you're hearing Led Zeppelin more at the movies lately? Well, it isn't just your imagination.
In a recent article, the Los Angeles Times took a look at a couple of instances in which the band — which has always been infamously finicky about licensing its music — relaxed its grip enough to allow independent filmmakers access to their multiplatinum catalog.
Of course, when we say "independent filmmakers," we're really talking about budget, rather than name value; the directors in question — Ben Affleck and David O. Russell — are Oscar winners and no strangers to the upper reaches of the box office. But this time out, they were also both working with limited funds: Affleck's 'Argo' is a period piece about the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979, and Russell's 'Silver Linings Playbook' is a dramedy/romance about mental illness, neither of which lend themselves to the sort of major studio investment that tends to be necessary when you're trying to stuff your soundtrack with hits from major bands.
Still, as far as the directors were concerned, it needed to happen. Affleck was determined to use Zeppelin's 'When the Levee Breaks' in a crucial 'Argo' scene because, as he put it, "It's got an ominous feeling, but it's celebratory in a sense as well. Zeppelin, to me, is the greatest rock 'n' roll band. People say, 'The Beatles, the Stones.' No. It's Zeppelin."
That doesn't mean it didn't require some passionate finagling on the part of both directors. As Russell described it when talking about his efforts to license 'What Is and What Should Never Be,' "You have to be like a man determined to marry somebody. And you keep coming back humbly, and humbly asking, 'May I please show you the film? Do you know how much this means?' It's a slow process, and you have to go about it passionately. Otherwise, you won't get the song."


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Hi everyone,This is a very basic question about a very basic form I try to create but fail to do so The following code:
<!DOCTYPE html>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<form method="post" action=".scripts/sign_up.php">
name
<input type="text" id="sign" name="sign">
pass
<input type="password" id="pass" name="pass">
<input type="submit" value="sumbit !" />
The outcome of the above code creates a page shown at the screenshot attached.My question (a very basic one) :
Are'nt the input fields supposed to be one field beneath the other? Do I have to take special meanings to make the fields stand one beneath the other?
Well, you could put a br tag - but please don't - they should be used to separate text, not style page elements.The better way is to use CSS to style it the way you want it to look.
Thanks Mittineague.I can make a "block" out of each input field (I guess I should add a
input {display:block} But I wanted to make sure it is not done automatic with input fields.Thanks
Every thing at its time.First I wanted input fields to work then I'll take care of "submit"...
It's OK to do horizontal or vertical, or even a mixture if it makes sense. There have been lots of studies that suggest having LABELs on top is advantageous...
As far as marking up HTML there's no right or wrong way, though I'm currently favouring using definition lists... eg

What's your name?

<input type="text" id="name" name="name">

You email addy

<input type="email" id="email" name="email">

Telephone number

<input type="tel" id="tel" name="telephone">

Favourite colour

<input type="radio" name="color" value="Red"> Red

<input type="radio" name="color" value="Green"> Green

<input type="radio" name="color" value="Blue"> Blue

Thanks a lot Bluedreamer. I guess I'll stick to your code. It will save me css coding.
I liked DL's for many things, though I don't use them for forms for at least 2 reasons:
Hi Stomme poes,I started my form with pairs of "label/input" but it didn't pass validation with a remark such as "label and inputs cannot be desendants of an element".
I don't think there's an all-round perfect/best method for arranging form inputs. If you're hand coding a form then you can obviously use any sort of container, but when using a CMS with looping fields it can get messy trying to have different containers for different input variations.
"label and inputs cannot be desendants of an element".
That's simply because, in HTML4, those inline elements may not be direct descendants (they can be descendants/grand children, but not direct ones) of a form.
Wrapping anything block-y around them will fix that error message. As XHTMLcoder said, fieldset works.
<form method="get" action=""><fieldset><legend>According to HTML4, should be first child of a fieldset, but this was dropped in XHTML and HTML5</legend>Foo: <input id="foo" name="foo">Bar: <input id="bar" name="bar"><input type="submit" value="Baz!"></fieldset></form>
That's perfectly legal, but what I usually want as CSS hooks is something that can make the label-input pair a unit.

Foo: <input id="foo" name="foo">

Bar: <input id="bar" name="bar">

Even when the design from the designer doesn't require this, I know if I have it I can adjust the style later if needed.
Though with a DL you can easily do top-bottom and side-by-side (with the ability to use vertical-align which is really nice if your dt label wraps and you need the dd input to align with the bottom of the label, the natural eyetracking path), but since with a div-or-whatever unit I can pretty much to the same by manipulating the label into block or inline-block or even float elements.
We make some of our forms using WTForms and the previous developer used lists (just ul's), which is nasty because generated forms are usually stupid and for example, I had to write some silly logic in our templates to ensure that radios and checkboxes followed the usual order of input-first. Generated forms are supposed to save the developer time, but I think they still suck
Thanks Stomme poesI'm afraid my problem is more complicated. Here is an extract of my code:
<!DOCTYPE html>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">


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Two homers, Burnett's effort not enough in tight loss
Alvarez, Martin go deep; Righty strikes out seven in five frames
PHILADELPHIA -- A.J. Burnett did some things really well against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Monday night. At times he was dominant. At times he lacked command. Through it all, the Pirates starter kept his team in the game.
"He threw everything but the kitchen sink at them," said Pirates manager Clint Hurdle. "After the first inning, it was a wrestling match. It's a sign of a pretty good pitcher when he doesn't have his best stuff and he doesn't do that well, and he leaves the game and it's 2-2 in the fifth. More often than not, you're a bunch of runs behind when that happens."
The lesson, Hurdle suggested, was that it's a long season. The decisive run came against reliever Jared Hughes in the bottom of the sixth on a two-out RBI single by Jimmy Rollins.
The three-game winning streak is over, but Hurdle still liked a lot of what he saw, especially from Burnett.
"At this point of the season, it didn't make any sense for him to go back out there. Nine three-ball counts on the night and 101 pitches. That pretty much sums it up for me," Hurdle said. "Houdini. He was Houdini. It was good to see. He gave us what he had, and he left the game and we were tied. We want to keep him for the long haul, so there was no sense of pushing him further."
Burnett wanted to pitch at least another inning, but allowed himself to be convinced otherwise.
"You hate going five innings. You've got to give the bullpen more. You've got to go further in the game. And I will," Burnett said. "Skip had to calm talk me into that one. And he's right. He made all the right points and I love him to death for it. I wanted to go back out there ... but it's early and I respect the moves he makes. I had a lot of pitches and it was a grind all night.
"It was a battle for sure. They fouled some pitches. I guess the only good thing is I was able to make a few pitches when I needed to. But I hit a batter and had a wild pitch to get the two runs to come across the plate. You've got to be more effective than that."
Coming into the night, the pitching matchup seemed lopsided. Pitching for the Pirates was Burnett, a veteran with 138 big league wins, coming off a start in which he shut out the Cardinals on one hit for seven innings, lowering his earned run average to 2.62 for the season. He was averaging 13.1 strikeouts per nine innings, best in the National League.
Pitching for the Phillies was 22-year-old Jonathan Pettibone. He was making his Major League debut, called up after posting a 9.64 ERA in two starts for the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs. He relies on location, and he was only called up because John Lannan is expected to miss six-to-eight weeks with a strained knee.
Which proves, once again, that you never really know what's going to happen. The pitching lines canceled each other out. Both allowed two runs. Burnett pitched five innings, Pettibone 5 1/3.
The crucial inning was Burnett was the fourth. The Phillies scored only one run, but had him on the ropes. When the inning ended, Burnett had already thrown 91 pitches.
It started when Michael Young led off with an infield single and Domonic Brown followed with a walk. Burnett appeared to have retired Ben Revere on a slow roller to the right side, but home plate umpire Mike Muchlinski correctly noted that the ball had first hit Revere's foot. Given second life, Revere singled to load the bases with nobody out.
The next batter, Erik Kratz, tapped back to the mound and the throw home forced Young at the plate ... except that Muchlinski once again called the ball dead. This time, Hurdle came out of the dugout to discuss the call, but replay clearly showed that the ball bounced up and hit Kratz on the arm while he was still in the batter's box.
Burnett was on the verge of pitching out of trouble, eventually whiffing both Kratz and Pettibone and getting two strikes on Rollins, before a 94-mph sinker tailed in and nailed the shortstop, forcing in a run. Burnett avoided further trouble by fanning John Mayberry, but had thrown enough pitches by then that it was obvious he wasn't going to pitch deep into the game.
Neither run the Phillies scored against Burnett came on a hit, and all five hits they got against him were singles. Even the winning run was set up by a walk to Kratz and an infield hit after two were out.
The walk bothered Hughes more than what followed.
"Without a doubt," Hughes said.
Then the Phillies got a break. Pinch-hitter Ezequiel Carrera hit a grounder toward second so softly that he was able to beat it out for a hit. That set the stage for Rollins to single cleanly to right, his second RBI of the game.
"It's frustrating, but it's one of those things," Hughes said. "When they're not hitting the ball hard -- speaking for myself -- you've got to get ahead in the count. You just really have to attack the hitters."
"They scored one more run than us. That's kind of the way it played out," Hurdle said.
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Intelligent design counter claims as US school legislators gang up to fight off the Intelligent Design movement which they claim is a cover for getting creation science into schools under a new name. Their argument is with people such as Michael Behe, a Biochemist at Oelehigh University, who claims in his book Darwin's Black Box that complex systems such as the human blood clotting mechanism could not have arisen step-by-step. Behe says "This mechanism involving more than a dozen proteins could hardly have emerged full blown in a single mutation. Yet it couldn't have been built one protein at a time, because without any one protein it would be useless." Brown University Biologist Kenneth Miller, who claims to be both a Darwinian and a Christian, has written a book called Finding Darwin's God in which he argues that if you look at blood clotting in various species you can see how the human version could have evolved one step at a time.
Editorial Comment: Because Miller claims to be a Christian and is an ardent evolutionist the only people who seem really interested in Miller's book are those evolutionists who want to use it as an excuse to stop Christians teaching creation.
It is interesting to note that Miller claims "evolution doesn't start from scratch". To get the evolutionary ball rolling he invents a "small pre-vertebrate with a low volume low pressure circulatory system" that has a "full complement of sticky white cells to help plug leaks". Since textbooks on evolution start with simple molecules such as methane, ammonia and water, etc. what Miller does can only be described as Thiestic cheating.
Most of Miller's article consists of speculation of how existing genes for proteinreactivators could have evolved by fortuitous combinations of gene duplications via what Miller describes as a "witches brew of copying errors, rearrangements and genetic reshuffling that affect genes for every other cellular protein". Miller claims that proof for his theory was found in 1990 when a biochemist found a "fibrinogen-like sequence" in a sea cucumber. This does prove that sea cucumbers have a protein similar to fibrinogen, (the protein that forms blood clots) but does not prove the sea cucumber protein became fibrinogen.
For those who wish to think further Millers work fails to answer a very important question for evolutionists Why is it that only the duplicate gene gets mutated into something new and the original gene stays intact? If mutations were really random both copies of the gene would be equally subject to mutation. Does any evolutionist out there have an answer to this? He certainly tells an interesting story for someone who knows a little biochemistry, but stories are no evidence that evolution ever happened.
For a man who calls himself a Christian, Miller certainly writes like an atheist. One day he will have to answer to God the Creator, who will not be impressed at being portrayed as the author of millions of mistakes when He really created perfect, fully functional creatures by his perfect word. (Ref. Kenneth Miller, theistic evolution, blood)


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(Editor's note: The following story is partly satirical, partly true and some facts may have been embellished.)
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