3 Laptops To Gift On Valentine's Day

The much anticipated Valentine’s day is upon us and as usual brings with it the promise of empty pockets for guys and very happy women who have just emptied those wallets and still want more. Being women, how can they settle for less… and why should they, after all they put up with our extravagant expenditures on the latest gizmos, our surliness when we find it does not work as advertised while acting as our advisors as we rave and rant about the same product.

Thoughts aside, let’s put our obsessions to good use for a change. Today’s women are getting increasingly savvy and are as tech aware about products as any guy. In fact, we have the pleasure of knowing a few; whose tech knowledge is so beyond our own it’s quite humbling at times. Not only do they covet the same gadgets we do, they want it in colors that make us want to tear our hair in frustration. So in case you are in the same boat we found ourselves in, here is the solution to the problem. We propose you get them a laptop. Now you may want to ask why a laptop?!? The answer is simple. Laptops today are not only just serious business machines, they also serve as status symbols too. They are available as co-branded products which promise exclusivity and instill pride in their owner. In fact quite a few manufacturers have taken it a step forward and have started introducing them in colors and finishes that is designed to appeal to the fairer sex. We present for your viewing pleasure our list of laptops guaranteed to make your lady friend’s valentine, a day to remember

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Asus S6F Prada Pink Edition
Vanity thy name is woman! This adage has a lot of truth behind it. There are a few unfortunate (or fortunate depending on where your viewpoint lies) men who are blessed with significant others who only swear by labels and brands. These women covet the most expensive brands and will eschew functionality over form. It often becomes a struggle to keep up with their demands and desires. If you are in this boat and are despairing, Asus has just the answer to your problems.

Asus sure could teach a lesson or 2 to other manufacturers on how to read the pulse of the consumer market. Not only do they make great products, they make them in style. Asus looking to capitalize on the “Pink Wave” which seems to have overtaken consumer electronics and has recently released a Pink version of their leather equipped ultra-portable the S6F. In an enterprising move, the new pink S6F also carries the Prada branding as its accessories are made from handcrafted leather and are carefully assembled to measure up to the exacting standards that have been set by the famed designer label. Prada (for all of you who are aware of the name only in passing) is a famous manufacturer of women purses and other leather accessories.

The Pink S6F does not deviate too much from its standard platform. Like its other siblings it retains its Intel’s L2400 processor (clocked at 1.66 GHz) and its screen size is the same at 11.1 inches. In terms of space it has been given a minor bump from 100 to 120 GB. The rest of the specifications remain unchanged. For those of you who want to know how this laptop performs please check out our exhaustive review here on the S6F.

The Asus S6F Prada Pink Leather laptop retails at an approximate cost of Rs. 1, 05, 000 and makes for a splendid gift.
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Dell XPS M1210
Most women today take their careers seriously. They work as hard as their male counterparts and expect the same level of respect that you would grant a male co-worker. These are intelligent women who know what they want. In such cases, the best gift for these ladies is an ultra-portable that is not only stylish but powerful enough to keep up with them.

Dell makes some of the best ultra-portables in the market. Their XPS series is quite well known for its speed and performance at prices that have other manufacturers struggling to keep up. The XPS M1210 is their leading ultra-portable offering a range of Core2Duo processors from T5600 all the way to the very powerful T7400. In terms of memory the laptop packs in 1 GB MB of RAM with a 60 GB HDD takes care of storage. The LCD panel on the M1210 is a 12.1 inch screen with a native resolution of 1280x800 and runs on an Nvidia’s GeForce 7400 series chipset. This ultra-portable also packs in a whole range of connectivity options ranging from 4 USB Slots and a 5 in 1 card reader to a 1.3 MP Webcam.

Apart from being an excellent performer the XPS M1210 looks good too.It comes in a muted silver/black combination that quietly proclaims its pedigree. The construction materials used on the laptop are very sturdy and will allow the laptop to age gracefully. Weighing in at just 1.86 Kg and with costs starting at Rs. 60,000 this is one of the most powerful and feature packed ultra-portables that you can get today, making it the perfect gift for a career woman today.
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Apple Macbook

For those of you are wondering why we are choosing the Macbook, when there equally capable laptops and software programs present on Windows, here are our reasons.The Macbook apart from merely just being a powerful laptop runs on OSX. OSX is a creative delight and easily one of the most intuitive OS that exists today. For a designer, it offers functionality that can far exceed what is available on the Windows platform. It’s not only functional, its powerful with full support for virtually every known technology and offers a GUI experience that is arguably second to none. In fact after having reviewed Windows Vista recently we can safely say Microsoft has been very liberal in borrowing elements of OSX for its own creation.

A Mac OS powered laptop can easily fulfill a variety of roles from serving as a creative platform to being a multimedia powerhouse. This fact is even more valid now days as the Mac’s are powered by Intel processors. The Macbook is available in a choice of 2 powerful Core2Duo processors namely the 1.83 GHz and 2.0 GHz varieties. System memory is handled by a pair of 512 Mb sticks for a total of 1 GB of system memory. Storage wise the laptop offers a variety of choices ranging from a spacious 80 GB all the way to an expansive 200 GB. The screen is common across all variants being a 13.3 inch panel with a native resolution of 1200x800. The graphics is taken care of by an Intel GMA 950 chipset which provides 64 Mb of video ram in total. In the connectivity options Apple provides a pair of USB 2.0 slots, a firewire slot a 6x superwrite DVD writer, Airport extreme Wi-Fi chip ( that is 802.11n ready), Bluetooth 2.0 EDR support and a mini DVI out for external video connectivity.

All in all with prices starting at Rs 71,000 the Apple Macbook with its digital suite, excellent OS and powerful specifications is one of the best laptops that can be bought today for your loved one.