Laptop Review: Toshiba Satellite C640 - X4012

As I'm not a gadget freak, that's why after being a IT professional from last 5 years I never owned any Laptop before ( yes I have PC but not using it since last 3 years) so its my first laptop so I'm writing about my decision and choice in next few lines. My preferences are Intel Core i5 processer and 14" screen only, after gone through the list of laptops I narrowed down to MSI, Toshiba and HP brands as they are in budget. About MSI, its known and good brand even though the reviews were not great but superb looks and pricing for MSI CR640 attracted me but failed to secure the deal as it got expired on the ebay.in. After this decided to visit the local market and impressed by HP and Toshiba. HP 430 and Toshiba Satellite C640-X4012 are in same price bracket but from configuration point of view HP 630 is little low.

 
Finally made up my mind and made a purchase with Toshiba.Toshiba Satellite C640-X4012 comes with Inter Corei5 2nd Generation Processor, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD (5400 RPM SATA), LED Backlight CSV display, nice keyboard layout with glossy keys with various option using the function key and comes with 1 year international warranty that can be extended to 3 years (with a price tag). It comes with very plain looks but I prefer performance. After two days of normal usage it impressed me with its looks and performance and  Battery back-up of 3 hours approx. Till now my decision is doing good. For those who is looking for the same I advice them to have a look it once in near by store as looks are plain and depends person to person.

Another Card to Fatten your Wallet: Aadhaar

After much fanfare Govt. Of  India initiated the Aadhaar (UID) card program, and promised to deliver the card after 60-90 days of enrollment. I along with my family enrolled on 17 July 2011 but still waiting for the Aadhaar Card (UID). See the below picture, from last 3 month its showing the same message. I think program facing  in too many hurdles, first it got the  huge cut in its planned budget, then few technicalities and then overshooting the promised time frame. Even Aadhaar toll free 1800-180-1947 works inconsistently, some time its says "number does not exist".

What you will expect where program itself says "It will not replace other ID's."

Sultanpur Lake Bird Sanctuary, Gurgaon: Nice weekend hang out

This weekend I visited the Sultanpur Lake Bird Sanctuary. Its situated right on the State Highway12 KM from Gurgaon and 42 km from Delhi, towards the Patudi (Saif Ali Khan is Nawab of Pataudi). To reach this lonely and lovely retreat you have to drive through the few busy roads of Gurgaon as to reach from NH-8 you have to drive extra 18 KM (to take U-turn from KM-42 Kheri Daula Toll Plaza). So my bet is better drive through the inside Gurgaon. This place is a haven for bird lovers. Best time to visit is from September to December as in winter birds from as far as Siberia wing in this area along with flock of geese from Europe.

New Real Estate Project in Gurgaon

Summarizing the New Real Estate Project Launched in Gurgaon in Last One year.
Here is the list

1.Ramprastha SKYZ - Gurgaon - Sector-37 Gurgaon
Rs.63,82,000 to 74,92,000
3 Bedroom Residential Apartment
Area: 1725 - 2025 sq ft Rs. 3700.00/sq.ft.
Possession: Information Not Available
Builder: Ramprastha Promoters and Developers Pvt Ltd

2.Mapsko Casabella - Gurgaon NH 8 - Sector-82 Gurgaon
Rs. Not Available
3 Bedroom Residential Apartment
Area: 1500 sq ft
Possession: December 2013

Success or Failure - List of Deal Sites in India

With every neew day daily deals websites are burgeoning in India, and now market is flooded with these kind of websites. There are almost 50+ websites offering group-deals and daily-deals in your area. There is a always a new ad for another social “deal of the day” or coupon website asking you to register.Also as soon as you join them they start flooding your mailbox with spam like mails. So question arises, is there any deal aggregator to avoid this?

Civil Hospital Gurgaon: Impressive Outlook

Today I decided to visit Civil Hospital in old Gurgaon after coming to know that it has been modernized (it was renovated 6 month back though). Even though it was holiday for Civil Hospital, Gurgaon today and doors were locked but I didn't find any difficulty in entering the OPD (outpatient department) area using back door. Once entered I was astonished to see the interior infrastructure and you will too once you see the pictures.

Motorola Pro Plus for India

As looking for the Android based cellphone. After a lot of research for android phones under 10k(click here for previous post), raised my price band from 10K to 15K (Indian Rupees). My preferences for this price band will be 1Ghz processes and good memory at least 512MB of RAM to handle good number of application.76FJ5Z8T2WBC These are Google Nexus One, Samsung Galaxy Ace, Samsung Galaxy Fit, Motorola Pro Plus, LG Optimus One P500.

Kingdom of Dreams

Visited KingdomOfDreams today. Occasion was the 10th anniverssary of my wife's employer. It was great experience. Here are few pics.

Hostgator promo

FlipBook from Zoomin

Today received my 20 page Flip-book offered by Zoomin for free. Prints are sharp and clear, I can say overall quality is good, but service could be little faster. For me it took almost 18 days to reach me (16 days for processing and 2 days in shipping as choose the express shipping).

Indian Diwali Night

Google Offers: daily deals from Google

Just like SnapDeal.com which become very famous in short time and leading the Coupon site market with 27% market share. Google launched GoogleOffers in USA for several states.In India Google is in talks with the Groupon which owns SoSasta.com.

Cleaner and Faster, Gmail with new look

Today in morning as I logged in to my Gmail account, its greeted me with option to switch to new look. I did not thought for once and clicked to accept it. My first word was WOW, gmail interface is improved with clean, clear and faster then before.

Trip to Mukteshwar

As recommended by few friends, planned a trip to Mukteshwar. It is situated in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, a nice place to get break from daily routine and june month's scorching  heat of Delhi. As few of us already visited Mukteshwar so we decided to travel by train to KathGodam and then Cab till Mukteshwar. We had already booked Saarthi Hotels & Resorts (Om

Park at Om Mountain Resort

Fed up with ICICI and AXIS Bank

Really frustrated with the ICICI bank dealing. Since I opened my Demant and Saving account 3 years back I'm facing problem with my online PIN and Password generation. As soon as I put my Debit card number ICICI bank IVR says "System is down".I complaints lot of time but they are unable to solve it but my Debit Card say its Privilege Banking customer (funny).

Best Android Phones under 10K INR

Now a days searching for CellPhone. Preference will be the Android 2.3 Gingerbread based phone.
My Shortlisted Phones are:

Can India lead the mobile-Internet revolution?

Almost 1,500 years ago, Indian mathematicians, including Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, and Pingala, transformed mathematics by conceiving the rules of the binary numeral system. Again India has an opportunity to lead the world once again by becoming the first truly mobile digital society. McKinsey suggests that

Amazing Andaman

Visited Andaman in March '11 after marriage, its was fun as well as thrilling. I planned my 5 day trip after too much doubts in my mind. But at last I booked my Air ticket via Chennai and my stay in Hotel Sea Shell at Port Blair and Havelock using makemytrip and cleartrip.

Port Blair Beach

Comparison

I'm comparing here the Local market buying vs Hyper Market (like Big Bazaar, Spencer etc) buying experience. Visited Local Market to buy Steel Glasses, local shop owner was unwilling to sell the Glasses (not so margin I think) after

R.I.P Steve

Wake up in the 6th October's morning and shocked to hear the Death of Steve Jobs. I still cannot believe that he is no more. In my opinion he was the real innovator who changed the way of listening music (iPod)and using the Phones (iPhone), iPad is still in making and changing the way we use computers.

Food @Haldiram Sahara Mall Gurgaon

Yesterday I visited Haldiram situated at Sahara Mall Gurgaon to have food. Surprised to see the India way of self service. First get token from the Cash Counter and then run piller to post to get your items. Above all no counter is mentioned with the tags. My advice

Real Estate Project in Gurgaon

Past few month trying to Book a flat in any one of the Upcoming Project. But I surprise to see first they are not in my budget (any of them) all are more then 50L, second I don't know its real or fake all got booked in first few days of the launch.
Project I look are