The Margin looks at the Inspiron 15 7559, an affordable gaming laptop.
Inspiron 15 7559
Category: Notebooks
Brand: Dell
RRP: R19 999
Distributor: Drive Control Corporation (011 201 8927)
Date of availability: Available now
Specifications
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB graphics card
- Two cooling fans, three exhausts and large vents with 240 thermal fins
- 1TB HDD dual drive – available option
- 128GB solid-state drive – available option.
USPs
- Affordable gaming laptop
- Graphics that deliver high frame-per-second rates in games and accelerates the tasks of video editing and transcoding
- Inexpensive to add RAM or SSD card
- Back panel comes off with a single screw
- FHD anti-glare IPS wide-angle display (1 920x1 080) for an immersive gaming experience.
Drive Series (40/50/60)
Category: GPS
Brand: Garmin
RRP: R1 999 – R2 899
Distributor: Garmin (011 258 9999)
Date of availability: Available now
Specifications
- Display sizes: Drive 40 10.9cm; Drive 50 12.7cm; Drive 60 15.4cm
- Free lifetime map updates for Southern Africa Driver alerts
- Sounds-like search
- Garmin RealDirections
- LaneAssist with Junction View Safety camera alerts
- Foursquare points of interest.
USPs
- Receive alerts for upcoming sharp bends, speed zone changes, school zones, fatigue warning, nearby red light and safety cameras, driving in the wrong direction, railway and animal crossings
- Find new and popular restaurants, shops and more with integrated Foursquare POIs
- Navigate complex interchanges with ease: brightly coloured arrows indicate the proper lane position for your next turn or exit
- Hear spoken turn-by-turn directions from speech technology that sounds more like a natural, friendly human voice Easily find places up ahead, like food and fuel stations, without leaving the map.
FortiGate 6040E
Category: Security – firewalls
Brand: Fortinet
RRP:Available on request
Distributor: Maxtec, Praven Pillay (011 803 6635) Networks Unlimited, Wayne Bird 9011 202 8400)
Date of availability: Q2 2016
Specifications
- 320Gbps enterprise firewall throughput
- 80Gbps throughput with all next-generation firewall features enabled
- FortiASIC CP9 brings enhanced SSL decryption performance to close gaps in the attack surface
- Intelligent networking, security, processing, and management capabilities are all efficiently integrated within a small form-factor chassis.
USPs
- FortiGate 6040E is designed to secure vast amounts of mobile and cloud traffic for the largest of enterprises
- With the FortiGate 6040E, enterprises don’t have to choose between security features and network speed disruption. Businesses can deploy security wherever it’s needed, without impacting network functionality
- The FortiGate 6040E can offload and accelerate the security performance of its dual CPUs
- Integrating advanced security processing, intelligent controls and high-speed networking enable the FortiGate 6040E to deliver unprecedented security and network performance in a deceptively compact form-factor.
Index Smart Scale
Category: Health and wellness
Brand: Garmin
RRP: R2 899
Distributors: Garmin (011 251 9999)
Date of availability: Available now
Specifications
- Weight: 2.8kg
- Dimensions: 35 x 31 x 3cm
- Weight limit: 181.4kg
- Battery life: up to nine months. Uses 4 AA batteries (included)
- BLE-capable
- ANT+ compatible
- WiFi2: 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n.
USPs
- Multiple users: Wireless synchronisation with up to 16 different Garmin Connect accounts
- Smartly Connected: Step on and the Index smart scale is able to recognise the specific user and automatically upload data to that user’s Garmin connect account
- Extra-large, night-readable display: The LCD displays bright extralarge numbers on a black background, allowing easy visibility
- User-friendly set-up: Index smart scale will immediately go into a WiFi, ANT+ and BLE beaconing mode as soon as the user inserts batteries
- In-depth metrics: Index smart scale measures metrics that matter, such as weight, BMI, body fat and water percentage, bone and muscle mass
- All the data in one place: A smart solution for athletes to track body composition data along with the rest of their data in Garmin Connect.
B-web 9300
Category: Time and attendance terminal
Brand: KABA
RRP: Available on request
Distributor: AWM360 Data Systems (087 321 0102)
Date of availability: Available now
Specifications
- Resolution: 320 x 240
- Five programmable function keys for time and attendance
- 24V power supply/PoE
- Protection class according to IEC 60529: IP54.
USPs
- Display gives information of employees such as leave balances
- Simple, robust and easy to use
- Support for biometrics
- Support for Legic, Mifare and HID RFID reading technologies.