3K Computers announces the second generation of its top-selling RazorBook 400 mini-notebook computer - the Windows CE powered 3K RazorBook 400 Mini Notebook Ultra Mobile PC – its ultra light-weight just under 2 lbs and includes a 7-inch LCD TFT Display and a full-size keyboard for the same MSRP of $299.
“This is very exciting news for us since we are bringing a mini-notebook to market for the price of $299 that can support Remote Desktop functionality and comes equipped with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player. Microsoft Windows CE also boasts the familiar Windows interface that US based end users have been requesting daily through our support forum,” said Dan Jacobs, CEO, 3K Computers.
The RazorBook 400 is perfect as a low-cost portable internet appliance for mobile professionals, students, internet browsing on the go, playing Flash games, secure online shopping, instant messaging, and playing music and movies while on the road.
With a boot-up time of less than 8 second, the RazorBook 400 was designed to be turned on and off instantly just like any other appliance in your home. The energy-saving RISC architecture processor is fan-less and offers completely quiet computing with very low energy consumption. Without a spinning hard disk drive, the RazorBook 400 is shock-resistant and touts 4GB of solid-state storage for your documents or media files.
Dell introduced “Studio” a new consumer product line designed for self-expression and creative living. Studio products are highly expressive and personalized - inside and out – combining aesthetics and technology into a fresh approach to hi-def mobile lifestyles.
“People seeking stunning design, brilliant colors, and innovative new technology find inspiration in Dell’s new Studio brand” said Michael Tatelman, vice president of Dell consumer sales and marketing worldwide. “These products are built for today’s digital nomad based on the millions of conversations we have every year on dell.com, Ideastorm and community forums. With Dell Studio we’re answering the call for personalization, connectivity and simplicity.”
The first Dell Studio products are two distinctively styled laptops, the Dell Studio 15 and Dell Studio 17. These laptops combine sleek designs, striking visual color elements and personalization options with features such as standard built-in webcam, capacitive touch media control buttons, slot load drives, and optional mercury-free LED displays and built-in mobile broadband. They are available today on www.dell.com/studio starting at $799 (Studio 15) and $999 (Studio 17) and will be available at Best Buy and Staples stores in the next few days.
Dell is offering the Dual Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX upgrade kit for existing XPS M1730 customers who have configured their notebooks with lower-performance GPUs, such as the 8700M GT.
The card can be purchased from Dell.com, either as a stand-alone part for the slightly more adventurous, or with an installation service. The service manual for the XPS M1730 can be found here and video for customers who will install the 8800M GTX card themselves can be found here.
The stand-alone 8800M GTX SLI kit, with 1GB of GDDR3 memory, is priced at $1,099.99. The same product with the installation service costs $1,218.99.
Despite the complications in bringing this to you, this beast of a video card boosts performance over the older Dual 8700M GT cards by up to an astonishing 49%, and is capable of up to a 13,496 3DMark ‘06 score.
HP has updated the Pavilion tx-series of Tablet PCs with their latest tx2500z model with a 12.1" display that can twist for 180 degrees and supports digital pen input.
The 4.59-pound HP Pavilion tx2500z is based on the latest AMD "Puma" mobile platform with the AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core mobile processor (2.1GHz ZM-80, 2.2GHz ZM82 or 2.4GHz ZM-86) and the ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics. The tx2500z supports up to 4GB of DDR2 memory. It comes with up to 320GB hard drive and a built-in SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW or a LightScribe variant of the same. The display in this Tablet PC has a resolution of 1280x800 pixels. It is also optimized for hardwriting capture - you can simply write on it with a dockable /rechargeable eraser pen. In addition, the screen twists for easy viewing of documents and movies in cramped spaces.
MSI has announced its new notebook lineup equipped with the advanced AMD Puma Mobility Platform newly introduced on June 4th. These models include the MSI GX630, GT735 gaming notebooks, PX211, PX210, PR311 business notebooks and EX300, EX630 entertainment notebooks.
Puma is the very first platform designed by AMD especially for notebook computers. Puma Mobility Platform is equipped with latest AMD Turion X2 Ultra processor and the RX780 mobile chip.
The Puma Mobility Platform with Turion X2 Ultra Processor adapted by the RX780 mobile chip can improve the overall visual experience and operating functions, also supports HDMI digital interface for a 5Gb/s performance and other interfaces for multiple screen features.
Detailed specifications and release dates of the new notebooks are currently unavailable.
Dell introduced “Studio” a new consumer product line designed for self-expression and creative living. Studio products are highly expressive and personalized - inside and out – combining aesthetics and technology into a fresh approach to hi-def mobile lifestyles.
Dell is offering the Dual Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX upgrade kit for existing XPS M1730 customers who have configured their notebooks with lower-performance GPUs, such as the 8700M GT.
HP has updated the Pavilion tx-series of Tablet PCs with their latest tx2500z model with a 12.1" display that can twist for 180 degrees and supports digital pen input.
MSI has announced its new notebook lineup equipped with the advanced AMD Puma Mobility Platform newly introduced on June 4th. These models include the MSI GX630, GT735 gaming notebooks, PX211, PX210, PR311 business notebooks and EX300, EX630 entertainment notebooks.