Latest 15.4" entertainment notebook by Asus - M50 with the Intel's "Penryn" 45nm processor and Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS video card is now available in the United States.
The M50 is offered as the Asus M50Sv-B1 model, featuring the Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 CPU at 2.1GHz, a HD DVD optical drive, and the M50Sv-A1 with the T9300 at 2.5GHz and a DVD burner. Both notebooks come with 3GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, GeForce 9500M GS 512MB dedicated video card, 15.4" 1440x900 display, Dolby Home Theatre technology and Altec Lansing stereo speakers.
Offical press release says the M50 notebook will be also available with the ATI Mobility Radeon HD3650 1GB graphics (M50Sa) and HD3470 with 256MB of video memory (M50Sr). According to the earlier report, some models will include up to one terabyte of hard drive space, provided by two Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 500GB HDDs. In addition, the M50 will feature a Blu-ray optical drive and a built-in optional analog/digital TV tuner.
Elitegroup Computer Systems has officially unveiled the ECS G10IL mini-notebook, featuring the Intel Atom "Diamondville" processor, 8.2-inch or 10.2-inch displays, and mobile broadband (HSPA) connectivity.
The "Diamondville" is Intel's upcoming single core Atom CPU, designed for use in UMPCs, MIDs, and small notebooks. In the ECS G10IL, it is accompanied by the Intel 945 GSE chipset, up to 2GB of system memory, and a hard drive or solid state drive, depending on model. ECS G10IL comes with built-in tri-band HSDPA and HSUPA, also called the "Super-3G" technology. The new broadband video technology allows downloads speeds of up to 7.2Mb/s for the HSDPA and 2Mb/s for the HSUPA. The ECS G10IL comes with three USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet networking, a 56 kbps analog modem, WLAN and Bluetooth, 4-in-one card reader and integrated 1.3MP WebCam for video conferencing.
Toshiba has announced the release of its first notebook featuring 128GB SSD drive! The updated Dynabook SS RX1 also sports Wireless WAN connectivity and is scheduled for March 25 release in Japanese retail market.
The 19.5mm thin (25.5mm maximum thickness) Dynabook happens to be world's first 12.1" notebook with transmissive LCD and LED backlighting. It also doesn't compromise on the optical drive and the body of the laptop is made up of magnesium alloy with rib structure.
The RX1/TAE model comes pre-configured with 128GB SSD, 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo U7600, KDDI EV-DO data module, 2GB of DDR2 memory, Intel 945GMS Express graphics and 1280x800 pixels display resolution. Battery life is excellent at 6.2 or 12.5 hours depending on choice of battery pack.
Frontier has unveiled yet another MacBook Air killer. The lightweight FRNL sub-notebook is not just elegant, but it's one of the die-hard notebooks that can resist to water spills and huge pressure. The FRNL weighs just 1.25kg and is slightly larger than Apple's MacBook Air – 296x308x209mm as compared to Air's 227x194x325mm.
Its sleek case can resist up to 120kg of pressure without cracking, bending or deforming the computer's internals. It can stand a 76cm fall without taking any damage.
Intel will release their first ever quad-core CPU for notebooks later this year, the third quarter to be precise.
Dubbed the Core 2 Extreme QX9300, it will surely not come cheap. The launch price is reported to be $1038 in thousand-unit tray quantities. Obviously, the QX9300 will find its way into the high-end and performance notebooks. But, Intel is not very optimistic about quad-core going mainstream for notebooks until late 2009.
It will be manufactured using the company's advanced 45nm process, and have a core frequency of 2.53GHz (1066MHz FSB). Using a socket P package, the chip will include 12MB L2 cache and maximum TDP of 45W.
Latest 15.4" entertainment notebook by Asus - M50 with the Intel's "Penryn" 45nm processor and Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS video card is now available in the United States.
Elitegroup Computer Systems has officially unveiled the ECS G10IL mini-notebook, featuring the Intel Atom "Diamondville" processor, 8.2-inch or 10.2-inch displays, and mobile broadband (HSPA) connectivity.
Toshiba has announced the release of its first notebook featuring 128GB SSD drive! The updated Dynabook SS RX1 also sports Wireless WAN connectivity and is scheduled for March 25 release in Japanese retail market.
Frontier has unveiled yet another MacBook Air killer. The lightweight FRNL sub-notebook is not just elegant, but it's one of the die-hard notebooks that can resist to water spills and huge pressure. The FRNL weighs just 1.25kg and is slightly larger than Apple's MacBook Air – 296x308x209mm as compared to Air's 227x194x325mm.
Intel will release their first ever quad-core CPU for notebooks later this year, the third quarter to be precise.