Bitmicro’s E-Disk Altima 461GB 2.5-inch SSD
September 14, 2007
Bitmicro has created a 461GB Solid State Disk Drive. The E-Disk Altima flash drives are standard 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA), and are engineered to be very reliable. They can operate in temperatures of -40 to +85 degrees Celsius, and withstand substantial shock. Based on current flash memory prices, these things are going to be pretty pricey and will be built specifically for industrial and military applications. The 461GB Bitmicro E-Disk Altima is said to be available March of 2008. [via] Read more specs.
Dell M1330
September 8, 2007
This post is coming to you from my new Dell M1330 notebook. This thing is sweet–the thinnest 13-inch laptop on the market! It is incredibly light (4-lbs), has a 7-hour battery, and packs some major power. M1330 systems can be configured to have: Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2-GHz, 4-GB RAM @ 667-MHz, NVIDIA GeForceTM Go 8400M GS, 32-GB Solid State Drive or 200-GB Hard Disk Drive, LED back lit display, integrated webcam, fingerprint reader, and it also features a Slot-Load DVD+/-RW. It comes in 3 colors and starts at $1,499. Look at more pictures.
If you are into power-hungry, top-of-the-line, gaming, notebooks, then XtremeNotebooks has a solution for you. They just announced the first US distributed laptop to feature a quad core processor. Sure the processor inside was made to be in a desktop, but how else are you going to get that unmatched performance in a notebook. The 17-in rig features:
Intel Core 2 Quad (or Duo Extreme) X6800 running on a 1066 MHz FSB – Triple 250GB SATA 300 Hard Drives with RAID 0,1 or 5 – Up to 4 Gigs of 667MHz DDR2 RAM, Dual SLI NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GPUs each with 512MB DDR3 VideoRAM.
The price of this beast starts at $2,400 and can be configured to well over $10,000.
World’s Lightest Laptop
June 21, 2007
Toshiba has recently upgraded their Portégé notebook line and in addition they have also introduced the new R500. The R500 weighs only 779g and claims to be the world’s lightest laptop. While the new R500 may be incredibly light it will certainly has enough power for everyday computing. The entire package measures 28.3 x 21.5 x 2-2.6cm and packs a Intel Core 2 Duo 1.30GHz processor, 1GB of DDR2 memory, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, fingerprint reader and a spill-proof keyboard. The R500 will also make use of a 12.1in 1280 x 800 display with a integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics engine. However most importantly are the introduction of a switchable trans-reflective LED backlight LCD and use of a 64GB SSD. The R500 claims to run for up to seven hours on the standard battery but rises to 12.5 hours if you plug in the optional extended-run power pack. Currently the laptop is available if configured with a regular HDD but the 64GB SSD version won’t be available till August and will retail for $2189Photos – Read the rest of this entry »
New Asus C90 Notebook
June 11, 2007
Asus recently introduced the C90, a new breed of laptops that allow the customer to upgrade nearly the entire laptop’s components in a matter of minutes. The C90 allows everything form the optical drive to the GPU and processor to be changed out easily by the customer. The C90 will start at a reasonable price of $1,500 and will include some useful ports such as eSATA and HDMI and allows the choice for a high-def optical drive for additional costs. According to ASUS the system’s CPU will be as easy as upgrading your desktops processor and the GPU will be just as easy and will consist of Nvidia 8600 and 8500 options. The new user-upgradeable components now allows laptops users to increase the performance of their machines without having to buy a complete replacement.
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Intel Metro Notebook
June 7, 2007
This beautiful laptop is a prototype developed by Intel dubbed the Metro. It is the worlds thinnest laptop 0.7 inches thick and weighing 2.2lbs, however is not for sale. It travels with Intel to various trade shows to show developers what can be done with todays technology. This laptop has two displays; the main one is a LED-backlit LCD, and the outer display is made from e-ink and can be used to view your email, calendar, and other information even when the laptop’s off. Hopefully more laptops like this actually come to production. Read the rest of this entry »
Well just the other day Palm announced the interesting Foleo ultra-portable laptop and now it seems that other company’s are starting to unveil more laptops based on this new style of computing. Today VIA introduced the NanoBook Ultra Mobile Device and to be honest this editor was excited to use Palm’s new Foleo but now i cant wait to get my hands on one of VIA’s new Ultra Mobile Device. The NanoBook simply adds a significant amount of hardware to the device and allows for a much broader range of uses as opposed to the Foleo’s strictly business approach. The NanoBook runs on either Windows XP or Vista (I’ll believe it runs Vista when i see it), weighing in at just under two pounds it features a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M processor with up to 1GB of RAM Also included is a 30GB hard drive, 7-inch WVGA display, 802.11g WiFi , Bluetooth, and a DVI-out port and even comes in at a price of $600. Along side the 7-inch screen is a secondary slot to add the function of GPS, VoIP, or even WWAN which grealy increases the capabilities of this tiny laptop as opposed to the non-upgradeable Palm Foleo. Currently this is only a reference design but with Packard Bell and another unknown company already signed on, the prospects of bringing his incredibly versatile laptop to the US market seems to be fairly good.
External Graphics for Notebooks by ASUS
June 2, 2007
So you want a lightweight laptop but dont want to sacrifice playing computer games (or any other 3D rendering you may do). ASUS has a solution for you! They are about to release an external graphics processor for laptops that connects via Express Card slot. It includes a Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS which is upgradeable to any PCIe graphics card. The device displays the current GPU temperature, current frames per second and GPU fan speed. Not only does this guy accelerate video, it also has a sound card to deliver Dolby® 5.1 channel surround sound. There is price yet but we should know soon. Expect to see these things in stores soon ASUS reports that they will be releasing it in the beginning of Q2 2007.
[Source: ASUS News]
New Palm Foleo
May 31, 2007
Today Palm introduced the Foleo ($499 after $100 rebate) new calling style of computing called a “Smartphone companion product,” It has a 10-inch screen, full-size keyboard and built-in wi-fi, and bluetooh connectivity, however it does lack any sort or cellular antenna such as EVDO. This puts the Foleo into a very interesting position between the UMPC and compact laptop markets. Foleo runs on an open Linux-based platform and is has a business style platform of software such as editors for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus a PDF viewer but also includes a Opera browser and an email app. However the real surprise is the lack support for the new device, a great deal of people can’t identify what the target is for this product. The Foleo is clearly a laptop designed to take form meeting to meeting to take notes and connect to the office’s wireless network. In addition to the office this type of product would be ideal for students everywhere. This light weight laptop can easily be moved from class to class with ease due to its light weight and its five hour battery life ensures that it will last for a long time. This is an interesting new product form Palm and i hope to see more styles of the Foleo in the future. Read the rest of this entry »
LG Z1Pro Laptop
May 24, 2007
This is LG’s Z1Pro ($1,970). It is the latest laptop which features Slideshow. For those of you that do not know about Slideshow, it allows you to access certain things on your computer (email, pictures, contacts, stock quotes, RSS, and music) with out actually having to turn it on. Slideshow is accessed via 2.5in LCD on the top cover of this shiny laptop.
The guts include:
- Processor Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T5600 (1.83GHz, 2MB L2 Cache)
- Display 12.1″ WXGA(1280×800),Fine Bright Technology
- Graphics ATI® Mobility TM Radeon® X1350 (up to 512MB)
- HDD 120GB
- Wireless Intel® Pro/Wireless 3945ABG(802.11a/b/g)
- Bluetooth Yes (BlueCore™4)
- Multimedia Card Slot 5-in-1 (XD/SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro)
- Audio SRS WOW HD, SRS TruSurround XT, 5.1CH Dolby Digital, 24bit High Definition
[Source: Gizmodo]
