This version of the Probook range was announced sometime ago, but we have had to wait until now for the launch of this machine that is suitable for both educational and business users as it is quite capable of handling a heavy workload with ease.
Features:
Choice of Core 2 Duo processor
Up to 8GB of DDR3 memory
A 160/250/320/500GB SATA II hard drive
Optional Blu-ray drive
13.3 inch LED-backlit HD display (matte or glossy)
Optional ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 GPU
Three USB 2.0 sockets
HDMI / VGA
Business users are being targeted by HP as potential buyers for the interesting Mini 5101 mini laptop and at $399; there are so features that are attractive not just to business users but any computer user, such as the magnesium alloy chassis, Wi-Fi and the 7200 rpm hard drive.
Features:
Intel Atom N280 processor, clocked at 1.66GHz and coupled with 1GB of DDR2 800Mhz memory
Offers 4 hours and 30 minutes of battery life
The 10.1-inch LED-backlit WSVGA display with resolution of 1024 by 600 pixels
160 GB SATA 7200 RPM hard
Point of View are launching its own version of a mini laptop, the Mobii ION, initially it looks like an interesting machine using the Intel Atom N230 processor, along with a HDMI port essential for HD video playback etc. It will be available in various colours, with more variations coming out over the next few months.
Features:
10.2-inch LCD screen with a maximum resolution of 1024 x 600
Atom 230 processor with 1 GB of DDR2 memory
The ION GPU is Shader Model 4.0 enabled, as well as being DirectX 10 ready
CUDA and Purevide
There cannot be many people around who have not heard of the problems that Dell customers are having with the Dell TV Tuner. This would have been ordered when they purchased a Dell Mini 10. However, when they arrived with the antennas missing. Well finally, one of the first complainers has finally received their TV Tuner from Dell.
That must be a great thing to experience, watching digital TV on you Dell Mini 10, in the car, at work and even in the garden. Unfortunately, for this Dell customer there will be no TV as he must have failed to check the
Finding a flash drive that offers a massive 256 Gb worth of memory is something that needs to be written about, imagine the amount the data that could be stored on it. However, as with many of these new releases, prices tend to be an issue and at $900, you do not get a bigger issue than that.
Features/Specifications:
Capacity1 – 256 GB
Speed 2 – Data transfer rates of up to 20MB/sec. read and 10MB/sec. write
Safeguarded – includes Password Traveler security software for Windows
Convenient – does no
The computer maker Alienware have released and additional model to the M17x range of computer; well it is a new version rather than a new model. Although there a couple of features that are different such as, the red anodized aluminium body and a spectacular red coloured backlit keyboard.
The market in touch screen laptops is about to get a little hotter with the introduction of the Gigabyte Touchnote T1028 this goes into the marketplaces against not much competition as of yet, but these Gigabyte machines look so cool and come with a vertical docking port too, that they will take some beating.
Features:
10.1″ LED backlit LCD display with 1024 x 600 pixel resolution
Intel Atom N270 and N280 processors
Intel 945GSE chipset
1 GB DDR2
160 GB HDD
4 in 1 memory card reader
Express Card
In order to show their latest wares, chip maker Intel will be holding an event at the IDF in San Francisco, to be held on the 22nd to the 24th September. On the list of the technologies, that we can expect to see is the Atom N450 installed into net books.
The thing about this chip is that the user will not be noticing any improvement in power but when it comes to power consumption this is where the it really shows; along with size too this chip will take up less room inside the casing being thinner and quieter too.
It seems that you can buy a net book just about anywhere these days and that choice has just even bigger with entertainment retailer Blockbuster selling the Archos 10 mini laptop. This machine is not normally at the top of a net book buyers shopping list, but at just under $300, it just got a little bit more interesting.
Product Features
Slim stylish design and light weight
160GB hard drive
Watch movies listen to music surf the internet anywhere
Includes £40 voucher for downloading movies through the Archos Media Club (until
The computer maker Gateway will be including the Intel 1.6 GHz Atom N270 in the LT2000 and yes there will be an “Intel Inside” sticker on the casing just so that there is no misunderstandings as to what is going on inside. This news follows the LT2000 use of the AMD processor in the first batch.
Gateway LT2001u
Intel® Atom(TM) Processor N270 (1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)
Genuine Microsoft Windows XP® Home (Service Pack 3)
10.1-inch WSVGA 16:9 ratio TFT LCD (1024 x 600 resolutions)
Mobile Intel® 945G
