LAPTOPS

Sonly brings colorful VAIO C and FE 'Graphic Splash Editions'

Sony has just let loose its chic colorful ‘Graphic Splash Edition‘ VAIO notebooks. The new limited edition models will be 1350 in number and will be available in both the VAIO C and FE Series laptop series. We have earlier seen Sony rolling out the ‘Graphic Splash Edition‘ for the Vaio C and the AR notebooks.
Well, the new Graphic Splash Edition laptops are the Pink Blossom and Weathered Red C series notebooks, Charcoal Blossom and Weathered Blue FE series, and laptops with Dots Black / White and Dots Brown / Turquoise patterns.
The specs are inspiring with the inclusion of the Core 2 Duo processors, integrated DVD burners, and 802.11 a/b/g wireless connectivity sport. The pricing for the Graphic Splash Edition Vaio C notebooks start at roughly $1,250 while the FE models will start at $1,000.
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Toshiba A105-S4014
Toshiba A105-S4014 It is a black and silver 15.4 inch laptop with fast dual-core performance, quick-launch multimedia buttons, and a fingerprint reader.
The A105-S4014 black-and-silver color scheme isn’t particularly eye-catching, but the contoured edges give the notebook a streamlined look despite weighing six pounds and measuring 14.2 x 10.5 x 1.1 inches. The 15.4-inch TruBrite screen staves off harsh reflections and looks great from multiple angles–perfect for watching DVDs.
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Lenovo 3000 C100
The Lenovo 3000 C100 is the first notebook series to use the Lenovo name since taking over IBM’s ThinkPad business, and while they learned a thing or two from the ThinkPad, the 3000 is not a ThinkPad.

Fans of ThinkPad notebooks will be happy with Lenovo’s decision to carry over the legendary ThinkPad keyboard but may be disappointed by the lack of a trackpoint mouse pointer. Instead, the system utilizes a responsive two-button touchpad controller with four-way scrolling.
The C100 is more than capable of handling everyday office and multimedia applications and notched a MobileMark 2005 score of 203, which is about average for this class of processor. More impressive is the C100’s battery life; it lasted 5 hours and 2 minutes with the Wi-Fi turned on.

In the end the C100 only managed a three out of five, the weak integrated graphics, lack of configuration options, and boring design lets down what could have been a great machine.
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Joybook R56 notebook by BenQ

BenQ has just expanded its family by dropping the new Joybook R56, but how much juice this cool Joybook encompass in it, let’s check it out.

This 15.4 inch laptop features WXGA widescreen display with an eight-millisecond response time, HDMI output, NVIDIA’s GeForce 8400M G. In addition, the JoybookR56 runs on Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 processor with 512MB to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, up to 160GB of SATA hard drive space, an optional dual-layer DVD writer, six-cell Li-ion battery, 802.11a/g/n, built-in stereo speakers/subwoofer with noise and echo cancellation software and a slide of ports that comprises FireFire, Ethernet, VGA, audio in / out, eSATA, ExpressCard, and four USB 2.0 connectors.

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Panasonic R6 Jet Black

Festooned in an all matte black finish and featuring a 10.4-inch screen, the R6 Jet Black is the latest ultraportable from the house of Panasonic. The innards of the R6 Jet black touts a 1.06GHZ ultra-low voltage Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB RAM, 160 GB hard disk drive, and a 1,024 x 768 XGA screen. At a weight of 940 grams, the ultraportable also has the 802.11 a/b/g WiFi, Ethernet, and two USB 2.0 ports. And yes, its keyboard is waterproof. Beginning July 13, the Jet Black ultraportable can be seen on the Japanese shelves with a price tag of 239,450 Yen.

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Haier intros T31G Laptop
T31G is a new notebook from Haier that was recently launched in Korean market. The latest notebook is claimed to be consisted with enhanced performance, power-driven with Intel Core Duo processor T2250 (1.73GHz/2MB L2 Cache/ 533 FSB) and 512MB DDR2 533.
The other features of this new notebook are: 1.3MP webcam and NVIDIA Geforce Go 7400 graphic chipset, S-ATA 80G HDD, 13.3-inch widescreen with WXGA (1280׸00) resolution, plus aluminum hairline design. The latest model is likely to be available for between 900,000(KRW) and 1,000,000(KRW).
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Samsung Aura Q45
The ever-prying eyes of the gizmo freaks have definitely done a good job by leaking out some valuable details about Samsung’s Aura Q45 notebook.
Ever since the ultra-portable notebook was previewed at CeBit this March, the glossy black notebook is surrounded by speculations.

As per reports, the 12.1″ notebook is based on Intel’s Santa Rosa and features a 1.8GHz Intel T7100 Core 2 Duo with an 800MHz bus. It incorporates a 128MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8400M for flawless graphics.
The Q45 is believed to come with a minimum 1GB of RAM and 160GB hard disk. It also has a 1.3 megapixel webcam.
The Samsung Aura Q45 notebook is expected to hit the European markets very soon with a price tag of €1,159 ($1,578).
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Toshiba's Qosmio G40 and F40

Seriously telling you a fact, the Santa Rosa popularity wave is not over yet, rather it is getting hotter day by day. These are Toshiba’s new entrants, the Qosmio G40 and F40. They have enough mettle to take over their rivals in a jiffy.
Keeping in mind the competition patterns in the laptop market Toshiba has fully furnished these laptops to uphold their good old reputation and thus once again emerge as a clear winner.
Both of the variants look stunningly beautiful and boast of a substantial amount of good features.
The G40 features a 17 inches monitor with WUXGA, 1900×1200 resolution, Core 2 Duo T7300 or T7100 with 160 or 320GB HDD, has a analog/digital TV Tuner card, Nvidia GeForce 8600GT video card (256MB of DDR3 VRAM) and 1GB of RAM.With that weight of 5 kg it is a bit heavier as in comparison to the other notebooks available in the market, it measures - 440×303x38mm.
The Toshiba F40 features a 15.4 inches screen (WXGA), analog/digital TV tuner card, Core 2 Duo T7100 processor, 1GB of RAM and 120GB of HDD. At 4kg, this one is considerably lighter; it measures - 379×279x38mm.
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DELL
Dell Inc. has confirmed that the company will soon offer notebooks with preinstalled Linux operating system.
Thousand of blog visitors voted that Dell should release computers that come equipped with Linux. The company has heard all the customers and will soon offer Linux powered Laptops.
Currently there is no news on the price of these machines, but many expect that they should be somewhat cheaper than Windows powered machines as Linux is a free OS and most of its applications also come free of charge.

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Clevo 12.1-inches M721S

A few days back, we were talking of the Clevo D900C notebook that claimed to be the world’s fastest. Now, at the CeBIT 2007, Clevo showcased its 12.1-inches M721S notebook.The machine comes featuring Intel Core 2 Duo pro, up to 4GB DDR2 RAM, HSDPA 3.5G connectivity, built-in video camera, and Windows Vista sport. The Clevo M721S ia expected to hit the shelves in the month of April this year.