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Featuring exclusive SonicMaster technology co-developed with audio specialists Bang & Olufsen ICEpower, the new ASUS N series delivers the clearest, richest and deepest sound produced by a laptop.

Powered by an Intel Core i5 processor and Windows 7 Home Premium, it is also equipped with Super Hybrid Engine technology that boosts system performance by 7 percent.

USB 3.0 connectivity delivers 10X faster data transfers as compared to USB 2.0, and Video Magic technology upscales standard definition video to Full HD 1080p.

Eurocom D900F Panther is a quite the machine with a 17.1″ display (1920X1200 resolution).  Powered by an Intel Core i7 980X Extreme and/or Intel Xeon 5600 series processors and NVIDIA GeForce GO GTX 480M, GTX 285M or Quadro FX 3800M and Quadro FX 2800M high performance, fully upgradable MXM 3.0b video card.

Tha laptop holds up to 4 physical Hard Drives (up to 3TB of storage) in RAID 0/1/5/10 and up to 24GB of triple-channel DDR3-1333 memory. All while running Microsoft Hyper-V technology to virtualize any OS.

Eurocom D900F also comes equipped with a Blu-ray combo drive, a full keyboard and numeric keypad, HDMI and DVI outputs, Ethernet, 4X USB ports, eSATA, FireWire, an Express Card slot.

Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T is affordable for an ultraportable. It offers nice performance, has excellent highdef video playback, and runs for over 6 hours on a battery charge. But it also has some ergonomic quirks.

The laptop comes equipped with an Intel Core i5430um CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, and a 500GB 5400rpm HDD. Gaming frame rates from the Intel HD Graphics (measured in frames per second) were unplayable, landing in the teens.
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The 15.6in EE2E1E/WI is one of the few laptops in Sony’s Vaio range with an AMD processor.

The laptop comes equipped with a 2.1CHz dual-core Athlon IIX2 P320, 3GB of RAM, 320GB of HDD and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 graphics.

Tests show that EE2EE/WI failed to impress in Call of Duty 4, producing a frame rate of just 3.5fps. Battery life was also a disappointment at two hours and 44 minutes.

Its resolution of 1,366×768 gives plenty of desktop real estate and you can use the HDMI output if you want to watch 1080p video on an
HD TV. Sound from the built-in speakers is generally clear and loud, although the bass, as with most laptops, is underpowered. Read the rest of this entry »

HP intros a new 18.4-inch (1920 x 1080 Ultra BrightView LCD display) Pavilion dv8t featuring Intel Core i7-720QM Quad Core a 1.6GHz processor.

The laptop is packed with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M 1GB graphics card, a 500GB HDD,  4GB DDR3 RAM, Blu-ray and runs on Windows 7 64-bit OS.

The most amazing thing is that the Pavilion dv8t is available only for $949.99 shipped instead of regular price $1,449.99.

Wortmann AG appears in market with its new AMD-based Terra Mobile 1745 laptop. Tha 17-inch (1440 x 900 display) Terra Mobile 1745 is powered by an  AMD Athlon 64 TF-20 1.6GHz processor, a 2GB of RAM, an integrated ATI Radeon X1200 graphics, a 250GB HDD. The laptops also features a 1.3MP webcam, Bluetooth (optional), WiFi, a 7-in-1 card reader, a DVD writer, an ExpressCard slot, a 6-cell battery pack.

Lenovo released 2 laptop models: IdeaPad Y460 and IdeaPad Y560. The first is the Y460 063347U in black with a Core i3-330M processor, Intel HD graphics, 4GB of RAM, 14-inch HD LED backlit screen, 320GB of storage, Bluetooth, WiFi and more. This version sells for $999.

The Y460 063346U is also available starting at $1,199. It runs a Core i5-520M processor, ATI Radeon HD 5650 graphics with 1GB of VRAM, 4GB of RAM, 14-inch HD LED backlit screen, WiFi, Bluetooth and more. Both machines have DVD burners and run Windows Home 7 Premium 64-bit OS.

Samsung Electronics reveals its first laptop featuring clear active matrix OLED display. Such laptops which  sport Samsung’s clear AMOLED allow the user to work and see objects placed behind the screen at the same time. The laptop’s display has a transparency that can go as high as 40%. Of course, the technology is still in the beginning stages but it is interesting to see if and how the screen will be capable of “switching off” the transparency, as end-users may not always want to see directly through it when playing media, reading documents or even playing games. Read the rest of this entry »

Toshiba introduces us its 16-inch Satellite A500-ST6647 widescreen laptop. The laptop is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Core i7-720QM processor, a NVIDIA GeForce 310M 512MB graphics, up to 4GB DDR3 RAM, 320GB HDD (7200 rpm). Toshiba Satellite A500-ST6647 features a 6-cell battery pack, LED-backlit keyboard, a DVD SuperMulti drive, HDMI port, 802.11n wireless, an integrated webcam and runs on 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium OS.

The Dell Adamo is a beautiful, gorgeous, willowy notebook-cum-sculpture that’s not easy to resist on an impulse buy.  Dell’s decision to break the pivotal four-figure mark makes it even harder.

What does the lowered price of $999 let you embrace?  A 1.4 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, a 128GB solid state SSD drive, all running on Windows 7 Home 64-bit edition.  Not enough vigor?  The Adamo Desire grants you a 2.1 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU, 4GB RAM, and double the storage (256GB SSD) for $1,799, a $500 cut from last year’s price.