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Road Warrior Companion: The HP EliteBook 6930P

Derek — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:28:41 +0000

HP Korea (should be available here soon assuming it does well) today announced the release of the new HP EliteBook 6930p with a battery that can finally deliver enough life to actually get real work done – it claims up to 24 hours of battery runtime, which is pretty neat indeed.

This one will even have Intel SSDs built in to provide greater durability and reliability (as well as faster performance claimed with SSDs). Data rate transfers are claimed to be 6X faster than traditional hard disks.

It’s not heavy either; weight is listed at 4.7 pounds. It features a 14.1-inch screen.

It’s pretty sturdy too; it’s built to be spill and shock-resistant, and is geared towards the “road warrior” type that really takes their machine through the wringer. It looks to be a pretty impressive machine; we can’t wait to see them on these shores.

Little Package, Lotta Game: MSI announces 14″ Gaming Notebook

Derek — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:50:18 +0000

MSI has let the cat out of the bag, and the cat isn’t all that huge at 14.1″ across. In fact, to slap a notebook that small with a “gaming” badge is pretty unusual. But this one may live up to the billing.

The GX403 is a 14.1″ laptop that is designated just such a way. It will come armed with a Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a GeForce GT 130M 256MB dedicated GPU too, so it has plenty of muscle for some demanding time-passers. It’ll have 4GB DDR2 RAM and a pretty huge 500GB HDD. Sounds good so far.

The only caveat: the 1280×800 resolution of the screen, but that should be just great for most games. You can add on a Blu-ray player for watching movies, though with this resolution it may not be Full HD.

Other specs are typical for the breed: an integrated webcam, 802.11b/g/n, HDMI, eSATA/USB plus 2 regular USBs, a card reader, and other goodies. It’s pretty light too: only 4.8lbs with a 6-cell battery

The machine will come with Vista Home Premium, and pricing or availability have not been announced. This one sounds pretty powerful to us, and if you need your gaming PC in a small package, this might be just the ticket.

Gateway T1629R 14.1″ Notebook Computer

Notebook Sleuth — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:40:19 +0000

Gateway T1629R 14.1″ Notebook PC

This notebook computer is all about power and portability at price that’s hard to beat. With a fast 2.0GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and 3GB RAM, this Gateway will power through just about any program or with ease, and thanks to the the 256MB ATI Radeon X1270 this notebook will have no problem even with graphics heavy websites. The T1629R has plenty of storage space with a large 250GB hard drive and has a DVD±R/RW drive with Labelflash for printing photo or text labels on your Discs. Even with all of this computing power the Gateway T1629R won’t slow you down because you’ll be able to get online with the 802.11b/g wireless connection, and it comes with a built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam allowing you to keep in touch visually. This laptop is compact but feels larger with the 14.1″ widescreen monitor, and you can expect high performance at a low price when you buy the Gateway T1629R 14.1″ Notebook Computer that comes with Windows Vista Home Premium.

Fujitsu LifeBook S7211 Notebook

Notebook Sleuth — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:10:12 +0000

If you’re looking for a small and light notebook computer that’s powerful at the same time, then Fujitsu has the perfect piece of mobile computing for you, the LifeBook S7211. This laptop comes with a webcam integrated into it and with its spill resistant keyboard you won’t have to worry about having a drink while taking care business or relaxing with some online entertainment. The Fujitsu LifeBook S7211 Notebook is powerful with a 1.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and comes with your choice of Windows Vista Business or Windows XP Professional. At under $1100 you with either operating system, you can’t afford to pass up this deal.

Fujitsu LifeBook S7211 Features
1.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5250 (2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)
14.1″ Crystal View Wide XGA display
Integrated webcam
1 GB DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM memory
120 GB hard drive
Dual-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer
Atheros Super AG Wireless LAN (802.11a/b/g)
Bluetooth wireless