The AMILO M3438G is a high performance desktop replacement with only true mobile components. The elegant and slim design with an exceptional large 17″ crystal view widescreen.

It is also one of only a handful of machines to have a GeForce GO 6800 graphics chipset and this one is paired with 256MB of graphics memory. Not a bad start, especially if you’re after a mobile gaming solution. The high-end features don’t stop here though, as our review sample was fitted with 1GB of DDR2 memory and a 2GHz Pentium M 760 processor.

The notebook is based on the i915PM chipset, which is currently the top of the range mobile solution. This, alongside the Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG 802.11b/g WiFi network card means that the AMILO M3438G is Centrino branded. There’s a switch on the front of the laptop to enable/disable the wireless antenna. Gigabit wired Ethernet is also part of the specification along with a dialup 56k V90 modem.

The AMILO M3438G isn’t perfect though as there are a couple of corners that have been cut to keep the price down. First of all the display is limited to 1,440 x 900 which is quite low for a widescreen 17in panel, although a 1,920 x 1,200 model should crop up later this year. Both screens are of the new reflective but high contrast type, which makes the AMILO M3438G great for watching video content and playing games on, but less ideal for working outdoors on

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There are two built in speakers and a ’subwoofer’. Subwoofer? Seriously, this is a marketing term. Sure, it adds some depth and the sound isn’t as bad as one without the ’subwoofer’. This may be meaningful for avid gamers, but it is still pointless for any audiophile. Don’t be lured into thinking a ’subwoofer’ turns your machine into a high fidelity audio enjoyment center, it doesn’t.

The 3438 has one single fan for both the CPU and GPU. The fan sucks it’s air from the bottom and blows it over a copper radiator in the back. The CPU and GPU are coupled to the radiator through heatpipes. The CPU features a full copper block and the heatsink of the GPU is made of aluminium except the part where the GPU core goes.

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The optical drive writes to DVD+/-R media at 8x, DVD+/-RW media at 4x and DVD+R Dual Layer media at 2.4x. It will also write to CD-R media at 24x and CD-RW media at 16x.

There are plenty of features to go yet, so let’s start with the left hand side of the chassis. The first thing here is a volume control wheel – I really like hardware controls like this as it makes it much easier to adjust the volume on the fly. There’s also microphone and headphone sockets – with the headphone socket also doubling up as optical S/PDIF out. The AMILO M3438G features Intel HD audio and although you won’t get more than stereo sound out of it, the quality is far superior to AC97. The built in speakers are helped by a small subwoofer to add that bit of extra bass to the sound, although most gamers would most likely use headphones.

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