Asustec Computer Inc has been showing its latest low-cost high definition disc drive solutions at Computex in Taiwan.
The BC-1205PT is a Blu-ray drive, while the HR-0205T is an HD DVD drive, both of which can write a variety of standard DVD and CD formats, but only reads high definition discs.
The Blu-ray drive can read data [...]
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Intel ’s Turbo Memory will not appear in notebooks from leading brands HP and Sony . Both companies have rejected the flash memory technology thanks to concerns over compatibility with Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system.
Introduced with the latest Santa Rosa revision of the Centrino mobile platform, Turbo Memory is an embedded flash memory module designed [...]
Apple has upgraded its MacBook Pro product line with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors and an LED-backlit display on the smaller model.
The 15- and 17-inch notebooks are powered by Intel’s latest Core 2 mobile processors, code-named Santa Rosa, which started shipping last month. With speeds up to 2.4 GHz, the new processor has a [...]
SAN FRANCISCO/ TAIPEI (Reuters) - Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research has detailed plans to team up with Asustek Computer Inc. (2357.TW: Quote, Profile, Research, the world’s largest maker of computer motherboards, to make a notebook PC that would cost as little as $200 and be aimed at mass markets in developing countries.
Intel, the world’s [...]
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Apparently hoping to counter the “PS3-effect” on Blu-ray sales, HD DVD backer Toshiba says it plans to put HD DVD drives in all of its laptops in 2008.
While the manufacturer currently provides optional HD DVD drives for its laptops, Toshiba Senior Vice President Hisatsugu Nonaka said today at a news conference that all Toshiba laptops [...]
The new quad core laptops from Intel have a lot to offer by way of speed. Delivering far more performance than needed for surfing the Web, typing term papers or playing simple games, graphics designers and multimedia professionals will be more than willing to adapt the utility of additional performance from Intel’s quad-core chips.
Formerly code-named [...]
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Dell is planning a major reworking of its smallest XPS gaming notebook, according to freshly leaked press material. The 13.3-inch M1330 will phase out the smaller but thicker M1210 while also bringing several of the latest notebook technologies that have been absent even in the company’s flagship M1710 and M1210 systems. The design represents a [...]
The second Intel Santa Rosa notebook we’ve seen, the Hi-Grade D7000SR demonstrates some of the benefits of Intel’s latest processor platform. The Hi-Grade D7000SR is not cheap, but this high asking price is partly justified by the excellent Windows performance - the WorldBench 6 real-world speed score of 90 makes the Hi-Grade D7000SR the fastest [...]
Asustek designed the C90 laptop PC for overclocking by adding extra heat sinks and other cooling systems to ward off overheating, the company said at a news conference ahead of the Computex trade show, which opens Tuesday. It plans to sell a barebones version of the device worldwide so users and companies can add whatever [...]
SONY has once again come up with a more innovative series of laptop, which is bound to attract more users to it with its high-defined technology, which makes it even more comfortable for the users to work with it. It is also the perfect blend and combination of elegance, mobility and also style which becomes [...]
