Month: May 2006

Intel’s Updated Mobile CPU Roadmap for 2006

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Last week Intel updated it’s 2006 roadmap for Intel’s upcoming mobile CPU offerings. This is in reference to the CPU series unofficially called “Merom” and officially called “Core 2 Duo”. According to Daily Tech, no shipping date has set, however pricing for the full lineup is in place. The Core 2 Duo lineup starts at $209 for a 1.66GHz CPU (5500) with 2MB of cache and goes all the way up to a 2.33GHz CPU with 4MB of cache (the 7600 CPU) and a price tag of $637.

Announced: Acer Ferrari 1000 (F1000)

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Continiuing with the AMD Turion 64 X2 (Dual Core) upgrade that many AMD-based notebook lines are now receiving, Acer (UK) has announced the Acer Ferrari 1000 (F1000). It is powered by the aforementioned AMD Turion 64 X2, a CPU that was just announced a few weeks ago, and comes with a 12.1-inch “Acer CrystalBrite” display and utilizes ATI’s RADEON XPRESS 1150 graphics chipset (better than many of the integrated graphics chipsets these days). It weighs just over three and a half pounds (1.7kg), and has an “Acer OrbiCam” webcam mounted in the display.

Review: Acer C200 (lifekludger)

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lifekludger has posted a new review of the
Acer TravelMate C200, a unique “convertible” ultraportable – Tablet PC functionality combined with a physical keyboard. The C200 is unique in the way it converts – it has a “sliding-track mechanism” rather than the typical swivel mechanism where the screen swivels around and lays down against the keyboard. It’s powered by an Intel Pentium M and has a 12.1-inch non-widescreen display.

Dave looks at it differently than most reviewers – namely from the perspective of somebody that has to use it differently than many of us (i.e. without hands)

Announced: MSI S271

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Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced one of the first AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual Core powered ultraportable notebooks, the MSI S271.

It has a Aluminum/Magnesium Alloy case, weighs around 4 pounds, with a 12.1-inch widescreen “Super Glare” display (i.e. it handles glare better than many other displays) as well as an internal dual-layer DVD Writer. It utilizes an ATI chipset, can handle up to 2GB of DDR2 memory, and has an ATI Radeon Xpress200 for the graphics chipset.

Announced: Samsung Q30-SSD (Solid State Disk)

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Samsung has announced their “new” Q30-SSD ultramobile notebook. It’s based on the Q30 with a few major differences, chief among them, the harddrive is no longer mechanical/spindle based – it’s made from 32GB of NAND/flash memory and is referred to as a “Solid State Disk” (SSD). What this means is that it reads 300 percent faster (53MB/s) and writes 150 percent quicker (28MB/s) than normal hard drives.

It’s also better on the battery life, completly quiet (they are using a Celeron M and therefore no fans in the notebook), and is much more shock-proof than traditional harddrives. It has a 12.1-inch display, starts at around $3700 USD, and will be available in Korea, starting in June (no word on availability outside of the US).

This is the first time that a NAND flash-based harddrive has shipped in a computer.