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Toshiba Portege A605 Launches

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Earlier this week, Toshiba’s Digital Products Division announced the launch of the 12.1″ Toshiba Portege A605, a budget / consumer-oriented version of the R500 / R600 series and part of the Toshiba Portege A600 line. Among the new features: “USB Sleep and Charge ports” – … Read more

Sony VAIO VGN-TT190 Reviewed (CNET)

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A review of the 11.1-inch Sony VAIO VGN-TT190NIB has been posted over on CNET Reviews. Sony’s TT series is about as ultraportable as you can get without dropping down into the netbook market, but it comes at a price, both literally and figuratively. It’s one … Read more

Fujitsu LifeBook T2020 Introduced

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Fujitsu has quietly released an update to it’s 12.1″ Fujitsu LifeBook T2010 (available during the summer of last year). It’s the Fujitsu LifeBook T2020. It’s a “convertible” laptop – the LED-backlit display can be rotated from a conventional laptop form factor to a Tablet PC … Read more

Samsung Enters US Laptop Market (Q310, X360)

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Samsung NC10 Samsung is making it official – they are entering the US market, and will be selling through mainstream retailers, including Amazon, Buy.com, and others. We already knew quite a bit about the 10.2″ Samsung NC10 netbook and that it would be coming to the US, but it turns out the NC10 was just a small (no pun intended) part of Samsung’s offerings, which should be available soon.

Samsung has supplied American PC makers in the past with rebadged Samsung laptops (including Dell and some of their 12.1″ ultraportables), but they’ve decided the time is right for them to formally enter the market. They will be marketing their laptops (and themselves) as a “premium band”, including the NC10.

In addition to the NC10 netbook, Samsung introduced a couple of 13.3″ laptops. Both feature a 13.3″ 1280×800 Display (the X360 is LED-backlit), Intel X4500 Graphics, and an HDMI port.

Samsung Q310
– Q310-34G – Amazon – $1149
– Q310-34P – Amazon – $1299
– Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs
– 250GB – 320GB HDD
– Weight: 4.4 pounds

Samsung X360

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Apple Notebook Event 2008 – Notes

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Apple Redesigned MacBook 2008 Some notes and thoughts about the notebook event that Apple held today. I like the new MacBook design, and keeping the price low enough was very important (redesigned MacBooks start at $1299, older-style at $999). Steve Jobs also left the door open for netbooks in the future.

The new designs:
– They are moving the MacBooks and MacBook Pros to the same design / construction as the 13.3″ MacBook Air
– MacBook Pros are getting a hybrid graphics system, similar to certain Sony models (although the Sony VAIOs using Intel and NVIDIA side-by-side – Apple’s solution is NVIDIA for both). Uses an NVIDIA 9400M and 9600M GT.
– The new MacBooks are getting an LED-lit display, along with the new NVIDIA graphics, a faster bus speed, and faster memory (DDR3).
– For the time being, you can still buy the older style 13.3″ MacBook
– Firewire was dropped from the redesigned MacBooks

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