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Lenovo ThinkPad X301 – First Look (GBM)

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Warner Crocker over at GottaBeMobile has put together a first-look inkshow covering the new ultraportable 13.3″ Lenovo ThinkPad X301. He’s working with an evaluation uniot that has the Intel Core 2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) U9400 (1.4GHz), with a 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD). … Read more

Sony VAIO Z Review (Engadget)

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Engadget has posted their review of the 13.3-inch Sony VAIO Z-Series. The new VAIO Z series is one of Sony’s high-end laptops, and comes with a brushed aluminum/carbon fiber case, and Blu-Ray optical drive options (complete with HDMI out). It’s based on the Centrino 2 … Read more

Dell Studio XPS 13 Leaked

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Over at the NotebookReview.com forums, somebody has posted some leaked Dell presentations. Among the more interesting slides / pictures, there was one for the 13.3″ Dell Studio XPS 13, which is coming in November. It looks nice, and could be a serious rival to the … Read more

Intel Announces New Mobile CPUs

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Intel Logo At the Intel Developer Forum last week, Intel announced the general availability of the same types of Merom-based CPUs that are currently powering the Ultra-lightweight 13.3″ Apple MacBook Air. This was speculated back in Lenovo ThinkPad X301 and the HP EliteBook 2530p, among others. All are 45nm.

1066MHz Front Side Bus
– Low Voltage (LV)
– SL9300 (1.6GHz, 6MB L2), 17W TDP, $316
– SL9400 (1.8GHz, 6MB L2), 17W TDP, $284

800MHz Front Side Bus
– Ultra Low Voltage (ULV)
– SU9300 (1.2GHz, 3MB L2), 10W TDP, $289
– SU9400 (1.4GHz, 3MB L2), 10W TDP, $262

These were also announced:

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Asus F6 / F6V Announced

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Asustek has announced a rather interesting line of 13.3-inch laptops, the Asus F6 / F6V. We’ve already seen laptops with keyboards designed to fight bacteria. Well Asus is making is “freshening” things up with this new line (sorry, couldn’t resist). The F6 / F6V line … Read more