HP Pavilion dv5z
Meet the HP Pavilion dv5z. It’a a new HP’s entertainment laptop, featuring AMD’s Puma mobile processor, a 15.4-inch display, and a new fresh design.
The Pavilion dv5z is configurable with the AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core, Turion X2 Dual-Core Ultra, and Athlon mobile CPUs. The laptop comes with up to 4GB of RAM, the ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated or ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB dedicated graphics, up to 320GB of hard drive space, and a DVD burner with ugprade option to Blu-Ray ROM.
HP Pavilion dv5z has 802.11b/g and 802.11a/b/g/n wireless options, and a Bluetooth as option. There are also a 56K modem, Eternet LAN, HDMI and VGA outputs, four USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, and integrated Altec Lansing stereo speakers. As options, you can include built-in web camera and fingerprint reader.
The HP Pavilion dv5z weighs around 5.84 pounds with a 6-cell battery and runs Windows Vista.
The HP Pavilion dv5z is available today for starting price at $699.99.
Dell Dual 8800M GTX Upgrade Kit for XPS M1730
Dell has unveiled the Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX upgrade kit for existing XPS M1730 laptop buyers who have configured their notebooks with cheap GPUs, such as the 8700M GT.
The video card can be purchased from official Dell site, as a stand-alone part, or with an installation service for users that don’t want to install the GPU themselves. Dell has provided a service manual for advanced users.
The stand-alone 8800M GTX SLI (dual) kit, configured with 1GB of DDR3 memory and priced at $1,099.99. The stand-alone part with the installation service costs $1,218.99.
The Dell promise that Dual GeForce 8800M GTX boosts performance over the older Dual 8700M GT cards by up to 49%.
Howto video below: Install an 8800M GTX in Dell XPS M1730 Laptop
Kohjinsha SX Series
Meet the new Kohjinsha SX series. The Kohjinsha SX Series is a 2.8lb laptop which powered by an Atom processor, the 8.9-inch Vista system can convert to tablet with the rotation of the convertible touchscreen. Also available teleconference in either mode, the system features two cameras to capture those dazzling whites. The 1GB of RAM will need a boost, but the 60GB hard drive, internal DVD writer and expandable multicard reader do a lot to make up for it.
Technical specification :
CPU: Intel Atom processor Z520 ( 1.33GHz )
Memory: 1GB
Hard disk: 60GB
Screen size: 8.9 Inchs LED Type . 1280×768. Touschsreen
Battery life: 4.5 hours.
Wireless: LAN IEEE802.11 b/g (Switch ON/OFF avaible). + Bluetooth 2.0
Webcam: CAMERA 1.3 million pixels + 850.000 Pixels
Interface: Multicard reader. ExpressCard/34. Lan. VGA RGB. USB 2.0 x 2. 2
Optical unit: DVDRW internal.
Size: 225mm (W) x 185mm (D) x 22-33mm (H)
Weight: 1250g
Operating system (OS): Windows Vista Ultimate Multi-language.
Price - $1,199.00 with worldwide free shipping.
Toshiba Qosmio G55, X305, F55
Toshiba unveiled its addition to Qosmio lineup with the Qosmio G55, Qosmio X305 and Qosmio F55.
The laptop features an 18.4-inch widescreen display with 16:9 aspect ratio, and up to 500GB of hard drive storage.
The Toshiba Qosmio X305, a 17-inch gaming laptop, sports the new NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX GPU with up to 1GB of video memory, dual hard drives with a total of up to 400GB of storage space, as well as DDR3 RAM.
The Qosmio F55 is also designed for gamers and features a 15.4-inch display and the NVIDIA GeForce 9700 GTS graphics card. It’s Toshiba’s first laptop with a built-in GPS receiver.
The new Qosmio laptops include Harman Kardon bass reflex speakers with a built-in sub-woofer, and an eSATA port.
These Qosmio models will be available later this summer. No word on pricing.
Sony Ericsson MD400, MD400g HSPA Modems
Sony Ericsson announced its new HSPA mobile broadband USB modems. The MD400 and MD400g work with 7.2Mb/s download and up to 2.0Mb/s upload speeds.
The Sony Ericsson MD400 and MD400g are the first USB modems with combined M2 Memory Stick Micro and microSD card slot. The modems have a built-in antenna complemented with an additional swivel ‘Diversity’ antenna for better performance.
The MD400g model has an embedded GPS receiver and GPS utility which link directly into Google Maps.
The MD400 and MD400g USB modems will arrive in Q4 2008. No word about price.
HP’s new laptops
HP has unveiled a new kaptop line for private and business users. The new laptop series feature models based on the latest mobile platforms - Intel Centrino 2 “Montevina” and AMD “Puma”.
The soho laptop lineup includes the HP Pavilion dv4, dv5, and dv7 Entertainment Notebook PCs with the new liquid-metallic HP Imprint 2 surface design, as well as the Compaq Presario CQ45, CQ40 and CQ50 Series. Business customers are going to be offered with 10 new laptops.
The new HP’s laptops expected in July.
Lenovo ThinkPad X200, X200s
Lenovo unveiled its ThinkPad X200 12-inch ultraportable notebook series. The X200 series based on the upcoming Intel Centrino 2 vPro “Montevina” mobile platform. The Lenovo Thinkpad X200 will come in three versions: the X200, X200s and X200 Tablet. These are going to replace current X61, X61s, and X61 Tablet PC systems.
The line of the next-generation ThinkPad X Series feature Intel Core 2 Duo processors up to 2.4GHz, the new Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4700MHD, up to 5GB of DDR3 memory, up to 320GB of hard drive storage, as well as 64GB solid state drive and 2GB Intel Turbo memory options. The notebook’s 12.1″ widescreen display uses CCFL backlighting, while select models will have LED backlight.
Lenovo’s X200(s/Tablet) systems have three USB ports. Lenovo has added a built-in 1.3MP web camera into the upcoming ThinkPad ultraportables, while the newly designed keyboard is the same size as in larger T series. In addition, the UltraBase docking station for the new notebooks includes a DisplayPort digital video/audio connector.
Along with Wi-Fi LAN connectivity and Bluetooth, the new X200 systems offer mobile broadband, GPS, WiMAX, and UWB support.
These Centrino 2 ultraportables also include a variety of advanced security and manageability features, such as TPM v1.2 chip and fingerprint options, BIOS disable of all ports, ThinkVantage Technologies, and Intel vPro.
AMD Puma platform for laptops
AMD announced its new mobile platform called “Puma”. Puma is a first since its acquisition of graphics maker ATI.
Here’s what the platform consists of:
* CPU: AMD Turion X2 Ultra
* GPU: ATI Radeon HD 3000 series
HD 3800 series (3850, 3870, and 3870 X2) is designed for gaming.
The first laptop GPU to support Microsoft DirectX 10.1.
Claims to be energy efficienct.
Support for full HD resolution.
* ATI Avivo HD Technology: claims to use less battery power than other HD processing technologies.
* ATI Hybrid CrossFireX: allows discrete and integrated graphics to run together for performance and power-saving benefits.
* ATI PowerXxpress: allows users to switch between power-saving iGPU mode and high performance dGPU mode on the fly (no reboot required).
* ATI SurroundView technology: native support for up to four monitors
* 802.11n draft N wireless by Atheros
* Security features: TPM 1.2, support for smart cards and fingerprint sensors, AMD Virtualization technology.
AMD also announced ATI XGP Technology, an external box that lends a system discrete graphics capability. It has a proprietary connector that’s too large for an HDMI port. No word yet on the price.
MSI Wind U100
Micro-Star announced the first two Wind-branded ultraportables laptops: the $499 MSI Wind U100-Windows and the Wind U100-Linux for $399.
The both laptops have a 10-inch 1024×600 display with LED backlight, the Intel Atom processor at 1.6GHz, and an 80GB SATA hard drive. The U100-Windows runs Microsoft’s Windows XP Home operating system and has 1GB of DDR2 memory and a 6-cell battery, while the U100-Linux with 512MB of RAM and a 3-cell battery runs Novell’s distribution of the open source OS. The Windows and Linux versions weigh 2.6 and 2.3 pounds respectively.
No word on availability of the MSI Wind U100-Windows and U100-Linux on the american and euro markets.
NVIDIA GeForce 9M Series
NVIDIA announced the new GeForce 9M Series. The GeForce 9M Series is a first laptop’s graphics processors with support for a new and innovative NVIDIA Hybrid SLI technology.
“The new GeForce 9M notebook GPUs enable the world’s first notebooks with Hybrid SLI technology. The new technology enables two NVIDIA GPUs, one low-power and one high-performance, to work cooperatively in the same PC to deliver two features—GeForce Boost and HybridPower. These features deliver more performance from both GPUs for visual computing when needed, or save power by switching to the low-power GPU when not,” the press release says.
The GeForce 9M mobile video cards deliver “up to 40% faster performance than the previous generation GeForce notebook GPUs and 10x the performance of integrated graphics solutions”. NVIDIA GeForce 9M Series supports the latest Blu-Ray advancements and DVI, HDMI 1.3, Display Port 1.1, and VGA display standards.
NVIDIA’s 9M GPUS for “Performance and Multimedia” laptops inclcude the GeForce 9650M GS, 9600M GT, 9600M GS, 9500M GS, and GeForce 9500M G chips.