Lenovo’s Thinkpads- T61 and R61 Santa Rosa
Lenovo’s thinkpads T61 and R61 Santa Rosa are 14 inch laptops with impressive specs! The R61 Santa Rosa has T7100, T7300, T7500, and T7700 chips, and up to 2.4 Ghz of Core Duo processing power. Both models have Intel’s newest PM965 integrated graphics, and an Intel Turbo Card “Robinson” flash memory cache. The T61 also has a LCD “roll cage”. Customizable options include NVIDEA graphics, wireless connectivity, and extra storage space. These models are expected to be available for puchase in May, but the price is still unknown.
Alienware m5790 “Special Edition” Laptop
Alienware announced a more powerful laptop, recently, the m5790 “Special Edition.”
The m5790 comes with a 17 inch display, 512 mb of RAM, a 60 GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600, gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth, WiFi, a 56k modem, and combo drive. Plus, if you add $800 to the base price (of a reasonable $1300), you can beef up the m5790 with an overclocked 2.66 GHz Intel T7600G Core Duo Processor. Other possible upgrades include a $430 for 2 GB of RAM, $270 for 200 GB of hard drive, $600 for a built in Blue-Ray drive, and $350 for ATI’s X1900 Graphics Card.
Microworks Vega 20.1″ Giant
Microworks recently announced their Vega notebook-a laptop with a 20.1″ screen, and jammed pack with features.
Microworks Vega has the latest AMD Turion dual core processor, a 1680×1050 resolution, 4 GB of DDR2 memory, a Blue-ray burner, EV-DO, GPS, a TV tuner, and a whopping 600 GB of internal hard drive space. However, with a base price of $3599, and configuration price of up to $7800, most people will opt not to buy this monster notebook.
Samsung’s SPH-P9000
Samsung’s SPH-P9000 defies all categorizing: it’s a mix between a PC, a PDA, and a nice camera-phone.
The P9000 runs Windows XP, has a QWERTY keyboard, a 5 inch WVGA screen, a 1.3 megapixel camera, a 30 GB hard drive, 256 mb of RAM, a 1 GHz CPU processor, and an amazing 7 hour battery life several hours of battery life . Samsung’s P9000 uses Mobile WiMax and CDMA EV-DO. The P9000 measures 143×94x29mm and weighs only 580 grams. Allegedly, the P9000 will be available for less than $2000.
Here’s a neat YouTube video of Samsung’s P9000:
Sony Mimics Macbook Pro
Imitation may be the highest form of flattery, but just try to tell that to the judges, Sony. Sony’s newest laptop, the Vaio VGN-N17L, which has been revealed by Sony Korea sports a 15.4 inch widescreen display, and highly resembles Apple’s Macbook Pros. Keep your eyes on this laptop, ladies and gents, to be the cause of some major lawsuit action.
