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November 28, 2006

ViewSonic, Apple readying 17-inch widescreen monitors?

Filed under: 17-inch,Apple,Displays,Monitors,viewsonic — Cyrus Farivar @ 11:58 am

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It looks like there’s a good chance that you’ll soon be able to put some new monitors on your holiday wish list. DigiTimes is reporting that ViewSonic and Apple will be releasing 17-inch widescreens later this year or possibly in early 2007, leading to expectations that they’ll replace the existing entry-level and mid-level displays currently on the market. As far as ViewSonic is concerned, this intel from “industry sources” seems pretty reasonable given that the company’s just updated the rest of the line recently. What about on Apple’s side? Yep, it’s been awhile since the company has even had a 17-inch display — so let’s just say that we can’t wait for CES and Macworld Expo 2007.

[Via TG Daily]

 

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July 18, 2006

Rock launches Xtreme CTX T2700 gaming laptop

Filed under: 17-inch,2.33ghz,Bluetooth,Gaming,GeforceGo7900Gtx,Laptops,NVIDIA,XtremeCtxT2700,core duo,coreduo,geforce go 7900 gtx,notebooks,rock,videogames,wifi,wuxga,xtreme ctx t2700 — Evan Blass @ 1:05 pm

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UK rebadger PC manufacturer Rock has a blazing new 17-inch laptop in store for British gamers, the Core Duo-powered Xtreme CTX T2700. As its name suggests, this model sports a T2700 CPU running at 2.33GHz, along with 1GB of 667MHz DDR2 RAM, a zippy 7,200RPM 100GB hard drive, 8x dual-layer DVD burner, and on the connectivity tip, the always-popular Bluetooth and three flavor WiFi. Graphics on this model also promise to impress, with a 512MB-equipped GeForce Go 7900 GTX card from nVIDIA handling the heavy lifting for the1,920 x 1,200 WUXGA display. As you’d expect, a configuration like this doesn’t come cheap, and will cost around $3,200 when it drops in the next few days.

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July 11, 2006

Eurocom’s D900K “F-bomb” gaming notebook reviewed

Filed under: 1,920 x 1,200,1,920X1,200,17-inch,Athlon64X24800,D900kF-bomb,DdrRam,DesktopReplacement,Gaming,GeForceGo7800gtx,NVIDIA,Reviews,XpsM1710,amd,athlon 64 x2 4800,d900k f-bomb,ddr ram,dell,desktop replacement,eurocom,geforce go 7800 gtx,laptop,notebook,xps m1710 — Evan Blass @ 1:25 pm

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Okay, so right off the bat: do they even know what it means to drop the f-bomb in Canada? We’ve seen a lot of ridiculously-named products around here — Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PooS come immediately to mind — but this Eurocom model, with its allusion to the most hardcore cuss word in the English language, is by far one of the worst. Besides the unfortunate branding, however, the company’s 17-inch D900K gaming notebook sounds like a pretty good performer, according to MobilityGuru, with the dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ processor and nVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX graphics card helping it to achieve pretty impressive benchmark results. You’re also getting a 1,920 x 1,200 resolution, DVD burner, 802.11a/b/g, DVI out, and 4-in-1 card reader for the $3,500 pricetag, though the 5,200 RPM hard drive and 1GB of pokey 200MHz DDR RAM keep this rig from delivering the outstanding results you’d get from a machine like Dell’s XPS M1710. Still, if you can’t afford a Dell (we never thought we’d actually say that) and don’t mind lugging around 15 pounds of gear to get your mobile computing on, you may not find this particular F-bomb to be all that offensive.

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July 6, 2006

Sotec’s WinBook DN8000: 17-inches of Core Duo

Filed under: 17-inch,External SATA,ExternalSata,Winbook8000,eSATA,expresscard,sotec,winbook 8000 — Thomas Ricker @ 9:02 am

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Sotec of Japan hopes you’ll get your knickers in a twist over their new top-end WinBook, the DN8000. Like the DN7000, the DN8000 loves on the Intel Core Duo family of processors offering the 2.16GHz T2600 in that 8.2-pound slab. The DN8k maxes out with a 17-inch, 1440 x 900 pixel capable LCD, 2GB RAM, 120GB disk, WiFi, dual-layer DVD burner, slots for ExpressCard/54 and External SATA, four speakers, and suite of interfaces for Firewire, USB, S/PDIF and memory cards. Sound good so far right? But are you sure you want to bet your budget on a laptop sportin’ Intel’s 945GM integrated graphics with Vista’s memory hungry UI on deck? Yeah, thought not. Prices start right around ¥119,800 (or about $1,035) for a lot less oomph than listed above.

[Via Impress]

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June 6, 2006

Acer Aspire 9510 and 9110 HD-DVD-sporting laptops

Filed under: 1,920 x 1,080,1,920X1,080,15.4-inch,17-inch,20.1-inch,Aspire5670,Aspire9110,Aspire9510,Aspire9800,BackwardsCompatibility,CentrinoDuo,GeforceGo7600,GeforceGo7900Gs,HDTV,Laptops,MultimediaCenters,NVIDIA,acer,aspire 5670,aspire 9110,aspire 9510,aspire 9800,backwards compatibility,blu-ray,centrino duo,core duo,coreduo,dual-core,geforce go 7600,geforce go 7900 gs,hd-dvd,hdcp,hdmi,high-definition,intel,multimedia centers,notebooks,s/pdif — Evan Blass @ 11:49 pm

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Along with the 15.4-inch 5670 and 20.1-inch 9800 notebooks that we'd already known about, Acer formally unveiled at Computex two other HD-DVD- and Centrino Duo-toting models from the Aspire line that we hadn't seen before: the 17-inch 9510 and 15.4-inch 9110 (pictured). All four models are being billed as all-in-one multimedia centers, and with all but the 5670 sporting 1,920 x 1,080 resolutions, S/PDIF and HDCP-capable HDMI outputs, optional analog and DVB-T tuners, and of course those high-def, backwards-compatible optical drives (still waiting on those Blu-ray models, though), it sure sounds like Acer knows what it's talking about. Both of the new-new notebooks also offer up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM and nVidia graphics cards, but the 9510 rocks the GeForce Go 7900 GS with 512MB of RAM and up to 240GB of hard drive space, while the 9110 has to settle for the GeForce Go 7600 with 256MB of RAM and a HDD that maxes out at 120GB. Unfortunately, Acer was so busy selling us on the benefits of all these new machines that they forgot a few important details, so both pricing and release dates for each and every one remain a big fat mystery for now.

[Via Notebook Review]
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May 24, 2006

Apple’s 17-inch MacBook Pro reviewed

Filed under: 17-inch,Apple,BootCamp,MacbookPro,PcMag,boot camp,mac,macbook pro,mbp,review — Thomas Ricker @ 8:40 am

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You know, for all the talk about those greasy-hot, over clockin‘ MacBook Pros and their mysterious firmware updates, only now has PCMag completed a full review of the 17-inch flavor MBP. Alas, you won’t find any real surprises in the review of this “astounding” 6.8-pound, easy totin’ 17-incher. Yeah, it does indeed get “too hot” by the reviewers standards though apparently not as hot as the 15-inch model due to larger surface area to dissipate heat. And since this is PCMag, they installed Boot Camp as you’d expect, “without a hitch” giving them the same “impressive” (for a mac) gaming results in XP seen on the 15-inch sib. The reviewer calls the move to the 17-inch MacBook Pro a “no brainer” if you’re a creative professional working heavily in graphic design or movie editing. However, if you’re just looking for a “cool multimedia laptop” with plenty of screen then there are plenty of Windows-only systems available giving more bang, for that $3,099 as-tested, buck. Yeah, Mac fanboy enthusiasts, they’re calling you out with that one. Still, PCMag slaps on a 4/5 editors rating which ain’t too shabby?

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April 24, 2006

Apple unveils 17-inch MacBook Pro

Filed under: 17-inch,Apple,Laptops,core duo,macbook pro,nab,os x — Marc Perton @ 3:45 am

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As expected, Apple has unveiled the new flagship of the MacBook Pro line, a 17-inch, 1680x1050, 2.16GHz Core Duo model. The new model comes standard with 1GB of RAM, an 8X dual-layer burner and a 120GB 5400 RPM hard drive, along with a FireWire 800 port, for $2,799. Maximum RAM is 2GB, and Apple also offers a 100GB 7200 RPM drive as an option. At the same time, Apple has removed the 17-inch PowerBook G4 from its lineup, leaving the 12-incher as the sole remaining option for customers willing to settle for last year's model (or who want a smaller-footprint portable). The pricing on the 17-incher actually matches that of the 2.16GHz 15-inch model, which makes this one a relative bargain -- especially given its larger hard drive, FireWire 800 and dual-layer burner. As previously noted, the launch was timed to coincide with the opening of the National Association of Broadcasters conference, which begins today. More pictures on the flip side.


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April 16, 2006

Velocity’s Micro NoteMagix M57 Ultra gaming notebook reviewed

Filed under: 17-inch,7200 rpm,7200Rpm,DellXpsM170,Gaming,GeForceGo7800gtx,Micro NoteMagix M57 Ultra,MicroNotemagixM57Ultra,NVIDIA,PentiumM,SingleCore,TvTuner,dell xps m170,ge force go 7800gtx,laptop,notebook,pentium m,single core,sli,tv tuner,velocity — Evan Blass @ 6:30 am

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Although the hardest-of-hardcore gamers will likely scoff at any laptop that isn't SLI-enabled these days, PC Mag's review of Velocity's 17-inch Micro NoteMagix M57 Ultra shows us that even a solo graphics card combined with a zippy single core processor and a generous helping of RAM can deliver excellent 1,920 x 1,200 fragging performance. The M57 is powered by a 2.26GHz Pentium M 780 -- which gives it only decent productivity benchmark scores compared to a dual core machine -- but the fact that Velocity throws in 2GB of RAM along with the high-end mobile nVidia GeForce Go 7800GTX card and a 7,200 RPM hard drive allowed the rig to best PC Mag's previous champ, the Dell XPS M170, in all-important 3-D and framerate testing. Even better, the faults here are few and far between --  a rather-hefty 9.3-pound weight, lack of software for the built-in TV tuner, and separation between mouse buttons are the only knocks in this review -- so non-SLI snobs should feel safe in dropping their $3000 on what is judged to be a "Very Good" laptop.
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