News Bits: HP dv3000, Acer Low-Cost Laptop, Dell Rugged Latitude

HP dv3000 13.3" notebook uncovered

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HP's first 13.3-inch entertainment notebook has been unveiled. It is based on the current Intel Santa Rosa platform and features Penryn 45nm Core 2 Duo CPUs as well as the older 65nm Meroms, an Nvidia GeForce 8400M-GS graphics card (256MB), up to 4GB of RAM, and apparent support for a second hard drive. It has a widescreen display with a WXGA (1280x800) resolution. It weighs 4.92 lbs and runs Windows Vista.

The dv3000 is expected to reach Asia in May starting at $1,399; there is no information on a U.S. release date or price.

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Acer low-cost PC to undercut 2nd gen Asus Eee PC

Acer's upcoming low-cost Asus Eee PC competitor is expected to undercut it by about $50 according to sources at notebook manufacturers. The Acer low-cost PC is expected to cost around $250 - $300 to make and will sell for an estimated $350 - $400. The 2nd gen Asus Eee PC is $50 higher in cost and selling price. Like the 2nd gen Eee PC, the Acer low-cost PC features an 8.9-inch display.

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Dell rugged Latitude E6400 ATG leaked

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The rugged version of the recently-leaked Latitude E6400, the E6400 ATG, has also been leaked. It is slated to be launched in June and features a dust-proof, shock-proof, spill-proof, humidity and altitude resistant design. It will be based on the upcoming Centrino 2 mobile platform. It has an ultra-bright 750cd/m2 (650cd/m2 for the touchscreen) display, GPS, UWB, DisplayPort, and other goodies.

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HP updates business notebook line with Penryn

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HP has officially introduced the new 45nm Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processor to all of its Professional (P) and Workstation (W) business notebook lines. The new processors are now available in the 6910p, 8510p, 8510w, 8710p, and 8710w. The T8100, T8300, T9300, and T9500 are offered. This is great news for those waiting to pull the trigger on one of these machines.

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WiMax called a disaster by technology pioneer
CEO of Australia's first WiMax operator Garth Freeman talked at the International WiMax Conference in Bangkok about the failures of the technology. He says that his company's WiMax network, which was deployed over a year ago in Australia, had horrible performance problems; the performance was abysmal just 2 kilometers away from the base station. Its poor latency made activities such as VoIP almost impossible.

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Fujitsu introduces 320GB 7200RPM hard drive

Fujitsu today introduced its new MHZ2 BJ series 2.5-inch SATA hard drives for notebooks. The top model is the 320GB 7200RPM model, now the fastest notebook hard drive on the market. It has a standard 9.5mm height, a 3Gbps SATA interface, and a 16MB cache. The new drives will go on sale in June.

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Fujitsu U810, P1620, S6510, T2010 get SLED Linux Certification
The Fujitsu LifeBook U810, P1620, and S6510 notebooks and the T2010 tablet PC have received Novell YES Certification for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) Linux distribution. Despite the certification, Fujitsu is still selling the LifeBooks with Windows only.

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Interesting tidbit on the dv3000. I wonder if it will be deployable in the supposedly configurable dvd-rom bay (like the ThinkPads).......

 

5lb 13.3 laptop?! wow that's heavy. The Dell XPS M1330 is lighter than this and can be similarly configured. Not to mention that the LG P300 have a 8600GS and is lighter than this.

 

I think 13.3 macbook weights 5lb too

 

320 GB 7200 rpm, 16 MB cache, 3 GBps... Wow I have been away for too long.

 

I wish they'd begin to focus more on SSD development, albeit, this new HDD sounds sweet.

 

Loving these new 13 inch laptops that are coming out. Hopefully this HP laptop comes to the states in the fall.

 

Wow. The HP looks exactly the same save the hinge and the audio jack placement.

 

HP how about fitting similar configuration into a 12"?

 

Looks nice but it's about a pound too heavy.

 

At least they recognized something. It's amazing the things that get thru design meetings. Why in the heck would you EVER put a headphone jack on the front of a machine that people want to curl up with in bed and/or use external speakers with?

 

Its awfully close to the release date for the Acer UMPC but still haven't seen any pictures of it floating around...

 

When I saw the phrase "Acer Low-Cost Laptop" I thought the article was about the entire Acer catalogue.
EDIT: or the majority of it, anyway. I work in computer retail and boy, the Acers sure are cheap ...

 

That dv3000 is bulky like old Dell's.
5 lbs, that thick, and $1400?
Who would anyone buy this over XPS M1330?

 

Keep in mind that this is around the same weight as the Macbook.

 

The LG P300 is the best 13.3" notebook talked of right now.

 

320GB 7200RPM hard drive.....very nice. High density with fast rotation. Can't wait for its release.

 

320 GB, 7200 RPM, very nice. We've seen quite some improvements in hard drives in the past year. Nine months ago it was 200 GB at 7200 RPM and 250 GB at 5400 RPM maximum. Didn't really think we'd see this size/speed this quickly, especially considering 250x7200 was just a few weeks ago.

 

Merely pointing out the differences. Makes sense.

Is there a formula to find HD performance using density and speed?

 

I find it interesting how information and pictures of almost every single Dell laptop is leaked before its release.

 

Id pay 50$ for better build and service with the EEE pc

 

Wow nice new 320gig drive!

 

the LG is good on paper but it is getting too hot at times according to my German friend who bought it.
and the LG is not available in most part of the world including US.
I think the XPS is better(considering its lower price) but it is not avaliable in where I am working right now.

I think too much power in such a small space like most of 13.3 inchers is not so good idea considering most of people intend to use it as a true portable pc and so long lasting battery power and heat and noise emission are all so important.

and the 8600gs in LG definitely generates a lot of unwanted kind of heat and I think not so many potential buyers of this size of laptops are interested in playing FPS games or being hard core gamers. So the HP's choice of this moderately powerful GPU is right and is a 256mb gddr3 version so it is not bad at all.

If you game , there is alway better options such as Dell XPSM1530 but the HP is not marketed as a gaming laptop, is marketed as Home Entertainment PC.

Any way, try to see it in person , you may like it , I loved it and it is so cute.

 

Well, faster rotation speed, in theory, will allow you to access more information quickly. A higher density means that the read/write heads have to move much less distance (on a properly defragged disc) to get to the same information.

That is how I understand it, at least. I am by no means overly abundant in information on the topic, haha.

 

Thanks, Liquid, but that's information I'm well aware of.

But is there actually a formula? Regardless of actual read/write times, there must be a formula to determine optimal performance, yes?

 

dv3000 1st thoughts (by me) here!!!

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=3205645#post3205645