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The Sony VAIO VGN-NR27G laptop is powered by 1.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5450 with 2MB L2 Cache, 800 FSB and it features Intel Mobile 965GML Express Chipset motherboard, 1024-MB DDR2 SDRAM (upto 2-GB max), 120-GB SATA 5400 rpm hard drive and 16X Super Multi Dual Layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.
With Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Sony Vaio VGN-NR27G laptop is upto 40% faster and 40% more energy efficient against any older Pentium 4 based laptop.
Preloaded with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, the Sony Vaio VGN-NR27G laptop sports 15.4-inch (39.1 cm) Widescreen WXGA TFT colour display with Clear Bright technology with the Hybrid Graphic System powered by Intel Graphic Media Accelerator GMA X3100 Graphics Chipset with upto 256 MB dedicated Video Memory offering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution.

This Convertible Classmate PC is meant for children and isn’t a netbook that adults will want to use. It’ll come packing a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, a 60GB HDD and Windows XP OS. This Intel’s 8.9-inch convertible Classmate PC will be delivered by intel at CES 2009. No words on pricing yet

Dell’s new Dell XPS M-1330 laptop is powered by 1.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5450 with 2-MB L2 Cache, 677 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel 965GM Express Santa Rosa chipset motherboard, 2-GB DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (max 4-GB in 2 slots), 160-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive and a 8X DVD Super Multi Double layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.
Weighing 1.79 kgs the Dell XPS M-1330 Laptop PC is build using Magnesium Alloy casting and it features 13.3-inch (33.7 cm) Ultrasharp Widescreen WXGA TFT display with TrueLife technology powered by Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator GMA X3100 graphics chipset with 128 MB shared memory built-in into Intel 965GM mainboard offering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution with 16.7 million colors.
The Dell XPS M-1330 laptop offers a wide range of component upgrades – including integrated WWAN or a Blu-ray DVD burner optical drive.

he Dell Latitude E4300 laptop PC is powered by 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor SP9400 with 6-MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset, 1024-MB (1-GB) DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (upto 4 GB max in 2 slots), 120-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive and a 8X DVD Super Multi Double layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.
Weighing 1.54 Kgs the Dell Latitude E4300 Laptop PC features a 13.3-inch (33.7 cm) WXGA Widescren Active Matrix LCD TFT display powered by Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator GMA X4500HD Graphics Chipset with 224-MB shared memory built-in into mainboard offering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution with 16.7 million colors.
The Intel GMA X4500HD Graphics Chipset offers support for Direct x 9.0 acceleration, Dual independent display option, Dynamic Display Detect, and Open GL 1.4 graphical environment.

The Dell Latitude D630 ATG laptop PC is powered by 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T93000 with 6-MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel 965GM Express Chipset, 2-GB DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (upto 4 GB max in 2 slots), 160-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive and a 8X DVD Super Multi Double layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.
Weighing 2.0 Kgs the Dell Latitude D630 ATG Laptop like Dell Latitude D630c features a 14.1-inch (35.8 cm) WXGA Widescren Active Matrix LCD TFT display powered by integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator GMA X3100 Graphics Chipset with upto 512-MB shared video memory built-in into Intel 965GM mainboard offering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution with 16.7 million colors.
The GMA X3100 Graphics Chipset offers support for Direct x 9.0 acceleration, Dual independent display option, Dynamic Display Detect, and Open GL 1.4 graphical environment.

The Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop is powered by 1.60 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor T2330 and it features 1-MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB, Intel 965PM/GM Express Chipset motherboard, 1-GB DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (upgrdable to 2-GB maximum in 2 slots), 120-GB SATA 5400rpm hard drive and 8X DVD Super Multi Dual Layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.
The Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop is equipped with 15.4-inch (39.1 cm) Widescreen TFT Active Matrix WXGA+ anti-glare display equipped with TrueLife technology powered by integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 Graphics Chipset with upto 128 MB shared memory offering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution in widescreen 16:10 aspact ratio.

The Dell Studio 17 laptop is powered by 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5850 with 2-MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel 965GM Express Chipset, 3-GB DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (upto 4 GB max in 2 slots), 250-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive and a 8X DVD Super Multi Double layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.
Weighing 3.5 kgs the Dell Studio 17 laptop PC features a 17-inch (43.1) Ultrasharp widescreen WXGA Widescren Active Matrix LCD TFT display powered by Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator GMA X3100 graphics chipset with upto 256 KB shared video memory built-in into Intel 965GM mainboard offering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution with 16.7 million colors.
The Intel GMA X3100 graphics chipset offers support for Direct x 9.0 acceleration, Dual independent display option, Dynamic Display Detect, and Open GL 1.4 graphical environmen

Intel's Centrino 2 chipset has been well received by laptop manufacturers, but which are the more notable ones out of a huge crop? After all, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Sony are in the game, and it would be pretty time consuming to go through all of them, which is why we're here to provide a community service message for all and sundry who are considering picking one of these puppies up. Small and thin ones will be the main focus here, since I doubt you'd want to lug around a brick on your travels.

HP unveiled their new generation of all-in-one PCs. The new HP TouchSmart family of PCs feature HP software designed specifically for touch control. A finger tapped or swept across the high-resolution screen delivers quick access to information, entertainment and social networks. Without using a keyboard or mouse, consumers can play music and create playlists, zoom in or out of photos, and quickly check the weather or watch TV. These all-in-one devices would appeal to folks who dont have a lot of room and who really want a lot less clutter. The Wireless mouse and keyboard only add to the minimal experience offered by the Touchsmart Series. The HP TouchSmart IQ504 PC and the TV-tuner equipped IQ506 PC are expected to start at $1,299 and $1499.
HP also announce 16 new laptops, including the business-centric EliteBook premium series, which now arrives in a new slate of sizes and configurations. A new selection of Pavilion based Entertainment notebooks the dv4, dv5 and dv7 all of which feature with ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection. The are also some new HP Compaq Presarios, the CQ45, CQ40 and CQ50 which have a new look and feel and feature the new HP Imprint 2 surface finish. For more info follow this link

Technically, my laptop is an Apple. But Apples just turn brown and then fall apart. My current PowerBook G4 will soon turn into a MacBook Aluminum (Late 2008). That’s not a literal statement, of course. But with the Macintosh operating system’s built-in “Migration Assistant” and the fact that the software on my PBG4 is current, the transformation should appear pretty convincing.
I haven’t actually received the new MacBook just yet, but I’ve tracked the shipment and it is due here today. I’m pretty freakin’ excited. This is how Christmas morning felt when I was a child! I should calm down, though. There is, after all, a Failure-Out-of-Box possibility. An informal, small sample Macintouch Survey which included 260 MacBook users’ reports, showed an 11.1% initial failure rating (failures covering a wide range of issues). As this is a third generation MacBook, using pre-established concepts in a predominantly new design (they took what they learned from the first couple and started over with those lessons in mind) with pretty darned nice parts…. Well, it could go either way. I have never bought the first of any model of computer and though this could be argued as a third generation machine, it could just as easily be labeled an original design.
I’ve been plugging away on my increasingly slow-by-comparisoin laptop because I am not a graphics-based power user. My work consists of some processor-based number crunching with a little GUI design on top. Still, I’ve seen the speed of those Intel computers and wanted to hop on that zippy bandwagon for a while now. I very nearly purchased one of the blackMacBooks as I could have gotten it at quite a bargain. But I stuck to my aesthetic guns on the basis that I wanted a small metal laptop. That’s why I got this 12″ PowerBook G4 in the first place!

Lately, there were some rumors that pointed to a change that Apple could make and this is that Apple might replace Intel chipsets with AMD or VIA chipsets for their products. Some consider this very unlikely, but so far nobody explained why. Also, nobody said to us why this change would be good and why it would help Apple.
This is probably why Jon Stokes from Ars Technica decided to make it clear for us and from start he makes it very clear to us that he is “skeptical” and this switch would not be healthy for Apple. First, Jon wonders where will Apple use the chipsets - desktops, laptops, or even in both.
For desktops, Apple could use NVIDIA that will support dual-GPU and because Apple loves data parallelism, NVIDIA SLI is perfect. The speed of their applications could be improved with the help of “GPGPU” in combination with Snow Leopard and NVIDIA SLI. This would surely impress a lot of users or not as Snow Leopard will be available in mid-2009 exactly when Larrabee will be launched and Intel’s GPU is based on a many-core x86 multiprocessor(!). However, another chipset that destroys the rumors is Intel’s Nehalem that will be out by the end of this year.
As for laptops, Apple could replace Intel only for MacBook Air as they could use better integrated graphics processors as some say that Intel’s Core 2 Duo are not so capable. However, NVIDIA should decrease their packages in order to match Intel’s reduced-footprint packages which is a hard thing to do.
Personally, I agree with Jon Stokes and I don’t know why Apple would consider to replace Intel chipsets because those are good just like that and, IMHO, AMD chipsets could never meet the expectations (I prefer VIA chipsets). I guess it remains to see if the rumors could become a reality or if they are meant to do harm.
Ars Technica

The original Classmate debuted in March 2007 as part of Intel's "World Ahead" program aimed at schoolchildren in emerging markets. Available with a 1GB SSD (solid-state drive) packing Linux or a 2GB SSD packing Windows XP, the Classmate was widely viewed as Intel's response to the Linux- and AMD-based OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) device.

Okay, look, whether you adore or despise the iPhone, it's pretty hard to make a cohesive argument that it's slow or lags its competitors in offering the "full Internet." Somehow, though, a pair of Intel execs at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei this week have whipped up a whole spiel based on the shaky claim that the iPhone's a dog for processing power and isn't capable of offering a rich Internet experience, going on to suggest that ARM architecture is to blame for the nasty pickle Apple's gotten itself into. Here's the best part, though: until only very recently, Intel itself was a huge player in the ARM game with its XScale line, now owned by Marvell. Isn't it too soon to harsh on a technology you so heavily bought into, guys? Of course, the moral of the story -- if you're buying the execs' line, anyway -- is that the iPhone wouldn't suck if they'd gone with an Intel stack, which they claim is a good two years ahead of the best that ARM has to offer. Said Intel's Pankaj Kedia, pressing on with the smack talk: "I know what their roadmap is, I know where they're going and I'm not worried." Of course, knowing the roadmap inside and out gets a little easier when you're a ginormous ARM licensee.