Dell has upgraded its Studio 17 laptop with a multitouch display. The new model comes with a 17.3-inch 1,600 x 900 LCD display, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, processors ranging from a 2.1GHz Intel Dual Core T4300 to an Intel Core i7, an Intel GMA 4500HD graphics card, up to 1TB of 7,200rpm HDD, and Microsoft Windows 7 OS. Additional features include WiFi b/g/n, USB 2.0/e-SATA combo port with power share, HDMI, Display Port, VGA, Firewire (IEEE 1394a), and two USB 2.0 ports. The Dell Studio 17 Multitouch notebook will be shipped on December 4th, 2009 for $899 upwards, depending on the specs. [Slashgear]
To commemorate the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics Games, Acer will release a limited edition Acer Aspire AS1410 Olympic Edition for the Japanese market. Limited to just 1,500 units, this ultraportable laptop will feature an 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 LED-backlight display, an Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics card, a 2GB RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a built-in webcam, a 5-in-1 media card reader, an HDMI port, WiFi and a 6-cell battery. This limited edition laptop will go on sale in Japan starting on November 27th for 79,800 Yen (about $897). [PC Watch]
Asus has officially announced the availability of its first ION-powered laptop for the US market. Priced at $499, the Eee PC 1201N features a 12-inch (1366 x 768) LCD display with an nVidia ION graphics card, a 250GB hard drive, and an Intel Atom 330 dual core processor. Other specs include a trio of USB ports, an SDHC card slot, a VGA output, WiFi, Bluetooth, and an HDMI port. The Asus Eee PC 1201N will be released in mid-December 2009. [Liliputing]
The highly anticipated Dell Adamo XPS is now available in the US market. Measuring 340mm x 272mm x 9.99mm and weighing 1.44Kg, the laptop features a 13.4-inch widescreen LCD display with a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a 4GB of RAM, a 128GB SSD, and Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit version). Other specs include a couple of USB 2.0 ports, a headphone jack, a webcam, a Mini DisplayPort, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1. Its battery provides up to 5-hours and 17 minutes of operating time. Folks in the US can purchase the Dell Adamo XPS for $1,799. [Dell USA]
The Asus UL30Vt is actually a successor to the previously released Asus UL30. Powered by Windows 7 as its operating system, the new model comes jam packed with a 1.2GHz Intel Celeron processor or a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, an Intel GMA X4500MHD graphics chip or and nVidia GeForce G210M 512MB graphics card, a 2GB of DDR3 RAM (upgradable up to 4GB), a 13.3-inch LCD display with a resolution of 1366 x 768, and up to 500GB of hard disk drive. The new Asus UL30Vt also features a 0.3-megapixel webcam, a 4-in-1 card reader, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, and the choice of a 4-cell or 8-cell battery. Pricing info is still unknown. [Asus]
Dospara comes back to the gaming laptop market by releasing the Prime Note Galleria IW, a 17-inch notebook with powerful specifications. The laptop is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Core i7-720QM CPU with an Intel PM55 Express chipset, an nVidia GeForce GTS 250M GPU with a 1GB of VRAM, a WSXGA+ Resolution (1680×1050) LCD display, a 4GB of RAM, a 500GB of HDD, a Bluray player, four USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi b/g/n, an HDMI port, and a 2MP webcam for video conferencing. Measuring 395mm x 278mm x 35mm and weighing 3.1Kg, the Dospara Prime Note Galleria IW retails for 169,980 Yen or approx. $1,897. [Akihabara]
