News Bits: Nvidia 8800 Graphics for Notebooks, Asus Eee PC 701 $199 Laptop, Toshiba Pushing HD-DVD
Nvidia to release 8800 for notebooks
At Computex 2007, Nvidia showed the NB8E, a 22W version of the GeForce 8800 for notebooks. It will probably come out this summer and be the most powerful notebook video card available. The original desktop GeForce 8800 used over 100 watts of power so some heavy modifications have been made in order to keep the power consumption down. Changes have been made in the manufacturing process and to the way the chips function. There will probably end up being three models - the GeForce 8800M-GTX, -GT, and -GS.
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Toshiba to push HD*DVD format with laptops
Toshiba plans to put HD DVD drives in all of its laptops next year in an effort to gain the lead in the next-generation format war. According to Toshiba Senior Vice President Hisatsugu Nonaka, the company is employing a tactic similar to what Sony is doing with their PS3 game console. All PS3s are equipped with Blu-Ray players.
Asustek and Intel Demonstrate $199 Eec PC 701 Classmate Laptop
Intel and Asustek unveiled their joint effort $199 laptop called the Eec PC 701 (what a mouthful) today. There will actually be two models, a $199 and $299 version. Both will have a 7-inch screen size and include some type of wireless internet capability. It will be a fully functional low-end notebook. Asustek plans to start shipping units this summer, with the goal of selling 200,000 units in 2007 under the Asustek brand. The units would sell for between $199 - $299, the higher amount will be for a version with more on board flash RAM. The basic specs on this cheap laptop are as follows:
It appears the device can run either Windows XP or Linux, but there's also some kind of stripped down OS that was demonstrated and it's unclear exactly what is being used in this instance. *
Hitachi today announced that it is shipping its quarter-terabyte Travelstar 5K250 hard drive in volume. The newest 2.5-inch drive from Hitachi spins at 5400RPM and has 56% more capacity, a 23% shock improvement, and an 8% overall application performance gain over its predecessor, the 160GB 5K160. *
Asustek Computer announced that its goal is to ship 4 to 5 million of its own-brand notebooks in 2007. Asustek expects to be the number four own-brand notebok vendor in the Asia-Pacific market for Q2. The company is expecting its worldwide ranking to rise to number seven; currently they have been in eigth and ninth place for the last two quarters. At Computex 2007, Asustek will showcase the C90 high-end notebook, and a 14-inch F8 notebook. Answer: Re: News Bits: Nvidia 8800 Graphics for Notebooks, Asus Eec PC 701 $199 Laptop, Toshiba Pushing HD-DVD This $199 Asus PC actually looks like it might have legs. I mean, compare it to the $599 Palm Foleo of about the same size and you'd scratch your head and wonder why you wouldn't buy the Eec PC instead. Other than the name sucks. Answer: Re: News Bits: Nvidia 8800 Graphics for Notebooks, Asus Eec PC 701 $199 Laptop, Toshiba Pushing HD-DVD If the cheapest BR player is now $500 with the PS3 only $100 more, then I presume Sony are making less of a loss on BR. Can Toshiba match those prices? Only time will tell but regardless I'm still not biting the cherry Hooray for the 8800 but alas out of my league both in £ terms and as I would never buy a 17" laptop anyway :p Edit: running Asus thread (also in post 2) Answer: Re: News Bits: Nvidia 8800 Graphics for Notebooks, Asus Eec PC 701 $199 Laptop, Toshiba Pushing HD-DVD It's actually the Eee PC, which either stands for Easy(to learn, use and play), Excellent(mobile computing experience), and Excellent(wireless capabilities). Or: Easy to Learn. Easy to Use. Easy to Play. More info: http://event.asus.com/eeepc/ The ASUS F8s looks pretty impressive for a 14", though its another 14" along with their A8 and V2 series. Discussion of the F8s here: Answer: Re: News Bits: Nvidia 8800 Graphics for Notebooks, Asus Eec PC 701 $199 Laptop, Toshiba Pushing HD-DVD Very cool news guys! Those Asus machines are pretty cool! Yay for the 8800's! Answer: Re: News Bits: Nvidia 8800 Graphics for Notebooks, Asus Eec PC 701 $199 Laptop, Toshiba Pushing HD-DVD 300$ laptop is a beaut. Its great for people on a tight budget. Especially travelers, cause small notebooks cost a premium cost. But I would upgrade the ram as soon as i get it. Answer: Re: News Bits: Nvidia 8800 Graphics for Notebooks, Asus Eec PC 701 $199 Laptop, Toshiba Pushing HD-DVD If it's available stateside, I think I might go for the Eee PC (3EPC would make more sense??) since a subnotebook in conjunction with a larger, powerful laptop or desktop would be more economically feasible than ponying it up for a capable 12 or 14" laptop. Answer: Re: News Bits: Nvidia 8800 Graphics for Notebooks, Asus Eec PC 701 $199 Laptop, Toshiba Pushing HD-DVD WOW is all I can say. Sign me up. Give it a bit bigger battery, 6-7 cell and give it 1GB ram, and put a nice and light lunic distro!! I will seriously keeping my eye on this little bugger. Answer: Re: News Bits: Nvidia 8800 Graphics for Notebooks, Asus Eec PC 701 $199 Laptop, Toshiba Pushing HD-DVD I believe they said they were using a stripped down/custom linux install. It seemed to have Firefox on it so, hey, all's well. ;) I'm definitely digging the 'laptop'. I'd buy it for $200 FOR CERTAIN and more than likely for $300 as well, based on what I'm hearing/seeing. The only concern I have is battery life. 3 hours is a little on the low side, especially since it's geared to be super portable. It's probably running the Intel McCaslin platform - something like a 600-800MHz CPU based on the P-M. TDP's around 3W IIRC. It definitely won't be underpowered for what it'll be used for, unlike the Foleo... (can't even watch YouTube properly, hehe) I so wish they'd made better use of the screen area as well. It seems like they could've fit something larger in there - although a big part of it will depend on what size displays they can manufacture economically. I just hope it's resolution isn't too bad. I wonder what sort of resolution they could fit into a 7"? Oh I almost forgot, it's not fugly like the original Classmate or the OLPC...That's always key. Answer: Re: News Bits: Nvidia 8800 Graphics for Notebooks, Asus Eec PC 701 $199 Laptop, Toshiba Pushing HD-DVD I would buy one of those Asus Eee Pc! Very portable and would be great to use on trips and for other light functions. I believe the article states that they will also be selling to regular consumers, so thats always a bonus! I'm also not liking the 3h battery. I hope there is an extended battery or a way to supercharge the battery in like 15 mins. :) Looking forward to it tho! |
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