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If you’ve been waiting patiently on Dell’s monster of a laptop, the 17-inch, Santa Rosa-based behemoth known as the Precision M6300, feel free to get really excited. Very soon, all of you business boys and girls will be able to get your hands on the company’s new enterprise-centric laptop (a follow up to the M90), that rocks a Core 2 Duo X7900 CPU (2.8GHz with an 800MHz FSB), Nvidia’s Quadro FX 1600M graphics chipset, up to 4GB of RAM, and a 120GB or 200GB hard drive. Dell also plans to make a SanDisk 32GB SSD available for the road-ready laptop, and is offering a DVD, DVD-RW, or Blu-ray writable optical drive. Of course, the M6300 has all the regular bells and whistles, like 802.11a/g/n, Bluetooth 2.0, DVI, Firewire, plus a not-so-usual optional AT&T HSDPA card. You can also choose between XP, Vista, or RedHat Linux for the OS. No word on price of availability, though it appears these will be landing sometime this month.

[Via DailyTech]

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Hot on the heels of Intel’s mobile Core 2 Extreme X7900 comes word that the chip maker has eleven 45-nanometer CPUs in the backroom just waiting to take the laptop scene by storm. DigiTimes has it that Intel will indeed launch the five Penryns we heard about recently “in the first quarter of 2008,” and also notes that Q2 holds six more chips destined for the Montevina platform. More specifically, “sources at motherboard makers” suggested that the Q2-bound processors will consume between 25 and 35-watts of energy, sport a 1,066MHz front-side-bus, boast between 3MB and 6MB of L2 cache, and feature clock speeds ranging from 2.13GHz to 3.06GHz. As expected, no model numbers have been assigned just yet, and considering that Intel “declined the opportunity to respond to this report,” we suppose you should tuck this all away in the rumor folder for the time being.

[Via TGDaily]

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On the heels of the U305 announcement, Toshiba has quietly upped a pair of U300 machines to its website. The Satellite U300 and Satellite Pro U300 don’t differ too awfully much, but the two do sport differing color schemes and arrive with varying levels of RAM, hard drive space, and battery capacity. Regardless, both machines come stocked with Intel Core 2 Duo processors, at least 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 120GB to 2000GB of HDD space, a dual-layer DVD burner, a 13.3-inch WXGA display, Intel’s GMA X3100 graphics accelerator, and the usual array of ports including VGA, USB 2.0, audio in / out, and a multicard reader. Prices look to start around £595 ($1,177), and all signs point to these things being ready to ship out as we speak.

[Via TechDigest]
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Although we certainly noticed that Apple’s latest iMac felt snappy enough, the folks over at Primate Labs have cranked out a few numbers for the data freaks in the crowd to chew on. Granted, these benchmarks do not include the Core 2 Extreme iMac nor are they the most complete set of tests we’ve ever seen, but they do seem to give those on the fence a decent look at what level of performance increases they’ll be dealing with. Put simply, the new 2.4GHz 24-inch iMac posted “modest gains” across the board compared to the previous iterations that clocked in at 2.33GHz / 2.16GHz, and while the results don’t seem earth-shattering, those who rely on “memory-intensive applications (like Aperture or Photoshop)” would likely benefit most from the improved “integer, floating point. and memory / stream performance.” As you’d expect, the full skinny on the test results await you in the read link.

[Via AppleInsider]

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The Asus U3, which we told you about back in the hot and humid days of July, has gotten its official announcement from the company — and it looks pretty sweet. The Santa Rosa-based, 13.3-inch laptop still rocks a Core 2 Duo processor (in T7500, T7300, T7100, T5450, T5250, CM540), a Nvidia GeForce G8400M G External graphics chipset, up to 2.5GB of RAM, and a 160GB SATA hard drive. In the communications department, the U3 packs 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.0, but apparently the GPS we mentioned will be offered as an option along with 3G connectivity and turbo memory. The system also includes a slew of ports, like eSATA, HDMI, GPS RF in, USB, Firewire, VGA/D-Sub, and TV out, plus rocks a built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam and fingerprint reader. Luckily for you fashion plates, Asus has stuck with the leather-bound hand rests and “piano black” exterior, all wrapped up in a magnesium aluminum alloy, which the company thinks is perfect for “metropolitan professionals.” The laptop is rumored to be available in September for around $2000.

[Via Laptoping]

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The Asus U3, which we told you about back in the hot and humid days of July, has gotten its official announcement from the company — and it looks pretty sweet. The Santa Rosa-based, 13.3-inch laptop still rocks a Core 2 Duo processor (in T7500, T7300, T7100, T5450, T5250, CM540), a Nvidia GeForce G8400M G External graphics chipset, up to 2.5GB of RAM, and a 160GB SATA hard drive. In the communications department, the U3 packs 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.0, but apparently the GPS we mentioned will be offered as an option along with 3G connectivity and turbo memory. The system also includes a slew of ports, like eSATA, HDMI, GPS RF in, USB, Firewire, VGA/D-Sub, and TV out, plus rocks a built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam and fingerprint reader. Luckily for you fashion plates, Asus has stuck with the leather-bound hand rests and “piano black” exterior, all wrapped up in a magnesium aluminum alloy, which the company thinks is perfect for “metropolitan professionals.” The laptop is rumored to be available in September for around $2000.

[Via Laptoping]

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Our good buddies over at Asus have decided to get all press-release-y on us about the F8 “Infusion” laptops which we mentioned recently. According to the very busy manufacturer, the 14.1-inch widescreen laptop is going to feature the ubiquitous Santa Rosa 965 chipset, a selection of Intel’s Core 2 Duo processors (T770, T7500, T7300, T7100), and will sport 802.11a/g/n connectivity. Additionally, you can expect either an ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 or an NVIDIA GeForce8600M GS for graphics, up to 2GB of RAM, a SATA hard drive up to 160GB, plus a built-in webcam, hybrid TV tuner, and fingerprint reader. No word yet on pricing or availability, but you’ll know when we do.

[Via Laptoping, thanks Danijel]

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Asus appears to be adding a new laptop called the F8S to its fairly crowded lineup (although we’re almost certain this one isn’t gigantic and made of wood). The new model is a Santa Rosa-based, 14.1-inch widescreen offering, built around an Intel PM965 chipset, with a Core 2 Duo T7300 processor, up to 4GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and either an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600, or NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics chipset. Word on the street is that the F8S will additionally sport 802.11a/g/n, a TV tuner, built-in webcam, fingerprint reader, and will hit for around €2000. Stay tuned for more info as we get it.

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