Laptops Arena

Gigabyte has published information about the specifications of several low priced laptops, among which is the Gigabyte MV912V I’ve told you about in my previous article.
Now it’s time to take a look at all the other models that will arrive soon on the market.
Gigabyte M528 has received many awards this year: the Tom’s Hardware Design Award, the Taiwan Excellence 2008, Best Choice 2008, and the GD-MARK Award.

It is coming with the Linux operating system with Merry-Go-Round i-CON Interface, the Intel Centrino Atom 800MHz processing technology, Intel Poulsbo, 4GB SSD drive, built-in 3MO web camera with autofocus, and a 4.8-inch LCD display with touch panel and 800 x 480 pixel resolution. All these in a device measuring just 152 x 80 x 22.5 mm at a weight of 340 grams.
The next subnotebook is the Gigabyte M700 with a 7-inch touchscreen LED backlight display of 1024 x 600 pixels, Express Card slot, 3.5G high-speed connectivity, WiMAX, a twin-lens camera, GPS, 2GB RAM memory, 1.8-inch HDD with up to 60GB storage, the VIA C7-M processor of 1.2GHz speeds, dock for desktop setup, and the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system.



Gigabyte M528 low priced laptops from the Mobile Internet Device category provide high performance, while the Gigabyte M700 is an Ultra Mobile PC weighting just 650 grams. The other two models are a 14.1-inch laptop called W476V and the 15.4-inch Gigabyte W576V, sporting a luxurious design with the IMR imprint technology.



Gigabyte W476V runs on Windows Vista operating system, powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processor up to 2.8G speeds, and uses the TFT LCD display technology with anti-glare coating and a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. Next, it has the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS graphics card with 256MB memory, 2.5-inch SATA HDD of up to 320GB capacity, modularized optical drive, stereo speakers, omni-directional microphone, Trusted Platform Module protection, and dual-band antenna support for wireless connectivity. The 6-cell battery provides up to 2.5 hours of operating life.



Gigabyte W576V provides up to 2 hours of battery life, a larger display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, the NVIDIA Geforce 9600M GS with 512MB, built-in camera, Intel Robson 2.0 support, dual-band antenna support, and the rest of the features encountered at the previous laptop model.

We’ll find more details including prices and availability dates later this year.

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It’s coming soon and it looks perfect! I am talking about the new convertible notebook PC from Gigabyte, called M912V.
Gigabyte M912V is a netbook sporting an 8.9-inch LCD display with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels, touch-sensitivity technology, LED backlight for clear images in low light conditions, and 180 degree swivel, which transforms the convertible notebook in a stylish tablet PC with the Latchless design. It is powered by the Intel Atom processing technology with 1.6GHz speeds, integrating the Intel 965GSE chipset, a 2.5-inch 9.5 mm SATA HDD of up to 250GB storage capacity, built-in 1.3MP camera for video conferences, 2 built-in speakers of 1.5Watts output each, and an 80-key keyboard with touch panel.

It supports Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux operating systems, and weights just 1.3Kg measuring 235 x 180 x 28~42 mm. Other features include 1GB memory, external optical drive, 3 USB ports, Express Card slot, card slot, Bluetooth 2.0, wireless LAN, Kensington lock, and a 4500 mAh Li-ion battery for up to 3.5 hours of operating time.
Its users will be able to browse the Internet to be up to date with the latest news, communicate via online chat applications wirelessly and work with documents in any light condition, thanks to the LED backlighting.
In addition, Intel Atom, the smallest processor increases the energy efficiency up to 2.5Watts of power consumption, and the battery life considerably.



Netbooks, introduced by Intel earlier this year, defines those low-cost subnotebooks, which have the main functionalities the Internet navigation and document management, with wireless communication capability. The statistics showed that by 2011 over 50 million netbooks will be available on the market worldwide.

<-180x150 Small Rectangle - left->The new W468N-73 notebook presented by Gigabyte in Germany is a small system with a 14.1-inch TFT display built with the Anti-Glare technology and having a resolution of 1280x800 pixels.

It comes in a completely white housing, starting at the keyboard and finishing at the touch pad, which are black.

The white notebook is powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 processor clocked at 2.0GHz, and integrates an NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS with 256MB dedicated memory, 2GB of RAM memory, enough to run Windows Vista and benefit from all its applications, while the 2.5-inch Samsung S-ATA HDD at 5400RPM stores up to 250GB of data.



It comes with a dual layer DVD-RW optical drive perfect to burn CDs and DVDs and for connectivity it has WLAN, Gigabit Ethernet, Modem, 4 USB 2.0 slots, a Firewire port, VGA slot, card reader (SD/MMC/MS/Pro) and a MiniPCI Express Slot.

To let the user benefit from the latest videoconference applications, Gigabyte added a built-in web camera of 2.0MP.

All this is priced at $1,440.

M704 is the latest Ultra Mobile PC from Gigabyte that comes with a slider-type QWERTY keyboard, a 1,024 x 600 LED-backlit touchscreen, 7-inch WVGA display (1024×768 pixels).

It is equipped with a VIA C7-M ULV processor clocked at 1.2GHz, a VX-700 chipset, 768MB of DDR II 533, a VIA VX-700 UniChrome Pro Core, a 1.8-inch HDD with up to 60GB storage, and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi support.
There is also a useful webcam of 1.3MP with CMOS sensor, a TV out, 2 USB ports and SD/MMC slot.
For the M704 UMPV, Gigabyte has chosen the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system.

The Li-ion battery lasts up to 3 hours, and the whole device measures 190x121x30mm and weights 780g.
No info about the price yet.