The World's Lightest Centrino Notebook From Toshiba

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Just in time for Intel's launch of Centrino Mobile Technology, Toshiba presents its Portégé R100, weighing in at only 1.08 kg and therefore the world's lightest WLAN notebook, according to the manufacturer. This device is based on Intel's Centrino Mobile Technology, and when used with a high capacity battery, it can have an operating time of up to six hours.

Apart from the attractive design and the light weight, the Portégé R100 pleases with its thin profile of only 14.9/ 19.8 mm, which makes it suitable for stowing away in any briefcase.

Features:

Ultra-Low-Voltage 900 MHz-Pentium-M 256 MB DDR-DRAM (1.024 MB max) 30 GB hard drive 12.1" TFT display Integrated WLAN functionality based on 802.11b (ready for Dual Band 802.11a/b) 2 USB 2.0 ports Trident XP432M graphics chip (32 MB RAM)

The Portégé R100 will be available for $2199 in specialty stores.

Affordable Introduction To The Centrino World: Travelmate 800LCi

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Your introduction the Centrino world doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg, as Acer proves with its 800LCi: customers need only shell out about $1800 for it. The design and workmanship of the aluminum case are pleasing, and it weights 2.56 kg, according to the manufacturer.

For that price the professional user gets a chich mobile PC with a 14.1" XGA TFT display, which, in addition to the usual COM ports such as as Centrino-specific WLAN, also has a safety mechanism based on the smart card. The DirectX compatible GPU Mobility Radeon 9600 (64 MB video memory) ensures respectable graphics performance.

Other features:

CPU 1.3GHz Pentium-M RAM 512MB DDR266 DRAM (2x256MB, 2,048 MB max) 40 GB hard disk 14.1" XGA TFT display 10/100 Mbit LAN interface & integrated WLAN functionality based on 802.11b 2 USB 2.0 ports DVD/CDRW combo-drive (8x/8x/8x/24x) 4-in-1 card reader (supports SD, SM, MM cards and Memorystick)

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