Asus Announces New Mobile Products U8 and G2S Extreme Limited Edition

Asus U6S

So, we see a 1,280 x 800 LED backlit panel, nVidia 8400M (with HDMI out) a 250GB hard drive and 2GB DDR2 RAM as standard. Moving to a larger chassis has allowed Asus to fit in the optical drive omitted from the U1, squeeze 5 hours operation from a 6-cell battery and keep the weight down to 1.5Kg and can operate for up to five hours with a six cell battery. When it comes to hardware, Asus throws in a Core 2 Duo T7500 processor, 2GB DDR2

Toshiba Satellite X205 Now with Dual Graphics Cards SLI Technology

Toshiba today announced the addition of NVIDIA SLI technology to its latest Satellite X205 gaming notebook series with an HD DVD drive designed for a mobile gaming and high-definition entertainment experience. The dual NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video cards in SLI mode are available in the Satellite X205-SLI1 and the Satellite X205-SLI3 configurations.

In support of the Satellite X205-SLI launch, Toshiba plans to host a "Gears of War" tournament during this year's DigitalLife tradeshow in New York later this week. As part of Toshiba's commitment to HD DVD technology, the Satellite X205-SLI notebooks feature an HD DVD drive as part of the standard configuration. To complete the high definition experience, the Satellite X205-SLI incorporates a high-definition, 17-inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite display.

“Both models feature dual NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processing units (GPUs) with combined 512MB of dedicated video RAM and are compatible with Microsoft DirectX 10, ensuring that gamers can take full advantage of the cutting-edge graphics technology that are available within

Toshiba Satellite P205D DTR Laptop

Toshiba today announced the Satellite P205D desktop replacement notebook, featuring a 17-inch display and AMD’s processor and graphics technology. The Toshiba Satellite P205D-S7479 is a 17” multimedia notebook that would seem to be targeting home users willing to spend a little extra to get a notebook computer that can readily handle music, video tasks and the hardware demands of Vista Home Premium. The P205 has plenty of hard drive space for storing media files and comes with a nice bright screen for pleasurable DVD viewing.

The P205D is available in such configurations as the higher-end Satellite P205D-S7479 and the affordable Satellite P205D-S7438. The P205D-S7479 features the AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Gold Edition TL-64 2.2GHz processor, the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 dedicated video card supporting DirectX 10, 2GB of DDR2 system memory, a 250GB hard drive at 4200rpm, a DVD burner with Labelflash technology, the Atheros 802.11a/g/n

Sony announces VAIO AR600 series 17-inch notebook

Sony's new VAIO NR series starts at $750 USD

Sony isn't exactly known for low-priced computer hardware, but the company is looking to turn some heads with its new VAIO NR series of entry-level notebooks.

The new notebooks are based around a 15.4" WXGA screen with XBRITE-ECO technology. The NR110 and NR120 are available with a 1.46GHz Pentium Dual Core processor, the NR140 uses a 1.6GHz Pentium Dual Core processor and the NR160 uses a 1.5GHz Core 2 Duo processor. The NR140 comes with a 120GB HDD while the rest of the lineup includes a 160GB HDD. All models feature 1GB of DDR2 memory, an Intel GMA X3100 integrated graphics

First Asus EEE PC notebooks

The first Asus EEE PC notebooks will ship to the United States in late September and will be priced from $269 to $399, according to the source at Asustek North America, whose statement was posted at Eeeuser’s forum.