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Four Asus ?Santa Rosa? Barebone Notebooks Listed

ComputersPlus’ web site has listed four Asus barebone (whitebox) laptops based on forthcoming Intel “Santa Rosa” notebook platform.

There are two listed models built on “Santa Rosa’s” GM965 chipset with integrated GMA X3100 graphics - the 13.3-inch widescreen (WXGA) S37E and 14.1-inch widescreen S62E. Regarding models designed for use with dedicated graphics card, ComputersPlus lists 13.3-inch WXGA S37S and 15.4-inch WXGA S96S, both based on Intel’s PM965.

Products pages say 14.1-inch Asus S62E and 15.4-inch S96S barebone laptops support next generation of Intel Core 2 Duo “Merom” processors such as T7700 at 2.4Gz, T7500 at 2.2GHz, and T7300 at 2.0GHz. The 13.3-inch Asus S37E and S37S are claimed to support “Merom processor W/2/4MB L2 Cache”.

Unlike last year released Socket M “Merom” processors with 677MHz front side bus, the new 800MHz FSB CPUs will use “Santa Rosa”-compatible Socket P, according to the earlier reports. This means that current Mobile Core 2 Duo processors, such as T7600, T7400, T7200, T5600, and T5500 are not compatible with Intel’s new notebook platform, as well as with the mentioned Asus’ barebones supporting T7700, T7500 and T7300 processors.

Asus S37E, S62E, S37S, and S96S whitebox laptops are priced at $567, $436, $627, and $526 respectively.

Currently, there are no detailed specifications of these barebone notebooks.

ComputersPlus

[Source: laptoping.com ]

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Clearwire WiMax Laptop Card to Be Available in H2

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved yesterday the first WiMAX laptop card. The approved Clearwire Corporation’s WiMAX-class product is made to connect to the Clearwire network and is on target to be available during the second half of this year.

Clearwire’s WiMAX notebook card fits into a standard Type II laptop card slot and is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista and XP operating systems.

“The high performance, wireless access modem is a true non-line-of-sight device, requiring only a simple driver to be added to the customer?’s computer,” wireless broadband provider Clearwire says.

Clearwire

[Source: laptoping.com ]

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Dell Latitude D630 ?Santa Rosa? to Feature Wireless N, SSD, Hybrid HDD

The forthcoming 14.1-inch Dell Latitude D630 laptop based on Intel’s next generation Centrino platform, code-named “Santa Rosa”, features an optional wireless N connectivity, as well as solid state drive (SSD) and hybrid hard drive options, according to Laptoping’s retail sources in Europe.

Dell Latidude D630 is built on Intel GM965 and PM965 chipsets, depending on model, and will be offered with Socket P Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo processors. The D630’s 14.1-inch widescreen (1280×800 or 1440×900 resolution) display is powered by an integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100. Dell will also most likely offer the same laptop with a dedicated video card. The Latitude D630 supports up to 4GB of main DDR2 memory.

Along with an optional Wi-Fi card providing next-gen IEEE 802.11n draft wireless connectivity and an optional Bluetooth, Dell Latitude D630 also has a built-in Gigabit Ethernet, a standard a/b/g/ Wi-Fi and a 56k modem.

Currently, we have no information on notebook’s data storage capacity options. It is certain that D630 has an optical drive, but we will have to wait until its official release to see if the notebook will be offered with any standard hard drive, along with solid state drives and hybrid drives.

Regarding ports and slots, there are four USB ports, external monitor output, COM port, Firewire and PCMCIA card slot.

Dell Latitude D630 weighs approximately 4,4 pounds and looks the same as its D620 precursor.

It will be offered with pre-installed Windows Vista operating system.

[Source: laptoping.com ]

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