Components For Laptop

Super Talent FSD56GC25H 256GB SATA SSD(Source: Super Talent)Super Talent claims to have the world’s thinnest 256GB SSD

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Super Talent, a San Jose-based developer of memory devices, will soon begin commercial sales of a solid-state disk (SSD) drive for laptops that can store 256G bytes of data.
SSDs are an emerging class of storage device that are typically drop-in replacements for hard-disk drives but store data on flash memory chips rather than a rotating [...]

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A lot has changed in the 20 years since the first laptop computers appeared, including gigahertz processors, colour screens, optical drives and wireless data. However, one thing that has stubbornly stayed the same is the conventional clamshell format with its hinged display lid that opens to reveal a mechanical keyboard.
That’s about to change. The rules [...]

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Now that loose SSDs (solid state drives) are available, you may be wondering how best to take advantage of the technology. Here’s a breakdown of where retrofitting current machines with solid state could reap worthwhile rewards.
Imation, one of the first vendors to market loose SSDs, is currently offering two SSD lines. One, a 2.5-inch drive [...]

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Asustek Computer expects its notebook PC shipments to total seven million units in 2008, including a shipments goal of 3.5-3.7 million units in China and around one million units in Taiwan. With surging demand for notebook PCs in China, Asustek expects to double its monthly shipments up to 300,000 units in 2008.
More here at Digitimes.
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Lenovo Group Chairman Yang Yuanqing wants to challenge perceptions of Chinese companies as mainly producers of cheap, low-end products.
To do this, Lenovo is pushing high-end models, like the ultra-thin X300 and feature-packed IdeaPad, in international markets to showcase its technological prowess. As a result, Lenovo has yet to roll out a range of low-end products [...]

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Fujitsu plans to begin selling in late June a new range of high-performance hard-disk drives for laptop PCs that offer more storage space than current models.
The “MHZ2 BJ” series of drives have disks that spin at 7,200rpm (revolutions per minute) — faster than the 5,400rpm common on most similar drives — and will be [...]

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Intel’s Classmate PC isn’t just for students in emerging markets anymore. The low-cost laptop will be made available to companies that want to sell it to consumers in developed countries, an Intel executive said last Wednesday.
“During the last quarter, we have seen tremendous interest in the Classmate PC from customers outside education,” said Tom [...]

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