http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/13/msi.gx403.game.notebook/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/msigx403.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MSI today updated its smallest gaming notebook by launching the GX403. The new version keeps the 14-inch display but adds a GeForce GT 130M to speed up its gaming performance without a significant energy hit. It also gets support for up to 500GB hard drives (up from 320GB). The system continues to have unique gaming touches like a highlighted W/A/S/D keyboard for first-person shooters and a Tur... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/13/msi.gx403.game.notebook/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/09/asus.g71gx/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0903/g71gxsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Asus has expanded its line of G-series gaming notebooks with the G71Gx. The device is based on Intel's Centrino 2 platform and features the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M GPU with 1GB of DDR3 VRAM, doubling the graphics memory of the previous G71. The company also integrated three SODIMM slots, allowing configurations with up to 12GB of RAM, while a 17-inch display offers a resolution of 1920 by 1200 pix... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/09/asus.g71gx/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/05/benq.intros.joybook.s57/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/benqs57.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />BenQ on Wednesday announced the release of the new Joybook S57, a media-centric notebook with a 15.6-inch, LED-backlit screen capable of a greater-than-720p (1366x768) resolution. The high-spec screen, which also has a relatively quick 8ms response time, plays movies at their native 16:9 ratio. The system is also taxed only lightly when playing HD video from the optional Blu-ray combo drive thank... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/05/benq.intros.joybook.s57/ Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/05/gt725.gaming.notebook/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/msitemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MSI has released the GT725, a gaming notebook featuring the ATi Radeon HD4850 GPU with 512MB of VRAM and a 2.4GHz Intel Centrino 2 processor. The device offers a 17-inch LCD screen with options for either 1920 by 1200 pixel or 1680 by 1050 pixel resolutions, along with an HDMI output for connecting to an external display or projector. The standard configuration includes 4GB of RAM, a 9-cell batter... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/05/gt725.gaming.notebook/ Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/04/asus.p.series.notebooks/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/asusp30intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />At the CeBIT show currently taking place in Germany, ASUS introduced two new business-oriented notebooks, the 13.3-inch P30 and 14-inch P80, the former using Intel's new Consumer Ultra Low Voltage (CULV) processors, while the latter will use Centrino 2-era CPUs. The P30 on display at the show uses the 1.2GHz SU9300 Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and has 4GB of RAM. Both new products have LED-backlit display... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/04/asus.p.series.notebooks/ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/23/msi.x340.x600.notebooks/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/msix600.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Ahead of an expected official debut at CeBIT at the start of May, Taiwan's MSI showed off two new X-Slim laptops, the 13.4-inch X340 and 15.6-inch X600 notebooks, revealing some of their specs. Either has an HDMI output as well as a VGA connection, with both powered by a processor based on Intel's Centrino 2 platform instead of the Atom in the X320. The X600 sports an eSATA port in addition to two... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/23/msi.x340.x600.notebooks/ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/10/dell.latitude.xt2/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/delllatitudext2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />(Updated with pricing) Dell as promised has launched the Latitude XT2 as the second-generation of its convertible tablet PC. The new version comes with multi-touch support out of the box and uses pinches, swipes and other gestures to zoom and scroll through apps that support the features, such as web browsers and photo viewers. It also continues to carry a second digitizer and will work with a b... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/10/dell.latitude.xt2/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/27/toughbook.19.and.32.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/panasonictoughbook19.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Panasonic today updated its most hardened Toughbooks to make them both faster and more usable. The Toughbook 19 tablet and Toughbook 30 notebook are both based on Intel's Centrino 2 platform and use both faster and more efficient low-power Core 2 Duo processors that Panasonic estimates can get up to 10 hours on a single battery. They also get new, much brighter 1,000 nit LCDs with anti-glare, an... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/27/toughbook.19.and.32.update/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/14/atom.n280.due.in.spring/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/intelatom-penny.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel is prepping a new Atom processor whose platform will be significantly faster than any existing model, a new roadmap shows. The Atom N280 chip will only be slightly faster at 1.66GHz versus the N270's 1.6GHz but will jump the system bus from 533MHz to 667MHz, giving the chip more headroom for data. It should also introduce a much more modern integrated graphics chipset, the GN40, that bring... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/14/atom.n280.due.in.spring/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/05/lenovo.ideacenter.a600/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/lenovoideacentera600.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Lenovo today abandoned its traditional business desktop focus with its first all-in-one IdeaCenter PC. The A600 is billed as a home entertainment computer and comes with a rare motion-sensitive remote similar to the Nintendo Wii remote or Gyration offerings: users can play games or otherwise control the onscreen cursor by gesturing at the PC rather than using a directional pad or mousing on a fla... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/05/lenovo.ideacenter.a600/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:45:00 GMT