The fastest laptop ever - thanks to Intel's Penryn chip

PC Pro has managed to get its hands on one of the first Intel 45nm Penryn-powered laptops and its verdict? “Fast.” The new ‘Penryn’ Core 2 Duo T9000-series processors are reckoned by Intel to give a "modest 5 to 12% improvement in performance" with no increase in power consumption. This is a result of its new 45nm manufacturing process that that allows more components to be crammed onto the chip without increasing its 35 watt TDP (Thermal Design Power).

The laptop – an Asus M50SV-AS030G – has a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo T9300 chip with a 15.4in (1280 x 800) screen, 4Gb of RAM and a 250Gb hard drive. It’s the fastest laptop PC Pro has ever tested and it’s even 32% quicker than a desktop PC with a 3GHz Pentium D processor. And all for £1,149 inc VAT.

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Toshiba launches new Portégé M700 tablet PCs

Yes, they are still being made and Toshiba is the latest laptop manufacturer to launch a new range of tablet PCs. The two models in the new Portégé M700 series are Toshiba’s fourth take on the tablet concept and both are based on Intel Centrino vPro technology, with Core 2 Duo T7250 processors (based on the Merom platform, rather than the new 45nm Penryn).

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Sony announces Penryn refresh for 2008 VAIO laptops

Sony has just announced a Penryn refresh of its VAIO range of laptops, along with a few other upgrades for 2008. Intel’s new 45nm Core 2 Duo chips will soon be appearing in models in the AR60, FZ30, SZ70 and CR30 series of VAIO portables.

The AR60 Series gets the Core 2 Duo T8300 2.3GHz processor and a 4Gb RAM upgrade, and also comes with nVidia GeForce 8600GT graphics (with 512Mb of RAM) and Blu-ray. The VAIO FZ30 Series also gets a 4Gb RAM upgrade, along with a Core 2 Duo T8300 2.3GHz processor, while the SZ70 Series gets a nippier 2.5GHz T9300 chip inside its svelte 1.79kg carbon fibre frame. Finally, the CR30 Series gets a choice of the 2.1GHz T8100 or 2.4GHz T8300 chips.

The Penryn-based AR60/E is available now, with the rest of the AR60 Series and the other Penryn-based VAIO laptops to follow from 22 February.

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Rock Xtreme 770 gaming laptop

The Xtreme 770 was our favourite desktop replacement laptop of 2007 and if you just looking at the pictures, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Rock has made very few changes to its flagship gaming laptop since. Looks can be deceiving though, as under the surface, Rock has been busy updating and upgrading almost all of the Xtreme 770’s components (including a new Penryn Core 2 Duo processor), adding a further £400 to its already considerable price.

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Very occasionally, a product comes along that makes you wonder why nothing like it has ever been made before. And that’s precisely the feeling we had

Very occasionally, a product comes along that makes you wonder why nothing like it has ever been made before. And that’s precisely the feeling we had holding the Lenovo ThinkPad X300 for the first time. It weighs a feather-light 1.45kg, but includes a full-sized keyboard, a 13-inch widescreen and a built-in optical drive. It all seems so simple.

Once you start analysing though, you realise products like this could only appear in 2008. For the first time, technologies like solid-state-disks, low voltage processors and optical drives have reached a point they can be miniaturised – or, in the case of solid-state disks, mass produced – without making unbearable sacrifices

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Sony VAIO VGN-TZ31MN/N

The Sony VAIO VGN-TZ31MN/N is an important laptop for Sony – it’s been a big player in the ultra-portable market for some time, but a host of competitors have emerged in the last few months that look set to steal some of its market share.

The Eee PC massively undercut most manufacturers on price and offered unprecedented portability for a budget machine; the Lenovo X300 ThinkPad brought features galore in a tiny package, as long as money was no object; and the Apple MacBook Air offers unrivalled style and a razor-thin chassis. So, the new TZ31MN is Sony’s answer to these pretenders to the ultra-portable throne.

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Acer launches 6920 & 8920 Aspire Gemstone Blue laptops with Intel Penryn processors

Acer launched its new Aspire Gemstone Blue laptops earlier today, with two new ranges comprising eight different models, all based on Intel’s new 45nm ‘Penryn’ Core 2 Duo processor.

Best classed as desktop replacements, the new Aspire 6920 and 8920 have 16in and 18.4in screens, respectively, and there’s a choice 1366 x 768 or 1920 x 1080 screen resolutions. The screen resolution of the 8920 exactly matches that of HD video and Blu-ray drives are available on models throughout the range.

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