04.25.05 Buyers Guide GCN Power notebooks make your desktop portable—almost Price as Company Product Processor and memory Screen/video card HDD and optical drives Connectivity Interface ports or slots Bundled software configured ABS Computer Technologies Inc. Mayhem G5 3.6-GHz Pentium 4 560, 800-MHz front-side 17-inch WSXGA+ display 60G 5,400-rpm hard Wireless 802.11g, Four USB 2.0, two FireWire, VGA, stereo Windows XP Pro, $2,988 Whittier, Calif. bus with 1M cache, 1G PC2-4200 memory with ATI Mobility drive, 8x DVD+/-RW drive 10/100 Ethernet, 56- speakers, Fast Infrared, S-Video, port Microsoft Office 562-695-8823 Radeon X800 Pro Kbps modem, Bluetooth replicator, PC Card Professional www.abspc.com video card 2003 Acer America USA TravelMate 8100 2.0-GHz Pentium M 760 Centrino, 533-MHz FSB, 15.4-inch WSXGA+ display 100G Ultra ATA/100 hard Wireless 802.11a/b/g, Four USB 2.0, DC-in, RJ-11 modem, RJ-45 Windows XP Pro $2,299 San Jose, Calif. 1G DDR2 533 SDRAM memory with ATI Mobility Radeon drive, Super-Multi (DVD+R, Gigabit Ethernet, 56-Kbps LAN, VGA, DVI, stereo microphone, S-Video TV- 408-432-6200 video card DVD-R, DVD-RAM) drive modem out, FireWire, Fast Infrared, EZ Doc docking us.acer.com station, PC Card
Alienware Corp. Area-51m 7700 3.6-GHz Pentium 4 560J with Hyper-Threading 17-inch WSXGA+ display 100G Ultra ATA/100 hard Wireless 802.11a/b/g, Four USB 2.0, DC-in, RJ-1, RJ-45, VGA, DVI, two Windows XP Pro, $3,176 Miami technology, 1G DDR2 533-MHz memory with NVIDIA GeForce drive, 8x DVD+/-DVD CD-RW Gigabit Ethernet, 56- FireWire, two PS/2, stereo sound, microphone, Microsoft Office 305-251-9797 6800 Go video card combo drive Kbps modem S-Video TV-out, Fast Infrared, parallel, serial, PC Professional www.alienware.com Card slot 2003 Apple Computer Inc. PowerBook G4 1.67-GHz Power PC G4, 512M DDR333 SDRAM 17-inch XGA display with 100G Ultra ATA/100 hard AirPort Extreme Wireless Two USB 2.0, two FireWire, S-Video TV-out, Mac OS X, iLife $2,699 Cupertino, Calif. memory ATI Mobility Radeon drive, 8x SuperDrive 802.11g, Bluetooth, Gigabit DVI, headphone, microphone, PC Card slot '05 408-996-1010 9700 Pro video card (DVD+/-R with CD-RW) Ethernet, 56-Kbps www.apple.com drive modem
CyberPower Inc. Gamer Xplorer 2.4-GHz AMD Mobile Athon 64 3700+ CPU 17-inch XGA display with 80G Ultra ATA hard drive, Wireless 802.11g, Gigabit Three USB 2.0, three FireWire, S-Video, TV-out, Windows XP Pro, $2,693 Baldwin Park, Calif. X64-9900 with HyperTransport, 1G PC2700 DDR 333 ATI Mobility Radeon 8x DVD- Ethernet, 56-Kbps DVI, headphone, microphone, PC Card Microsoft Office 800-707-0393 Notebook memory 9700 Pro video card modem Basic 2003 www.cyberpowersystem.com
Dell Inc. Inspiron XPS Gen 2 3.4-GHz Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading 15.4-inch WUXGA display ROM/CD-RW combo drive Wireless 802.11g, Gigabit Four USB 2.0, AC adapter, external display, Windows XP Pro, $3,611 Round Rock, Texas technology, 1G DDR SDRAM memory with ATI Mobility Radeon Ethernet, 56-Kbps microphone, headphone jack, keyboard/mouse Microsoft Office 512-338-4400 9800 AGP video card modem common port, parallel, RJ-11, RJ-45, PC Card Professional www.dell.com 2003 Eurocom Corp. D470K Python 2.4-GHz AMD Athlon 3700+, 1G PC2700 17-inch WSXGA+ display 100G Ultra ATA hard drive, Wireless 802.11g, Three USB 2.0, one FireWire, stereo headphone, Windows XP Pro, $3,524 Nepean, Ontario DDR333 memory with ATI Mobility 9700 8x DVD+/-DVD/CD-RW 10/100 Ethernet, 56- microphone, S-Video, serial, parallel, one IrDA Microsoft Office 613-224-6122 video card combo drive Kbps modem, Bluetooth Infrared, RJ-11, RJ-45, DC-in, PC Card Professional www.eurocom.com 2003 Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. LifeBook N6010 3.2-GHz Pentium 4 538 with Hyper-Threading 17-inch WXGA+ display 80G IDE/ATA hard drive, Wireless 802.11g, Gigabit Four USB 2.0, four FireWire, S-Video, VGA, Windows XP Pro, $3,274 Sunnyvale, Calif. technology, 1G DDR SDRAM memory with ATI Mobility 24X CD/DVD-ROM/CD-RW Ethernet, 56-Kbps RJ-11, RJ-45, PC Card Microsoft Office 800-831-3183 Radeon 9700 video combo drive modem SBE www.us.fujitsu.com card
Gateway Inc. M680E 2.13-GHz Pentium M 770, 1G DDR2 400-MHz 17.1-inch WSXGA+ display 80G Ultra ATA hard drive, Wireless 802.11a/b/g, Four USB 2.0, one VGA, one S-Video, one Windows XP Pro, $2,050 Poway, Calif. SDRAM with ATI Mobility 8x DVD-ROM/CD-RW Gigabit Ethernet, 56- FireWire, one PC Card, RJ-11, RJ-25 headphones, Microsoft Works 800-369-1409 Radeon X700 combo drive Kbps modem microphone, Port Replicator docking connector 8.0 www.gateway.com
Hewlett-Packard Co. X6000 3.6-GHz Pentium 4 560 with Hyper-Threading 17-inch WSXGA+, Hyper- 80G, 5,400-rpm hard Wireless 802.11g, Gigabit Four USB 2.0, one FireWire, S-Video, RJ-11, Windows XP Pro $2,097 Palo Alto, Calif. technology, 1G DDR2 SDRAM memory Threading View display drive, 8X DVD+-R/+- Ethernet, 56-Kbps RJ-45, expansion port connector, PC Card 650-857-1501 with ATI Mobility X600 RW/CD-RW modem www.hp.com
IBM Corp. ThinkPad G41 3.6-GHz Pentium 4 532 with Hyper-Threading 15-inch XGA display with 100G Ultra ATA hard drive, Wireless 802.11g, Gigabit Four USB 2.0, AC adapter, external display, Windows XP Pro $2,052 Armonk, N.Y. technology, 768M PC2700 DDR SDRAM NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 8x DVD+/-DVD/CD-RW Ethernet, 56-Kbps microphone, headphone jack, keyboard/mouse 914-499-1900 memory video card combo drive modem common port, parallel, RJ-11, RJ-45, PC Card www.ibm.com
Itronix Corp. GoBook III 1.8-GHz Pentium M 745 Centrino, 2G DRAM 12.1-inch ColorVue 40G ATA-100 hard drive, Wireless 802.11G, CRMA Multi I/O port, PS/2, USB 2.0, VGA, serial, User-selected $4,495 up Spokane, Wash. (ruggedized model) memory Touchscreen with ATI CD-R with DVD-ROM radio, Bluetooth, 21- parallel 800-441-1309 Mobility Radeon video combo drive channel GPS, Ethernet www.gobookiii.com card
Micro Express Inc. NP8734 3.4-GHz Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading 17-inch WSXGA+ display 80G hard drive Wireless 802.11g, Gigabit Three USB 2.0, one FireWire, one serial, one Windows XP Pro, $3,799 Irvine, Calif. technology, 1G DDR400 memory with ATI Mobility 60G hard drive, 4X Ethernet, 56-Kbps parallel, one PS/2, one SVGA, one TV-out, Microsoft Office 800-989-9900 Radeon video card DVD+/-R/RW dual-mode modem one RJ-45, one RJ-11, PC Card Professional 2003 www.microexpress.net combo drive
NewgenPC.com ACI Skynote DX 2.0-GHz Pentium M 755 Centrino, 1G DDR333 15-inch XGA display with 80G hard drive, DVD-ROM Wireless 802.11g, Gigabit Two USB 2.0, one FireWire, RJ-11, RJ-45, Windows XP Pro, $2,247 Parma, Ohio memory SMA (Sharing Memory and CD-RW combo drive Ethernet, 56-Kbps DC-in, VGA, one Fast Infrared, PC Card Microsoft Office 800-890-0868 Architecture) modem Professional www.newgenpc.com 2003 ProStar Computer Inc. 9096-6B 3.4-GHz Pentium 4 with 2M L3 cache 17-inch WXGA+ display 60G ATA hard drive, 8x Wireless 802.11g, Blue- Four USB 2.0, two FireWire, one DVI video Optional $3,655 City of Industry, Calif. (Extreme Edition), 1G DDR2 SDRAM memory with ATI Mobility DVD+/-R/RW burner tooth, Gigabit Ethernet, port, one serial, one parallel, one PS/2, TV-out, 626-854-3428 Radeon X800 video 56-Kbps modem S-Video, PC Card www.prostarcomputer.com card
Sager Midern Computer Inc. NP-4750-V 2.4-GHz AMD Mobile Athon 64 3700+ CPU 17-inch WXGA+ display 100G Ultra DMA hard Wireless 802.11g, Blue- Three USB 2.0, one FireWire, serial, parallel, Windows XP Pro, $2,680 City of Industry, Calif. with HyperTransport, 1G PC3200 SDRAM with ATI Mobility drive, 8x DVD+/-R/RW+DL tooth, Gigabit Ethernet, one PS/2, SVGA, one S-Video TV-RJ-11, RJ-45, Microsoft Office 626-964-2381 memory Radeon 9700 video combo drive 56-Kbps modem PC Card SBE www.sagernotebook.com card
Sharp Systems of America Actius RD3D 2.8-GHz Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading 15-inch XGA display with 60G ATA hard drive, DVD- Wireless 802.11g, Blue- Four USB 2.0, one FireWire, RJ-45, RJ-011, Windows XP Pro, $3,148 Huntington Beach, Calif. technology, 1G DDR SDRAM memory true 3-D capability with R-/R with RAM and CD- tooth, Gigabit Ethernet, stereo headphone out, microphone, serial, Microsoft Office 800-237-4277 nVidia GeForce 4 440 Go R/RW combo drive 56-Kbps modem parallel, G11S-Video out, VGA, DC-in, PC Card Professional www.sharpsystems.com video card 2003 Sony Corp. of America VGN-A600 3.13-GHz Pentium M 770 Centrino, 1G DDR2-400 17-inch WUXGA+ display 100G Ultra ATA hard drive, Wireless 802.11g, Gigabit Three USB 2.0, one FireWire, port replicator Windows XP Pro $3,930 Park Ridge, N.J. SDRAM memory with ATI Mobility X600 DVD+/- R/RW drive Ethernet, 56-Kbps connector, VGA, S-Video, RJ-11, RJ-45, PC 201-930-1000 video card modem Card www.sonystyle.com
Toshiba America Information Qosmio G15 1.8-GHz Pentium M 745 Centrino, 512M DDR 17-inch WUXGA+ display One 60G hard drive, one Wireless 802.11g, Blue- Four USB 2.0, one FireWire, one VGA, one parallel, Windows XP $2,999 Systems Inc. SDRAM memory with TruBrite technology 40G hard drive, 8x Super- tooth, Gigabit Ethernet, TV-out, S-Video stereo speaker connections, Media Center Irvine, Calif. with nVidia GeForce Multi (DVD+R, DVD-R, 56-Kbps modem headphones, microphone, PC Card Edition 2005 949-583-3000 Go5700 video card DVD-RAM) drive www.toshibadirect.com
Winbook Computer Corp. Winbook W364 2-GHz Pentium M 755 Centrino, 512M DDR 15.4-inch WXGA display 80G ATA/100 hard drive, Wireless 802.11g, Gigabit Thre USB 2.0, one FireWire, one VGA, one Windows XP Pro $1,899 up Columbus, Ohio SDRAM with ATI Mobility dual-layer DVD+/-R/RW Ethernet, 56-Kbps stereo line-out, microphone, RJ-45, RJ-11, 888-480-9183 Radeon 9700 video drive modem PC Card www.winbook.com card
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