The difference between today's multimedia notebooks and the room-size calculators of computing's early days, he notes, is mainly faster bit-processing engines and increasingly clever software.
They're done up in a style more similar to the company's Ethos multimedia notebooks rather than the current TimelineX models.
Sony has announced four new laptop lines, each taking advantage of Intel's new Centrino 2 (Montevina) platform: The FW Series of multimedia notebooks, the SR Series of ultraportables and the Z Series of ultraportables, along with the BZ Series of business notebooks.
I didn't sit in the front section of the airplane or rent a luxury car but I carried a full featured multimedia notebook PC--the Toshiba T2150CDT.
These included: desktop video teleconferencing; shared software environments for remote, real-time collaboration; access to the resources of the Internet; a multimedia scientists notebook; and scientific visualization software.
Sources familiar with the company say that this could be the worlds fastest 2D, 3D and multimedia graphics accelerator for notebooks and is 60% faster than anything else out there in the market.
"This new Aspire notebook offers multimedia enthusiasts the ultimate in mobile entertainment – cinematic quality sound and visuals, an industry-leading feature set, and the performance to handle demanding digital media," said Preeta Anil, Product Manager, Notebooks for Acer America.
The ultimate affordable pairing of mobility, style and multimedia technology, the Gateway TC Series notebook line was designed with the performance and cinematic mobile entertainment features that make it ideal for use as a mainstream notebook.
The notebook supports text, multimedia, and "hot" links to specific visualizations.
"Fun is a notebook that brings multimedia to life-and the IdeaPad Y560d does this in a dramatic fashion with a truly unique 3D viewing experience," said Dion Weisler, vice president, business operations, Lenovo.
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