As is, the Getac 9213 seems to be an exceptionally power-efficient system. In fact, of the dozen or so of Intel Atom-based systems we’ve benchmarked at RuggedPCReview com, only one was able to draw less power at idle than the much more powerful Getac 9213. Six to eight hours of continuing operation ought to be possible on the main battery, and so the 12 hours claimed by Getac with the secondary battery installed seems achievable as well.
The Toshiba Portege M400-S933 uses Intel’s Core Solo processor, the single core T1300. This CPU sports a 2MB L2 cache, runs on a 667 MHz Font Side Bus, and is built on a 65nm manufacturing process. The maximum power dissipation (Thermal Design Power, TDP) of the Core Solo models is at 27W, compared to Core Duo’s 31W, but average power of this CPU should only be slightly less than Core Duo. To save space and power, Intel’s 945GM chipset is used with the GMA950 integrated graphics solution. It is worth noting that GMA950 supports the Windows Vista Aero interface. All of the 945 chipsets support dual channel DDR2 667 RAM, although our M400-S933 came equipped with one 512MB module.
The remarkable thing here is that the GoBook MR-1’s stunning screen performance is achieved with a transmissive rather than a transflective or reflective display. The latter two are compromises that improve direct sunlight readability but the price is a significantly dimmer, murkier picture indoors.
Starting with the Acer Aspire 3935 (top), you get a 13.3-inch 16:9 display, 3G of RAM, 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo processor, DVD burner, 802.11n Wi-Fi, 250GB HDD, touch-sensitive hot keys, webcam, biometric fingerprint scanner, and a digital card reader. Tipping the scales at 4.1 pounds, the Aspire 3935 retails for $900 and is available now.
Dubbed G60J-JX042V, the new ASUS portable gaming machine is expected to measure 395 x 277 x 44 mm, while weighing 3.5 kg, with a 6-cell battery pack. The laptop has been featured with a large 16-inch LED backlit display, enabling users to deal with a high-quality visual experience and a resolution of 1366 by 768 pixels. Designed for gaming enthusiasts, the laptop has also been featured with an illuminated keyboard.
Portability comes at a price, and that price is screen and keyboard size. Those with large fingers or weak eyesight will balk at the netbook’s smaller keyboards and screens. If a user can’t type on the keyboards that range from 88% to 94% of regular keyboard size (some 10-inch netbook keyboards feel much smaller than that), it won’t matter how well the netbook fits on the airplane tray table.
The same thing can be roughly said about Ford. Its highest profile cars these days are the Fusion, Focus, and Escape–all relatively small, fuel-efficient cars (two are sold optionally as hybrids). All the polar opposite of the most popular cars in its gas-guzzler heyday: the Explorer, Expedition, and Excursion.
The hard drive included in our machine is a 2.5″ 80GB Toshiba MK8032GSX, spinning at 5400RPM with 8MB cache. You can see how the IDE version of this drive fared against others in our 160GB Seagate 5400.3 drive review. In a perfectly silent room, you might hear a little clicking as the hard drive spins away, but its unlikely. Performance is excellent on this hard drive and the 80GB of storage space is extremely useful.
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