Monday, August 3, 2009

MSI PR200 Crystal Collection Ultraportable laptop


MSI has introduced the PR200 Crystal Collection 12.1-inch luxury notebook, which features 120 handcrafted crystals forming a ring on notebook’s lid, and a pearl white chassis color.

The 'simple, sophisticated and elegant' MSI PR200 Crystal Collection 3.9-pound ultraportable is based on the Intel “Santa Rosa” mobile platform and combines the Intel GM965 chipset and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 integrated GPU manages the notebook’s 12.1″ “Amazing Crystal Vision” display with 1280×800 resolution. This fashionable laptop supports up to 3GB of system memory and comes with a hard drive up to 250GB and a DVD burner.

Regarding communications, the PR200 Crystal Collection has a wireless module supporting 802.11n draft standard, a Gigabit Ethernet port, a 56K modem, and an optional Bluetooth receiver. In addition, it has a built-in 1.3-megapixel web camera.

The laptop features a HDMI output, a VGA port, three USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, and a 4-in-1 media card reader. MSI also provides an optional TV tuner built into this small notebook.

The PR200 Crystal Collection runs Windows Vista Home Premium operating system. Its pricing and availability date are unknown currently.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Every Intel CPU from 4004 to P4 up for grabs on eBay


'Museum-grade collection', claims seller

By Tony Smith • Get more from this author

18th May 2006 13:10 GMT

With Intel gearing up to cease manufacturing its 386, 486, 960 and other processors of yore, one eBayer is offering technology enthusiasts the chance to own almost the entire collection of the chip giant's microprocessor products.

Well, not all of 'em - some are still sitting in folks' PCs, after all - but rather one of each type, many of them highly esoteric but "historically significant", in the words of the seller, who claims to have spent eight years putting the collection together. The selection runs from the original 4004 through to the Pentium 4.

MSI Announces PR200 Crystal Collection Ultraportable


MSI has announced the PR200 Crystal Collection 12.1-inch luxury notebook, which features 120 handcrafted crystals forming a ring on notebook’s lid, and a pearl white chassis color.

The “simple, sophisticated and elegant” MSI PR200 Crystal Collection 3.9-pound ultraportable is based on the Intel “Santa Rosa” mobile platform and combines the Intel GM965 chipset and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 integrated GPU manages the notebook’s 12.1″ “Amazing Crystal Vision” display with 1280×800 resolution. This fashionable laptop supports up to 3GB of system memory and comes with a hard drive up to 250GB and a DVD burner.

Regarding communications, the PR200 Crystal Collection has a wireless module supporting 802.11n draft standard, a Gigabit Ethernet port, a 56K modem, and an optional Bluetooth receiver. In addition, it has a built-in 1.3-megapixel web camera.

The laptop features a HDMI output, a VGA port, three USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, and a 4-in-1 media card reader. MSI also provides an optional TV tuner built into this small notebook.

The PR200 Crystal Collection runs Windows Vista Home Premium operating system.

Its pricing and availability date are unknown currently.

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