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Well, well, what have we here? Yet another entrant into the decidedly oversaturated netbook market, that’s what. While waltzing through OCZ Technology’s CeBIT booth today, we happened upon the company’s very first netbook: Neutrino. After chuckling for a few at the empty Beck’s bottle beside it (hey, we’re in Germany!), we scoped out the specs (and chatted with an on-hand rep) and found that it will be shipping Stateside within nine or so weeks in two variations. The first is a “DIY” model, which will be “priced competitively” compared to similar sized netbooks and enable buyers to select their own RAM, HDD, etc; the alternative is an OCZ‘d-out edition, which will cater to high-end users who won’t mind the undisclosed price premium. The 10.1-inch machine will come loaded with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, a 945GSE chipset, up to 2GB of RAM, an optional 250GB OCZ SSD, 1,024 x 600 resolution LCD, VGA output, Ethernet, twin USB 2.0 ports, a 4-cell (2,200mAh) battery, WiFi and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. It’ll weigh in at 2.86 pounds and come with Ubuntu or WinXP, and while we weren’t thrilled with the trackpad performance, the keyboard was one of the nicest we’ve touched on a netbook, even nicer than the well spaced one on ASUS’ Eee PC 1000HE. Check out the gallery below for more looks.

Filed under: Laptops

OCZ launches first netbook with Neutrino, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We heard way back in January that ASUS’ S121 would be the world’s first laptop with a 512GB SSD, and now we’ve reason to believe that very drive could be coming from the labs at A-DATA. Here at CeBIT, the company has launched what it’s claiming is the industry’s highest capacity SSD (in the 2.5-inch form factor) with its 512GB XPG SSD. The drive promises to provide 230MB/s read and 160MB/s write rates while shuffling data around on the SATA II interface. As expected, it comes housed in a durable aluminum casing to shake off those occasional bumps and bruises, but there’s sadly no word on price or availability. Next stop: 1TB. (Hopefully, anyway.)

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A-DATA launches laptop-ready 2.5-inch 512GB XPG SSD at CeBIT originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We didn’t set out to find Lian-Li’s Burj Al Arab-in-PC-case-form at CeBIT (okay, we did, so sue us), but the best part of finding the PC-888 wasn’t the case itself. Rather, it was the fellow who spotted it just behind us for the first time ever. We can’t replicate in words the amount of glee in his voice, as he obviously has spent at least one night in Dubai’s most iconic hotel. Needless to say, we’re guessing he left Hannover with one of these in his checked bag.

Filed under: Desktops, Peripherals

Lian-Li’s “Burj Al Arab” PC-888 chassis eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ready for more MSI? Good. Just in case the flurry of other new gear from the company has yet to tickle your fancy, how’s about a smattering of all-in-one PCs? The Wind NetOn AP1900 was on hand in Germany, as was the Wind Top AE1900, AE2010, AE2200. Straight up, we weren’t particularly fond of any of ’em, with the enclosures looking downright shoddy from a few feet away. Maybe the design team has been too wrapped up in the X-Slim family to care about these guys, huh? On the plus side, the touchscreen on the Wind Top AE1900 was super responsive, but we know you’ll only use it for the first ten or so seconds of ownership before reverting back to the tried-and-true mouse / keyboard tandem. The whole lot is shoved down there in the gallery!

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MSI Wind NetOn AP1900, Wind Top AE line eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember that GP1 pico projector that was quietly announced alongside a slew of others at CES this year? Apparently it’s sporting the P1 moniker in Europe, which is infinitely confusing given that BenQ used to have a PJ that looked mighty similar to this one, and yeah, it too was called the P1. At any rate, the GP1 you see here is BenQ’s first ever LED beamer, and with it will come an 858 x 600 native resolution, 100 ANSI lumens, 2,000:1 contrast ratio, an integrated USB reader, TI’s DLP technology and a lamp life of 20,000 hours. It should be out in Germany by April, but we’re still expecting it here in the US next month for a lofty $599.

Filed under: Displays

BenQ GP1 (P1) LED pocket projector eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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