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Man, Core i7 laptops just keep coming and coming (kinda like Arnold). The latest in what’s sure to be a torrent of companies upgrading their premier products to Intel’s finest quad-core battery killer is MSI, with the GT640. Though MSI hasn’t yet specified which of the trifecta of Clarksfield chips it has inside the machine, we do know there’s a 1GB NVIDIA Geforce GTS 250 taking care of graphics, as well as options for up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM, half a terabyte of storage and a Blu-ray burner. Other notables include a two megapixel webcam, HDMI, 7.1 channel audio output and an eSATA input. While we don’t yet know the wallet damage for that red-striped aluminum alloy body, its Windows 7 installation would indicate a release some time around, oh, October 22 perhaps? One more shot of the keyboard and screen after the break.

[Via Laptoping]

Update: The German announcement for this machine has been more forthcoming with the details. There’s a 1680 x 1050 resolution, 4,800mAh battery and a two-year warranty among the things we didn’t know about before, and the most important thing, the CPU model, is now revealed as a 1.6GHz Core i7 720QM. [Thanks, Johannes]

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MSI GT640 houses Core i7, claims to be ‘world’s most powerful gaming notebook’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oy vey! Today must be some industry-wide Windows 7 announcement day, as Panasonic is hot on the heels of Dell and Toshiba with no less than six lappies set to sport Vista’s agile younger sibling. The Let’s Note (ToughBook, to you and us) F8, R8, T8 and W8 models are likely to take on the new OS without alterations to their hardware, but the hot news comes in the form of the brand new N8 and S8. Powered by Core 2 Duo P8700 chips, both machines will come with 12.1-inch WXGA LCD screens, 250GB HDDs, up to 4GB of RAM, WiMAX, WiFi, HDMI and SDHC connectivity. They also share a stonking claim of 16 hours of battery life, and the one feature that distinguishes between them is the internal DVD burner on the S8. All that goodness will be out come October 22, with expected pricing around ¥200,000 (about $2,230) for the N series. You’ll find a gallery of the unveiling event at the Akihabara News link below.

[Via Akihabara News]

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Panasonic adds Windows 7 to laptop line, unveils Let’s Note N8 and S8 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Airis is no stranger to the fine art of imitating without getting sued out of existence, and its latest effort — the shamelessly titled Praxis Slim Air — is no exception. It sports a 12-inch display spanning 1366 x 768 pixels, a gig of memory and a 160GB hard drive, and if you think this is the usual prelude to a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, well, you’d be spot on. To be fair, with two USB ports, WiFi, HDMI, a 1.3 megapixel webcam and a choice of Windows XP, Vista, 7 or Linux, this isn’t a terrible proposition in its own right. The big downfall comes with a rated battery runtime of just three hours, but if you’re unfazed by the tethered life, you can grab one in Europe for €399 ($586) this October. Full frontal picture after the break.

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Airis Praxis Slim Air is one-inch thick, KIRFtastic originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been a hot minute since ViewSonic cranked out any new LCDs, but the drought is officially ending today. The firm has just blessed the universe with a fresh half-dozen, a few of which pack 1080p panels and respectable price points. Both the VT3245 ($649) and VT3745 ($799) feature a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, 4,000:1 contrast ratio and a five millisecond response time, while the latter is somehow tailored for streaming media. Then there’s the N4285, which also sports a 1080p LCD and a dynamic 10,000:1 contrast ratio; for whatever reason, this one’s priced at $999, so we’re guessing it’s… um, larger? The VT2042 ($299), VT2342 ($349) and VT2645 ($449) are all scaled back versions with lower resolutions (save for the 2342, which does Full HD), though none of ’em are particularly noteworthy. Peep the read link for ship dates and the like, but good look finding out non-critical information like “panel size” and “available inputs.”

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ViewSonic doles out a half dozen LCDs, forgets to make ’em interesting originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Imagine yourself a dozen years ago, inhabiting the age of the CRT monitor, where a depth of 16.5 centimeters was considered a space-saving solution. Now open your eyes, breathe in the fresh air of modernity, and gaze upon ASUS’s new line of 16.5mm deep monitors with the admiration they deserve. Coming out with no less than five models ranging from 23.6 to 20 inches — MS246, MS236, MS226, MS227 and MS202 — ASUS has strapped touch-sensitive buttons to 2ms response panels with 250 nits of brightness, and a 50,000:1 dynamic (boo!) contrast ratio. The top three models feature Full HD resolution and HDMI, while the 22-inch MS227 makes do with 1680 x 1050 and the MS202 gets downgraded to a 5ms response time and 1600 x 900 resolution. Prices aren’t yet available, but the read link contains all the painfully exhaustive details you might need.

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ASUS Designo MS Series is 16.5mm thin, venerates form over function originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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