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Hot on the heels of announcing some fresh gaming notebooks, MSI is showing off yet another laptop — albeit, one you can’t buy yet. The GS70 Stealth is a 17-inch gamer’s machine, and by most indications, it’s designed to go head to head with Razer’s Blade lineup. At 3.9kg (8.6 pounds) it’s reasonably light for a system with this screen size, and with an all-aluminum chassis, it has a more premium feel than other MSI machines (not to mention some competing models from brands like Alienware). What really makes us think of Razer, though, is the secondary display on the interior, which doubles as a touchpad. Unfortunately, because the unit we handled was an early-stage prototype, it wasn’t actually functioning as it should, but MSI says the display would allow for touch input, since the primary 17.3-inch (1080p) screen will be non-touch.

In short, then, the company thinks this might present a good compromise for folks who want a touchscreen handy, but would rather it not be the main display where they’re viewing games. And who knows? Even if you don’t crave touch input, it might still make for a neat secondary display, especially if you’ve got games running at full-screen. No word on when this will come out or how much it will cost, but MSI is going to release essentially the same system, just with a regular touchpad. Look for it in August with a starting price around $1,699 (we’ve included shots of that below, if you’re curious).

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In addition to the Tegra 4-based Android tablets Toshiba announced today, the company also unveiled several new entertainment PCs and refreshed Satellite laptops, which run on “Haswell” fourth-generation Intel Core processors. The Satellite laptops will be available from Toshiba online June 9, while the entertainment systems have a more vague date of “mid-June”.

First up are what Toshiba is calling its latest two “entertainment hubs,” the Qosmio X75 laptop and the all-in-one PX35t desktop PC. The Qosmio X75 features a 4th-generation Intel Core i7 alongside Turbo Boost Technology, with the ability to install up to 32GB of RAM. Graphics come by way of an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M, as well as NVIDIA CUDA. There’s room for dual-drives up to 1.25TB. The display is a big 17.3-inch Full HD TruBrite, and there’s a 4K UltraHD HDMI output for those with a 4K TV in their entertainment room.

If a desktop is more in line with your needs and you don’t mind an all-in-one system, there’s the PX35t, which offers a 23-inch Full HD 1080p touchscreen. Users can get it with a 4th-generation Intel Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7, depending on preference. Storage comes by way of a 1TB 7200rpm HDD, and there’s 16GB of RAM.

The Qosmio X75 laptop starts at $1,399, while the PX35t starts at $1,029.

Toshiba Qosmio X75 and PX35t desktop PC:

In addition to the new entertainment machines, Toshiba has also unveiled new Satellite laptops: the P Series, and the S Series. The machines are boasted as being trimmed down by up to 25-percent over previous offerings, offering better battery life and other features.

The Satellite P Series is available in a variety of 4th-generation Intel Core processors, depending on preference, with up to 1TB of HDD storage, a max of 32GB of RAM, and up to an NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M for graphics. The displays, which have edge-to-edge glass, are available in both 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch sizes – both options are Full HD TruBrite panels. The smaller of the two models is also available with a touchscreen display. Both machines have 4K Ultra HD HDMI output.

The S Series is similar, but substitutes a tad in terms of features by making it up in style. As with the P Series, these machines are available with 4th-generation Intel Core processors and up to an NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M GPU. There’s an extra screen option over the other series at 14-inches, with all three sizes being available in touchscreen options. The larger two sizes – 15.6 and 17.3-inches – can be confured in up to Full HD resolution.

The trackpads don’t have buttons and support multi-touch. There’s up to 1TB of storage available, 16GB of RAM, USB 3.0, and regular HDMI output, rather than the P Series’ 4K HDMI output. The keyboard is LED backlit, and there’s a Blu-ray player. The Satellite P Series starts at $754.99, while the Satellite S Series will start at $699.00.

Toshiba Satellite P75A7200 and S75t-A7217:

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Over the last year, some key manufacturers have opted to reduce their dependence on major trade shows, instead deciding to launch new devices at blowout private events. That’s not the case at Computex. As the home of substantial technology players such as Acer, ASUS and HTC, Taiwan is no stranger to innovation. Its capital city, Taipei, has played host to this annual IT show for more than three decades, and judging by the activity today, the event remains vitally important to the country, and the industry as a whole. We had a chance to check out a tremendous number of new products on the first day alone, but we’ll continue delivering news and hands-ons throughout the week. For a look at what we saw on Monday in Taipei, click past the break. Then check out our event hub for a complete look at Computex 2013.

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Move over, Seagate — there’s a new sheriff in slimtown. Not content to introduce the first 5mm thick 500GB HDD, Western Digital just announced that it’s shipping the world’s thinnest 1TB hard drive, the 7mm WD Blue. It features StableTrack which secures the motor shaft at both ends to reduce vibration and improve tracking, plus dual-stage actuators — electromagnetic for coarse displacement and piezo for fine movement. SecurePark keeps the heads clear of the disk surface and increases shock resistance. It’s the same HDD we caught in prototype form at IDF 2012 and we reckon the 7mm WD Black (hybrid) version we saw at CES 2013 can’t be far behind. The 1TB model (WD10SPCXX) is priced at $139 with a two year warranty and is available to OEMs, integrators and consumers right now. We fully expect this drive to appear in one of the laptops / tablets launching at Computex this week, so don’t miss our coverage.

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It’s Computex week, which means the technology world is ready to talk up the PCs it’ll be pushing out between now and January. Dell’s Kirk Schell has let it slip that the company will be beefing up its mobile offerings with an 11.6-inch laptop that should arrive in time for the holidays. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Dell XPS 11 will come with a high-definition display that can be folded backwards to use as a tablet — which would have been exciting, but for the fact Lenovo got there first.

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Source: WSJ