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ASRock had a surprisingly large presence at CeBIT this year, so it follows logic that it would bring along some new kit to show off. The MultiBook G12 is its 12-inch offering to the bursting-at-the-seams netbook arena, and while it didn’t look all that different from the units it’s going up against, we suppose a little more competition can’t hurt matters. Details on specs were rather scant, with ASRock only telling us that it will ship with a dual-core Intel CPU, up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, integrated graphics, a 12.1-inch panel (1,280 x 800), room for a single 2.5-inch SATA drive, gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, audio in / out, a built-in optical drive, four USB 2.0 ports, a 56k modem, VGA output and a fancy-ish design on the lid. The on-hand rep wouldn’t give out a hard price to quote, but he did say that it would be priced “very competitively” when it ships worldwide in the April / May time frame.

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ASRock launches MultiBook G12 at CeBIT, we go eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s a little something OCZ Technology cooked up just for CeBIT: a PCIe enclosure that’ll contain 1TB worth of SSD storage with maximum read rates of up to 600MB/sec and maximum write speeds of up to 500MB/sec. Oh, and the sustained write speeds are right around 400MB/sec. Essentially, this device will contain four 256GB MLC-based OCZ SSDs along with 256MB of ECC DDR2 RAM; when slapped in one’s desktop, they can choose to set it up as the boot disk or a slave. OCZ is also hoping to offer a 4TB edition by the end of the year, which is totally plausible given that 1TB SSDs are already a reality. The on-hand demo was just a mockup shell, but the finalized version shouldn’t look much different than what’s pictured in the gallery below. As for pricing and availability? It should hit the US of A in around six weeks for somewhere between $1,500 and $2,000. It’s high-end, y’all.

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OCZ’s Z Drive puts 1TB of blazing SSD capacity in your PCIe slot: eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Make no mistake, the all-black HTC Magic is for real. Separated here at CeBIT from its glistening white counterpart by an equally white G1, this near-final Magic looked just stellar in its glossy dark coat. We chatted it up with an on-hand representative who confirmed that the handsets on display weren’t absolutely finalized, and that when launched exclusively on Vodafone in Europe (you read that correctly), the Voda logo would be proudly plastered on. He stated that there were no immediate plans for selling an unlocked one in Europe or abroad, but that’s just the standard line given when a carrier has yet to get their special toy. He also affirmed that HTC “believed deeply” in Android, and that the world at large would be seeing a lot more where this came from in the near future. Have a look at what these lucky Europeans will soon have access to in the gallery below.

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HTC black Magic (Sapphire) hands-on: a Vodafone exclusive originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:31:00 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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