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Menacing huh? The slightly enhanced image above was uploaded to the NotebookReview forums by a jockey claiming to be from Alienware marketing in Costa Rica. The tease upon tease shows what could be the Allpowerful laptop already counting down for product launch in 15 days. Further image manipulation reveals the typical offset-left trackpad found in Alienware’s current gaming rig lineup. One thing’s for certain, with a name like “Allpowerful,” we’d better be looking at a 17-inch screen (minimum) and heavy-hitting Core i7 or we’re setting phasers to kill. Pew pew. Fully enhanced image with added fanart by forum member Quicklite after the break.

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Is this the Alienware ‘Allpowerful’ laptop? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 May 2009 07:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looking for another option in MSI’s oft-ballyhoed Turbo Drive laptop series? The company’s announced the GX723, its gaming hat trick for the month. Under the hood, the 17-inch, WSXGA+ portable’s packing an Intel Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M, Windows Vista Home Premium, up to 4GB of RAM, and your choice of 320GB or 500GB HDD and six / nine cell batteries. It’s also got the ECO quick launch touch sensor for cycling through five performance settings, and colorful W/A/S/D buttons for gamers who are interested in picking this up but somehow don’t have the popular FPS directional keys ingrained into their memory bank. Mum’s the word on pricing or availability.

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MSI’s Turbo Drive-equipped GX723 gaming laptop unveiled originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 17 May 2009 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve got the skinny on ASUS’s latest North American foray, with the Eee PC 1008HA Seashell, UX50 and U80V “thin and light” all vying for your slice of the stimulus this summer. The quite familiar (by now) 1008HA will be retailing for $429, featuring 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, a new thin form factor and six hours of battery (thanks to the Super Hybrid Engine) to set it slightly apart from the netbook competition. The UX50 and U80V, on the traditional laptop angle, are a slightly odd couple, with the UX50 pairing a ULV Core 2 Solo processor with discrete GeForce G105M graphics, aiming for long battery life but in a standard 15.6-inch form factor, while the U80V does the “thin and light” thing with a high speed Core 2 Duo processor, ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 graphics and a 14-inch screen. Both laptops include 4GB of RAM and 802.11n WiFi, with the long-lasting UX50 going for $1,199, while the powerful but slim U80V retails for $899. To be honest, we weren’t stunned by the U80V’s thinness or weight in hand, but it’s really pretty good considering what’s under the hood. We didn’t get to see the UX50 in person, but it better get some pretty epic runtimes to justify that price. Meanwhile the 1008HA is looking just peachy — there’s an odd adapter for the display output that conveniently stashes underneath the chassis, but overall this is just a straightforward and fairly excellent aesthetic refinement of the netbook. Our favorite part, however, has nothing to do with the shell: ASUS finally righted the wrong that was the Eee PC’s funky shift key placement, and we couldn’t be happier.

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ASUS bringing 1008HA, UX50 and U80V laptops Stateside, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 May 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, well, look what we’ve got; a new CULV-based thin-and-light laptop from MSI. The image comes by way of Engadget Chinese whose trusted source lays out the following specs: a 12-inch, 1366 x 768 pixel LED-backlit display, with GMA 4500M integrated graphics, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, 2GB of DDR2 memory, and 250GB disk all wrapped up in a bigger-than-a-netbook but not-quite-a-laptop chassis weighing just 1.4-kgs (3-pounds) with paltry 3-cell battery. We expect pricing to be announced tomorrow but we’ll bet dollars to doughnuts that it’ll be about $700.

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12-inch MSI U200 thin-and-light appears a day early? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 May 2009 09:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve seen a lot of ASUS’ Eee PC 1008HA Seashell in recent days, and now the thin little fella’s been unboxed for all to admire. If the details have already slipped your mind, recall that the Seashell boasts a 1.6GHz processor, a 160GB hard disk, and GMA graphics. The glossy, tapered edges of the 10-incher are looking pretty fine if you ask us, furthering our opinion that the 1008HA is a stylish piece of work. The newest addition to the Eee PC family will be available as of May 15th in the UK for £379 (about $565). One more shot after the break, and hit the read link for the whole, glorious set.

Continue reading ASUS Eee PC 1008HA Seashell unboxed, deemed the slimmest, sexiest model yet

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ASUS Eee PC 1008HA Seashell unboxed, deemed the slimmest, sexiest model yet originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 May 2009 14:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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