Hasta La Gadget!

We felt a bit out of place when waltzing into LG’s very business like booth, and while we were absolutely devoid of suit and tie, we weren’t unappreciative of all the beauty seen here on the Xnote P510. First spotted just under a month ago, this here lappie is an immediate eye-catcher in person. The entire palm rest of made of a rubberized material (trackpad included), and there’s even a vibration function to provide noticeable feedback in the pad if you’re into that sort of thing. The build was sturdy, the keys were delightful to touch and the flush trackpad was simply luscious. In case you couldn’t tell, we were nearly booted from the booth from drooling all over the demo unit. We still couldn’t pry out a price, but we overheard one of those aforementioned suits bragging to his buddy that he’d have one “next month.” Grab a tissue and jump down to the gallery below.

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LG Xnote P510 laptop hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re just now wrapping our heads around that 1TB SSD that pureSilicon launched in January, and already ASUS is looking to place us back in a state of disbelief with its newfangled Lamborghini VX5 laptop. Said machine, which is slated to debut tomorrow alongside a litany of other products here in Hannover, will sport a 1TB SSD, a Core 2 Quad CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 16-inch “Full HD” display. You’ll also find a GeForce GT 130M graphics card with 1GB of GDDR3 memory, an illuminated “chiclet” style keyboard and a Blu-ray optical drive to boot. Needless to say, this one’s aimed at those not fazed by stratospheric price tags, and we’re saying that well before the MSRP has been made public. Call it a hunch… or just superb deductive reasoning.

[Via Electricpig]

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ASUS slaps 1TB SSD within Lamborghini VX5 laptop originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Okay, so maybe the newest Inspiron 1410 internals are something to celebrate if you’re really looking for low-end, but you’ll be hard pressed to find a real tech enthusiast that’s jazzed about a 2GHz Core 2 Duo T6400 processor within a 14-inch laptop. At any rate, the aforementioned machine has been juiced (we’re being liberal here) with 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 14.1-inch WXGA display, 250GB of hard drive space, a DVD burner, Intel’s GMA X3100 graphics, 802.11b/g WiFi and a sweet, colorful lid. Oddly enough, both the customize and buy links are currently dead, so it looks like you’ll need some patience in order to buy one without talking to an actual human.

[Thanks, jediclinto]

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Dell’s Inspiron 1410 spec bump is too mild to notice originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While HP’s dv7t provides a much more subtle way to game on-the-go compared to say, the HDX crew, we don’t see the necessity in keeping these updates all hush-hush. For whatever reason, it seems that said laptop has been updated overnight from 17- to 17.3-inches (we’re talking LCD size, by the way), and the NVIDIA graphics option has been replaced with a pair of ATI selections: the 512MB Mobility Radeon HD 4530 and 1GB HD 4650. The newfangled 17.3-inch panel sports a somewhat deflating 1,600 x 900 native resolution, though there is good news to be shared. The previous $1,229 starting point has dropped to a decidedly more manageable $799.99, though it’ll cost you extra to equip this beast with the 2GHz Core 2 Quad CPU that it really deserves.

[Thanks, Johnny and Coal]

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HP quietly updates Pavilion dv7t gaming laptop originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure, this fiery laptop boasts quad-core power and Nvidia graphics, but just a 1,680-by-1,050 screen? Seriously? http://tinyurl.com/c4tbt7