New Mebius dual spindle model from Sharp Articles / Sharp Posted by zmcnulty on Apr 22, 2004 - 09:05 AM |
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Dear Sharp: Sharp Corporation will release the "Mebius PC-MC30F" dual-spindle notebook with a 12.1" display on May 12th. While it is officially listed as Open Price, indicators suggest it should be closer to 140,000 yen [1]. This laptop features the "DirectHD" function, which consists of turning off the power to the laptop, then connecting it to another PC with a USB cable, and having the host PC recognize the laptop as a hard drive. Included with the Mebius is the "Relief Easy Easy Move Pack for DirectHD" which uses DirectHD to move mail and other data from a different computer. Since DirectHD uses the USB 2.0 standard, transfers up to speeds of 480Mbps are support. The CPU is a Mobile Athlon XP-M 2000+ (actual clock 1.667GHz), the memory is 256MB (PC2100, max 768MB), the HD is 40GB, and a DVD-ROM-CD/RW combo drive is featured. For a display, the computer uses a 12.1" TFT LCD capable of displaying XGA (1024 x 768). Furnished interfaces are Ethernet, 56kbps mode, 1x Type2 PC card slot, 4x USB 2.0, 1x DirectHD connection, and 1x mini D-Sub 15 pin. Using the JEITA 1.0 measurement system, the battery life is 1.8 hours. The main body size is 281 x 262 x 22.5 - 33.5mm (W x D x H), and the weight is 2.5kg. Translation software, TV phone software, and DVD-related software is included.  Inspired by: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0422/sharp.htm [2] Press Release: http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/040422-2.html [3] |
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This article is from TechJapan http://www.techjapan.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=249 Links in this article [1] http://www.techjapan.com/javascript:; [2] http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0422/sharp.htm [3] http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/040422-2.html |