New and updated Prius notebooks from Hitachi Notebooks / Hitachi Posted by sar7501 on Oct 12, 2004 - 03:59 AM |
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Hitachi have added the "Prius K" series to their notebook computer model line-up. The "Prius Air Note K" and "Prius Note K" feature upgraded optical and hard drives while the "PriusGear K" is a low-spec alternative to the previously released "PriusGear GN75KT" available in white. Hitachi will begin sales of a new notebook model series, the "Prius K" series, from 23 October. The notebooks will have no set retail price.  The "Prius Air Note K" series will include a newly-designed TV tuner with MPEG-2 hardware encoding. Model "AN37KT" will go on sale from 6 November at an estimated street price of 210,000 yen. Features of the installed original "Prius Air View" software include keyword-based TV programming, direct recording to DVD-RAM/+RW, program admin and digital photo management. The "Prius Air Note K" also features a 1024x768 (XGA) 15" SuperRasterView LCD display with 20% increased brightness and low-reflectivity coating. Main specifications of the "Prius Air Note K" are Celeron M 330 (1.40 GHz) CPU, 256MB memory (Max 768 MB), 80GB HDD, Intel 855GME chipset (internal video) and DVD Super-Multi drive. Installed software is Windows XP Home Edition (SP2) and Office Personal Edition 2003. Interfaces include USB2.0 x 4, IEEE1394 x 1, Gigabit Ethernet, Type 2 PC Card slot x 2, SD Card/MMC/Memory Stick/ Memory Stick PRO card slot, VGA connector, composite video input, S-video input/output, modem and others. The notebook is 330 x 275 x 45 mm (WxDxH) and weighs 3.4kg. Battery life of the lithium-ion battery is approximately 2.1 hrs according to the JEITA 1.0 standard. Product information: http://prius.hitachi.co.jp/go/prius/pc/2004sep/airnote/new.html [1]  The 2-spindle "Prius Note K" series will go on sale from 23 October in two specifications. The higher-spec "PN35K" will come with a DVD Super-Multi drive and 80GB HDD while the lower-spec "PN33K" has a DVD±R drive and a 60GB HDD. Respective estimated street prices for the PN35K and PN33K are approximately 180,000 yen and 170,000 yen. Specifications apart from the optical drive and hard drive are mostly the same - Celeron M 330 CPU, 256MB memory (Max 1 GB), Intel 852GM chipset (internal video), 15" XGA SuperRasterView LCD display, Windows XP Home Edition (SP2) and Office Personal Edition 2003. Interfaces include USB2.0 x 4, IEEE1394 x 1, Ethernet, Type 2 PC Card slot x 1, SD Card/MMC/Memory Stick/ Memory Stick PRO card slot, modem, VGA connector and S-video output. Dimensions are 328 x 288 x 32.5-39 mm (WxDxH) and weight is 2.6 kg. Life of the lithium-ion battery is 2.5 hrs (JEITA 1.0 standard). Product information: http://prius.hitachi.co.jp/go/prius/pc/2004sep/note/new.html [2]  In the A4-size "PriusGear K" series, the white "GN33K" will go on sale from 23 October as a lower-spec alternative to the Pentium-M 1.60GHz CPU-powered "GN75KT" announced in September. Expected street price is approximately 175,000 yen. Main specifications are a Celeron M 320 (1.30GHz) CPU, 256MB memory (Max 768MB), 40GB HDD, Intel 855GME chipset (internal video), DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive, 1280x800 12.1" wide RasterView LCD display, Windows SP Home Edition (SP2) and Office Personal 2003. Interfaces include USB2.0 x 2, IEEE1394 x 1, Ethernet, Type 2 PC Card slot x 1, modem, VGA connector and S-video output. Dimensions are 296 x 215 x 29-38.5 mm (WxDxH) and weight is 1.86 kg. Life of the lithium-ion battery is 2.15 hrs (JEITA 1.0 standard). Product information: http://prius.hitachi.co.jp/go/prius/pc/2004sep/gear/index.html [3] Inspired by: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/1012/hitachi2.htm [4] News Release: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/New/cnews/month/2004/10/1012.html [5] |
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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=579 Links in this article [1] http://prius.hitachi.co.jp/go/prius/pc/2004sep/airnote/new.html [2] http://prius.hitachi.co.jp/go/prius/pc/2004sep/note/new.html [3] http://prius.hitachi.co.jp/go/prius/pc/2004sep/gear/index.html [4] http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/1012/hitachi2.htm [5] http://www.hitachi.co.jp/New/cnews/month/2004/10/1012.html |