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The Toshiba Satellite T115 is an 11.6-inch mini-laptop that belongs to the new Satellite T100 ultra-thin series.

The 3.5-pound T115 is powered by the Intel Pentium SU4100 or Celeron 743 ultra-low voltage processor and features DDR3 memory, a hard drive with 250GB or more storage space, a 6-cell battery delivering up to 9 hours of battery life, a 1366×768 LED backlight display, and Windows 7 operating system. The laptop does not include a built-in optical drive.

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The Toshiba Satellite T135 is a 13.3-inch laptop that belongs to the company’s new Satellite T100 ultra-thin series.

Weighing at 3.88-pounds, the T135 is powered by Intel’s Pentium SU4100 or SU2700 ultra-low voltage processor and features DDR3 memory, a hard drive with 250GB or more storage space, a 6-cell battery for up to 9 hours of battery life, a LED backlight display with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels, and Windows 7 operating system. The laptop does not include a built-in optical drive.

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The first Windows 7-based laptops can be pre-ordered now in the United States.

The noteboks with Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional Edition can be found at various retailers such as Amazon, Newegg, TigerDirect and others and will start shipping on October 22.

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The first netbooks with Windows 7 operating system are now available for pre-order in the US and will start shipping on October 22.

Around 70 Windows 7 Starter Edition-based netbooks by Acer, Asus, HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Sony, Samsung and Gateway can be purchased from Amazon, Newegg, TigerDirect and other retailers. Regarding hardware, most of the listed netbooks are actually old models with 10.1-inch displays, Intel Atom processors, 1GB of RAM, and up to 250GB of hard drive storage.

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The HP Envy 13 Series thin-and-light 13.1″ laptop is now available for purchase.

Measuring less than an inch thin and weighing 3.7 pounds, the Envy 13 has a chassis made of aluminum and magnesium. The notebook is based on Intel’s low voltage SL9400/SL9600 or ultra-low voltage SU9600 CPU and the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 512MB dedicated graphics. It comes with up to 3GB of DDR3 system memory, up to 250GB of hard drive space, and a 4-cell battery with an optional 6-cell extended-life unit. The laptop doesn’t include a built-in optical drive.

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Hewlett-Pacakrd’s new high-performance entertainment notebook – the Intel Core i7-based 15.6″ HP Envy 15 – is now available.

Besides the Intel Core i7 i7-720QM 1.6GHz or i7-820QM 1.73GHz quad-core mobile CPU, the 1.04-inch thin Envy 15 features the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 1GB gaming-class video card, four memory slots for up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB 7,200rpm hard drive, and a 6-cell battery with an optional 9-cell extended unit. The laptop doesn’t include a built-in optical drive. Its 15.6″ full HD 1920×1080 display uses LED backlight.

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Hewlett-Packard’s 13.1-inch thin-and-light Envy 13 and the 15.6-inch high-performance Envy 15 laptops are now available.

The Envy 13 and 15 sport sleek and lightweight design with metal elements and are based on Intel’s Core 2 Duo and Core i7 processors respectively. According to HP, the Envy 13 boasts the brightest display in its class, and the HP Envy 15 is the company’s fastest consumer notebook PC ever.

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Hewlett-Packard has launched the 15.6″ HP Pavilion dv6t Quad, 17.3″ dv7t Quad, and 18.4″ dv8t Quad Edition entertainment notebook series, based on Intel Core i7 quad-core mobile processors and Windows 7 operating system.

Along with the Core i7-720QM 1.6GHz or i7-820QM 1.73GHz CPU and 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional Edition, the Pavilion Quad laptops include the Nvidia GeForce GT 230M 1GB dedicated video card, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, and a DVD or Blu-ray optical drive. The dv6t Quad comes with up to 500GB of hard drive space, while the dv7t Quad and dv8t Quad provide up to 1TB of storage using two hard drives.

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Acer has announced the Aspire AS5738PG notebook with a multi-touch 15.6-inch display, Intel’s CPU, and Windows 7 OS.

According to Acer, customers can touch anywhere on the AS5738PG’s screen using one or two fingertips to play movies, zoom in and out on websites, edit photos and video, handwrite notes, resize windows, launch entertainment applications and more.

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Acer has announced a dual-boot version of the Aspire One AOD250 netbook, which includes Adroid and Windows XP operating systems.

Android is a lightweight Linux-based open source OS designed specifically for mobile devices. Acer says that Android allows the Aspire One netbook to boot up and shut down quickly with “instant on” Internet connectivity.

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Toshiba announced today the 13.3-inch Satellite U505 Touch and 14-inch Satellite M505 Touch laptops, both with touch-screen displays and Windows 7 operating system.

“Users now will have a new choice in ways to interact with their laptop, whether flicking through photos, shuffling files, browsing online or playing games, utilizing Windows Touch-enabled functionality. The new Satellite M505 Touch and Satellite U505 Touch laptops let users tap, drag-and-drop and scroll through files, Web pages and images,” the press release says.

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MSI’s new Intel CULV-based ultra-slim laptop - the 14-inch X-Slim X400 - is now available for purchase in the United States.

Mwave sells the black/gold MSI X400-060US and black/silver X400-061US, while Excaliber PC additionally offers the white/blue X400-029US model. Weighing at 3.3 pounds, the 1-inch thin notebooks come with the Intel Core 2 Solo SU2700 1.3GHz processor, the GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics, 2GB of DDR2 memory, a 320GB hard drive with Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed, and a 4-cell battery. The X400 doesn’t include a built-in optical drive.

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Sony released today the 11.1-inch VAIO X Series, “the world’s lightest notebook”.

The Sony VAIO X Series weighs 1.6 pounds with its standard battery and is 0.55 inch thin. It is based on Intel’s “Menlow” platform and includes an Intel Atom Z550 2GHz processor, the GMA 500 integrated graphics, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and a 64GB or 128GB solid state drive with Windows 7 pre-installed. The VAIO X doesn’t include a built-in optical drive.

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Sony has launched the VAIO CW, a 14-inch multimedia laptop featuring an Intel processor and NVIDIA’s dedicated graphics.

The first Sony VAIO CW models listed on SonyStyle.com come with the Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 CPU at 2.2GHz, the NVIDIA GeForce GT230M 512MB or GeForce GT210M 256MB video card, 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 320GB hard drive, and a DVD burner or Blu-ray combo drive. The laptop will be also available with a 500GB HDD and a Blu-ray burner.

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Lenovo showcases a new 11.6-inch ultraportable laptop - the IdeaPad U150 - at the ongoing CEATEC expo in Japan.

The manufacturer didn’t provide info on notebook’s detailed specifications. However, a retailer called Xmit lists a 0.53 inch thick 2.97-pound IdeaPad U150 that features the Intel CULV platform with the Pentium SU4100 1.3GHz CPU and the GMA X4500 integrated graphics, 2GB of DDR3 memory, a 250GB hard drive, a 6-cell battery, and Windows Vista Home Basic OS. The display has a resolution of 1366×768 pixels and LED backlight.

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