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M SeriesBe the hit of the coffeehouse with Gateway's colorfully stylized M Series Notebook. Featuring a powerful dual-core processor and Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium, the M Series Notebooks make it easy and quick to connect with friends via the integrated webcam or surf the Internet with the wireless and quick-launch keys. Plus, you'll enjoy watching the latest Hollywood movies on the brilliant HD widescreen. |
| Intel® Atom™ Processor1 N270 (1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB, 512K L2 Cache)9 |
| Genuine Microsoft® Windows XP® Home with SP3 |
| 1024MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM Single Channel Memory (512MB onboard and 512MB soDIMM card in slot)10 |
| 160GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive4 |
| Chassis with Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 and Mobile Intel® 945GSE Chipset11 |
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Rugged models tend to run a couple pounds heavier than normal laptops, but you can leave that protective carrying case at home. They resist shocks, water and dust and offer all the features a normal user would need.
In fact, they are practically indestructible: Depending on the make & model, think 30 minutes of heavy rain, 40,000 feet of altitude, 40G shocks, dust storms, saltwater mist, 70 degrees centigrade, 95% condensing humidity and enough vibration to shake a truck apart.
They even have nuclear battlefield models for the military designed to withstand the EMP – ElectroMagnetic Pulse – created by nuclear explosions. This pulse destroys unprotected electronics.
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The SUV of notebooks is as heavy in the hands as on your pocketbook, however – models start around $3,000. Also, you should be prepared to accept last year’s technology at least – many still come standard with Pentium III processors and Windows 98SE.Manufacturing prices are dropping, however, and shipments of convertible, ruggedized and slate PCs may hit over 9 million units by 2008. That's up 700 percent from the 1.2 million units expected to ship this year, according to a forecast by market researchers. Convertible notebooks are expected to make up the majority of those shipments.
The projected number of convertibles and tablets is small compared with the overall number of notebooks - 62.5 million notebooks ship yearly, a number that is forecast by market analysts IDC to climb to 100.3 million in 2008.
Microsoft, a major backer of tablets, is making the rounds with educators and developers to promote the benefits of tablet-based computing.
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 is currently available with the purchase of a tablet-style PC. Users can also get free upgrades at the Microsoft’s web site. The next Tablet OS version is slated to be part of the upcoming Windows Vista Home Premium Edition.
The Premium version, which is based on Vista Home Basic, is similar to the Windows XP Media Center Edition (XP MCE) but adds features designed for tablet PCs such as improved handwriting recognition and ability to use a tablet's stylus to pan through documents.
Only time will tell if these new laptops will flourish like wireless networking or fade away like floppy disks. But in an increasingly tight high-tech market were margins are low and profits are down, expect PC makers to pull out all the stops. They will introduce new and interesting additions to their offerings in a bid to rise above the competition. Who knows? Maybe one day we will all own a rugged, convertible notebook.
Before tossing your desktop to get a sexy, new convertible, remember: you will have to make some sacrifices: Greater expense, shorter useful life – the technology tends to be several months behind the most advanced desktops, virtually no upgrade path apart from more memory and lower overall performance – especially when it comes to games.
Laptop computer screens that flip around to become tablet PCs could be an increasingly common sight near future. Convertibles, as they are called, are the newest and hottest – but not the only - offering in the increasingly diverse laptop market.
A convertible is more than just a laptop with a swiveling screen. The screen also accepts input from a pen just like a PDA – Personal Digital Assistant – or dedicated tablet PC.
Convertibles have given laptops a dual personality – use it normally or flip the screen around and snap it down on top of the keyboard to make a full-fledged table PC. Another cool feature: if you’re trying to show somebody what’s on the screen, you simply swivel it towards them – great for presentations.
With all these cool features, why doesn’t everyone own a convertible? Price mostly – they can cost several hundred dollars more than a standard laptop. Experts predict this will change as more people buy them – economy of scale. On top of that, laptop prices have literally crashed in the last 5 years making them affordable replacements for desktops.
Slate-style tablet laptops – the screen is fixed on top of the unit – are less popular, but widely praised by a select group of die hard scribblers. These units are akin to a PDA, only larger - the dimensions of a standard pad letter-sized of paper - and work in much the same manner.
Table PCs have been around for about 15 years, but sales have always been just a few percent of the total laptop market. To type, you need an external keyboard. Most people prefer typing to writing and – even today – handwriting recognition software leaves something to be desired. Most require a new writing style or a “learning” process.
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Unlike underpowered PDAs, tablet PCs are full-fledged computers capable of running any Windows program. They also cost several hundred dollars less than convertibles and have been on the market longer. Lack of a swiveling screen makes them more robust and lighter, as well, according to proponents. Another segment in growth is that of the ruggedized laptops. They are attractive to anybody who’s ever dropped or banged an expensive laptop causing permanent damage. Ouch, and get out that wallet: just the screen alone could cost $1000 to replace.
| Operating system The main control program of your system. See Productivity Software category for Office applications.  | Choices: HP Mobile internet (Mi) software built on Linux | |
| Processor A faster processor supports more efficient operations and applications performance | Choices: Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor N270 (1.60GHz) | |
| Memory Use more programs at once and make them run faster with more memory | Choices: 512MB DDR2 System Memory (1 Dimm) 1GB DDR2 System Memory (1 Dimm) 2GB DDR2 System Memory (1 Dimm) | |
| Hard drive Store your applications, data, digital music and digital photos on your hard disk drive | Choices: 8GB (Solid State Drive Flash Module) 16GB (Solid State Drive Flash Module) 80GB 4200RPM Hard Drive 32GB (Solid State Drive Flash Module) | |
| Graphics card Bring your favorite applications and games to life | Choices: Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 950 | |
| Display The window to applications, the Internet and more | Choices: 8.9" diagonal WSVGA LED BrightView Widescreen Display (1024 x 600) 8.9" diagonal WSVGA LED Anti-glare Widescreen Display (1024 x 600) 10.1" diagonal SD LED BrightView Infinity Widescreen Display (1024 x 576) | |
| Operating system The main control program of your system. See Productivity Software category for Office applications. | Choices: Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic with Service Pack 1 (32-bit) Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32-bit) Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) | |
| Processor A faster processor supports more efficient operations and applications performance | Choices: AMD Athlon(TM) X2 Dual-Core Processor for Notebook PCs QL-64 (2.1GHz) AMD Turion(TM) X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-74 (2.2GHz) AMD Turion(TM) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor ZM-84 (2.3GHz) | |
| Memory Use more programs at once and make them run faster with more memory | Choices: 1GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) 2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) FREE Upgrade to 3GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) from 2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) | |
| Hard drive Store your applications, data, digital music and digital photos on your hard disk drive | Choices: 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive 320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive 500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive | |
| Graphics card Bring your favorite applications and games to life | Choices: NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G with 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader | |
