Pioneer Computers Australia has already announced its Dual Core notebook ahead of Intel’s Napa launch tomorrow.
Based on the Intel Napa platform, the Dual Core processor notebook will actually be available for journalists to see at tomorrow’s event in
The Pioneer DreamBook 550 is a 15 inch XGA TFT laptop with beefed up multimedia capabilities including Intel Graphics Media Accelerator, DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Allocation) 3.0 support, up to 128MB, Full DirectX 9.0 support and hardware motion compensation support for DVD playback.
The sound system includes Azalia High definition Audio Interface, 3D stereo enhanced sound system, Virtual 7.1 channel audio output, Sound Blaster PRO tm Compatible, S/PDIF Digital output (5.1CH), 1x Build-in Microphone and 2x Built-in Speakers.
The company has specified a buch of I/O ports including 4x USB 2.0, 1x Mini IEEE 1394a port, 1x S-Video jack for TV output (HDTV support by transfer cable), 1x External CRT monitor output, 1x Headphone jack, 1x Microphone jack, 1x S/PDIF output jack, 1x RJ-45 for LAN, 1x RJ-11 port for modem, 1x Line-in jack and 1 DC-in jack.
There is also an embedded 4 in 1 Card Reader (MS/MS Pro/SD/MMC), 1x Type II PCMCIA socket, 10/100/1000Base-TX Fast Ethernet on board and Integrated V.90/56K Modem (V.92 compliant.)
According to Intel, Dual Core technologies are set to boost performance, improve battery life and increase 60% processing power.
The devices are offered on a build to order basis and the RRP starts at $1999