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 Intel®
Centrino - Unwired Technology
Intel®, the industry leader in PC processor technology, brings
you Centrino™, an innovative new standard for true mobile notebook
performance and capability. Being mobile is about freedom. Freedom
to move, connect and enjoy. Intel Centrino™ delivers unprecedented
CPU performance, battery standby times, low heat generation, ultralight
and thin chassis and built-in wireless networking.
The Metabox™ 523/524 embraces Centrino™ technology, merging
the raw power of advanced IT equipment with lifestyle and practical,
ergonomic elements that it is pleasurable to use. Imagine whisper
quiet operational noise in the still of the night, or a keyboard you
can type on for hours without fear of scorching your fingertips or
having confidence your battery will sustain your Metabox 523/524 through
the big presentation.
As the use of video, audio and detailed graphics becomes
more prevalent, and the number and types of foreground and background
applications increase, mobile processing power has become more important
than ever. The Intel Pentium®-M processor, running at clock speeds
of up to 2.13Ghz is cleaverly matched with a massive cache of 2Mb
- Twice that of the desktop based Intel® Pentium® 4 Prescott
range of CPUs - producing unparalleled levels of mobile specific CPU
performance. In fact, performance tests have shown that despite the
lower gigahertz rating, the Pentium-M surpases desktop based CPUs
in the mobile computing arena due to an improved instruction set,
large cache, and reduced heat generation. Move between a multimedia
slideshow and a home video with ease thanks to technology that offers
faster execution of instructions at lower power. Intel Centrino mobile
technology also features advanced instruction prediction to eliminate
CPU process replication, and second-generation Streaming SIMD Extensions
with instructions integrated into the software to enhance performance.
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 PCI
Express ATI X600 Graphics (Metabox523)
The Metabox 523 integrates the impressive ATI Mobility™
Radeon® X600 with 128MB video ram featuring PCI Express® –
the new standard for PCs. With Radeon X600 graphics you have the ability
to send and receive data simultaneously at twice the speed of current
AGP 8X solutions. ATI’s one-chip architecture is designed for
better PC power management and reliability resulting in a complete
PCI Express® graphics solution.
Investing in Radeon X600 graphics is an affordable and effective way
to get the most out of your PC. With today’s technology advancements
in digital photography and video editing you need upgraded graphics
to optimize performance and image quality. Radeon X600 graphics technology
ensures that you are maximizing the visual capabilities of your computer
and new wide-screen and LCD monitors, allowing for an overall enhanced
PC experience – making Radeon X600 graphics technology a must
have addition to your PC hardware. In addition, upgrading a graphics
card is important for everyday PC functions such as online video chat,
web surfing, and screen refreshes as they free-up the CPU and system
memory to perform other operations more effectively.
Superior 3D Features
Radeon X600 features ATI’s exclusive SmartShader™ 2.0
delivering fully programmable DX9 vertex and pixel shaders to the
game developer, while defining a higher level of image realism for
the end user. In addition Radeon X600 offers SmoothVision™ 2.1
which smoothes uneven edges and improves blurred images. HYPER Z™
III conserves video memory bandwidth for improved performance in demanding
3D games and applications. These features help ensure striking picture
clarity, visual detail and contour fluency. Radeon X600 is designed
with 4 pixel pipelines allowing for all the power and performance
needed for today’s demanding games.
Powerful Integrated Graphics
(Metabox 524)
The new Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)
900 provides incredible visual quality, versatile display options,
and 3D performance(including Open GL* 1.4). With a powerful 333MHz
core and new DirectX 9 hardware acceleration, Intel GMA 900 graphics
can provide performance on par with graphics card solutions that cost
significantly more.
Optimized for Media
Graphics designed with media in mind. Incredible visual quality with
native 16x9 formats for wide screen flat panels, motion compensation
for smooth DVD playback and support for popular HDTV display formats.
Outstanding overall media experience when combined with Intel®
High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio) |
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 15.4"
WXGA Cinematic Wide-Screen LCD.
Widescreen technology is taking the world by storm with it's natural
viewing layout and fullscreen capabilities for video and digital
still imaging based on the 16:10 aspect ratio. The Metabox™
523/524's 15.4" WXGA Ultrabright LCD screen supports a maximum
resolution of 1280x800 which represents over 30% more information,
on-screen, than a standard 15" XGA LCD. More than just a superior
display for DVD playback, you can view spreadsheets and tool intensive
graphics applications with must less need to scroll. Furthermore,
studies have shown that the ergonomic benefits of the 16:10 aspect
ratio significantly reduces eye and neck strain - comforting news
for those two are likely to spend hours on their Metabox™
523/524.
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 802.11g
54Mbps Wifi
Wireless freedom now made easy and completely invisible through
the built-in integration of the industry's most popoular long and
short range wireless protocols. 802.11g running at the new enhanced
speed of 54Mbps does away with your office or home's blue coloured
cat 5 or UTP cable with up to a 300m range. With such additional
technologies as 128-bit WEP encryption and VPN pass-through, the
Metabox™ 523/524can be trusted to be as secure as it is convenient.
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High Performance Hard Drives.
A notebook's hard disk subsystem is often the most overlooked aspect
of system performance. For many years, the notebook computer was limited
to hard disks produced with slow rpm speeds to sustain reliability.
Big bottlenecks in performance would be caused rendering superior
CPU and memory subsystems to idle whilst they waited for the hard
disk subsystem to catch up. Long load times and stalling applications
were typically the experience. Recently, new technological innovations
have made it possible to produce notebook hard disks (2.5") that
can operate up to 7200rpm - in line with standard desktop hard drives.
The Metabox™ 523/524 takes full advtange of these new drives
with the likes of the Hitachi E7K60, featuring 8mb on-board cache,
100MB/sec Ultra DMA mode-5 transfer with 10ms seek times. Make sure
you demand a 7200rpm drive as a custom build option in your Metabox™
523/524notebook.
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| Burn CDs, Make Movies, Store Data!
A barrage of optical drive units from respectable manufacturers like
panasonic, teac and toshiba means you can have your Metabox 523/524
burn anything from CD data to DVD movies at factory output speeds.
Choose from a 24x16x16x CD-RW/8xDVD-ROM combo for CD Authoring and
DVD playback, a 2xDVD-R/W which adds DVD Movie burning capabilities
and the ultimate 4xDVD+/-R/W to do anything under the sun at the fastest
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