Mouse Computer's LuvBook NX

Japanese manufacturer Mouse Computer has updated its LuvBook line of laptops (or given them some more luv, if you will), adding some Core 2 Duo horsepower while keeping the size down. The top-end LuvBook i1200NX-W sports a 12.1-inch WXGA display, with a 1.66GHz Core 2 Duo T5500 processor, 40GB hard drive, 512MB RAM, Intel 945GM Express graphics, a super multi DVD drive, and built-in WiFi -- all in a 4.5 pound package. On the lower-end, the LuvBook i800NX will give you the same screen and chassis but dials things back to a 1.46GHz Celeron M 410 processor and a paltry 256MB RAM, with just a CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo drive in place of a DVD burner. Both look to be available now for ¥119,700 and ¥89,880, respectively ($1,000 and $750).

[Via Impress]

[Paul @ Oct 25th 2006 5:46AM]

Looks like a nice design at a decent price point, any more pics?

[Sergio @ Oct 25th 2006 6:24AM]

Looks very, mac-ish. It looks nice, I second the request for more pictures =D

[missplange @ Oct 25th 2006 7:09AM]

Why can't more top computer manufacturers - Dell, Toshiba, HP - use streamlined, minimalist designs like this? We don't need all those tacky plastic bumpers and gary flashing lights or other unnecessary appendages... anyone taken a good look at those Qosmios? Ugh! I love this design, only of course, I don't know anything about Mouse Computer or their service and support, so would be less likely to buy it. The look of this comes pretty close to Sony Vaios, only of course, those are not known to be so stable... and are oodles more expensive, too. *sigh*

[steviedee @ Oct 25th 2006 7:23AM]

do these guys have a site?

[Jamar @ Oct 25th 2006 7:23AM]

Looks like my next laptop will be from Mouse Computer then. Won't buy Sony because of all that they've done this year, and none of the other manufacturers strike my fancy (not Haier or Asus or HP or Dell, especially not Dell- I don't know why, but Dell rubs me the wrong way) so picking up one of these on my next trip to Japan is an idea for me. Especially because of the price- all that for only $1000? Who wouldn't? Pity dynamism isn't picking this up, but they attach fees that raise the prices sky-high.

[my two cents @ Oct 25th 2006 7:53AM]

Yum. If only Mouse Computer shipped with OS X.

[Andy @ Oct 25th 2006 10:27AM]

isn't 12.1in kinda small? i havent really noticed but all the screens we're rolling out at work (desktops) are 17" or 19".

[Pipper @ Oct 25th 2006 10:31AM]

Found the link. Click on the picture to see a bigger version.

http://www.mouse-jp.co.jp/company/news/2006/news_20061024_01.html

Go to their homepage for the rest of the line-up

http://www.mouse-jp.co.jp

[Jordy @ Oct 25th 2006 11:52AM]

Wow. That is a nice-looking laptop. Anyone have any info on the reputation of Mouse computers? Or how one would go about purchasing one?

[Oliver @ Oct 25th 2006 4:37PM]

Looks a helluva lot like the Sony TX series to me..

[BatteryAcid @ Oct 25th 2006 6:17PM]

I know where you can get a a computere like this with mac osx. Go to this website: www.apple.com. As for the laptop it looks beatiful and thin.