Sharp updates Mebius lineup, adds Vista

NEC isn't the only game in town updating its laptop line with Vista pre-installed, as Sharp is revamping its long-standing Mebius lineup to include Microsoft's forthcoming OS as well as a few new pieces of hardware to boot. The 15.4-inch PC-WT70S houses a 1.6GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 processor, 1,280 x 800 resolution, up to 2GB of RAM, 100GB hard drive, ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 graphics chipset, dual-layer DVD burner, PCMCIA, four USB 2.0 ports, FireWire, SD / xD card slots, 802.11b/g, Ethernet, audio in / out, VGA out, and a paltry 1.2-hours of rated battery life. The lower-spec'd PC-WE40S features most of the same kit as its bigger brother, but swaps in an AMD Mobile Sempron 3200+ CPU, 512MB of RAM, an 80GB hard drive, and promises an equally appalling 1.3-hours of longevity. Lastly, the 14.1-inch PC-CH40S (pictured after the break) retains most of the above components, but utilizes a 1,024 x 768 resolution on its marginally smaller screen, and manages to squeeze 2.5-hours out of its Li-ion battery. All three units should be ready to rock the day Windows Vista lands later this month, and while the PC-WT70S will start around ¥170,000 ($1,411), both the PC-CH40S and PC-WE40S will demand ¥150,000 ($1,245) apiece.

[Via Impress]

[Farris @ Jan 15th 2007 4:44PM]

I know you already bashed them on the whole battery life thing, but 1.2 hours? My dad's 5 year old Thinkpad has a better battery life on its original battery.

[anson @ Jan 15th 2007 10:41PM]

ok, i know you bashed them, and so did the article, however... wtf! 1.2 hours is miserable.

[Carbonize @ Jan 16th 2007 12:41AM]

1.2 hours? My old Toshiba Satellite with it's P3 550 had a better battery life. Maybe Sharp should get Sony to make their batteries.




On seconds thoughts I'd sooner have crap battery life than a fried lap.