Having decided that it would be marketplace suicide to continue offering an all-XP lineup while the rest of its competitors were loading their machines up with Vista, BenQ has joined a growing list of manufacturers in adding Microsoft's brand new OS to a trio of its Joybook laptops. As with most of the other Vista upgrades we've seen, specs on the R55V, S73V, and S31V remain almost identical to those on the models' non-"V"-labeled counterparts (the
R55,
S73 (pictured), and S31, respectively). To wit, you're still getting a Core 2 Duo processor and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 graphics on the 15.4-inch R55V, while the 14.1-inch S73V maintains its predecessor's dual core chip and ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 video card. As you might expect, nothing much has changed with the 13.3-inch Joybook S31V either; it's still a Centrino Duo-based system featuring a 1.3 megapixel webcam and SRS TruSurround XT audio. Expect these models to hit foreign shelves sometime within the next few weeks (along with Vista itself, of course) for perhaps a slight premium over the older, dustier XP-powered notebooks.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
nothing now @ Jan 21st 2007 1:54PM
can'tsay anything beyond it looks nice?
Clint Bradford @ Jan 21st 2007 1:55PM
But didn't we hear last week that BenQ was going out of business???
Clint Bradford @ Jan 21st 2007 1:57PM
Yes - cNet news frm 01/02/07:
Attempts to save BenQ Mobile from liquidation appear to have failed.
Insolvency proceedings were opened in Germany on Monday, after administrators were unable to find any investors willing to buy the struggling company.
BenQ Mobile filed for insolvency in September 2006, when Taiwanese hardware manufacturer BenQ said it was pulling out after suffering "unsustainable losses."
Basel @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:03PM
Erm, isnt that 'BenQ Mobile', not the whole of BenQ
oooh @ Jan 21st 2007 9:44PM
Appears that S73V will have a dual-link DVI head which will make it one of three laptops with such a feature. I really would love a 12" or smaller laptop with dual-link DVI to power up my high res monitors.