Anynote's 15.4-inch AL5600G packs NVIDIA's GeForce 8600M

It looks like Anynote is hopping on the DirectX 10 bandwagon as well, as the company's 15.4-inch AL5600G stuffs a potent 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M under the hood alongside a few other respectable components. Beyond the widescreen WXGA display and GPU, users will find Intel's 965PM chipset, a 2GHz T7300 processor, up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, 120GB of SATA hard drive space, a DVD burner, Ethernet, WiFi, and a six-cell battery to boot. Furthermore, the port assortment includes DVI output, four USB connectors, S-Video, a four-in-one multicard reader, ExpressCard slot, S/PDIF output, and a built-in subwoofer for hints of bass here and there. Anynote's above-average AL5600G should hit South Koreans outlets anytime at a price of ?1,199,500 ($1,289).

[Via AVing]

[Ryan @ Jun 14th 2007 12:42AM]

~$1289, eh? This has everything the Macbook Pro has, for half the price. Can you see this, Apple?

[Zadillo @ Jun 14th 2007 7:57AM]

Reading the link, I notice this has the Geforce Go 8600M GS 256M, not an 8600M GT. As has been seen, the 8600M GS is significantly less powerful than the 8600M GT found in the MBP, Asus G1S, etc. It looks like the OS is "FREE DOS" as well, so the price doesn't include a copy of Vista. Also, this laptop is 2.76 kg or 6.08 pounds, compared to 5.4 pounds for the MBP. Also, it doesn't have an LED-backlit screen. Also, the dimensions aren't specified, but it looks like it is thicker than the MBP's 1" thick dimensions. And it looks like it is made of mostly plastic. So the price difference between this an an MBP isn't really that surprising. It's certainly not the exact same thing as the MBP (or Asus G1S for that matter) for half the price.

[Zadillo @ Jun 14th 2007 7:58AM]

Oh yeah, and also only the 2.0GHz CPU compared to 2.2 or 2.4 GHz, which also allows for this machine to be cheaper.

[Roflgoat @ Jun 14th 2007 9:56PM]

MBP's are made out of plastic. It just looks like metal.

[Soeren @ Jun 14th 2007 1:22AM]

Except Mac OS =)

[Phil @ Jun 14th 2007 4:56AM]

I can live without the MacOS - really, I can. But what bugs me is the lack of a U.S. distributor. Also, onboard RAID 0 and 1 should be standard in notebooks by now - with the option to have a second SATA drive in the CD/DVD bay. I can't be the only one who needs mirroring (RAID 1) so that I don't lose all my mobile work between backups if the one hard drive dies.