Velocity Micro rolls out T30 Italia laptop, Vector Campus Edition desktop
By Donald Melanson 
posted July 15th 2010 5:58PM
posted July 15th 2010 5:58PM
As anyone that's been to a mall recently is no doubt well aware, the back-to-school season is upon us, and so is the usual batch of hardware aimed directly at students (and their parents). Among the latest is a pair of computers from Velocity Micro, including the T30 Italia thin-and-light laptop, and the Vector Campus Edition desktop. Those opting for the$999 laptop will get a 13.3-inch display, a 1.3GHz Pentium SU1400 processor, 3GB of RAM, and 120GB hard drive, all wrapped in a 0.8-inch thick casing "inspired by the rolling curves of fine sports cars." The desktop, on the other hand, is your usual blue LED-lit fare, and starts at $899 for a Core i5-750-based system with NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 graphics, 4GB of RAM, and 1TB hard drive.
Wait. Back to school? It's only July! What happened to enjoying your summer?
@VetteDude
Actually, its almost August now. Sad, I know.
Time files when you're having fun.
@PBB Almost August as in still half the month left?
@VetteDude That's the most depressing first line I've read in a while (and I'm not even in school).
Looks hot! (in a good way)
It's the Asus UL30Vt-A1 for me. Sure it's 0.2" thicker, but It can game, lasts 10 hours of normal use on a charge, and costs $300 less.
This is a nice thin-and-light, but the UL30Vt is a great value for students and a helluva well rounded laptop.
SU4100 is a 2009 CPU, a bit outdated.
A little pricey
@dannyry Especially for only 120gb's
There's a typographical error in the sentence starting with "Those opting for..." but I don't think anyone is going to bother looking past the title and seeing "Oh, another overpriced, underpowered, outdated laptop... Yay." It's 64bit but only has 3GB of ram. Is it one of the atrocities that couples a 32bit chipset with a 64bit cpu? No thanks, I had enough of that with my Dell XPS M1210.
@longcat
You don't need 4+ GB of RAM to make use of a 64 bit OS. Besides, it's not like you can't upgrade it yourself in the future. I agree this is a bit pricey for what it is though.
@longcat
You don't need 4+ GB of RAM to make use of a 64 bit OS. Besides, you can always upgrade it yourself in the future. I agree this is a bit pricey for what it is though.
@longcat Also, what's a SU1400 CPU? Google only knows of 75000 results. Maybe SU4100 was meant, as used in http://netbook-planet.com/2010/07/15/velocity-micro-releases-new-ultra-thin-laptop-just-in-time-for-back-to-school/ ? Google knows of over a million results for SU4100.
I've always wondered how to change the background of the W7 log-on screen. :(
@Pookiewood
This should still work.
http://windows7center.com/news/download-our-windows-7-logonui-background-changer/
Alternatively, the manual method.
http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/03/15/windows-7-to-officially-support-logon-ui-background-customization/
@Dafrety Cool thanks!
what's up with the students? they care about the width but not the weight? Velocity, tells us the weight!
That's one handsome piece o' laptop!