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MALIBAL announces 20-inch Veda Series notebooks
After having bemusedly watched the jokesters at LAPTOP magazine struggle to operate a Dell M2010 laptop in public, we're pretty sure it's only the most hardcore of LAN partygoers who are snatching up these 20-inch models -- so it must be this small but dedicated demographic that Las Vegas-based MALIBAL is targeting with the new Veda series of desktop replacements. Almost certainly rebadges, the first round of Vedas do indeed offer some pretty impressive components, including dual core AMD Turion 64 X2 processors, up to two NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX cards in SLI pushing 1,680 x 1,050 pixels, as much as 4GB of RAM and 400GB of storage, along with integrated TV tuners, dual-layer DVD burners, and the seemingly de rigueur 1.3 megapixel webcam. Available only through MALIBAL directly, this model starts out at $2,799 and keeps moving skyward until it's too expensive to take out of the house.
MALIBAL's Bodhi and Lotus Core Duo laptops
Serial rebadger, and self-professed home of the "world's fastest laptop," MALIBAL has added two new lines to their collection, the Bodhi and the Lotus. Nothing groundbreaking, but they are nicely specced, with Core Duo processors and integrated 1.3 megapixel webcams. The Bodhi sports a 14-inch 1280 x 768 screen, 4-in-1 card reader, WiFi/Bluetooth combo, dual-layer DVD burner, and options for up to 2GB of RAM and a 160GB SATA HDD. Mere integrated graphics, and the 3 hours of batter life is just average, but they're fairly compact at 4.85 pounds. The Lotus bumps the screen to 15.4-inches 1280 x 800, and the weight to 5.73 pounds. It can handle those snazzy 2.16GHz Core Duo chips, but the series otherwise mirrors its release buddy. Both laptop lines are on sale now, with the Bodhi starting at $1099, and the Lotus dropping for $1115.[Via Laptoping]
