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Fujitsu leaks a second Penryn laptop, this time with Blu-ray
Rumor has it that mobile variants of Penryn will officially hit on January 6th, but Fujitsu-Siemens isn't having any of that embargo nonsense -- it's already gone and shown off the 12.1-inch LOOX R, and now we've got the 17-inch Amilo Xi 2550. Unlike the LOOX R, this bad boy is confirmed to be running a 45nm 2.5 GHz T9300 Core 2 Duo, as well as Radeon HD2700 graphics, 2GB of RAM, 2 RAID 0 / 1 250GB drives, 1GB of flash turbo memory, and a dual-layer burner / Blu-ray player. No word on ship date, but we're seeing prices of €1644 ($2415) get thrown around.
Fujitsu Siemens' new AMILO Xi laptops go consumer-friendly
Fujitsu Siemens loves to court the business set, but deep within that suited exterior is a heart for the consumer, as shown by this mildly interesting pair of AMILO Xi laptops. The AMILO Xi 2428 runs a 15.4-inch screen and weighs 6.6 pounds, while big brother Xi 2528 goes for 17-inches and a painful 8.8 pounds. Specs are fairly similar between the two: Core 2 Duo procs up to T7700, room for 2GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS graphics with 256MB of RAM, integrated webcam, and a full complement of ports like HDMI, S-Video, FireWire, ExpressCard, S/PDIF and a 5-in-1 card reader. The main difference between the pair is that the 2428 maxes out with a 250 gigger, while the 2528 can hold a pair of drives. The laptops will retail between £699 and £1449 ($1,404 and $2,909 US -- it's laptop prices like that which remind us why we live in the land of the free and the home of the brave), and will hit shelves sometime before the holidays.
