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Intel is making a resolution to convince consumers that Centrino notebooks will be the thing to have in 2004.
The chipmaker unveiled on Wednesday a new version of its Centrino chip family for notebooks, a recipe it aims to use to boost the performance of lightweight wireless notebooks - mainly machines that weight about 5 or 6 pounds - making them more useful as everyday computers.
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LG wants you to work and play with its new notebook, the 17-inch widescreen LW70.
The X15 Plus is an interesting enough notebook, but screen issues and a lacklustre bundled software package make it less enticing.
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