From the popular monitor company comes a nice thin and light called ViewBook Pro. ViewSonic has the full specs up on their webpage but we thought to help you out by posting them here.

ViewSonic ViewBook Pro

• 13.3″ LED backlit 1280 x 800 display
• 1.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ULV SU7300 with GS45 + ICH9M-SFF enhanced chipset
• 2GB RAM
• 320GB HDD
• Built-in 8x DVD Drive
• 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• 2 x USB, 1.3MP webcam, VGA, HDMI output, multitouch trackpad, card reader, audio jacks, ExpressCard slot
• 4400mAh 6-cell Li-Ion battery, up to 8 hours battery life
• Weight: 1.63kg

That’s certainly a lot of features to pack in a ultrathin including the ExpressCard slot and the DVD drive, though I do question the logic of putting in a disc drive inside a portable. Of course, it also packs a punch on the price. Get it from Amazon for US$889.99.

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I have my own Intel Atom based media center but it’s incomplete as it is since it doesn’t play over-the-air TV and it can’t play DVDs. Giada’s Cube N7DT is a promising upgrade that can bring both of those features in one single package.

Giada Cube N7DT

• 1.66GHz Intel Atom D510
• NVIDIA next-gen ION
• up to 2GB DDR3
• 2.5″ hard drive bay
• DVD burner
• 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, LAN
• HDMI, DVI and SPDIF out
• TV Tuner

It looks like it packs almost everything you need for a media center though there was no mention of a HD audio output, which I’m sure it has. Swap in the DVD drive with a Blu-ray one and you’re all set for a complete theatre experience. And of course, you can still browse the web, play games and do Office work on this since it is still a computer after all. No info on price and availability, yet.

source NetbookNews.de

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If you want your netbook dressed to the nines, Frontier has just what you are looking for. The Japanese company announced an upgrade to its UX series. You can get a version that has WiMAX, GPS and up to a 128GB SSD.

Frontier UX

• 10.1″ 1024 x 600 glossy display
• 1.66 Atom N450
• 2GB RAM
• up to 128GB SSD
• Windows 7 Home Premium
• 802.11b/g/n WiFi
• removable DVD drive (swappable with an HDD)
• 6.4 hour battery life
• Weight: 1.4kg

We covered their netbook before for the odd choice of including a DVD drive in one model. You can get the 32GB SSD for ¥69,800 (US$778).

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One thing I like about netbooks is that is doesn’t have a DVD drive, something I don’t actually use that often in my main computer as well. It lets manufacturers create a sleeker design for this portable device and also makes it so much lighter to carry around.

Gateway, a subsidiary brand of Acer, went the other direction though and crammed in a DVD burner in its new EC14D notebook. By all the common standards, this isn’t a netbook but it’s an interesting play to grab those users who still need to create and use DVDs.

Gateway EC14D

• 11.6″ 1366 x 768 LCD screen
• 1.3GHz Intel Pentium SU4100 CULV with Intel GS45 chipset, GMA 4500MHD
• 4GB DDR2 RAM
• 320GB HDD
• 8x DVD burner
• Windows 7 Home Premium
• 802.11b/g/n WiFi, LAN
• 3 x USB, HDMI out, card reader, webcam
• 6-cell 5600mAh battery
• weight: 1.61kg

More pics in the link to Notebook Italia below.

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Those who have been waiting for Asus’ Eee PC with a built-in multidrive would be glad to know that there is an alternative to this that would not entail buying a stand-alone DVD box.  The solution can be found in the streets of Japan, created by a Tokyo-based company Century. The product? A netbook stand with a built-in, slim Panasonic DVD Super Multi-Drive.

The netbook stand’s DVD Drive reads  DVD±R/+RW (8x), DVD±R DL/-RW (6x), DVD-RAM (5x) and CD-R/-RW (24x). It is compatible with Windows XP and Vista. So there goes your hopes for a DVD Drive if you’re running Linux OS on your netbooks. It connects to your netbook via USB port.

The said product goes for around $100 in Japan. Of course, we’re not really optimistic that this product will be available internationally.

via Crunch Gear

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