On its recent press release, Averatec announces its newest laptop, the AV7170-EC1, which is also its first attempt to join the dual-core laptop market. As the company’ debut, the laptop is powered by an AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 (1.6GHz) processor, 1GB of DDR2 (expandable up to 2GB), and 100GB of SATA HDD. The 17-inch WXGA+ LCD display with AveraBrite is supported by nVidia GeForce Go 6100 graphics engine, while Kensington Lock Slot and BIOS system password protection take care of the security. For connecting with the online world (or other PCs/devices), the AV7170-EC1 laptop provides 802.11b/g Wireless LAN, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, and integrated 56K modem.

Housed inside 15.5 x 10.9 x 1.0 ~ 1.37 inch hood that weighs 7.2 pounds, the notebook is also equipped with dual-layer DVD/CD burner, three USB 2.0 ports, Type II PCMCIA/CardBus slot, microphone and headphone jack, external display output, and 5-in-1 memory card reader (xD/MS/MS PRO/MMC/SD). Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system will be pre-installed on the system, along with a full trial version of Phoenix FirstWare Recover Pro software that stores user data, applications and the operating system in the secure, host-protected area (HPA) of the hard drive.

Averatec AV7170-EC1 laptop will soon be available exclusively at Costco stores nationwide with a price tag of $1,150.

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