Powered by an Intel Penryn T9300 processor, Asus U3Sg laptop features a 250GB of SATA hard drive, a DVD SuperMulti burner, and a GeForce 9300M GS graphics engine. This 13.3-inch slim (2.5cm thicks) business notebook comes in two different color variants, the piano black (picture below) and pearl white (above). No words on pricing.

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Dell has just announced the arrival of Intel’s new 45nm Core 2 Duo Penryn processor onto the company’s 14.1-inch Precision M2300, 15.4-inch M4300, and 17-inch M6300 laptops. These mobile workstations are now configurable with the following processors: T8100 (2.1GHz), T8300 (2.4Ghz), T9300 (2.5GHz), and 9500 (2.6GHz). In addition, Dell Precision M6300 comes with the latest 512MB nVidia Quadro FX 3600M graphics engine, follows by the 2.8GHz Core 2 Extreme X9000 Penryn CPU very soon this year.

All of these new Penryn configurations will be retailed with the same prices as their corresponding precursors, starting from $1,379 (M2300), $1,249 (M4300), and $1,849 (M6300). In addition, you have to pay $699 if you want to add that Quadro FX 3600M onto Precision M6300 laptop.

Another Penryn-powered laptop arrived. This one, called “mBook PR200″, is coming from Mouse Computer Japan (MCJ). Available in three flavours (olive green, light blue, and light pink), each notebook is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 Penryn processor, a 2GB of main memory, an 80GB of SATA hard drive, and an Intel X3100 graphics engine. Moreover, it is equipped with an integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam module, a dual-layer SuperMulti DVD burner, HDMI output, WiFI a/b/g/n connectivity, and a 12.1-inch display.

mBook PR200 laptop is retailed for €817 or about $1,210.

Acer’s first two Penry-powered laptops have finally hit the U.S shelves. You can now purchase either Acer Aspire AS5920-6574 or AS7720-6604 notebook PCs for $1,199.99 and $1,349.99 respectively at NewEgg. Both features a wide-range of connectivity options, including 802.11a/b/g/draft N WiFI, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, integrated 56K modem, 4 x USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, a 5-in-1 media card reader, Firewire port, and infra-red. These two laptops will be equipped with VGA and S-Video outputs, along with built-in webcam, a 1280×800 display, and a Dolby Home Theater sound system with built-in two speakers and a subwoofer.

Onto the detail, Acer Aspire AS5920-6574 sports a 15.4-inch monitor, an Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 (2.1GHz) processor, a 3GB of main memory, a DVD burner, a 512MB nVidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics engine, a 250GB of hard drive, and a pre-installed Windows Vista Home Premium edition OS. The specs of the Aspire AS7720-6604 laptop isn’t much different, except a 17-inch display, a 320GB of storage, and a Windows Vista Ultimate OS.

After added the GeForce 8800M GTX SLI option onto XPS M1730, Dell now offers the magic of 45nm Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processor onto its most popular gaming laptop series. U.S customers will be able to opt-in for either 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo T8300 or 2.5Ghz T9300 CPUs. The former option (and other basic configuration) is priced at $2,399, while the latter would set ‘em back at $2,524. Soon the company will add the Core 2 Extreme X9000 Penryn on the list of M1730 configuration as well.

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Japan-based Mouse Computer recently unveiled its brand new 13.3-inch laptop, the “LuvBook J131″. This Penryn-powered notebook PC boasts a resolution of 1280 x 800 (WXGA), an integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam, a 120GB of hard drive, and a 2GB of main memory. It is retailed with a price tag of 119,700 Yen (about $1,118).

One of Dell’s most powerful (and most expensive) gaming laptop, “XPS M1730“, has just got a graphical upgrade. For a $3,399, it now comes with two 512MB nVidia GeForce 8800M GTX graphics engine in SLI mode. Incase you don’t remember, the old version (which costs $700 less) is packed with dual 256MB GeForce 8700M GT instead. According to the company’s perfomance team, this upgrade delivers about 49% perfomance increase (13,500 score in 3Dmark06 benchmark) over its predecessor.

The new XPS M1730 premium gaming laptop will hit the store in February 20th. Customers who previously purchased the 8700M GT version will soon be able to upgrade onto 8800M GTX.

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New laptops powered by Intel’s brand new 45nm processor, a.k.a Penryn, keep emerging day by day. Here goes another one.. from Sotec of Japan and it’s called WH5515P. This 15.4-inch (1280×800) machine features an Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 (2.10GHz) processor, a 120GB of hard drive, a DVD SuperMulti burner, and 4 x USB 2.0 ports. Moreover, it is equipped with ExpressCard/64, 802.11a/b/g WiFI, Ehternet, and mini D-Sub15 input. Not bad. The bad news, its battery only lasts for 1.5 hours. WTH?!

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Measures 440 x 299.4 x 38.1 ~ 45.3mm and weighs 4.8kg, this brand new Vista-loaded Qosmio G40 laptop will be available by the end of this month with a price tag of 430,000 Yen or about €2,700. Oh, btw, it has up to 3 hours of battery life.

Here goes another Penryn-powered laptop. From Mouse Computer, famous PC manufacturer in Japan, this one is called “NextGear Note M720W”. The notebook PC, apart from the Penryn processor (either Core 2 Duo T9300 or T9500), is powered by a 2GB of mai memory, and either a 120GB or 250GB of hard drive. It is also equipped with a 17-inch 1920×1200 display, supported by a 512MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphics engine.

NextGear Note M720W laptop will soon hit the store with a price tag between 1855 to 2110 EUR.