***PC Laptops Introduces 17-Inch, Fully Customizable Annihilator
897 Laptop
SANDY, Utah
April 28, 2004
PC Laptops introduced the Annihilator 897 high-end portable
computer, an industry-leading laptop computer featuring a 3.2
Gigahertz (GHz) Pentium 4 processor, a 17-inch WXGA active matrix
display and with the ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Pro graphics card.
Other features include a 60 Gigabyte (GB) 7200 RPM hard drive,
1GB of 400MHz (Megahertz) RAM, a built-in 2X DVD+/-R/RW dual mode
detachable optical drive, an internal 802.11b/g WiFi (Wireless
Fidelity) module, three USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports, one
1394 FireWire port and one Type II PCMCIA slot. Each machine
comes standard with a digital video camera for videoconferencing,
as well as a TV tuner with remote control that turns the laptop
into a portable television set.
The Annihilator 897 fits the high end of PC Laptops' product line
as a desktop replacement. It is also fully customizable beyond
the standard configuration, including the ability to add a second
hard drive in a RAID configuration. The results is that the
Annihilator 897 is available in more than 150 different
configurations.
"The Annihilator 897 is without a doubt the one laptop to rule
them all," said Dan (The Laptop Man) Young, president of PC
Laptops. "It's a monster machine that will rock your world if
you're a hard-core gamer, and it will blow your mind if you're
looking for a top-of-the-line desktop replacement. And what's
even more amazing is that when you buy it, you pick up not only
the coolest and best laptop on the planet, but also PC Laptops'
absolutely amazing lifetime service guarantee."
Included with all PC Laptops systems, the lifetime service
guarantee includes quarterly tune-ups complete with vital
software updates to the computer, a physical cleaning, removal of
spyware and so on. Also, PC Laptops performs an overall
evaluation to identify ways to enhance and improve performance
when the computer is brought in to a retail location, such as
defragmenting the hard drive, dumping cache and checking for and
installing additional updates. Additional information regarding
the service guarantee, including "oops protection," trade-in
options and data recovery services can also be found by
contacting PC Laptops directly.
Standard configuration for the Annihilator 897 portable computer
includes the following:
-- 3.2GHz Pentium 4 microprocessor with 800MHz front-side bus,
-- 17-inch WXGA active matrix display (1440 x 900),
-- 60GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA hard drive,
-- 1,024MB (1GB+) of 400MHz PC2 100 DDR (Dual Data Rate) RAM,
-- ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Pro 256MB DDR (M11),
-- 2x DVD+/-R/RW dual-mode combo detachable CD-ROM drive,
-- 512 Kilobytes (KB) on-die cache,
-- An internal Intel 802.11b/g Wi-Fi module,
-- Three USB 2.0 ports,
-- One four-pin FireWire (IEEE-1394) port,
-- One Type II PCMCIA slot,
-- An integrated 10/100/1000 Megabits per second (Mbps) local
area network and V.90 56K fax/modem,
-- Infrared wireless interface,
-- TV-tuner with remote and an integrated CMOS video camera,
-- Hardware RAID 0 or 1 function,
-- Smart Lithium ion battery with average life of 1.5 hours,
-- Seven-in-one card reader,
-- Six channel analog audio output,
-- Touchpad with scrolling keys,
-- Standard carrying bag,
-- User manual, connecting cords, AC adapter, etc.,
-- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition and
-- Additional ports including one each of the following: S/PDIF
out, microphone in, center and subwoofer speakers out, front left
and right speakers out and in, rear left and right speakers out,
headphone, infrared, DVI out, parallel, serial, PS/2, S-Video out
and in, RJ-11 and RJ 45.
The dimensions of the Annihilator 897 are 1.7- x 15.4- x 11-
inches (HxWxD). With the battery, the 897 weighs 10.5 pounds. PC
Laptops' Annihilator 897 model laptop computer is available
immediately for $3,499 in its standard configuration.
www.pclaptops.com
WAVE Comments
This may be a desktop replacement laptop but not many would be
putting a 10-pound weight on their laps.
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