Asus has become the first company in the world to announce a Quad Core Gaming Notebook, and it is codenamed G71. The top-notch notebook has gamers as the target because almost all the recent games require a lot of resources in order to run smoothly. This is when gaming consoles step in the game, but that is another story…

The Asus G71 boasts the fresh Intel processor, also known as Core 2 Extreme QX9300, and as company in the graphics section there is a NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT with 512MB. As for the RAM memory, 4GB of DDR3 should be enough to play most games. The display screen is a 17-inch Crystal Shine with 8ms of response time, while the hard-drive hits the top at 1TB by using two hard-drives of 500GB each.

Addiotional extras include gaming hotkeys to launch your prefered games with a touch of a button, bluetooth, a blue-ray drive, and strangely enough the Overspeed Protection has been removed which means you can overclock it as needed.

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The Haier G71 is not your usual laptop. It is packed with a glossy blue body that makes it stand out from the market of black laptops and white macs. Haier Computer presented its 17.1-inch notebook pc ‘G71’ in Beijing, which attempts to replace the desktop pc. The G71 adopts Intel’s Centrino Santa Rosa platform and Nvidia GeForce Go 7950, and supports 1920 x 1200 resolution. It features a large 17.1-inch wide screen (16:10) display that makes it perfect for gaming sessions, film viewing, and other online activities.

If you are tired of the same old black, silver, or white laptops, then the Haier ultra glossy, ultra bold blue might be the way to go. As of the moment, no word has been said on the pricing and the availability of this laptop.

Haier is a producer of household appliances (”white goods”), including air conditioners, laptops, refrigerators, etc. Its headquarters are in Qingdao, Shandong, China. They are now the third largest white goods manufacturer in the world. Haier Group reported sales of over $12 billion across all divisions in 2005.

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