Wow to the world's slimmest Notebook!

Introducing, the Intel Mobile Metro Notebook -- co-created with Ziba Design -- measures just 0.7 inches and barely moves the needle on the scale at a mere 2.25 pounds, that's less than 1kg fyi.

The prototype laptop hasn't received any official technical specifications yet, but Intel promises that they will fatten her up without actually fattening her up, plopping in their speediest and most efficient components. The chassis is a champagne-toned magnesium, whereas the magnetically attached folder "will be available in different fashion colors." The folder is used to charge the lappy without wires and it looks like it has a secondary color display for the whole Vista Sideshow dance too.

It will also come with WiFi, EVDO, WiMAX, a flash memory hard drive, and beautiful gold accents. They're even claiming a battery life of, get this, 14 freaking hours. The best part is that the Intel Mobile Metro Notebook could be ready for consumer consumption as early as the end of this year. But it won't be cheap.

Getting Compaq V3000TU series

If you ever consider to get a laptop, in particularly the Compaq V3000TU series, here are few thing you should know.
I just bought a Compaq v3204TU, a Centrino Core 2 Duo (1.66GHz), although I wanted the AMD Turion version, but since it's not in stock, I just have to go by Intel. Well so far I'm quite satisfied with it. But the default RAM is 512MB and the machine is loaded with Windows Vista Home Basic and people! If they say the minimum requirement is 512MB, it's not true. It's running very slow and the UI are jerky!
I had to up my RAM to another 512MB to make it a 1GB, then only the Vista are to run smoothly. It did make a huge different, I can't wait to up it 2GB next month. I found a shop that's selling the 1GB RAM at RM160, it could go cheaper I think. Another thing to get is the Cooling Pad. The harddisk is located at the front near where your palm is going to rest, and it gets heaty quite fast. There's also a nice cool Compaq 'Quick Media Button', but it makes a tick sound which you can't turn off.
Anyway, for the price of RM3299 for this machine, I think it's worth it, aside upgrading the RAM. Check out the spec at NotebookReview.com