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| Metabox™ 721 |
| Ultra Widescreen Media Centre |
Desktop replacement technology peaks at the Metabox™ 721. A fine blend of ultrapowerful desktop features and portability, the Metabox™ 721 doesn't weigh you down like other large screen notebook computers but is packed with features like a brilliant 17" LCD screen with optional CSV technology and a high definition resolution of 1650 x 1050 for incredibly vivid graphics. The Metabox™ 721 is bursting with multimedia capabilities from it's ATI Radeon 9700 Pro to it's Dolby 4.1 speaker system (including subwoofer) and with options for TV tuner, the Metabox™ 721 transforms into a full fledged Media Centre PC. Integrating the ever powerful Intel Pentium 4 up to 3.4Ghz, the Metabox™ 721 can be anything from a Engineer's data processing centre to a video editor's on-site rendering tool to a lan-game winner.
The Essentials:
Up to Intel P-4 3.4Ghz HT Prescott(1mb cache), 17" Widescreen, ATI Radeon 9700 128MB VRam, up to 2Gb Dual Channel DDR400 Memory, up to 100Gb Hard Disk Drive , up to 4x DVD+/- R/W, CCD Camera, optional built-in 802.11g, bluetooth, TV Tuner.
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| Performance highlights |
 Intel® Pentium® 4 HT Processors.
The Intel Pentium 4 Hyper-Threading is a turbo charged version of its predecessor optimized for the multimedia rich and multitasking demands of today's computing environment. Perform CPU intensive DVD encoding on the fly whilst sitting back to enjoy a graphically intensive 3D gaming experience with no loss in frame rate or speed.
 A PC based on the Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology† allows software programs to "see" two processors and work more efficiently. Improve performance and system responsiveness in today's multitasking environments by enabling the processor to execute instruction threads in parallel for applications such as video encoding, digital media and gaming all in a portable form factor.
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 Powerful ATI® Radeon 9700 GPU.
The Metabox™ 721integrates the ATI® Mobility Radeon™ 9700 Pro Graphics Adaptor with 128MB of dedicated(discrete) video memory. With proprietary specially tweaked drivers and resources, enhanced timing options and higher memory/core clock speeds, the new 66MHz AGP 8X Pro bus races at 8 times per clock cycle giving you a 533MHz, 2.1GBps bandwidth dramatically enhancing graphics-intensive application performance to never before seen shocking resolutions and visuals. ATI Radeon™ 9700 Pro is the pinnacle of professional graphics for the mobile computing universe. It's 3D rendering capabilities for state -of-the-art engineering applications or realistic virtual world gaming is unbeatable.The MOBILITY RADEON® 9700 gives you the freedom to create, communicate and entertain, anywhere, anytime:
Unprecedented Graphic Processing Power in a Notebook
 Low-K Technology delivers the fastest mobile performance and longer battery life
Up to 30% faster than its highly acclaimed predecessor
Supports the Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 programming standard which will drive the most demanding next generation games
Enough processing power to turn your notebook into a mobile video editing studio
Share the Visual Wealth
Enable Hollywood feature-film quality realism without compromising performance
Bring streamed video, and the latest games roaring to life Complex lighting and shading technology effects are seamlessly delivered at blistering frame rates
Create dynamic presentations with superb 3D motion visuals
Higher Performance with Longer Battery Life
ATI's POWERPLAY™ technology continually monitors the workload on your notebook by automatically adjusting clock speeds and voltages based on your level of activity to extend battery life even longer.
Get Connected To All of the Latest Displays
Take your notebook on the road knowing that your system connects to any projector
Be the first to connect a notebook to wide-screen HDTV
Use the HYDRAVISION™ feature to connect to multiple monitors for presentations and to increase your productivity
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High Performance Hard Drives.
A notebook's hard disk subsystem is often the most overlooked aspect of system performance. For many years, the notebook computer was limited to hard disks produced with slow rpm speeds to sustain reliability. Big bottlenecks in performance would be caused rendering superior CPU and memory subsystems to idle whilst they waited for the hard disk subsystem to catch up. Long load times and stalling applications were typically the experience. Recently, new technological innovations have made it possible to produce notebook hard disks (2.5") that can operate up to 7200rpm - in line with standard desktop hard drives. The Metabox™ 721 takes full advtange of these new drives with the likes of the Hitachi E7K60, featuring 8mb on-board cache, 100MB/sec Ultra DMA mode-5 transfer with 10ms seek times. Make sure you demand a 7200rpm drive as a custom build option in your Metabox™ 721 notebook.
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 Gigabit Lan, Highspeed networking.
Despite the ever increasing benefits of wireless networking, the old way is still the fastest way. The Metabox™ 721's 1000BaseT or Gigabit ethernet adapter makes it possible for you to copy a 700Mb file (the typical size of a full CD disk) from a network server in about 7 seconds! |
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| Feature highlights |
 17" WXGA or 17" CSV WSXGA+ LCD SCreen.
The world's largest widescreen LCD for notebooks is at it's most premium in the Metabox™ 721. The ultra-high contrast ratio brings out the vividness of any graphics you bring to the Metabox™ 721's LCD. Watch DVD movies with cinematic pleasure and view your favourite family photos in high-definition detail and in full screen 16:10 aspect ratio. The fanciful 17" CSV WSXGA+ ups the ante on 17" wide-screen LCDs with an increased resolution producing an incredible 73% more viewing space. Fit up two web pages side by side or all your CAD drafting tools and drawings without an extended desktop screen. Most noteable, however, is the breath-taking viewing experience through the Metabox™ 721's exclusive Super Clear Glossy Surface technology. Graphics and photos appear life-like and full of such brilliant colour and definition you wouldn't be silly if you just sat there and stared.
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3D Surround Sound . To add to the stand-alone cinematic capabilities of the Metabox™ 721, 4 well positioned speakers plus a subwoofer on the base of the machine can produce quality digital surround sound - an industry first. With the audio power output to suite, do away with your headphones and enjoy your favorite DVD movies in the company of others.
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 Built-in TV Tuner with Remote Control.
Never be out of touch with the world again. The optional built-in TV Tuner for the Metabox™ 721 is convenient to use with software programming of all the stations (including cable TV) in Australia.
With the incredible storage capabilties of your Metabox™ 721's hard disks, you can limitlessly record all your favourite programs or take full screen snaps shots of any frame that captures your attention.
The fully featured remote control unit conviently controls all the functions of the TV Tuner including volume control, screen capture, station autoscan, station preview and even powering down your Metabox™ 721. |
 802.11b (11Mbps) Wifi and Bluetooth
Wireless freedom now made easy and completely invisible through the optional built-in integration of the industry's most popoular long and short range wireless protocols. 802.11b running at the new enhanced speed of 11Mbps does away with your office or home's blue coloured cat 5 or UTP cable with up to a 300m range. With such additional technologies as 128-bit WEP encryption and VPN pass-through, the Metabox™ 721 can be trusted to be as secure as it is convenient.
 Bluetooth is technology that wirelessly interconnects peripherals and devices to your Metabox™ 721 with a typical range of 10m to 100m. Examples include speaker/microphone headsets, printers, mice and keyboards and of course mobile phones and because many of these devices can be connected simultaneously, you can imagine the potential functionality you could achieve with your Metabox™ 721. Control your Metabox™ 721 from the back of the presentation room with either your mouse or voice or a combination of both and then produce some "on-the-fly" output to your audience to several printers at once.
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 6-in-1 memory card reader.
Digital camera users will love the versatiliy and convenience of being able to read any one of the many memory card standards - Compact flash(CF)/Microdrive, Secure digital(SD)/Multimedia Card(MMC), Smartmedia(SM) and Sony Memory Stick. |
| Built-in CCD Camera . No need for add-on cameras you have to attach to the lid or other parts of your laptop. Metabox™ 721's built-in CCD camera, integrated into the top of the LCD lid, is ideal for video conference or instantly sending video and pictures over the Internet. Featuring extremely low light operation capability, autofocus, and autoexposure the industry standard 640x480 (VGA) resolution, the CCD is big on capabilties and small and discrete in size. |
| Data Storage Capabilties. A barrage of optical drive units from respectable manufacturers like panasonic, teac and toshiba means you can have your Metabox™ 721 burn anything from CD data to DVD movies at factory output speeds. Choose from a 24x16x16x CD-RW/8xDVD-ROM combo for CD Authoring and DVD playback, a 2xDVD-R/W which adds DVD Movie burning capabilities and the ultimate 4xDVD+/-R/W to do anything under the sun at the fastest speeds possible. |
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