14 DAY TRIAL // Eurocom has announced a less usual notebook offering called the D901C PHANTOM-X. The so-called notebook has nothing in common with the Eee PC and the likes; on the contrary, it is a fully-fledged mobile server solution that weighs in at 5.44kg but packs all the horsepower it takes to run a data center.
According to its specification sheet, the D901C Phantom-X sports a 17-inch WSXGA+ glossy mate LCD screen, able to render resolutions of up to 1680-by-1050 pixels. Optionally, mobile server users can equip the behemoth with a widescreen Ultrasharp WUXGA display (1920 x 1200), should they require extra desktop space.
The notebook also packs the best in the server CPU world: a 2.8GHz Quad Core XEON X3360 chip built on the 45-nanometer technology. It comes with an LGA 775 server socket and an FSB bus of 1066MHz/1333MHz. As far as system memory is concerned, the notebook features 8GB of DDR2-800 RAM to handle miscellaneous server tasks such as memory-intensive database operations.
The storage part is also well-covered. According to the company, the notebook comes with no less than 1.5 terabytes of storage on three 2.5-inch SATA-300 hard-disk drives. Users can select between various RAID options, including RAID 0 / 1 / 5.
The D901C PHANTOM-X notebook also comes with an integrated 2 Megapixel webcam, built-in 2x Blu-Ray burner, dual nVidia GeForce Go 8800M GTX 512MB graphics cards in an SLI configuration, as well as wireless connectivity in 802.11 b/g/n flavors on an Intel mini PCIe card.
Eurocom's server notebook delivers unmatched performance in the notebook world, but it comes with a price. While the bundled 12-cell Lithium-Ion battery pack would power an average computer for quite some time, it can only provide a measly hour of autonomy. This is no wonder given the top-notch hardware configuration, but it questions the very purpose of a mobile server rig.
The company did not announce any pricing or availability details, but rumor has it that the ultra-powerful notebook PC will come with a price tag of between $3,000 and $6,800, depending on the additional hardware customizations.