14 DAY TRIAL // Since gaming notebooks seem to be coming out in droves, Maingear figured it might as well make its own contribution, so it launched three of them under the guise of a single one.
Which is to say, Maingear has introduced a new gaming mobile system that can be configured with three sets of hardware.
The laptop is called Pulse 14, measures 14 inches and comes in Good, Better and Super Stock versions. At least that's what Maingear wrote in its press release.
"The Pulse 14 follows our mantra of offering the very best mobile solution lineup from MAINGEAR," said Wallace Santos, CEO and co-founder of Maingear Computers.
"Offering a small but powerful laptop with the power of the latest 4th generation Intel Core i7 and i5 mobile processor combined with an NVIDIA discreet mobile graphics card, this is the perfect laptop for PC gamers, multimedia users and business users."
In all cases, the quad-core Core i7 4702MQ 2.2 GHz CPU is used, along with a 4 GB GeForce GTX 760M discrete graphics card.
Ethernet, VGA, HDMI and USB 3.0 (x3) are also default specifications, along with an SD card slot and up to 16 GB of DDR3 RAM (random access memory).
The first two hardware configurations have 8 GB (Corsair DDR3-1600 / Corsair Dominator DDR3-1866), while the third uses 16 GB (Dominator DDR3-1866).
As for storage, it varies. The "low-end" configuration gets a Seagate 500 GB SSHD (solid-state hybrid drive), while the other two have an HDD and an SSD for caching (1 TB + 32 GB) or two SSDs and 1 TB HDD (128 GB x2 in RAID 0).
Windows 7 or 8 is installed on the Maingear Pulse 14. Prices are of $1,299 / €993 – 1,299, $1,399 / €1,069 – 1,399 and $1,699 / €1,299 – 1,699.
"With the new 4th generation Intel Core i7 mobile processor in MAINGEAR's Pulse 14 offers extraordinary PC performance and efficiency that gives PC gamers what they are looking for; with more battery life, more security features, better visuals in the most demanding applications," said Brent McCray, worldwide enthusiast marketing manager of Intel.