14 DAY TRIAL // Since Sandy Bridge was launched, we have seen virtually every computer manufacturer out there refreshing or upgrading its product line in order to feature Intel's latest processors, and Panasonic is doing the same now as they have just announced, during a press event that took place in Japan, their B10, N10, and S10 Sandy Bridge packing notebooks.
First in Panasonic's lineup is the all new Let's Note B10 laptop that features a 15.6-inch display as well as a wide selection of Intel Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs, the starting configuration getting a Core i5-2520M processor.
Graphics is provided by the Sandy Bridge integrated GPU, and the 15-inch display is capable of pushing 1920x1080 pixels, making it one of the few notebooks with this diagonal to packs a Full HD panel.
In addition, the notebook also sports 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive and a Blu-ray drive.
On the connectivity side of things, users get an HDMI output, along with an SDXC memory card slot and Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet networking.
Moving to the S10 and N10 notebooks, these 12.1-inch models have been refreshed to feature Intel's second generation Core CPUs.
The entry-level option is the same Core i5-2520M that Panasonic used for the B10, the rest of the configuration packing 4GB of DDR3 RAM memory (expandable to 8GB), and a 500GB hard drive.
A wide variety of I/O ports are available on both units, including HDMI and an SDXC card reader, the company's trademark palmrest mounted optical unit also making its way to the feature list.
The new Let's Note B10 as well as the refreshed N10 and S10 notebooks will arrive in Japan on February 10.
Prices will be set at about $2,410 for the S10, $2,290 for the N10, with the Let's Note B10 price to be revealed as we get closer to the launch date. (via Electronista)
