HP Pavilion dv8 – notebook on Core i7 with Blu-ray drive
Hewlett-Packard (HP) introduced the Taiwan market high-end laptop Pavilion dv8, equipped with a Blu-ray drive. The model is made outsourcers Quanta Computer in Taiwan and is selling $ 2269.
HP Pavilion dv8 is based on a powerful 4-core processor Intel Core i7-720QM and is equipped with 18-inch display. Graphics card from Nvidia includes 1 GB of video memory, the volume of DDR3 memory – 4 GB hard drive – 1 TB.
Because of the high price of Blu-ray notebook market demand is still limited, said HP Taiwan.
Currently, Blu-ray notebooks bring only about 5% of income in total revenue HP Taiwan, and the next year, the company does not expect a surge in sales of these models.
In addition to the Pavilion dv8, HP announced the release of 15.6-inch laptop Pavilion dv6, who also made Quanta, but no Blu-ray drive and costs $ 1788. In addition, was introduced desktop Pavilion HPE with a processor Intel Core i5. This model is made by Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry).
The difference in prices between the Blu-ray and DVD is still significant: Blu-ray drives cost about $ 100, and DVD-recorders – $ 20. Nevertheless, it is expected that with lower prices for Blu-ray drives, in the 2 half of 2010 the market will appear more and more Blu-ray notebooks. This was told by computers internet blog sources.
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