ECS releases innovative, all-purpose DeskNote 'portable desktop computer'

Leaning heavily on the technological know-how that made it the world's leading motherboard manufacturer, ECS today released a first of its kind 'portable desktop' computer that combines state-of-the-art portable and desktop features into a single, all purpose PC.

Long known in the technology world for innovation and high standards, ECS's first foray into manufacturing and marketing a complete PC caters to users who need desktop power and notebook portability - at an affordable price. Previously, mobile power users maintained one PC for travel and a second for heavy duty stationary computing tasks - or accepted trade-offs of functionality for portability.

Exclusive ECS 'Genius Design' has created a unique hybrid that molds the best attributes of desktop and portable PCs into a unique, all-in-one computer. It's light, compact and mobile like a laptop, but as powerful and full featured as a top-of-the-line desktop.

Traditional laptop features are limited by space requirements for an on-board battery. The ECS DeskNote portable desktop computer moves to an external power supply that doubles as a mini uninterrupted power supply, delivering stable and reliable 'fuel' for desktop computing power and outstanding performance while making room for a wide variety of ports that wouldn't fit on a traditional laptop.

The ECS DeskNote portable desktop features a built-in LAN, Modem and TV-out function. An IEEE 1394 port enhances PC connectivity for consumer electronics audio/video appliances, storage peripherals and portable devices. In place of traditional PC-MCIA ports, DeskNote's four USB 2.0 ports provide high-speed transfers at up to 480 Mbps to and from card readers, CD-RWs, smart handheld device, digital cameras and a host of other input or storage devices.

Providing customers with the maximum range of choice, DeskNote PCs feature a rich variety of configurations. ECS portable desktop computers support the latest CPUs including the Intel Northwood Pentium 4 for i-Buddie 4 and Celeron processors as well as AMD Athlon for i-Buddie XP, and VIA C3 processors for i-Buddie 3V.

Technically advanced, the entire DeskNote series employs state-of-the-art SiS Chipsets. For example, the DeskNote i-Buddie 4 features SiS 650 Chipset with an integrated, high-performance real 256-bit 2D/3D graphics engine for powerful multimedia functions, specially designed to create an outstanding architecture for the Pentium 4 DDR platform. Both i-Buddie 3V and i-Buddie 3C models support standard 128MB SDRAM memory and can be upgraded to a maximum of 512MB.

i-Buddie 4 and i-Buddie XP models, designed, validated and optimized for the Pentium 4 and Athlon XP processors, respectively and feature top-of-the-line high-volume DDR266/333 memory technology, today's most cost-effective and scalable way to implement the latest technologies in a portable platform.

DeskNote PCs come with a built-in Realtek 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet (LAN) chip for a total communications solution that significantly enhances Internet an E-mail experiences.

ECS 'Genius Design' makes DeskNote PCs exceptionally user friendly with thoughtful efficiency features. Example: Two built-in shortcut keys provide one-touch e-mail retrieval and browser access. And - perhaps best of all - ECS intelligent design innovation has created a just-right mix of features and power that make DeskNote portable desktop computers extremely affordable.