The best laptop money can't buy: Meteor highlights

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• • Green display    
  • The Mercury Free LED backlight with GreenZone technology dramatically reduces power by reducing the lighted display area. The arsenic-free display glass is flatter, smoother for enhanced readability and color accuracy.

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• • High-speed video
  • AMD's hybrid graphics combines low-power integrated graphics with high-perfomance GPU. The always-accelerated graphics makes the GUI snappy at low CPU speeds, while the hardware MPEG decoder/scaler cuts power usage during video playback.

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• • Advanced touch interface
  • Software-assignable touch-sensitive strips on both sides of display ease scrolling as well as act as soft buttons to control presentations and simplify data entry.

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• • Backlighted keyboard
  • Bold, bright, laser-etched legends provide easy readability day and night. Proximity sensor dims display and keyboard when you walk away, lights them when you return.

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• • Multifunction trackpad
  • The extra-large, high resolution, pressure-sensitive trackpad is sensitive to both fingertip and included stylus, so it can work as a tablet as well as a trackpad. Touch-based mouse buttons can also act as a horizontal scrollbar. the trackpad also acts as the embedded smartphone.

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• • Embedded smartphone
  • The independent smartphone -- available both on the exterior and interior of the notebook, provides access to e-mail, text messages, phone, voicemail and Web access when the computer is turned off. A swappable 3G card allows a choice of carriers. When open, the notebook's built-in noise-cancelling microphones allow conversations even in noisy airport lounges. Bluetooth and wired microphone/headset access are also supported. Linux-based operating system and software development kit are free and open source; includes full Java MIDP 2.0.

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• • Broad wireless support
  • 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi plus WiMax networking with utilization-based power management. Bluetooth support for stereo headphones, headsets, and remote controls (including Nintendo Wii). User-swappable 3G card (under the keyboard) supports voice and high-speed data over cellular networks.

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• • Desktop expandability
  • The optional MicroDock provides 6 USB, 1 Ethernet, 1 e-SATA, 1 audio in, 1 audio out, and 1 DisplayPort connectors in a portable device. The optional DiscDock combines dual-layer DVD +/- RW Blu-Ray drive combined with MicroDock's multiport hub connectors is easily carried or left at your desk.

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• • Power consciousness
  • Embedded solar panel in lid charges both embedded smartphone and notebook batteries, increasing power availability. Slim lithium ioni polymer battery saves 1/4 pound while delivering 6 hours of battery life. Optional Energy Star-rated charger has slow charge and no charge modes for reduced heat, and includes car and airplane adapter that charges battery outside notebook.