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WinBook Breaks The Notebook PC Price Barrier: Introducing The $1,499 WinBook XL 200 MMX
COLUMBUS, Ohio--March 2, 1998--WinBook Corporation revolutionized notebook computer pricing in the U.S. today with its announcement of the feature-rich WinBook XL 200MMX. This new model is designed to offer the best value in the U.S. marketplace. It’s priced at an amazingly low $1,499 a price previously seen only on notebooks with aging technology yet it provides a feature-rich mobile computing solution with the latest technology.
Strongest Notebook Value In The U.S. Market
"Today, the mobile computing market belongs to companies with exceptional strength in forecasting and inventory control systems. Declining component prices, coupled with WinBook’s just-in-time production management and rapid inventory turnover enable us to give our customers the strongest notebook computer values in the U.S. market," said Richard Mershad, president of WinBook Computer Corporation.
The new WinBook XL 200MMX is ideal for small to medium-sized businesses, students, education professionals, and first-time portable computer buyers. It’s designed to open the mobile computing market to a whole new group of computer buyers," said Mershad.
A Feature-Rich Mobile Computing Solution
Starting at $1,499, the new WinBook XL 200MMX includes:
- High-performance 200 MHz MMX processor (WinBook uses processors from AMD and Intel®)
- Fast 20X maximum speed CD-ROM drive
- 12.1" SVGA (800 x 600) display with high-contrast dual-scan technology for bright, crisp images
- Large 2 GB hard drive
- "Three-spindle, all-in-one" design with CD-ROM, floppy, and hard drive installed simultaneously
- Available high-speed 56K Kflex internal fax/modem (customers who buy competing products must give up a Type II PCMCIA slot)
- 16 MB of EDO DRAM expandable to 128MB
- Integrated 16-bit stereo audio
- Touchpad pointing device
Multimedia
The WinBook XL 200MMX boasts the serious multimedia capabilities of more expensive WinBook XL models. It includes 2 MB video RAM, Zoomed video support, software MPEG support, NTSC video-out capability, and SoundBlaster Pro-compatible 16-bit stereo audio with built-in speakers and microphone.
The Zoomed video port provides users with the ability to transfer video data from the PCMCIA slots directly to the display screen, bypassing the system bus. MPEG I support furnishes users with full-screen, full-motion video playback at near standard VHS resolution (MPEG I achieves resolutions of 352 x 240 @ 30 frames/second). Users may also display presentations on large screen television monitors using NTSC video-out capability.
Communications
The latest communications technology is available to keep WinBook XL 200MMX users connected to work, school, and friends. The optional internal 56K Kflex is just $159, and leaves PCMCIA slots available for other uses. The PCMCIA card slot will accommodate one Type III or two Type II PC cards.
Power Management
Battery life on the WinBook XL 200MMX is enhanced through the use of low-voltage, high performance components and an advanced power management system which includes LCD and hard-drive power-down functions, plus standby, suspend-to-disk, and suspend-to-RAM modes with automatic resume for fax/modem activity.
Ports
All WinBook XL 200MMX models include the following ports:
- Enhanced/extended capabilities parallel
- Serial
- SVGA
- PS2 keyboard/mouse
- 2-way IrDA 1.1 (4M) compatible wireless communications interface
- Line-in (stereo)
- Line-out (stereo)
- Mic-in
- RCA jack for TV-out (NTSC-video out)
- 2 Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface ports (4 pin)
- WinDock™ Port Replicator connector (80 pin)
Perfect For Education
The sturdy WinBook XL 200MMX is the perfect solution for families looking for an affordable notebook for their kids to take to college or for younger students to use for note taking, research and homework. Powerful and rugged, the $1,499 WinBook XL 200MMX offers the ideal combination of performance, communications capabilities, and mobility.