Alienware’s founder Kevin Wasielewski founded Origin, a company dedicated to producing the same type of performance in computing that rocketed Alienware to its global status. Apparently after Dell’s acquisition of Alienware, Wasielewski was not finished bringing state-of-the-art, high-performance PCs to market with an emphasis on gaming.
The Origin Eon18 is the first laptop to be produced by the company, successor to Origin’s Genesis Desktop. It features a fulled HD 18.4′ screen, a Blu-ray drive, digital out for 7.1 HD audio, support for dual Nvidia GeForceGTX 280M graphics processors, and up to three 160GB SSD for storage and 8GB of ram. The Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 975 Overclocked to 4.2GHZ LGA Quad-Core processor is a beast.
The Eon18 is completely customizable, but here are some core specs:
Full Specs
Features/Specs: Dimensions: (H)1.7″ x (W)17.25″ x (D)11.75″
Customization and Personalization:
• Customizable top cover ORIGIN logo
• Multi-color lights on ORIGIN top cover logo, front vent, and rear vent
• Unlimited color and design options on ORIGIN top cover
Hardware:
• Video Card: Up to SLI Dual 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280M
• Display: 18.4″ Full HD 1920 x 1080 -(1080p) Wide L2,499CD (16:9 Aspect Ratio)
• Processor: Up to Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme Quad QX9300 (12MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
• Memory: Up to 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 -1333Mhz
• Optical Drive: Up to Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner Combo (BD-R, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
• Hard Drive: Up to three 160GB SSD
• RAID Configurations: RAID 0 and RAID 1
• Network Adapter: Built-In Wireless 802.11 a/g/draft-n
• Audio: Integrated High-Definition Audio with 4 Channel support
• Media Card Reader: Built-In 7-in-1 Media Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/SD/Mini-SD)
• TV Tuner: Built-In Digital TV Tuner with Remote (optional)
• Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
• Keyboard:
• Full size keyboard w/ numeric pad
• Programmable Gaming Buttons (G1 -G8)
• Touch Sensitive Volume Control and Access Buttons
• Battery: 12-cell Lithium-Ion Battery
• Starting at price: $2,599
The Origin Eon18 starts out at around $5000, and can reach up to over $7000.
(www.originpc.com)
Published on March 4 2010
