With the kind of elaborate cooling schemes and power supplies now demanded by top-of-the-line desktop graphics cards, we’ve rather given up hope of having a truly “cutting edge” graphics experience stuffed into an even somewhat portable laptop. That said, we do the best we can, and ATI‘s new X2300 Mobility Radeon graphics that Asus is featuring in its new A8Jr laptops sound promising, even if the main thrust of the card is enhanced performance-per-watt. Otherwise, the A8Jr looks to be well specced, but not a lot of surprises: there’s a full range of Core 2 Duo processors, the Intel 945PM Express chipset, 802.11 a/b/g Intel PRO WiFi, optional Bluetooth 2.0, an ExpressCard slot, and a nice complement of video outputs, including TV-out, DVI and VGA. The computer measures 1.4 to 1.5-inches-ish thick and weighs 5.3 pounds with a 6 cell battery pack. Unfortunately, no word on display resolution on that 14.1-inch LCD, or any specifics on release date or price — though it better be soon, ’cause this little guy is packing Windows XP, and that’s not going to look so hot a week from now.

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Witnessing the dethroning of one crown thanks to a determined competitor is anything but surprising, but it seems that Samsung is ousting one of its own in order to make room for a newer champion, as the Ultra Edition 10.9 takes over where the D900 left off as the “world’s thinnest slider.” Continuing on Samsung’s recent infatuation with creating increasingly slim mobiles, the 10.9′s biggest feature is its ultrathin frame, as the spec list really doesn’t deviate from what we found on the previous title holder. Onboard, you’ll find a 3.2-megapixel camera, MP3 / video playback, Bluetooth, video output, 80MB of internal memory, and a built-in microSD slot for loading up additional media. Little more is known about the 10.9 as of now, but just about every detail you could need should be divulged during the 3GSM Congress in Barcelona next month.

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