rock offers High Definition 17 inches for under a grand

Warwick 24th October 2007, rock today announced the latest addition to their line-up of high-performance notebooks. Placed between the Pegasus 670 and Xtreme 770, the Pegasus 710 features a 17” X-Glass widescreen, NVIDIA 8600M GS graphics, High Definition DVD and a HDMI output based on the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors.

Starting at £999, the newcomer is based on “more bang for your buck”, making it an ideal all-round productivity and entertainment platform. Nick Boardman, CEO, explained “The Pegasus 710 is about the perfect balance of graphics, processor power and battery life while offering the breath-taking HD-DVD experience on a 17” screen”.

The 710 can be configured with up to a T7700 2.4GHz processor, 2GB DDR2 RAM, 250GB Hard disk drive and it comes with rock’s award winning European 3 year insurance backed warranty as standard. Boardman continued “rock is not just about selling laptops, it’s about the superb customer experience, service and support that goes with them”. What’s more, becoming a proud owner of a rock laptop automatically puts customers in the middle of a huge ever growing community of laptop enthusiasts on www.rockforum.co.uk.

This is the first time a 17” laptop has launched in the Pegasus range, offering high performance at excellent value. Connecting the 710 to a HD-Ready flatscreen TV instantly transforms the laptop into a high-quality HD-DVD player worth over £500. This is thanks to NVIDIA’s HDCP (High Definition Copyright Protection) support and PureVideo technology. A full sized keyboard with num-pad is great for gaming and office applications, and it offers all the connectivity you can ask for.

Specifications:

· Up to Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T7700 2.4GHz processor

– Featuring Intel® Centrinoâ„¢ Duo Mobile Technology

– 4MB Level 2 Cache

· New NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS 256MB Graphics (DX10)

· 17” WXGA X-Glass Screen (1440 x 900)

· Up to 2GB DDR2 667MHz RAM

· Serial ATA Hard Drive

· HD DVD/Dual Layer DVD re-writer

· Integrated Wireless LAN 802.11 a/g/n and Bluetooth

· Integrated 1.3MP webcam

· Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium

· Roxio Creator 7

· Bullguard Internet Security Anti-Virus protection

· 3 Year Pan-European C&R Parts and Labour Warranty

· 7 day peace of mind guarantee, return your notebook within 7 days and we'll give you your money back (excl. carriage charges)



Ports:

· Expansion: 4 x USB 2.0 / 4-in-1 Card Reader / 1 x Express Card Slot

· Output: 1 x HDMI Output / 1 x DVI-I Output / Headphone / Microphone / Line-in / 1 x S/PDIF Output Jack

· Communication: 10/100 LAN / 56k Modem

· Security: Kensington Lock support



About rock

rock’s manufacturing facility in Warwick has maintained the highest standards of notebook services for over 15 years and continues to lead the mobile computing world with the most innovative notebook technology available on the market.

rock delivered 74% of Intel’s sales across EMEA for the top performing Core Duo processor for its first month from launch in Summer 2006.

In addition to continued technological innovation in the portable computing market, rock is the only notebook manufacturer to supply a 3 year collect and return warranty on its entire notebook range as standard ensuring it offers the most comprehensive after sales service.