In addition, the new GIGA one SONIC's LCD screen clearly displays the amount of hard drive disc space available as well as the status of every download.

ENGADGET: Jobo unveils two new GIGA photo storage devices

The electricity generated by a micro-wind turbine is transmitted and stored in a battery before being used to drive home electrical appliances such as lights, LCD monitors and TV sets.

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The Vaio T series is another slender laptop that feels sorta like their TR series, and comes with built-in 802.11g WiFi, 10.6-inch widescreen LCD, 768MB of RAM, and a 40GB hard drive.

ENGADGET: Sony explores new letters of the alphabet: intros new Vaio M, Vaio T, and Vaio B PCs

Rounding out the lot is Acer's slightly slimmer ASX5810 Aspire X PC (pictured after the break), which offers up a Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor, 3GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive, GeForce 120 graphics, and a bundled 20-inch LCD.

ENGADGET: Acer rolls out ASM5800, ASM3202, ASX5810 desktop PCs

Let's focus on the actual machine first: here we have a Core i5-2410M (2.3GHz to 2.9GHz) rig packing a 14-inch 1, 366 x 768 LCD, Intel HD Graphics 3000, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 500GB 7200rpm hard drive, and a DVD burner that can be swapped with a secondary battery.

ENGADGET: Gigabyte M2432 laptop with GeForce GT 440 graphics card dock hands-on

Small LCD screens are in plentiful supply, and it likely wouldn't need a hard drive.

FORBES: Apple Gooses IBook Speeds

Acquiring Horizon, which means a work on six new nuclear plants for ten to 15 years, is such a decision, as are sale this year of the California-based hard drive business to Western Digital and spin-off of a Japan-based LCD panel business.

FORBES: Connect

The WinBook WH5513P series contains an Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 120GB hard drive, a 15.4-inch 1, 280 x 800 resolution LCD, and a few hot keys to give you one-touch access to your email and the internet.

ENGADGET: Sotec's intros PC Station BJ / BX desktops and WH5513P laptop