Other notebook vendors to join the chorus Monday included market leader Toshiba, as well as Fujitsu and IBM.

CNN: High-powered portables arrive in force

Notebook vendors eager to capitalize on the new technologies and the PIII's marketing clout joined Intel en masse Monday, announcing a plethora of new portable systems.

CNN: High-powered portables arrive in force

In addition, IBM announced that in May it will start supplying in volume two new 20G-byte and 30G-byte Travelstar hard drives to major notebook vendors, including Compaq, Dell, Gateway and the IBM Personal Systems Group.

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