The Professional M3 is built on the Intel 915GM chipset. This chipset delivers surprising results in terms of track count and simultaneous virtual effects. Add to this our carefully selected components and you get a machine that delivers overwhelming power to media producers.
This is a machine for the mobile producer in audio recording and mixing, video editing and DVD creation and media creation and composition. This is the first Centrino based system that we have tested that satisfy our demanding performance requirements. We guarantee that the M3 will not disappoint in the power department.
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Intel 915GM Chipset
The Mobile Intel® 915GM Express chipset is a component of the Intel® Centrino™ mobile technology. Featuring the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900, the 915GM chipset enables 2x the graphics performance of the previous generation of platforms based on the Intel® 855GME chipset. The Mobile Intel® 915GM Express chipset also supports Intel® High Definition Audio which is a new enhanced audio specification for high quality audio enabling a premium home theater experience.
Additionally Mobile Intel® 915GM Express chipset supports up to 2 GB of DDR2 system memory which enables up to 60% increase in peak memory bandwidth and power benefits over DDR memory and PCI Express bus architecture, a highly scalable general purpose I/O for the latest industry peripherals like ExpressCard.
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| 533 MHz System Bus | Up to 33% increase in Front Side Bus bandwidth over the previous generation. |
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| Support dual ch. DDR2 400/533 MHz memory | Up to 60% improvement in peak memory bandwidth and average power savings over DDR memory. |
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| 478-pin Processor Package Compatibility | Supports the highest performance Intel® Pentium® 4 processors plus, the flexibility to support other 478-pin Intel® processors. |
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| Dual independent display | View two independent video sources when an external monitor or panel is connected to the laptop. |
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| Intel® Stable Image Technology | Supports a unified graphics driver. Enables hardware changes without impact to IT software image stability. |
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| Ultra ATA | Provides up to 100 MB/Sec transfer rate for disk traffic. |
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| Direct Media Interface (DMI) | With up to 2 GB/sec concurrent bandwidth, DMI provides up to 4 times faster I/O bandwidth compared to previous Intel proprietary Hub link I/O interface. |
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| Integrated high speed USB 2.0 | Support for 8 USB 2.0 peripherals for maximum 40x faster data transfer and backward compatible to support USB 1.1 devices. |
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| Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 | Delivers a 2 times improvement in graphics performance over the previous generation chipset, the Intel® 855GME. Also supports Microsoft DirectX 9 solution for high definition media playback and 3D games. |
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| Intel® High Definition Audio | New audio specification enables increased bandwidth for high quality audio and support for Dolby* Technologies. Also enables power savings during audio activity. |
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| Integrated TV out | Provides board space and cost savings by eliminating the need for additional discrete chips. |
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| PCI Express Bus Architecture | Enables the next generation of discrete graphics and I/O. Delivers up to a 4 times increase in discrete graphics bandwidth and 2 times the I/O bandwidth. Also supports the latest industry peripherals like ExpressCard. Low pin count offers maximum bandwidth per pin. |