BenQ’s Joybook R48 – A Mobile Gaming Experience

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN, May 17, 2010–BenQ unveiled a new addition to its award-winning laptop lineup today with the Joybook R48. Appealing to today’s internet-savvy bloggers, gamers, and multimedia enthusiasts, the R48 features an Intel® Core™ i3 Processor; 14” 16:9 Screen (1366x768); ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5450 Graphics Processing Unit; DDR3 RAM (Upgradable to 4GB) and HDD up to 500GB.

BenQ utilizes the Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology2 (Intel® Core™ i3 processor) in Joybook R48 which enables smart multi-tasking by allowing each processing core to run multiple “threads”, providing amazing responsiveness and great performance, improving your gaming experience.

The ATI Radeon™ HD 5450 Graphics Processing Unit uses the ATI Eyefinity Technology which can expand your visual real estate up to three displays – Watch video streaming on one, playing games on the other, while writing a blog entry on the third! The ATI Stream Technology embedded also accelerates demanding applications and the latest generation games that require powerful multimedia capabilities.

The Joybook R48 comes packaged with the SRS CS Headphone™, this headphone uses an audio rendering technology that processes 2-channel stereo or surround-encoded content that provides users with a life-like audio experience during their VoIP, movie or gaming sessions.

Making videos has never been easier with the Joybook R48’s CyberLink’s PowerDirector 8 that comes pre-installed. It is the first consumer video editing software to be optimized for Intel Core Processors and ATI Stream technology. PowerDirector 8 delivers up to 5x faster performance for rendering effects and transcoding videos, with vastly improved editing and previewing speeds. Edit, and share your home-made movies and vlogs on social networking sites effortlessly.

The Joybook R48 comes equipped dual 2W speakers; HDMI port; WLAN 802.11 b/g/n connectivity; 1.3M Webcam; Built-in Card-Reader; eSATA slot; and optional Bluetooth 2.1 device.

Joybook R48 will be available in China and Asia Pacific on mid May. For more information, please visit

www.BenQ.com

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