CTO Magazine, Iridium Launch Starbook 900

1st September '03

Iridium’s latest launch, the Starbook 900 notebook, is based around the new mobile 3.06GHz Pentium 4 processor. It also has a 17inch screen with a WXGA resolution of 1,440 x 900, which gives loads of screen area for watching movies. It’s quite hefty, with a weight of 3.6Kg, and it’s hardly thin and light at 36.5mm thick, but the specification of this desktop replacement notebook justifies those dimensions.
Powering that huge screen is an ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 with 64MB dedicated graphics memory.

The Starbook 900 incorporates 5.1 DTS sound output together with a 5-speaker system, including a removable subwoofer that can be substituted for an optional TV Tuner or 6-in-1 card reader and a built in camera. The rest of the specification varies according to preference, so up to 1GB memory, up to 80GB hard drive, optional 802.11b, the combo drive can be replaced with a DVD – R/RW recorder.

The Starbook 900 will begin shipping in September 2003. Machines will be supplied as standard with Microsoft XP Home Operating System, Ability Office 2002 Software and Panda Anti Virus Software.