Ashton Digital, premier mobile technology manufacturer, recently unveiled its Passport 2100 Series - the newest addition to its family of Intel-based PC notebooks. The laptop features a Pentium® IV processor with speeds of 2.2 Ghz and above, an extra sharp 15” 1400 x 1050 SXGA Active Matrix TFT display, 512MB of system memory, and up to 60GB of hard drive storage. Although the SecureME hardware-based password-access security feature available on previous iterations is regrettably absent from the 2100, the latest version does provide external CD controls which allow the unit to be used  for playback, even when powered-down.

“Our design is superior to plastic casings, because we use magnesium on both the top and bottom of our notebook” comments Ben Totanes, Ashton Digital’s Sales and Marketing Director. “The advantage of this is that the laptop is lighter, thinner, stronger, and better able to dissipate heat than traditional models. Our CPU runs cooler than those of typical notebooks, which trap heat inside the unit. This feature reduces the frequency of crashes and improves reliability,” he adds.

For multimedia power users, the Passport 2100 offers the ATI Radeon  Mobility  4x AGP/3D Graphics accelerator, a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, and a TV-out port (NTSC/PAL) with MacroVision Capability. This latter feature allows the user to connect the system to a television and watch DVD movies through the TV’s screen, a function perfect for presentations. Ashton Digital, based in Milpitas, CA, is a manufacturer of notebook computers, LCD monitors, IDE storage devices and home theater systems. They can be contacted through their site at www.ashtondigital.com, or 1-866-9ASHTON. #