| Fujitsu to launch PCs with advanced disk drives |
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| Written by Hans Straat: source www.reuters.com, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 | |
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Fujitsu Ltd said on Tuesday it would launch desktop personal computers equipped with Blu-ray disk drives in June in Japan, becoming the first company to release PCs compatible with the next-generation optical disks The announcement comes one day after Toshiba Corp, unveiled a plan to launch in mid-May notebook computers that can handle HD DVD disks, which compete with Blu-ray disks in the market for high-definition optical disks Fujitsu also plans to launch notebook PCs with HD DVD drives in June, catering for both camps. The new desktop PC from Fujitsu comes with a 37-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) screen and is expected to sell for around 600,000 yen ($5,063), a Fujitsu spokesman said. He added the notebook PC was likely to retail at about 400,000 yen -- in line with the expected retail price for Toshiba's HD-DVD compatible notebook PCs. |
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