June 10, 2001

The "Portable Computing Group" of Taiwan's First International Computer Inc. launched the latest in its series of feature-rich notebook computer models. Sporting a blue color with silver edging, the computers were eyecatchers at the show, offering, on the technical side, the latest in multimedia developments, ease of Internet navigability and e-mailing capabilities into a unique profile with a 12.1 13.3 or 14 inch screen.

The A360 adopts the VIA/S3 Savage IX graphics engine with a maximum of sharing 16MB VRAM from SDRAM. High-resolution images and streaming video will be much sharper, and with software supported DVD playback and an option for at least an 8-spped DVD-ROM drive, allowing to view DVD releases from the comfort of a laptop.

Internal 2XAGP and 3D/Direct Draw performance ensure that gamers will not be disappointed either of this new product. By connecting to the TV via an RCA port gamers can play on a home TV screen as well, and can enjoy hi-fi- stereo music in the same fashion, without having to boot the laptop.

To complement the high-end audio performance of the A36s, FIC has integrated stereo speakers with a woofer into the body of the notebook.

In addition to the Intel Pentium III and Celero CPUs used, the A360 series also supports VIA’s latest processors. Future upgradeability is guaranteed.
FIC has designed this series around CPUs operating a clock speeds of up tp 1GHz and beyond. A powerful heat-exchanger fan with a heat dissipation plate ensures that the unit will stay cool at these speeds.