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Sun Microsystems unveils its first laptop

By Derek Sooman

On June 28, 2005, 10:02 AM

Now here's a thing I never thought I would see... a laptop from Sun Microsystems! The company has unveiled its first mobile computer, the Sun Ultra 3 Mobile Workstation. The machine utilises Sun's Sparc microprocessor, and will allow users to run a range of Sun products on the move.

All the performance and power expected is present, with the Sun Ultra 3 Mobile Workstation available with a range of 64-Bit UltraSPARC processors, graphics options, 802.11b wireless networking, 15-and 17in. SXGA+ TFT LCD displays, Integrated Gigabit (10/100/1000Base-T) Ethernet and of course the Solaris 10 Operating Environment. The laptop is offered with either a 550MHz or 650MHz UltraSPARC IIi processor or 1.28GHz UltraSPARC IIIi processor and can take up to 2GB of RAM.

Chief Executive Officer Scott McNealy, who has seen sales drop for almost four years, is entering a laptop computer market that's growing three times faster than desktop personal computers. Sun's laptops are powerful enough for engineers to perform technical work while on the road, said John Fowler, Sun's executive vice president of network systems.

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  1. June 28, 2005 4:18 PM
    Phantasm66 said:
    Sounds pretty desperate and needy to me.
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  2. June 28, 2005 5:41 PM
    Julio said:
    I would say the same if they were trying to enter the desktop market but apparently that's not the case. The laptop will be pricey and will target their same current user base, just offering some added mobility.
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  3. June 29, 2005 12:50 AM
    fuzzymutant said:
    The pictured laptops are not Sun laptops. Tadpole and Newtech have been producing sparc laptops for many years. Sun may be rebadging them now, but these things have been around for at least 5 years.
    Reply

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