PC Laptops recently launched its E-Pro Max 585 portable computer, a laptop that includes a 2.8GHz Pentium 4 processor. The company said it will sell the laptop for less than $3,000.

PC Laptops currently has six models of its E-Pro line of portable computers -- the Max, Ultra, Supra, Traveler and Essencia. The standard configuration of the E-Pro Max 585 includes 1G byte of DDR RAM (1,024M bytes), a 40G-byte hard drive (5400 rpm), a 64M-byte ATI Radeon 9000 graphics card, a 15-inch UXGA active matrix display, an 8x DVD/CD-RW combination drive (16x10x24 on the CD-RW), removable 3.5-inch disk drive, and a front panel audio DJ CD player. Also included is integrated 10/100 Ethernet, V.90 56K bit/sec fax/modem card, one Type II PC Card slot, four USB 2.0 ports, one IEEE 1394 port, and Windows XP Professional. This standard configuration costs $2,999, PC Laptops said.

The laptop measures 1.7- by 13- by 11.4-inches, and weighs 9.6 lbs. with its battery. For more information, go to the PC Laptops Web site.

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