AST's Ascentia 900N receives top notebook honor; Long battery life and large, bright color display put Ascentia 900N over the top with PC LapTop Computers Magazine editors.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1994--AST Computer's Ascentia 900N beat the competition taking PC LapTop Computers Magazine's Notebook of the Year honor. The Ascentia 900N was singled out in the publication's 1994 Editors Choice Awards as being the best of the best, among a field of four semifinalists from Compaq, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Toshiba. The award was presented during a special presentation at PC LapTop Computers Magazine's fourth annual awards breakfast held during the Comdex/Fall trade show. PC LapTop Computers Magazine's editors applauded the notebook market for delivering the best ever crop of high-end notebook computers giving users a terrific combination of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color and power. "We saw many good, solid products this year," commented Michael Goldstein, PC LapTop Computers Magazine editor in chief. "But what makes a portable computer truly portable is its battery life. Even with its bright 10.4-inch active-matrix color display, the Ascentia 900N turned in astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. battery life of more than three hours." Editors also praised AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. for designing a "friendly" machine that boasts an outstanding keyboard with a built-in pointing device An input device used to move the pointer (cursor) on screen. The major pointing device is the mouse for the desktop computer and the touchpad for the laptop, although many road warriors bring along a mouse. . "AST's integration of a Type III Type III may stand for:
PC LapTop Computers Magazine will feature all of its Editors' Choice Award winners in the publication's January issue. Corporate Background AST Research Inc. is ranked number 287 on the Fortune 500 list of America's largest industrial companies and is one of the world's leading personal computer manufacturers. The company develops PC products ranging from portable systems to superservers. AST, a $2.367 billion company, is represented in 100 countries and operates 43 subsidiaries and sales offices worldwide. Corporate headquarters is located at 16215 Alton Parkway, P.O. Box 57005, Irvine, Calif. 92619-7005. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: AST is a registered trademark and Ascentia is a trademark of AST Research Inc. All other products or services mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: AST RESEARCH INC., IRVINE Donna Kather, 714/727-7943 |
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