World leader in electronic devices manufacturing, BenQ just announced the Joybook R42 series meant to expand their notebook family with new affordable products. According to the original press release the new R42 line is “aimed at providing favorable cost-performance notebook solutions to value-conscious consumers”.

Based on an Intel Core Duo processor, the new laptops will also feature a VIA Chrome9 HCâ„¢ DX9 IGP graphic chipset to power the new cool effects Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system has to offer. Together with the operating system customers will also be offered a 60 day trial version of the latest Microsoft Office suite, the 2007 Professional edition.

Further details can be found at BenQ.

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