EUROPE, May 26, 2008 – BenQ today announces the launch of its latest Joybook lineup with the Joybook X31, targeted at the stylish, sophisticated consumers. Exquisitely slim at less than 1-inch thick, the Joybook X31 features a bright 13.3” LED-display, nVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT discrete graphics, a HDMI connector and a biometric fingerprint sensor, bringing unparallel visual experience of today’s latest high definition content and cutting-edge games in a lighter, thinner form factor.

Exuding an understated elegance, the Joybook X31 is built from light but durable magnesium-aluminum alloy that immediately catches the eye with its muted metallic finish in bronze tint. Exquisitely slim at less than 1-inch thick, this elegant soft-touch coating enclosure not only adds a warm, elegant glow but also radiates a spectrum of colors depending on the angle from which it’s viewed. The special soft-touch coating enclosure not only pleases the eye, but also provides a silken, secure feel to the hand.

Sporting a 13.3” LED-backlit widescreen, the Joybook X31 is exceptionally bright at 300 nits of luminance. Furthermore, its display performance is further enhanced by BenQ’s patented UltraVivid Technology with Display Brilliance Enhancement Film (DBEF™) that brings vibrant, razor-sharp picture quality even in brightly-lit environments. The BenQ Joybook X31 employs the best-of-class nVIDIA® GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor for graphics performance that leaves other laptops of the same screen size far behind. The Joybook X31 allows complex 3D games to run smoothly, with visual details crisply preserved. A remarkable score of above 7000 on the industry-standard 3DMark05 benchmarks attest to the Joybook X31’s standout 3D graphics performance, brining the most advanced and cutting-edge games and applications in stutter-free, life-like video quality. Moreover, the HDMI port offers future-proof high-definition connectivity as well as compatibility, providing seamless connections to a variety of HDMI-compatible hardware.

The Joybook X31’s biometric fingerprint sensor brings a powerful, yet easy-to-use approach to help protect data from unauthorized use. Just a simple swipe of the finger across the sensor, located in front of the touchpad, uniquely identifies you to give you access not only to the computer itself, but also to password-protected websites that you visit.

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