Velocity Micro Launches New AMD-based Notebook for Gaming

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With ultra performance mobility, Z80 Ultra targeted to gamers and demanding users on the go.

Richmond, VA - February 28, 2005 - Velocity Micro, the Richmond, Va- based premium PC manufacturer announced today the product launch of its first AMD-based notebook, the NoteMagix Z80 Ultra. The Z80 Ultra features AMD® Athlon T 64 Mobile series processors and ATI® Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics processors. Weighing in at just 7lbs, the Z80 is a truly mobile desktop replacement.

Velocity Micro introduces the NoteMagix Z80 as a performance desktop replacement for gamers and digital media enthusiasts. Gamers have traditionally tended towards AMD processors because of these processors' advantages in gaming performance. The Z80 is a powerful desktop replacement built with Velocity Micro's trademark quality assembly process and high end performance components.

Velocity Micro, Inc. is the premier high-performance personal computer provider in North America. Founded in 1992, Richmond, Va.-based Velocity Micro custom builds award winning gaming, mobile, multimedia, home office, small business, pro workstation, and visual supercomputer solutions. Velocity Micro consumer systems are available at Frys, Best Buy, and select Staples retail stores nationwide, as well as online vendors Amazon.com, Newegg.com, TigerDirect.com, CompUSA.com, and many others. For more information on Velocity Micro, please call (800) 303-7866.
Velocity Micro has earned over 45 industry awards, including 11 PC Magazine Editor's Choice awards. CNET, Maximum PC, Mobile PC, PC World, Computer Gaming World, Computer Shopper, and PC Gamer editors have all chosen Velocity Micro systems as some of the industry's best-performing, highest-quality, and most reliable PCs.

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