Touted as the World’s most powerful gaming laptop, Maingear’s latest eX-L 18 sports an Intel Core 2 Extreme quad processor and has dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs. The machine also comes with an 18.4-inch full HD display with 1920 x 1080 resolution, up to 8GB DDR3 memory, 3x 2.5″ SATA SSDs, a 3MP webcam, a 7.1ch audio system, Windows Vista OS, WiFi, Bluetooth and several connectivity ports including eSATA, HDMI, USB 2.0 and FireWire. The Maingear eX-L 18 is now available starting at $2,999.

Dell today released the Vostro 1220 in the Japanese market. It is a 12.1-inch business laptop that has an Intel processor options (a 2.20GHz Celeron or 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo), a 1GB or 2GB of RAM, a WXGA (1,200 x 800) glossy display, a 4-cell battery (a 6-cell is available), WiFi, three USB 2.0 ports. FireWire, Gigabit Ethernet, VGA output, ExpressCard slot, a multicard reader and a 1.3MP webcam. The 12.1-inch Dell Vostro 1220 is priced at 79,980 Yen ($837) upwards, depending on the specs.

As a footnote to the details above, PCWorld also says that Alienware will use next week’s E3 show to update us on its 42.8-inch curved monitor we went hands-on with back in January of 2008.

The iLynx is a wedge-shaped USB and Firewire hub that has four USB 2 ports and two Firewire 400 ports. Priced at $60, the hub comes with both a USB extension cord in case your MacBook Pro or iMac is placed far away from it. The device also comes equipped with a Firewire 400 to 800 converter.

The $1,099 Sony Vaio JS250J is a very impressive all-in-one desktop from the manufacturer. The desktop system boasts of the features that you will not find on any other desktop system in its category and price.

The Sony Vaio JS250J shares its looks with the JS100-series desktop systems. The system is equipped with all the basic design features than you will find on all-in-one desktop systems. The 20-inch display houses a Webcam on the top edge. The adjustable stand allows you to change the display orientation according to your comfort. Though the Sony Vaio JS256J doesn’t come with a slot-loading DVD burner but it boasts of a tray-based Blu-ray drive, which is located on the right side of the casing.

The Sony Vaio JS250J faces tough competition from Apple’s 20-inch iMac, which is priced at $1,199. Both the systems come with 20-inch display, which has native resolution of 1,680×1,050 pixels. The Sony is powered by 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E5200 processor; while the Apple is powered by faster 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU.

The Sony JS250J is equipped with 4GB of 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM, while Apple iMac sports 2GB of 1,066MHz DDR3 SDRAM. The Sony uses 256MB (shared) Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS integrated graphics chip, while the Apple comes with 256MB (shared) Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics card. The Sony is equipped with larger 500GB, 7,200rpm hard drive as compared to 320GB, 7,200rpm hard drive of Apple. Both the systems come with Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n wireless as connectivity options but the Apple iMac also offers Bluetooth connectivity. With the Sony, you can choose from Blu-ray drive or dual layer DVD burner but the Apple doesn’t offer Blu-ray drive.

The desktop system also offers comprehensive collection of ports and connectors. The Sony JS250J comes with USB 2.0 ports, standard headphone/microphone jacks, FireWire port, analog out jacks, and Ethernet jack along with optical S/PDIF output.

Sony JS250J also comes with a mouse and a wired chicklet keyboard. Though the mouse fails to impress, the chicklet keyboard is pretty impressive.