Gigabyte Booktop M1305 ultraportable Has GPU docking station

Gigabyte have always thought a little different with their ultraportables, and their latest model is no different – the Gigabyte Booktop M1305. This new model sports a CULV Intel processor, rather than the paltry Atom N270, a 13.3-inch screen, putting it squarely in the land of MacBook Air and ThinkPad X300-style thin-and-lights, and squeezes an NVIDIA GeForce GT220 GPU with 1GB of DDR3 memory into the dock for improved graphics performance. It looks physically similar to the company’s M1022 netbook, but because of its chipset and processor, it can hold up to 4GB of RAM and up to 500GB of storage and an optical drive.Meanwhile, connectivity includes WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI, two USB 2.0 and a combo eSATA/USB port. There’s also VGA, audio in/out ports, a multi-format memory card reader, 1.3-megapixel webcam and a fingerprint reader. The standard battery is a 6-cell 3,800mAh pack, which is capable of delivering up to 6.5 hours of runtime, according to Gigabyte; you can also swap out the optical drive for a secondary battery for additional 4hrs. If that’s not enough, the docking station further ups the ante and offers up to six USB 2.0 ports, VGA, HDMI and DVI video connectors, Gigabit Ethernet, audio in/out, along with that NVIDIA graphics card of course.