Maingear makes its way into the ultraportable scene with the release of its new MX-L. Not the slimmest notebook around, the MX-L measures 1.3 to 1.44 inches high, 12.125 inches wide, and 9.125 inches deep, and weighs 4.4 pounds.

Underneath the hood, the 13.3-inch ultraportable comes standard with a 1280x800 LED backlit display, Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.4GHz) processor on the GM45 chipset, 2GB of DDR2-800 memory, Intel GMA X4500HD graphics, a 120GB Seagate Momentus 5400.4 hard drive, 8X DVD burner, WiFi, 1.3MP webcam, and Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. Upgrade options include ramping up to an Intel T9800 (2.93GHz), up to 8GB of RAM, a larger capacity hard drive or Intel's X25-M 80GB/160GB SSD, and a Blu-ray drive.

But perhaps the coolest feature of of the MX-L is that Maingear offers free laser etching with "whatever artwork you send us." We can think of a few wicked designs we wouldn't mind having etched on our notebook.

The MX-L is available now starting at $1,100, or nearly three times as much when fully decked out.

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