Shen says Eee will not go over 10-inch screen size and will offer Windows 7 by mid-2009
ASUS can be credited with founding the netbook market with its Eee portable. The success of the Eee then forced most all other notebook makers to enter into the netbook category with products of their own.
It’s now been a [...]
ASUS CEO Jerry Shen Discusses the Eee’s Future
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments
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Asus has a WiMax laptop, too
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Everyone else is doing it, so why shouldn’t Asus? Late Wednesday, the company announced the immediate availability of the M50Vm-A1WM, a 15.4-inch laptop with a built-in WiMax module for the recently launched Sprint Xohm data network.
Next-generation data connectivity aside, the нфШс-РЈРΜРЅРΜРҐР¶РΜСЂ,399 M50Vm-A1WM (catchy name, that) looks to be a fairly typical media-oriented [...]
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Asus makes Eee PC S101 official, expects warm reception
October 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Little, brown, different: the Eee PC S101.
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Asus has big plans for its Eee PC S101. Details on the premium ($699 and up) Netbook were leaked on Monday, and Wednesday Asus officially unveiled its slimmest, sleekest Netbook yet at an odd event in Taiwan (see “wedding” photos here).
According to DigiTimes, [...]
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Asus G50V: Gaming for the rest of us
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Sure, a gamer of independent means can drop several grand on a fully loaded Alienware Area-51 m15x, but what about the rest of us?
Asus seems to have budget-minded gamers in mind with its СЕКРЕТУТКА,699 G50V. The 15.4-inch laptop has many of the same features as the Alienware (and then some), but economizes [...]
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Hands-on with the Asus N10
September 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Can a netbook cost $799?
When is a netbook not a netbook? We’ve previously mentioned the upcoming Asus N10, the more-expensive cousin to the low-priced Eee PC line, which adds discrete graphics options, bigger hard drives, Windows Vista (with an XP downgrade option), an ExpressCard slot, and 802.11n Wi-Fi.
We just got a chance [...]
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Asus releases 15-inch gaming laptop, the G50V
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments
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Mobile gamers, take note: Asus today released the G50V, a 15-inch gaming laptop that appears to be a high-powered, low-priced affair.
The majority of gaming laptops use a 17-inch chassis and weigh 8 pounds or more. The Asus G50V packs many of the same features inside a 15-inch chassis that weighs a [...]
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Is the Asus N10 still a Netbook for $849?
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Is it still a Netbook at $849?
At what point does a Netbook become a regular old laptop? The upcoming Asus N10 has all the features we’d expect to see in a low-cost, low-power Netbook-style system, including a 10-inch screen and power-saving Intel Atom CPU.
The only catch is that electronics retailers are now listing [...]
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Asus ditches Eee name for high-end Netbook
August 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Is the world ready for a fancy Netbook?
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A high-end luxury Netbook? Seems like an oxymoron, since Netbooks are supposed to be simple, stripped-down, low-cost laptops. (If this is all news to you, check out our Building the Perfect Netbook feature for a primer.)
Asus, the company that single-handedly built the Netbook category with [...]
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Get a whiff of Asus’ scented laptops
August 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Go with Floral Blossom…
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Something to note about Eee PC maker Asus’ new line of fragrant laptops: the lifespan of their scent depends on how much you use the computer. If you make an F6 your primary machine, therefore, chances are great it will gradually lose its invigorating ocean-at-dawn aroma and end up smelling like [...]
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ASUS Complicates Eee Family Further With 903, 904/905, and 904 HD Models
July 12th, 2008 · No Comments
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ASUS Eee MonitorASUS’ Eee PC family continues to grow
It seems as though “too much of a good thing” is not something that crossed ASUS’ mind following the success of
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