ASmobile C90S Barebone Notebook

I have been waiting for over a year to find the right notebook and it looks like this may be what I was waiting for. It is based on a barebone so is probably fully customizable. Now it is just the waiting game. I am still working on my IBM T23 and its on its last legs.

Taken from the presseportal.de:

The ASmobile C90S Barebone notebook is stylishly designed to
deliver desktop performance and high mobility simultaneously. It also
offers a customized graphic module that can be upgraded to deliver
the most powerful graphics processing performance - so users will
never have to worry about notebooks becoming out-of-date. The
innovative and high-gloss finish design still accommodates the latest
must-have features and is ideal for last minute assembly of key
notebook components. The ASmobile C90S comes equipped with the
desktop CPU Intel® Core[TM] 2 Dual Processor.

Quick and Easy Installation with Exclusive D-Door Design ASmobile
provides the perfect choice for building a stylish notebook for your
needs and personalities. Furthermore, the C90S is designed to be the
best desktop replacement with its world's first D-Door design. This
innovation allows quick and easy upgrading of the key components like
the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, optical drive and
wireless components.

Always Worth a Second Glance

The look of the C90S is based on the latest IMR (In-mold Roller)
high gloss finish technology, and comprises the leading features of a
2.0 Mega-pixel rotation camera, a HD DVD and Blu-Ray optical drive
for ample capacity as well as HDMI for enhanced digital entertainment
enjoyment. The e-SATA connector offers 6 times faster speed than
normal USB 2.0 data transmissions. To ensure extensive wireless
connectivity coverage, the C90S comes with 802.11n support with an
integrated antenna and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.

Specifications

- Supports up to Intel® Core[TM] 2 Duo CPU E6800
- 15.4" WXGA, WXGA+, WSXGA+
- Standard MXM graphic card
- Support Dual Channel DDRII 533/667 SDRAM, up to 2048MB
- SATA HDD
- 2.0 mega pixel rotation camera
- 802.11a/b/g, 802.11n
- e-SATA, HDMI, 3xUSB 2.0, IEEE 1394, TV-out, D-sub VGA port,
8-in-1 card reader, MCX connector for TV-RF
- Bluetooth® V2.0+EDR, Finger Print, TPM 1.2, Hybrid TV Tuner for
factory options
- 367 x 268 x 36 mm, 3.1 kg

ASmobile C90S barebone notebook is scheduled to be released at the
middle of March 2007.

 

Very intresting, very very intresting.

 

According to one of Anandtech's articles during CeBit, it may contain a DX10 card, like the 8800.

 

That's some serious system there. Look at all the output ports for video. I hope the HDMI work b.c on mine, it seems just to be there but not functioning.

 

anyone have any ideas to a release date or more details?

 

There is no Core 2 Duo E6800, there is Core 2 Extreme X6800

When it comes to desktop processors in mid-sized notebooks, I`m thinking burning hot temps and/or pre-Centrino massive cooling systems, therefore thicker systems The X6800 eats a maximum of 75W and T7600 34W, we can guess how hot and how nonexistent the battery life of the system is promising to be...

 

not to mention that the AC -> DC adapter will be the size of the Xbox 360 power adapter.... nice and portable

 

Note that it states UP TO Intel® Core[TM] 2 Duo CPU E6800 and not that this is the only processor available. It is a barebone notebook so I am thinking that any of the core 2 duo mobile CPUs will work. Maybe it will use the new santa rosa platform on the 800MHz bus.

 

Nope, Conroe uses the LG775 socket, whereas Merom uses Socket 479 (I think, same one as Yonah), thus the chips are pin incomatible. Conroe only on this, its an interesting proposition...I worry about the power consumption though.