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    New Asus Notebooks CES 2008

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by scooberdoober, Jan 7, 2008.

  1. scooberdoober

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    Anybody have more information on these?

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    scooberdoober, Jan 7, 2008
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    One of them is probably the new Asus M50 multimedia notebook, I'm not sure though...
     
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    OK, I think the bottom pic is either the M50 or M70.
     
    scooberdoober, Jan 7, 2008
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  5. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    Top one should be a Lamborghini, possibly new model based on the S6/U1/U2? VX6(lol guessed the name)? with a 11" screen. If you look at the bottom pic, the one beside the M50/M70 is an S6/U1 Update which is virtually the same hinge design/chassis as the lambo.
     
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    Good eye there. :cool:
     
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    Not from CES but found a U3S!

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    This also confirms the U2S which is probably the one beside the Lamborghini. (WRONG, actually, that should be an U3 variant)
     
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    Looks like I might be wrong on the presumption above. The lambo is likely a more powerful version with Carbon Fiber/Magnesium finish version of the U3S. a 13.3" New laptop. Very interesting, I wonder which dedicated graphic card it comes with :D
     
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    Very nice looking pic... it reminds me of the Sony SZ
     
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  10. D3X

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    Totally agree! The hinge design, power button and LED indicators as well as the palm/handrest area looks like it was taken from the Sony SZ design. Which makes you wonder if Asus had anything to do with it..
     
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    The top one is a 12" or 13" Lamborghini model that is likely based off the U3S or the U6S that is sitting next to it (I can't tell whether the screen is the same size as the one in the U6 or not based on that pic alone...) The bottom one looks like a G series notebook, and based on the size, its a 15.4" notebook. It is NOT the M50. This is the M50:

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    And D3X, theres a lot wrong in those posts. The pics you have posted are of the U3S, and thats been out for a very long-ass time. The one beside the Lamborghini is a U6S, which has also been out for a while. Thats also the one on the left of the 15.4", which as I said, is not the M50. The Lambo doesn't have a 11" screen, neither does the U6S.

    EDIT: I'm still inclined to say that the Lamborghini is a 12" and will be based on the U6, as opposed to being a U3 based 13" model.
     
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  12. D3X

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    You might be right, I've been doubting my own posts as well. No worries! As you can see I was jumping from the U1/S6/U2/U6 design and back to the U3, and well back. As far as I can tell it probably is a U1/S6 lambo instead as the width of the top case (sides of the keyboard) is much more narrower compared to the U3.
     
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    Yea, thats what I was thinking as well. Though, the S6 is different from the U6, and both are very different from the U1.

    The U1F/E is an 11.1" out and out ultraportable road warrior in the likes of the Sony TZ. The S6F is an odd kind of ultraportable, with an 11.1" screen, standard ccfl backlighting, an LV (not ULV) processor, DVDRW drive, and the works - it is probably the most powerful and full featured ultraportable out to date. As far as I know, its out of production, and it hasn't been updated in over a year now, so its done. The U6S, released a few months back, is what you are thinking of. Its a 12", LED backlit, Santa Rosa/8400M, overall awesome notebook.
     
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    The S6F series was released in early 06 as the S6F and updated around CES 2007 to the S6FM, and yeah, looks to be discontinued. Besides what you said, it also used 2.5" HDDs, so it was pretty powerful in its size class. Of course battery life wouldn't have been too great and looked like a brick compared to the U1 and TZ.

    I think it may be replaced by the Asus Ecobook whose concept images from early 07 are of a totally different design but look at concept images in late 07 and its the S6 with bamboo instead of leather.

    [ http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=7658
     
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    is the M50 the M51 but with crappier parts? Anyone know when these computers will be available for purchase? I'm thinking of the Lambo 15.4 inch and possibly the M50's providing they aren't over priced. Like the Lambo is 3000 just mainly for the leather and the look whichis okay, but it has a 9500. How do you think the HD 2400 GPU is. Could someone compare it to Nvidia card, I have no idea how powerful it is.
     
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  16. ClearSkies

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    The HD2400 is a budget dedicated gpu, along the lines of the 8400m series. The 2600 is more comparable to the 8600GT.
     
    ClearSkies, Jan 9, 2008
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    the second one is a G70. It is a proposed model, and not in production yet.
     
    dingbat, Jun 9, 2008
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