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    The New ASUS F50 and F70 Series Notebooks

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Red_Dragon, Jan 16, 2009.

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    Red_Dragon, Jan 16, 2009
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    Nice find Red Dragon!
    Unfortunately, those notebooks look a little too bland for my taste. The design also reminds me of the HP DV7 series.
     
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    it actually does lol especially the lid this notebook is trying to imitate an aurora Borealis thats why the design is like that i dont like silver/gray inside of notebook i think its too plain but i guess thats just me :)

    Still an interesting thing i noticed is I noticed this notebook has only a 1366 x 768 Res in a 16" form factor which is really odd because the 17.3" model(F70) comes only in 1600 x 900....weird i guess when it comes out they'll add the higher red on the 16"

    Also they say this is the lightest 16" and they are right after looking at the weigh its slightly lighter then 6 pounds which is great they also claim its the thinnest 16" so even though it isnt stellar it breaks some records in form factor :D

    These things are gonna be cheap i can tell by the specs if the F50 which is the 16" is less then say $900 they could have a real winner a 9400 is still better then an x4500 any day.
     
    Red_Dragon, Jan 16, 2009
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    just found out apparently one is gonna have an AMD 3200....that sucks.
     
    Red_Dragon, Jan 19, 2009
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    whats the point of notebooks that big with an integrated graphics card :(
     
    chipmoney, Jan 20, 2009
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    Right this notebook imo represents style on a budget which is a good niche these days :D
     
    Red_Dragon, Jan 20, 2009
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