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    Upcoming Asus 14"-15.4" notebooks?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Slaughterhouse, Apr 12, 2009.

  1. Slaughterhouse

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    Does anyone have any information about any upcoming 14"-15.4" Asus notebooks? I would like something new but something that is a decent size - not the gigantic monster Asus notebooks that they claim are regular 15.4" notebooks like the G and M series.

    I really like the N81VP-C1 but I'm not a fan of the resolution and the 32-bit OS kills it for me. Anything similar coming out soon?
     
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    Asus K series...
     
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    Do you have any info on that?
     
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    I was looking at Asus 14-15.4" laptops until I saw the Sager NP8662, now I am considering it instead.
     
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    The Sager NP8662 is too big for me. It's a great notebook and I'd buy it in a heartbeat if it was sized more along the lines of a normal 15.4" notebook.

    From everything I've gathered so far about the K series, it seems that everyone is calling it a budget mainstream notebook. Most sites even fail to mention the 4860 that it will be equipped with, which in my eyes takes it far away from a "budget mainstream" notebook and throws it right into the powerful gaming notebook category slightly behind the Sager NP8662 and similar notebooks. Am I missing something here?
     
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    i have the m860tu and i think it was just a bit too big, now im looking into the 13.3 monster or the n8 both really promising.
     
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    AFAIK, the K series will be priced very attractively - this single feature will make it a budget system.
     
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    Ah I see, thanks David! Any idea on its official release?
     
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    There's no official word on the release date, but I know it'll be released pretty soon.
     
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    Ok cool. So any other models on the horizon?
     
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