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- ASUS G51J 3D truly a gaming laptop; starts at $1,700
- If Asus wants to beat out Acer, the new laptop they just announced might help. The new Asus G51J 3D appears to have been built for gamers, incorporating NVIDIA 3D Vision. The 15.6-inch laptop is essentially a gaming station with a 120Hz LCD panel, an Intel Core...
- Tags: Game, ASUS, 3D, Laptop Computer, ASUS G51J 3D, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Report: Asus in talks with Toshiba to depose Acer as No. 3 laptop maker
- Toshiba's USA Share"Toshiba is a trusted name, despite lacking popularity in the U.S."According to IDC, Toshiba has a 8.1% USA market share, compared to 9.4% for Apple. Not bad, for a company that gets almost no USA media attention.Perhaps, but......it all depends on how you look at the numbers. Apple's...
- Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., ASUS, Acer Inc., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Report: Asus in talks with Toshiba to depose Acer as No. 3 laptop maker
- Asus is reportedly considering plans to acquire Toshiba's notebook business in a major move to become the third-largest notebook vendor in 2011. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: ASUS, Acer Inc., Toshiba Corp., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-11-16
- ASUS F6VE B1 - Core 2 Duo T9550 2.66 GHz - 13.3" TFT
- There are much better laptops than this!If you see from brochures that claim this laptop can downgrade its OS to Windows XP, don't trust it, even if the package comes with a Windows XP recovery software. You will find endless problems when you downgrade the OS.On its hardware issues, besides...
- Tags: Notebooks, TFT, Intel Core 2 Duo, laptop computer, ASUS, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Asus UL50AG-RBBBK05
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. This year has undoubtedly been defined, if not by Netbooks, then by the growth of affordable thin laptops that shave size--and even...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, ASUS, laptop computer, processor
- Product reviews 2009-11-11
- ASUS Eee PC 1005HAB - Atom N270 1.6 GHz - 10.1" TFT
- If you like Customer Service, DO NOT GET AN ASUSBought one of these from Best Buy September 17 and by the power supply starts working intermittently in less than two months. Asus REFUSES to send a new power supply without receiving the bad one back. So I have to have...
- Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), ASUS, TFT
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Disney, Asus launch 'Netpal' netbook for kids
- Disney Netpal Netbook - Top Christmas GiftI think the Disney laptop will be a great gift for this xmas. I was not surprised when I found the Asus netpal netbook as one of the top christmas gifts. The good news is that is more affordable today. I found a good...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Disney Corp., netbook, NetPal, ASUS
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- ASUS debuts USB 3.0 motherboard and add-on card
- USB 3.0 finally!Finally, we'll have a USB standard which can surpass the transfer speed we've had with FireWire 800 for YEARS. It will be nice to be able to get external Compact Flash readers which can finally keep up with the maximum read speed of the best new UDMA CF...
- Tags: PCI, FireWire, motherboard, ASUS, USB 3.0, PCI Express
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- ASUS debuts USB 3.0 motherboard and add-on card
- Today ASUS has debuted the P7P55D-E Premium motherboard and U3S6 add-on card, both featuring USB 3.0 support. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: ASUS, Card, Motherboard, USB, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- Asus K50IJ-RX05
- asus k50IJThe ASUS K50IJ series is one of the latest budget notebooks designed to provide better performance than a netbook and a larger screen for only a modest price increase. ASUS K50IJ-C1 Specifications:Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, 32-bit)Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6500 Processor (2.1GHz)15.6" 16:9 Wide Format (1366 x...
- Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, Wireless LANs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), notebook, battery, ASUS, speaker, RAM, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-25
- Asus Eee Top ET2002
- Nvidia wants us to tell you that its GeForce 9400M graphics chip, aka Nvidia's Ion technology, pulls Asus' Eee Top ET2002 up from the depths of Nettop misery by imparting it with better-than-terrible graphics and video processing. We agree that the 9400 chip improves the ET2002's visual chops, but a...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Games, Semiconductors, Keyboards, Video cards, Game players, nettop, chip, game, HDMI, ASUS, graphics
- Product reviews 2009-10-20
- Asus' wireless HDMI streamer coming next month?
- fast and reliable streaming won't be here for a whilelimitations because of low power and interference will slow down adoption.If it works in lab conditions, that's no guarantee for a home environment.You are probably better off today with a WD media player or with a DVD player with a USB2...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, ASUS, wireless, Amimon, SiBeam, HDMI
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Asus' wireless HDMI streamer coming next month?
- An anonymous tipster provided Engadget with a juicy scoop yesterday regarding the latest attempt to produce a commercially viable wireless HDMI streaming device. Asus is apparently nearly ready to introduce the BR-HD3, a $650 box that can transmit the signal (up to 1080p) from one device...
- Tags: ASUS, HDMI, Wireless, Gefen, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Asus, QNAP release new 1080p HD media streamers
- why not use a ps3? does same and more!?well....almost the same!!RE: Asus, QNAP release new 1080p HD media streamersHave been putting an NMP through it's paces for a month. Impressive performance so far, very flexible. User interface could use some improving, but it is early days. Has caused...
- Tags: Media players, Digital music, new 1080p HD media streamer, QNap, media streamer, 1080p, ASUS, media player
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Asus, QNAP release new 1080p HD media streamers
- Home theaters are still waiting for the killer device that will run away with the market for streaming media to your HDTV. How do we know? More and more companies are jumping into the "network media player" gamea dominant device (whether a networked TV or super...
- Tags: ASUS, Network, Video, 1080p, QNAP, Corporate Communications, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Ethernet, Networking, Marketing, Storage, Hardware, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Asus UL30A-A1 (Core 2 Duo Su7300 1.3GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)
- Whether CULV thin-and-light laptops will ever fully find a spot between the Netbook world and the full-featured laptop world, they are most definitely a category that's growing every day. Dropping an optical drive and throwing a low-voltage processor alongside a long-lasting battery is the trend of 2009, although the low-voltage...
- Tags: Processors, Notebooks, hard drive, Intel Core 2 Duo, laptop computer, ASUS, battery, processor
- Product reviews 2009-09-30
- Details of first Asus Core i7 mobile-based laptop revealed
- Core i7s already availableSeems like Sager has been offering Core i7 laptops for a little while now (NP9280), albeit with different processor versions.
- Tags: Notebooks, mobile, laptop computer, ASUS
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- Details of first Asus Core i7 mobile-based laptop revealed
- Asus has published details of its M60J 16-in. entertainment laptop, sporting a spankin' new Intel Core i7 Mobile processor. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: ASUS, Mobile, Laptop Computer, Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Build a high-performance gaming PC for under $650!
- Nice post but ..What about the Intel side of the house? I myself am not much of an AMD fan they run hot. Go $2 over budget...And get a WD Caviar Black 500GB HDD instead of the discontinued Samsung.Mostly good choices..but lately, Foxconn boards tend to have a really bad...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Games, PC, DDR2-1066, high-performance, Foxconn, ASUS, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- The new Asus e-reader looks a lot like the OLPC XO 2.0
- RE: The new Asus e-reader looks a lot like the OLPC XO 2.0I have a Kindle 1, even though I think they got many things right I still have a long list of things they could improve upon. If book readers are going to be used for school or...
- Tags: Memory, ASUS, OLPC XO 2.0, OLPC XO, book reader, e-reader
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
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