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Asus revving up for some major laptop launches; NX90J ships this month
Asus unveiled a whole slew of new products yesterday at the Pepcom Holiday Spectacular, including a gaggle of laptops, a wireless video streamer and an HD display just a hair over a half-inch thick.
Asus unveiled a whole slew of new products yesterday at the Pepcom Holiday Spectacular, including a gaggle of laptops, a wireless video streamer and an HD display just a hair over a half-inch thick.
There's a lot to cover here, so let's breakdown each of the releases. We'll be seeing all of them as soon as this month, including the David Lewis-designed NX90J (seen above).
NX90J laptop
- 18.4-inch display
- Intel Core i7 processor
- NVIDIA GeForce graphics
- Up to 1.28TB of hard drive space
- Up to 8GB of DDR3 memory
- Dual speakers with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower
- Matte-black keyboard
- Dual touchpads
- MSRP: $2,299
- Availability: End of September
U33Jc laptop
- 13.3-inch display
- Intel Core i3-370M processor with Turbo Boost
- NVIDIA G310M discrete graphics
- USB 3.0 connectivity
- Natural bamboo on cover
N53Jf laptop
- Intel Core i5 processor
- NVIDIA GeForce GT425M graphics
- Bang & Olufsen ICEpower and SonicMaster audio technology
- USB 3.0 connectivity
- MSRP: $999
- Availability: End of September
Eee PC 1015PEMn netbook
- 10.1-inch display
- Intel Atom N550 dual-core processor
- 802.11n Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth 3.0
- USB 3.0 connectivity
- Chiclet keyboard
- Seashell-inspired design
- MSRP: $379
- Availability: This week
ML228H LCD
- 21.5-inch full HD display (1,920 x 1,080 resolution)
- 16.5mm (0.6-inches) thick
- 2ms response time
- 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio
- Up to 250cd/m2 of brightness
- LED touch-sensor control buttons
- Mercury-free LED backlit panel
- "55% better power consumption than standard CCFL based LCD monitor"
SBC-06C1S-U Blu-ray optical drive
- External USB Blu-ray optical drive
- Reads and writes BD-R discs up to 6X
- Also functions as a 6X DVD-RW drive
- Supports HD Blu-ray playback in 3D
- Output: Digital EX and DTS-HD encoding in 5.1 channels
- Powered via USB from computer
WiCast EW2000 1080P video streamer
- Wireless streaming of 1080p media
- Streams from Blu-ray, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 (and other sources) to HDTVs
- "Almost no latency"
- Plug-and-play setup
- HDMI
- Powered by AC power outlet or dual USB ports on a computer
- MSRP: This week
- Availability: $199
[Image via CNET]