ASUS Eee D200 is powered by Intel's Atom processor

Written by IT News on 10:42 PM

ASUS could soon announce a new product based on the same platform, Intel Atom, which is equipped with almost all the companies, which are low-end portable netbooks. The recently leaked to the Internet and requested to be present at ASUS 'booth at CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the Eee D200 seems to be one of the next nettops. But soon look at the technical specifications can also show that the Eee D200 is designed to provide users with new home media server.

Apart from the fact that it is equipped with an Intel Atom N270, and the package 2 GB DDR2-533MHz memory, the specifications of the Eee D200 units are slightly different than what you normally find in some of these nettop systems. One of the main things that sets D200 from all other nettops device supports up to 2TB of storage space, the two 3.5-inch SATA HDD for RAID configuration.

The rear panel is also equipped with four USB 2.0 ports, a DVI connector, audio ports and four Ethernet LAN ports, and in addition to the WAN port. Put it all together, we have more and more reasons to believe that the Eee D200 has been designed as ASUS 'Eee solution for home media servers. But it has not yet confirmed when the company finally decides that the product is officially notified.

Other features include an elegant look, slot loading DVD optical drive and built-in screen, which allegedly provide the ability to touch. Not much to go on prices at the moment, but the latest reports suggests Eee D200 could intervene in the market for about $600.

The nettop could be launched at the upcoming CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany, due to begin in March, when the company decides to rush to launch and officially reveal that sometimes before March 3.

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Eee PC shipments continue to grow

Written by IT News on 10:34 PM

There has been some time since ASUSTeK released its first Eee PC, an ultra portable computer systems that opened the way for a new market segment as netbooks. Since then, the Taiwanese manufacturer has managed to expand their offerings, which currently contains no fewer than 12 models of various levels and technical specifications. In addition, the company is expected to bring several new models, and at least one will compete in the new high-end segment with netbooks.

Note that earlier this year, the Director General, Jerry Shen, confidently said that his company estimated the ship is less than 5 million Eee PC units in 2008 alone. The declaration came at a time when most analysts predicted that the market size could reach 10 million units by the end of the year, with ASUS responsible for a good 50% of it, while all other manufacturers will compete for the second half.

But if you ever zasnovi, how close are ASUS achieve its 5 one million Eee PC objectives, you must know that according to the latest figures, the company reported a trademark Eee PC shipments of 700,000 in September this year. According to Digitimes, which covered the story extent, this figure represents a new monthly high for the enterprise, while bringing it closer to achieving the overall goal transport.

Total shipments for the third quarter registered somewhere around 1.7 million units and October and November are traditionally considered to be peak months the company says it expects fourth quarter shipments to stay at similar levels, according to the Chinese language paper quoted Digitimes.

Reported data contributed to the ASUS Eee PC gross margin of between 15-20%, but market analysts predict that ASUS will adjust margins down to about 15%, taking into account the netbook Acer to increase traffic. Companies on the other hand, have already said that margins will remain at the same amount, with 10 of the Eee PC shipment growth starting in the fourth quarter.

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ASUS G71 gaming laptop available in Europe

Written by IT News on 10:07 PM

ASUSTeK began shipping the latest version of its gaming notebook G71. New mobile machine is powered by Intel QX9300 at 2.53 GHz quad-core processors and features to 4 GB of RAM DDR3-166. ASUS 17-inch G71 gaming machine comes with PM45 motherboard and the GeForce 9700 GT card with 512 megabytes of memory reserved. For storage, it has two 500 GB hard drives, upload 1TB space to their specifications list.

But it is not all about this notebook. It also includes Altec Lansing speakers, WiMAX and WiFi, a 2 megapixel camera and Bluetooth. To make the gaming experience more pleasant, Direct Console 2.0 includes all-in-one gaming control interface to the G71, which allows users to configure the processor speed settings to suit their needs. The new laptop is available with Windows Vista Ultimate pre-installed.

The G71 gaming notebook will also be Blu-ray optical drive and integrated Intel High Definition Audio controller. His status LED indicators show that the performance, battery, memory access devices, Bluetooth wireless technology and status, as well as the traditional capital, navigation lock and the number of indicators. The machine has a microphone and headphone jacks, VGA port, HDMI, ESATA, IEEE 1394 port, four USB ports and LAN.

ASUSTeK new product comes with a numeric keypad and an immediate start keys. The company bundles a number of software packages to improve the gaming experience even more and G71 laptop is a range of accessories, some of which are optional. Known ASUS tools, such as extreme Power4Gear, Live Update, NB Probe, Express Gate, or Smart Logon Asus Data Security Management (ADSM) also comes with the device.

The company offers two-year warranty for portable and online support. The new G71 gaming machine is no longer available for purchase in Europe at the retail price of €2200 (about $3000).

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New ASUS W90 is a gaming rig monster

Written by IT News on 9:58 PM

ASUS has recently introduced its latest notebook computer that is specifically designed to provide gaming enthusiasts with a new high-performance solution that provides the necessary power required by the latest gaming applications.

Simply dubbed W90, the new portable could seriously compete with some of the high-end gaming PC market, since it is built with the latest in portable computer, which is a combination of solutions of the major chip makers, including Intel, NVIDIA and AMD. Taiwanese company is continuing with respect to claims that its new portable computer is able to provide the jaw dropping 3D Mark 2006 score 15,000 points.

With the new version of the ASUS is basically pushing the envelope on the portable gaming market and provides a solution that could set the company as one of the main competitors against leaders such as Dell, HP and Alienware. The W90 was designed to support two graphics ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics solution, which ultimately enables the 18.4-inch widescreen notebook to achieve an impressive 3D Mark score 15,000 points. The system can also be fitted with other graphics solutions, including NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GS graphics chip and ATI Mobility HD 3850 graphics with CrossFireX technology.

In W90, which is based on Intel X38 chipset and ICH10R combo, may be included in four different Intel Core 2 Duo processors, including the T9600, T9400, P8600 and P8400, the choice of users. Up to 6 GB of DDR2 memory to be installed on 3-SO-DIMM slots, while the size of the display can also be configured to 17-inches. On the storage side ASUS W90 can double hard drive solutions of up to 1TB storage space.

In addition, the notebook is equipped with a 2MP webcam, 802.11 Proposal N wireless, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet and 5.1 channel speakers, Altec Lansing. On the port side, users will be able to use 1 HDMI, an e-SATA, four USB 2.0 ports, IEEE 1394, VGA-out, 8-in-1 memory card reader, Express Card and IR.

Unfortunately, W90, as shown in the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, is still for sale.

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New XPS 625 desktop rig, from Dell

Written by IT News on 8:23 PM

Thanks to the latest report of the computer hardware industry, Round Rock, Texas-based Dell can bring in a new playing surface platform, intended for use features and performance in the last Dragon platform from Advanced Micro Devices. Part of the XPS gaming family, the new Dell XPS 625 Desktop is designed to provide users with a game that offers performance at a price below $ 1000, and it combines the latest 55nm AMD-based multi-core CPU Black Edition with the very successful ATI Radeon HD graphics solutions.

"AMD and XPS are two well-known brands to deliver extreme gaming performance. With Dragon AMD is a technology platform that enables Dell is an unbelievable end user's experience," said Leslie Sobon, Vice President, Marketing, AMD. "Give us an AMD Phenom X4 Black Edition II processor, ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series graphics and AMD 7-Series chipsets, Dragon combines innovative hardware AMD tuning the software in the XPS 625, which will govern the gaming experience to a new level."

According to the technical specifications list the new XPS 625 gaming desktop platform users will be able to use the computing power of 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom X4 Black Edition II 940-processor in combination with two ready CrossFireX ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics cards. In addition, 8 GB of memory and hard disk 10000RPM further improve performance, which gives more power for high-end gaming applications. The system comes with Windows Vista and is estimated at an initial price of $999.

The "Dragon" on the XPS 625 gaming platform also boasts AMD Fusion for Gaming utility and technology Overdrive, which basically allows users to press the envelope and increase the gaming performance with a simple touch of a button. In order to better adapt to the XPS 625 is equipped with several zone AlienFX RGB lighting, which supplements the general external aesthetics. The system showcased at this year's CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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