It appears
Asus' long-standing
U5 series is finally getting an entirely overdue refresh, but
late is indeed better than never. The freshened up U5F sports a layout and enclosure quite similar to its
W7J sibling, and is built around the Sonoma platform. Beneath the hood you'll find an Intel
Core 2 Duo T5500 processor, 12.1-inch XGA monitor, 512MB of RAM, 80GB hard drive, Windows XP Home, built-in
WiFi /
Bluetooth, a dual-layer DVD burner, and Intel's 945GM integrated graphics set. Aside from the VGA output, audio in / out, couple of USB 2.0 ports, and gigabit Ethernet jack, you just might notice Asus' own "Splendid video intelligence technology" kicking out "improved contrast, brightness, and color saturation," and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) should keep the snoopers at least somewhat at bay. This 3.1-pound ultraportable machine doesn't yet carry a pricetag, but should be making its way to Chinese retailers real soon, but be sure you're
really down with those intimidating palm rest stickers before throwing down your loot.
posted December 28th 2006 12:07PM
Hmmm NO Vista upgrade path for this 512MB RAM puppy.
Bah! Widescreen or bust!
Short Shift key on the right side.
"Don't Buy" - Cramer.
Nice laptop from Asus. The configuration of this laptop is good and it is with built in wi-fi and Bluetooth.
http://laptops-latest.blogspot.com
Ian Jardine - check your facts before you go hating on a laptop that's not your own.
ALL Asus laptops in this current period get a FREE Express Vista upgrade:
http://event.asus.com/vistaupgrade/
I second the Vista recommendation, you REALLY don't want to run with less than a Gig
Yeah, what's the deal with no barebone widescreen laptops?
RB,
I've seen how slow Vista runs on One GB of RAM, so with only 512 MB RAM this configuration would not be worthwhile upgrading to Vista IMHO.
It is not based on the Sonoma platform, its Napa! Please correct the mistake :)
Correction: You've seen how fast the beta version of Vista runs on one gig. You haven't seen the final version.