Asus's Vista Special Edition tablet PC, for execs only

Looks like Microsoft is upping the stakes of its in-house Vista-related goodies considerably, following up its custom-made Vista soft drink with this specially designed tablet PC courtesy of Asus. Sharp-eyed readers will no doubt recognize the tablet as Asus's recently released R1F model, although as the above shot courtesy of Sean Alexander shows, it's been hit with the Vista branding stick, sporting that shiny new logo we'll all be seeing a lot more of soon. Alexander also got word of a few leather-bound models floating around, but wasn't able to spot 'em first hand. From the sound of it, however, the tablet appears to be otherwise unchanged from the plain-old R1F, with the same widescreen display and enough power to show of Aero and other Vista features to their fullest (check it out it action after the break). Not surprisingly, these should prove quite a bit harder to get a hold of than a can of Vista lemon lime, with the tablet PCs strictly reserved for a "select number of partners."

[Via jkOnTheRun]

[Nabil @ Jan 29th 2007 6:00PM]

The execs have had Vista since late Nov. That's Vista Enterprise, which comes somewhere between Business and Ultimate.

The funny thing is that it's the IT execs who have installed it in Nov. The business execs that we server, have yet to see it. :)

[Dr. Benway @ Jan 29th 2007 6:01PM]

Let the detractors take note: Sticking the logo on the lid of the laptop is completely different from Apple.

[dave @ Jan 30th 2007 6:54PM]

not a sticker - it is a back-lit logo -- all designed with Vista in mind...

[What? @ Jan 29th 2007 6:02PM]

isn't that the same laptop Alex Albrecht has on Diggnation?

looks like it was a free gift from Microsoft - maybe he mentioned that, I dont remember.

[Robin @ Jan 30th 2007 2:10PM]

yes it is the same as alex albrechts on diggnation - i think he did say that he got it from his friend in microsoft to play around with vista on a few episodes back

[dave @ Jan 30th 2007 9:20AM]

Yes this is the same laptop that Alex has... and no, it is not a Vista blue button sticker - Asus built this with the logo which lights up while the PC is on. It is a super cool PC running Vista Ultimate - has full pen support as well as touch screen...

[Rick @ Jan 29th 2007 6:57PM]

Hey, where are all the complaints that this has become a Microsoft fanboy site?

[Vinn @ Jan 29th 2007 6:59PM]

Oh please, buy the regular laptop with Vista and just slap a Windows sticker on the back of the screen, same thing.

[Gilbert @ Jan 29th 2007 7:55PM]

For some reason, this looks different than the R1F I just bought. The outer shell of the monitor looks shinier and when I saw this on diggnation, thought it had to be different model because the ASUS logo is placed differently (a little lower with the addition of a Vista logo).

[TechIsCool @ Jan 29th 2007 9:17PM]

Just to let everyone know we saw this at the Microsoft Booth at CES 2007 and it was RF pen & Touchscreen Based, 2gb of Memory 512 Video card and 120gb Hard drive. The logo is back lit as well

[Sam @ Jan 29th 2007 11:43PM]

This is the notebook that Alex uses on Diggnation, and that he mistakenly called an Acer numerous times (as people have pointed out) but he's since fixed his error and he calls it an Asus now. Honestly for the history of both Asus and Acer, I've mixed the two up myself numerous times, so it's hard to bash him for it. I really really like the look of the notebook, and if I had to pick a Vista convertable notebook, it would be that one. I plan to ride this Fragbook into the ground before I upgrade though XD

[baz @ Jan 30th 2007 12:30PM]

POÄNG (Poang) Chair from Ikea - $79.99
POÄNG (Poang) Nesting Tables from Ikea - $69.99
Asus's Vista Special Edition tablet PC - Useless

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10103&storeId=12&langId=-1&productId=11055

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15564&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&productId=11412&langId=-1&categoryId=15800&chosenPartNumber=10052178

[Nimajus Bagdonavicius @ Jan 30th 2007 3:00PM]

Yeah what's right Alex Albrecht from Diggnation has been using this Tablet with Vista logo since MacWorld.

[Konstantino @ Nov 11th 2007 3:39PM]

Yeah, that's the same laptop Alex Albrecht's been using in Diggnation lately.

[Chris @ Jan 29th 2007 7:25PM]

And I'm sure Asus couldn't be happier that he keeps saying it's an Acer...