Asus Santa Rosa-based F8S coming soon

Asus appears to be adding a new laptop called the F8S to its fairly crowded lineup (although we're almost certain this one isn't gigantic and made of wood). The new model is a Santa Rosa-based, 14.1-inch widescreen offering, built around an Intel PM965 chipset, with a Core 2 Duo T7300 processor, up to 4GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and either an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600, or NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics chipset. Word on the street is that the F8S will additionally sport 802.11a/g/n, a TV tuner, built-in webcam, fingerprint reader, and will hit for around €2000. Stay tuned for more info as we get it.

[nikster @ Jul 27th 2007 1:12AM]

The rest of the machine is nice but what's with the fugly webcam Asus?

I wouldn't say anything but Asus makes or used to make some of the better-looking PC notebooks.

[Ypoknons @ Jul 27th 2007 1:15AM]

The previous A8JS had great specs (for the size), price and dimensions but fell short with screen brightness (Anandtech measured it at 120 on average, about half that of the Macbook Pro) and build quality (my personal experience). Hopefully this laptop improves upon it in these areas. The case looks sturdier than the old one, hopefully it's much stronger.

[Jman @ Jul 27th 2007 1:37AM]

Awww wook at the wittle puppy, he's so cute, oh yes he is, whose a cute puppy

[Stymie @ Jul 27th 2007 3:09AM]

Not sure what the specs are exactly, but isn't 2000 Euros kind of steep?

[Brandson @ Jul 27th 2007 7:51AM]

2600 or 8600M GT graphics in a 14" laptop is impressive.

[kyle allen @ Jul 27th 2007 1:27PM]

isnt 2k euros like $4k-ish?

[ark_v2 @ Jul 27th 2007 1:28PM]

I like Asus, but 2000 euros? That's too expensive for an Asus laptop with those specs.