Yeah, the "corporate elite." Or, so says ASUS, anyway. Just months after the business-minded
B50A hit the scene, along comes a slightly more portable iteration to tickle the fancy of the fanciest suits. The B80A comes rockin' an all black motif, 14.1-inch WXGA (or WXGA+) display, your choice of Intel's Core 2 Duo T9400, T5850, P8600 or P7350, up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a SATA hard drive ranging from 160GB to 250GB, dual-layer DVD writer, 1.3-megapixel webcam, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, WiFi and a 6-cell battery to boot. You'll also find a very consumer-friendly HDMI output, a backlit, spill-proof keyboard and a fingerprint reader. 'Tis a shame ASUS never feels like fessing up to a price or release date, but at least you now know whether it's worth your while to hunt one down.
posted Nov 2nd 2008 6:19PM
Thats great spec, lets just hope the price will be great too
I hate when we have specs but no price :(
at least $1300.
I hate the "if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it" reply more.
Iphone
... 3G, dumbass!
Doh!
But actually on topic, I'm liking this laptop. I want something more than an Eee.
what's this abot the iPhone?
its a fact that 66.6666666 repeating % of this guys posts are about the iphone
'Tis a shame ASUS never feels like fessing up to a price or release date...
Or if it's going to be able to run OSX. :P
I'm amazed that there is something coming from Asus that is not an Eee PC this time around :p
Before any flamers come, I'm sorry, I forgot the [joke] [/joke]
This looks so good I might have to get it. If it releases about the same time as Windows 7, who knows whats possible.
The really elite have secretaries, so any laptops they might have a really just for show. :p
Specs are pretty average. I wouldn't expect this sort of laptop to cost over $1200 unless the build quality is superb.
It's an ASUS so you can expect the build quality to be great.
wtf is with all this ddr2? honestly an elite laptop that is slow as hell! unless its a 128 bit intel i7 9.0ghz!
its like porn. but they have no boobs:(
Average specs except the 7200rpm hard drive.
I'd get excited about this laptop if it had 1680 X 1050 resolution and an ATI 512MB dedicated graphics card.
Can it run iTunes? gotta sync that iPhone!
its too bad all these "corporate elite" types will get to their Monday meetings with this machine thinking they're king sh$% only to have some marketing guy with a macbook pro tell them what to do to keep their company on top and keep their job.
The coffee guy trying to sell his script he wrote at starbucks is running a company?
The business elite buy ThinkPads. End of story.
Intel's Core 2 Duo T9400, T5850, P8600 or P7350.
Wow. I have absolutely no idea what that means. How 'bout a naming scheme that's memorable, if not intuitive? Eh, Intel? How 'bout it?
ASUS: Serious Business...
this laptop is literally no different than my work XPS 1330m?
who cares?