ASUS 14.1-inch B80A business laptop: it's for the corporate elite

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.

[Oleg @ Nov 2nd 2008 6:31PM]

Thats great spec, lets just hope the price will be great too

[Neuralgia @ Nov 2nd 2008 6:36PM]

I hate when we have specs but no price :(

[mirakutea @ Nov 2nd 2008 7:09PM]

at least $1300.

[Luke D @ Nov 2nd 2008 9:52PM]

I hate the "if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it" reply more.

[BobFromVegas @ Nov 2nd 2008 7:02PM]

Iphone

[spass @ Nov 2nd 2008 7:04PM]

... 3G, dumbass!

[BobFromVegas @ Nov 2nd 2008 7:09PM]

Doh!

But actually on topic, I'm liking this laptop. I want something more than an Eee.

[iEye @ Nov 2nd 2008 7:26PM]

what's this abot the iPhone?

[lowdef @ Nov 2nd 2008 7:30PM]

its a fact that 66.6666666 repeating % of this guys posts are about the iphone

[whiskey @ Nov 2nd 2008 7:35PM]

'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

[Patriks7 @ Nov 2nd 2008 7:35PM]

I'm amazed that there is something coming from Asus that is not an Eee PC this time around :p

[Patriks7 @ Nov 2nd 2008 7:36PM]

Before any flamers come, I'm sorry, I forgot the [joke] [/joke]

[Stndsh0 @ Nov 2nd 2008 7:36PM]

This looks so good I might have to get it. If it releases about the same time as Windows 7, who knows whats possible.

[YpoCaramel @ Nov 2nd 2008 7:57PM]

The really elite have secretaries, so any laptops they might have a really just for show. :p

[Ian @ Nov 2nd 2008 8:13PM]

Specs are pretty average. I wouldn't expect this sort of laptop to cost over $1200 unless the build quality is superb.

[Cory @ Nov 2nd 2008 8:38PM]

It's an ASUS so you can expect the build quality to be great.

[crazyfishmolester @ Nov 2nd 2008 8:34PM]

wtf is with all this ddr2? honestly an elite laptop that is slow as hell! unless its a 128 bit intel i7 9.0ghz!

[crazyfishmolester @ Nov 2nd 2008 8:36PM]

its like porn. but they have no boobs:(

[Jake @ Nov 2nd 2008 9:03PM]

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.

[iEye @ Nov 2nd 2008 9:55PM]

Can it run iTunes? gotta sync that iPhone!

[Dylan @ Nov 2nd 2008 10:31PM]

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.

[Anticrawl @ Nov 2nd 2008 11:37PM]

The coffee guy trying to sell his script he wrote at starbucks is running a company?

[piusg @ Nov 2nd 2008 10:58PM]

The business elite buy ThinkPads. End of story.

[gad get @ Nov 3rd 2008 12:32AM]

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?

[waterboy99troop @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:22AM]

ASUS: Serious Business...

[Shizzles @ Nov 3rd 2008 12:28PM]

this laptop is literally no different than my work XPS 1330m?

who cares?