ASUS K Series laptops hands-on

Hope you're still hungry for even more new machines from the kids at ASUS, 'cause we've got let another lineup to share. The recently launched K Series is aimed at those looking for a portable PC that can handle the basics, particularly ones who won't much mind how the thing looks. Don't get us wrong, the K Series is a perfectly fine looking machine, but it is pretty far left on the drab-to-exciting scale. That said, the 15- and 17-inch variants we saw seemed ideal for multimedia duties and the occasional bout with Microsoft Office, with the keyboard being extra spacious and ripe for typing at length. Of note, the K Series is the first laptop family to get equipped with AMD's ultra-fresh ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 graphics set, so yeah, there's that. Click around below for looks from every angle.

ASUS K Series laptops hands-on

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 7:18AM]

soo many laptops !! i want them all !!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:36AM]

Agreed. Not the most glamorous, but damn if they don't have it where it counts.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 8:11AM]

the 15inch one is a puma platform with griffin processor and the ati 4860. hopefully it will be cheap.

[superhobo Posted Mar 4th 2009 8:26AM]

If it has a 4860, I don't care how it looks!

I wouldn't call it a "basics" laptop either.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 8:41AM]

K51AB and K50AB will be based on AMD Puma platform (chip RS780 and SB700) with graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon HD4860 with 1GB of memory GDDR5 .

http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnotebookitalia.it%2Fasus-k40-k50-e-k70-con-nvidia-geforce-102m-4874.html&sl=it&tl=en&history_state0=

[egghead Posted Mar 4th 2009 10:24AM]

The only information needed to move me from being excited to frothing at the mouth would be the inclusion of a back-lit keyboard. In the next to last picture, the base of the space bar looks to have some light peeking out. I seriously hope that ASUS realizes that the inclusion or even the option of a back-lit keyboard tremendously increases the value of a laptop.

[billmiller Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:34AM]

Nice specs but these look just like my 3 year old Toshiba Satellite (without the gloss).

[superhobo Posted Mar 4th 2009 11:01AM]

Well, that's an upgrade then.