http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/
]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Wait for the next gen macbook \ macbook pro to come out.
It will probably be thinner, lighter, and last longer :)]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/
Yes, but the current 13" MBP does not have a discrete GPU, nor is it $799, and the next 13" MBP isn't out yet.

In addition, yes it says 12 hours, but under heavy web browsing with the CPU OC'd it will likely get around 6 hrs like its cousin the UL80vt, which is still an amazing figure.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Ohh I missed the GPU spec...now that's nice!
@ravissimo
Yeah it'll get 10-12 hours if you just let it sit there at the windows login screen...try watching a movie, playing a game, or browsing with WiFi and it'll go about 6 as Shadow said.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Wrong, according to this review: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=5263&p=2
At 70% brightness, vista on balanced, wireless on it lasted basically 10 hours.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Not so shabby indeed, More details: http://bit.ly/asus-ulv30vt-details]]>Jan 5th 2010 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/No it's not, that a mistake. SU7300 is 1.3 GHz]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/
But overclockable to 1.8GHZ! :O (Or around that)]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/
Need more specs though!!!]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Firewire died long ago... seriously nearly no new laptops have it anymore. ]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/What!? So what do people use for digital video capturing and audio production? I know there are some lower end audio equipment that uses USB (unfortunately my m-audio fw solo and my presonus firepod are both firewire based), but what about digital video cameras? Are they using USB now too? ]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/
I have 2 USB and 1 Firewire at my current Laptop, but honestly I prefer having a third USB. The only Firewire device I own has USB as well and you will probably not be editing video or sound (examples of some Firewire only devices I can imagine) on this type of machine.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Heh! Actually, that's what I've been looking for -- a small (13" or less) laptop that's thin and powerful enough to do audio production and video editing...The macbooks are nice but expensive...and I would rather get an i7 than a core2duo...I am hoping the next gen macbooks will be good.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Yes you are probably missing the point of this kind of laptops. A MacBook Pro or other high end laptop (I prefer Windows alternatives, haha!) will probably have better specs (performance-wise) than all this ultra-portable laptops that are a step between netbooks and FULL laptops. This isn't the best processor for video editing.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/
Professional grade shoulder slung cameras are not going to be edited on a subcompact notebook.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/
What to do...]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/
It's glossy, which makes it bad. Unless you like glossy screens, in which case it's still a laptop screen. :-/ Unfortunately the glossiness kills my desire for this machine; otherwise this would be on my short list the next time I bought a laptop.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/
Regarding gaming, it can handle almost any modern game at a modest resolution and low to medium settings. Just don't expect to play Crysis on Medium or above. 1280x720 and mixture of Low and Medium settings will be playable.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/
You should have no problems busting out a bit of dragon age or WoW on the go at the hotel though. ]]>Dec 2nd 2009 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 2nd 2009 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/su3500 shouldn't have any issues running hulu. x340 gets pretty bad performance reviews though (especially battery life).

For what it's worth, this has 2 cores, and it's overclockeable to 1.7ghz. This thing should be able to decode 1080 (without any gpu tricks).]]>Dec 9th 2009 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 3rd 2009 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 3rd 2009 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 3rd 2009 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/
Dedicated, switchable GPU. CPU is overclockable to ~1.76 Ghz (~33% boost to CPU performance), bluetooth]]>Dec 3rd 2009 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/Dec 3rd 2009 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/asus-ul30vt-now-available-at-amazon/--------------------------------------
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