We're kind of starting to figure out ASUS' naming scheme --
E is for Easy, and
N is for eNtertainment, jolly good. In other self-evident news, Engadget Chinese is
the place to go if you want the lowdown on happenings in China and its nearby states. Joining
HP's Envy 15 in the
USB 3.0-sporting ranks will soon be the familiar 16-inch ASUS N61 and the seemingly brand spanking new N82 14-incher. See the galleries below for the eye candy, but keep it here for specs. Core i5 and i7 CPUs will populate the role of orchestrator inside, while ATI and NVIDIA discrete graphics options will also be made available when these make their imminent Taiwan debut. In live demonstrations, the one USB 3.0 port (yes, you only get one) was shown to be three times as fast as USB 2.0, so not quite reaching its theoretical superiority, but hardly an unwelcome improvement. Let's hope for quick global distribution following the Taiwanese launch, which is slated for the middle of this month.
posted February 3rd 2010 8:43AM
I'm a little confused by this post. I say that because you said something about it's launch being in the middle of Feb but the N61JQ (which I'm assuming to be the N61 model referred to here as it appears to be, and which does sport USB 3.0) has already shipped. Mine's arriving tomorrow and I ordered after it left preorder status. Maybe the mid Feb. is referring solely to the N82? I can't wait to get my N61 tomorrow!
I have the N61, puppy flies..running Protools and it handles all the processing that is thrown at it.
Speed tests on the N82 USB 3.0 http://techinstyle.tv/blogs/usb-3-0-on-laptops-put-to-the-test/ STAGGERING