ASUS debuts business-minded PL30JT laptop
By Donald Melanson 
posted March 8th 2010 1:41PM
posted March 8th 2010 1:41PM
If there's one company that goes all out at CeBIT each year, its ASUS, as evidenced by the fact that we're still catching up with new products from the company the week after CeBIT. This one slipped under our radar at the show, but the folks at Softpedia managed to get a bit of hands-on time with the company's new PL30JT model, which looks more than a little like ASUS' previously announced UL30 series. The big news with this one is the inclusion of NVIDIA GeForce 310M graphics with Optimus technology, which is complemented by a Core i5-520UM processor, a 13.3-inch 1,336 x 768 display, up to 8GB of RAM, a max 640GB hard drive, and ASUS' own Turbo33 technology, which promises to "enhance performance by up to 33%." No word on a price or release date just yet, but this wasn't one of the models promised in ASUS' initial batch of Optimus-enabled laptops.
[Thanks, Martin]
[Thanks, Martin]
that keyboard looks tres good.
Someone needs to tap them on the shoulder and remind them that "Business" laptops do not have glossy screens.
@Leindurstit softpedia at the source link:
"Judging by the specs, customers will be able to choose between glare and non-glare for the display of the PL30JT notebook."
Looks like a blacker Sony Z series.... COPY CAT ALERT!
@hdawggy or a HP ProBook
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=hp+probook&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=
@gargle
- the keypad....
@hdawggy
How the hell does this thing look like either? Except for having a screen, being a similar size and all the thing every fricking laptop has.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/09/vaio-z-review.jpg
i would be crazy if this was the specs for the new macbook pros... still waiting..
@chippytrip Gotta agreee. There better be something equivalent to MBP. That's one nice machine~~
@chippytrip
Apple's are ewwwwwwwww! >.
If the price is right, I'll ditch my 13" Macbook Pro for it. Not because I don't like Macbooks, I just want new hardware, and I don't care if the OS is Snow Leopard or Windows 7.
On another note, does anyone know how much I can sell my 13" MBP for? I've had it since late summer 2009. It has a 2.26 C2D, 4GB RAM and 500GB, I upgraded it myself from 2GB and 320GB. I'm thinking of putting the 320GB back in and keeping the 500GB to upgrade my new laptop with.
@rodneyha If I get this ASUS, I guess I wouldn't ahve to upgrade the hdd. haha
You haven't posted anything about the n82's release yet. I've been waiting for that or another "mobile" gaming laptop for a while. The alienware m11x's processor just kills it for me; otherwise that would have been perfect.
@geegee
don't you like the core ix processors
Can anyone shed light on the UL30xxx vs PL30xxx machines? I don't see any obvious mention of the PL30xxx at asus's website. And the screen on this machine clearly shows something about the UL series.
@looie The PL is the business version of the UL, it comes with Lojack and Intel Anti-theft Technology, plus it is supposed to have a matte screen compared to glossy on the UL30PT.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=464543
I was about to post the same url link, you beat me to it.
Both the Ul30Jt & PL30JT seem great, just wish we knew already pricing and when they would be released in the US.
this is the correct url I believe:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5982344&postcount=1
Why hasn't anyone made a laptop with a bulit-in projector yet?
In addition to an anti-glare screen, I'd hope this business version laptop also features somewhat better build quality and a much better LCD panel.