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Asus launches New DIY Gaming Notebook

June 20, 2007
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Asus presents its new notebook, the new DIY gaming one. The Asus 90  with 15.4" unit is one of the most upgradeable laptops ever offered to consumers and cedes complete control over CPU, GPU (via a MXM graphics module), memory, HDD and optical drive upgrades without fear of voiding the warranty.

 

The Santa Rosa-based notebook comes with a generous 1680x1050 screen resolution and supports Intel Core 2-based processors up to the range-topping Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93GHz). SATA HDDs are supported and the C90 can accommodate traditional DVD burners or next gen drives including HD DVD and Blu-ray.

 

The features of the new C90 are: 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR wireless options. The laptop also incorporates an eSATA port, HDMI out, TV-out, Firewire, three USB 2.0 ports, fingerprint scanner (Trusted Platform Module 1.2) and an ExpressCard 34/54 slot.

The Asus C90 weighs 6.8 pounds with a 6-cell battery and is rated at 4.5 hours of battery life. The unit itself measures 14.4" x 10.6" x 1.7".

The laptop is already available on eBay for pre-order at $950 with a NVIDIA GeForce Go 8500 256MB graphics card and a DVD burner.