| Asus W3J - 14in Core Duo Laptop Review |
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| Written by Laptop News | |
| Sunday, 18 June 2006 | |
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ASUS. Who the heck are they? Although they are lesser known in North American waters, overseas and in Asia, they are some serious Laptop hardware. Read on to see if you can be converted with this review of the ASUS W3J! "The W3J is the second of two notebooks from Asus that have caught my eye recently. The first was the W5J, which packed a lot of power into a relatively diminutive shell thanks to a 2GHz Core Duo processor. The W5J was also noticeable for its white shell and fetching blue lights, designed to appeal to those in touch with their feminine side, or indeed females. The W3J adds some more bulk, upping the weight from 1.6Kg to 2Kg with the standard battery and 2.2Kg with the extended battery, but for that you gain an extra two inches of diagonal screen size, (14in instead of 12in) and a far more powerful graphics chipset, an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600, which makes games a realistic option. Asus touts it as gaming on the go it and I think it would be churlish to disagree. The concept is pretty similar to the Zepto notebook that Spode reviewed here, though that machine featured an nVidia GeForce Go 7600 chip." Related Products  |