It’s injust to critisize the trackpad. Only Apple get it right and it’s patented round about.

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The Asus U31JG-A1 ($814.99 street) ultraportable laptop has a lightweight aluminum construction, long-lasting 8 hour battery, and plenty of features, like a backlit keyboard and Bluetooth, that adds icing to the cake. But the U31JG-A1 suffers from a glitchy trackpad—a problem that’s hard to ignore—which keeps it from a higher recommendation.

PCMag and I have long agreed on that ASUS is the one to consider if you’re not buying Macs. And this one seems to be really well balanced!

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• Pros
  Huge 83WH battery. Over 8 hours on a single charge. NVidia’s 400 series graphics is a gamer’s delight. Good horsepower from the Core i3 processor. Lovely aluminum design. Lightweight. Reasonably priced.
• Cons
  Keyboard flexing can be detected.
• Bottom Line
  The Asus U41JF-A1 is the most well-balanced mainstream laptop, combining excellent power with all-day battery life.

After Apple, I still consider Asus the best just now. So if you really need portability and can stand to use Windows and willing to accept the heat and noise, this is the one to consider.

A post from PC Magazine: New Product Reviews has the whole story. Here is a part:

• Pros

  Standard Volt Core i5 processor. Luxuriously thin. Magnesium alloy frame is solidly constructed. Big, removable battery yielded terrific results. Switchable graphics system. USB 3.0 port.
• Cons
  Runs hot at times. Speakers are poorly placed.
• Bottom Line
  The U36Jc-A1 is one of the thinnest and most powerful ultraportables under Asus’s arsenal, but paid the price in terms of heat.

Kjøp U31JG og få grafikk som tåler Windows 7 og Silverlight. A post from hardware.no by has the whole story. Here is a part:

De to modellene heter U31F og U31JG. Forskjellen ligger hovedsakelig på grafikkløsningen. Mens U31F får Intel GMA 4500M, får U31JG Nvidia Geforce 415M GT med 1 GB dedikert videominne. Denne støtter Nvidias Optimus-teknologi som automatisk skrur av og på GPU-en etter belastningen på systemet. På denne måten skal maskinen kunne yte 10-timers batteritid på det meste. U31JG har i tillegg et integrert webkamera på 0,3 megapiksler.

I følge den italienske nettsiden som har slått kloen i detaljene, skal den komme innen utgangen av desember i Italia. Da kan man også anta at den kommer til resten av Europa samtidig.

Målene på maskinen opplyser de ikke om, men ut fra bildene å bedømme er den ingen klosset sak. Prisen skal starte på 799 EUR eller omkring 6500 norske kroner.

Asus is doing thing just right now. Even for the gaming market they have created a winner. At $1.399 it’s not cheap, but that’s not expected in this market. A post from PC Magazine: New Product Reviews gives you the story. Here is something from the post:

Performance
The bottom line for any serious gamer is hardware and performance, and here the Asus really shines. The Intel Core i7 CPU Q740 provides plenty of processing muscle, placing it alongside some serious contenders, such as the Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q850 ($1,899.99 direct, 3.5 stars) or the Editors’ Choice Acer Aspire AS8940-6865($1,399 street, 4 stars). In the PCMark Vantage productivity test, the G73JH-BST7 scored an impressive 6,357, easily outpacing many of this season’s productivity-focused machines.

Though the G73JH-BTS7 includes some great hardware, a few sacrifices were made to keep the price down. Though other, pricier entries in the G73 line utilize Nvidia graphics, the G73JH-BST7 (a Best Buy configuration) opts for ATI hardware. There are some capability differences between the two, but the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 still packs a lot of punch.

The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 graphics plowed through our toughest gaming tests without even blinking. It ran Crysis at 70 frames per second, and Lost Planet 2 at 90 fps, under medium settings. Even after ratcheting up the resolution the games ran smoothly, pumping out 26 fps in Crysis and 38 fps in Lost Planet 2 without so much as a hiccup.

Our 3DMark06 test generally makes even the sturdiest laptop struggle, but the G73JH-BTS7 blew past them with a score of 12,716 at native resolution. That’s better than the Alienware M17x’s score of 12,434 and Toshiba X505′s score of 6,607.

The G73JH-BTS7 also made a decent showing in our battery life tests. Though it has an 8-cell, 75Whr battery, it lasted 2 hours 12 minutes when running MobileMark 2007. Gaming systems tend to chew through batteries quickly, and the G73JH-BTS7 is no exception. By comparison, last year’s Asus G71G-Q1 ($2,000 street, 3.5 stars) scored 1:45, and Editors’ Choice Alienware M17x scored only 1:25. While the G73JH-BST7 will have to be plugged in for an all-night gaming session, it provides enough life for one or two quick rounds on the road.

Between the polished, gamer-centric design and the hardware under the hood, the Asus G73JH-BST7 would be a strong competitor in any price range. Compared with the Editors’ Choice Alienware M17x, it offers similar gaming capabilities with a significantly lower price. At only $1,399.99, this unit offers serious gaming horsepower that even rookie gamers with a tight budget can get in on.

Asus has more goodies waiting for us. Asus NX90Jq (does they use encryption algorithms to create the names is done in cooperation with the design and soundexpert Danish house Bang & Olufsen. This is a good sign. A post from ALEXANDER TØGARD from hardware.no tell you the story (in Norwegian!).