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    Asus G1S, G2S Gaming Notebooks to Feature Santa Rosa, GeForce 8600M

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by kodlan, May 13, 2007.

  1. kodlan

    kodlan Notebook Consultant

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    Asus G1S, G2S Gaming Notebooks to Feature “Santa Rosa”, GeForce 8600M:
    "Asus is preparing G1S and G2S, its new gaming notebooks based on Intel “Santa Rosa” notebook platform and powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processors and new DirectX 10-ready nVidia GeForce 8600M 256MB video cards.

    The 15.4-inch (1680×1080) widescreen G1S and 17-inch (1920×1200) widescreen G2S feature 2GB of main memory, 160GB and 200GB hard drives respectively, DVD burners, Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless and Bluetooth connections.

    Asus G1S and G2S laptops, which are the refreshed G1 and G2 models, are expected to cost €1700 and €1900 ($2300 and $2560) respectively. The new gaming notebooks will be available in Europe starting from May 21. Currently, there is no information on their availability in the United States."
     
    kodlan, May 13, 2007
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  2. MYK

    MYK Newbie NBR Reviewer

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    Great info, thank you. Was that also a question?
     
    MYK, May 13, 2007
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  3. kodlan

    kodlan Notebook Consultant

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    The question is: how can I decide what laptop to buy, when there are so many new coming out... ~8)
     
    kodlan, May 13, 2007
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    FraczekL, May 13, 2007
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    I'm in the same situation :confused:
     
    Cherubin, May 15, 2007
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    mryerse Notebook Evangelist

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    mryerse, May 18, 2007
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    Is Asus G2S being sold already? If so, where?
     
    MrYman, Jul 9, 2007
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  9. kodlan

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    It is for a long time. Try for example buy.com, newegg.com and so on..
     
    kodlan, Jul 9, 2007
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    kodlan, Jul 9, 2007
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