Netbook Reviews

It looks like the next generation Asus Transformer has just leaked.

A Taiwanese websites, NCCC, have a number of very convincing photos of a model named the “TF300T”, bearing the Asus logo and distinctive design.

A QuieTek certification document revealed its name, so it is hard to doubt. And considering the model name for the first and second generation Transformer models were TF101, and TF201, the TF300T fits the trend for being the third generation model.

Asus was very busy at this years CES announcing a few new netbooks, and a whole lot of ultrabooks / laptops. But they did hold one back. The Asus B23E is a 12.5-inch notebook which is aimed towards business users.

While it’s not an ultrabook by true classification, it does has a Magnesium-Aluminum Alloy case which gives it a very attractive, professional and solid finish.

One of the business features that Asus has focused on with the B23E is its durability and its strength, making sure it is up to the task of been used a lot and carried around all over the place.

Asus has been a longtime supporter of Netbook, and while other companies are pulling away from them and investing their time on hopes in the new Ultrabook market, Asus are staying true to their netbook line and have just announced three new netbooks at CES 2012 for 2012.

I feel that just as netbooks are getting to a good standard with higher quality and faster processors, people are loosing attention as tablets and ultrabooks are stealing the spotlight. Either way, these there new netbooks from Asus look very nice, and consist of the Asus Eee PC 1025C (& 1025CE), 1225B and the X101CH.

Asus have just announced the brand new Asus Eee PC 1225B 11.6-inch netbook to the market. We can already tell a lot just from the name, the bump in digits indicate that it’s an updated version of the 1215, and the B at the end tells us that it makes use of AMD hardware.

The Asus 1225B (Eee PC 1225B) is an 11.6-inch netbook which is powered by AMD’s new Brazos chipset.

It will be available with two CPU options, either the AMD C60 dual core 1GHz (turbo-boost to 1.2GHz), or the dual core 1.65Hz AMD E450 APU. It supports upto 4GB of DDR3 RAM, but will probably ship with 2GB. Hard drive options start at a very healthy 320GB and go up to 500GB and 750GB capacities.

A new highly appealing upcoming laptop has just been uncovered by Pierre over at Blogeee. The Asus U32U is a 13.3-inch laptop which looks to be priced between $449 and $509.

We expect the upcoming Asus U32U to be announced at the beginning of next year at CES 2012. It looks like it is based on the 13.3-inch chassis of the U36, but will be powered by the AMD Zacate E-450 (1.65Ghz Dual core) and Radeon 6320 graphics chipset.

With the upcoming release of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet / convertible netbook, we are starting to see more and more accessories but unofficial and official coming our way.

This time it’s the official Asus “Smart Cover” for the Transformer which has shown up. This is probably the most popular and essential accessory you can get for the tablet.

It’s design and finish are similar to that of the original Transformer Smart cover, but the design has been changed on this model.

Ever since the announcement of the Asus Transformer Prime (aka. Asus EEE Pad Transformer 2), everyone has been on the look out for more information on the highly anticipated tablet.

Some relief comes today in the form of a leaked benchmark. The graph shows the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime sitting proudly at the top of the chart, scoring a very impressive 12872.

The ultra thin (3mm-9mm) Asus UX21E 11.6-inch laptop / ultrabook was first announced back in June where it certainly gained its fair share of attention.

When it was first announced as part of Asus’ very impressive Zenbook range it was instantly compared to the MacBook Air, but with a promised price point of 80-90%.

Over in Japan, Asus have announced a number of new laptop models to the market. One of which caught our attention, the Asus U24E.

The 11.6-inch laptop / ultrabook was first reported over on the Notebook Review forum, but since then we have heard from Asus via an official press release at Japanese website Asahi.

The Sandy Bridge powered Asus U24 can be considered a mid range laptop or even an ultrabook as it shares a number of ultrabook features.

The upcoming Intel Cedar Trail platform / the Intel Atom D2700 processor has been benchmarked by Mike over at NetbookLive.

Mike got his hands on the new 12-inch Asus Lamborghini VX6S netbook featuring the next-generation Intel Atom D2700 CPU and the powerful AMD Radeon 6470M GPU (graphics), and put it against the older Pine Trail/ION2 powered Lamborghini VX6.