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Asus C90S Laptop Barebones review

Julio Franco   on 16 May 2008 - 08:37 · 5 comments & 6011 views

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Known simply as the Asus C90S, this is the first product to be released on a new series of laptop barebones that the manufacturer is aiming at the mobile performance crowd.

Unlike conventional laptop computers, the C90S is an upgradeable laptop, meaning that the user is free to replace many of its core components including the processor and the graphics card. Possibly even more interesting than this is Asus' choice of platform, not quite the standard for a mobile system.

The Asus C90S is powered by Core 2 desktop processors rather than the 'Merom' mobile variety. That includes support for the 800MHz FSB Allendale models, as well as the 1066MHz FSB Conroe processors. It is possible, then, to configure the C90S with a Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor operating at 2.93GHz if you'd choose to do so, which certainly makes the C90S a very unique laptop, or should we say mobile desktop replacement.

View: Asus C90S Laptop Barebones review @ TechSpot

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(1 reply) #1 RAID 0 on 16 May 2008 - 10:03
It's about time someone made a laptop that was *easily* upgradeable. I might buy one, if/when they update the chipset.
#1.1 +macf13nd on 16 May 2008 - 16:57
i still wouldn't buy one, but your comment about the chipset is correct.
#2 Airlink on 16 May 2008 - 14:07
Would be nice if it supported quad-cores. Otherwise, it's not a bad design.
#3 tsupersonic on 16 May 2008 - 16:10
WTF?! Comparing a C2D6600 to C2D8400? Yeah, that's a fair comparison
#4 mikeyj on 19 May 2008 - 11:46
The idea is a very good one and I've been anticipating an idea like that for a while, however the design is awful and unless it changes I'll stay away from the idea.

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