Touting Style as equally important as function, Asus announces the W90, a multimedia notebook with brushed aluminum, an ultra bright18.4-inch, full HD display (1080p), and clean, streamlined chassis. Asus likens the design to a high-end sports car but doesn’t go so far as to put it in the company’s Lamborghini line.
Designed with gaming and in mind, the W90 sports an ATI CrossFireX technology with a Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 GPU and, according to Asus, earns a 3DMark 06 score of 15,000. You can also choose an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 38520 X2 or an Nvidia GeForce 9800 M GS graphics solution. You’ll also find an Intel core 2 Duo T9600 (or choose the T9400, P8600, or P8400) with a 1066MHz FSB. And to boost performance even more, the W90 comes with Turbo Gear, which lets you overclock the system to increase performance by 25 percent.
The world’s first notebook with a 2 x SO-DIMM mainboard design, the W90 can accommodate up to 6GB of DDR2-800 RAM. You get plenty of storage with Asus three dual-drive options: two 250GB, two 320GB, or two 500GB drives, all running at 5,400 rpm. This entertainment system doesn’t stop there, though. A Blu-ray drive is also onboard, along with 5.1-channel Altec Lansing speakers with a subwoofer and second-generation Dolby Home Theater, , all designed to look like they belong in a sports car.
A 2-megapixel auto-focus Webcam is embedded in the bezel, and a nice selection of ports surround the machine, including HDMI, eSATA, four USB, FireWire, VGA, an 8-in-1 card reader, and an ExpressCard slot. The W90 comes with 802.11 daft-n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Ethernet, and a modem.
There's no word on price or availability just yet, but we'll update this post when that becomes available.
