Asus’ ASMobile Z84Jp Coming Soon

Asustek will soon be releasing the ASMobile Z84Jp 17-inch widescreen barebone (whitebox) laptop built on Intel 945PM chipset supporting Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and up to 4GB of main memory. The new Asus whitebox features Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 graphics card with 512MB of VRAM, according to Notebook Review forums.

It looks like the Asus’ ASMobile Z84Jp is a multimedia oriented notebook, since it has four speakers plus a sub-woofer, and both S-Video and HDMI out. Along with a 2MP built-in web camera, Z84Jp’s novelty is an eSATA connector, for fast connection with external Serial-ATA drives.

The Z84Jp weighs 8.8lbs and has a piano-black finish.

ASMobile Z84Jp Specifications:

* Piano Black Painted Finish
* Screen: 17″ Wide / Glare WSXGA+ (1680×1050)
* Chipset: Intel 945PM
* Processor: Core 2 Duo (Merom) up to T7600 (2.33GHz)
* Memory Support: DDR2 533/667 MHz with max memory to 4GB
* HDD Support SATA (2.5″)
* OS Supported: Vista Ultimate, Vista Premium, Vista Basic, Windows XP
* Graphics: nVidia GeForce Go 7600 512MB
* TV Out: S-Video / HDMI
* Video Out: VGA (regular monitor out)
* Audio: Azalia Compliant Audio, 4 speakers and one subwoofer, SPDIF
* LAN: 10/100/1000 - Gigabit
* Bluetooth
* Integrated Camera (2.0MP)
* Ports: 4 USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, 1 External SATA Connector, 7-in-1 Memory Card Reader, Express Card / PCMCIA slots
* Weight: 8.8lbs
* Dimensions: 15 in x 11.3 in x 1.42 - 1.71 in (width x depth x variable height)
* Optical Drive: DVD-RW
* Carrying Bag Included

As reported previously, “ASmobile” is the new Asus brand for the barebone laptop market. ASmobile laptops will be positioned as notebooks for value-added applications, with key markets including DIY and desktop-replacement segments, according to last year’s reports.

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