ASUS has released full system specifications for their new Intel Core Duo powered 12-inch ultraportable, the ASUS W5F. Being as how this is one of the first Core Duo ultraportables, it’s generating a lot of buzz.
I’ve added a new page, for the ASUS W5Ae. Even though it’s an upgraded W5A, it was given a seperate model number, and so I shall treat it as a seperate model.
I have compiled a list of the top 15 ultraportable laptops, based on page views here at Ultraportable Laptops and Notebooks. Page views aren’t the most accurate way to gauge what the best laptop is, however they do reflect the amount of interest, and in this case I used both page views of the laptops as well as news stories. It covers October (when we moved to the small-laptops.com domain) through the end of December, 2005, however based on what I’ve read over the past year or so, and the amount of press certain laptops have received, I feel it’s probably fairly accurate – it includes a mix of both older laptops that were refreshed last year as well as new models. Where there were varying models between regions, I’ve taken that into account and added them together (under their most common model name).
According to Digitimes, Asustek will be shipping ultraportable Intel Napa-based laptops in 2006. Napa is Intels’ next-generation mobile platform.
You can vote in Tom’s Hardware Guide’s Reader Choice Awards for 2005, and by voting, you have the opportunity to win a prize (including an Asus laptop and a 500GB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive).