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ASUS’ U46SV-DH51 goes up for pre-order, ships to bezel haters on October 1st (video)
Do you despise thick bezels, yet harbor an unnatural aversion to portables from LG and Samsung? We’re not here to psychoanalyze, but ASUS’ U46SV-DH51 might be more to your liking. The “Brushed Champagne” notebook is notable for its diminutive bezel, which, like Sammy’s smaller Series 7, allows for a 14-inch display to exist in a 13-inch chassis. It’s got some punch too, packing a Core i5-2410M, 4GB of RAM, NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 540M and a DVD burner (remember those?). Not bad for a 4.85-pound laptop that’ll supposedly go 10 hours between charges and set you back $879. You’ll find a pre-order page at the source below, but before you go, why not hop past the break and indulge in a video?
MSI’s GT683DXR and GT780DXR shred pixels with NVIDIA’s GTX 570M (hands-on)
We might still be smitten with a certain svelte ebony beaut, but we’re aware some of you require absolute maximum performance from your “portable” gaming rig. Here to heed your call for blistering frame rates is MSI, which has gone and refreshed two laptops from its gaming lineup: the 15.6-inch GT683DXR and its big brother, the 17.3-inch GT730DXR.
While both retain the Core i7-2630QM from their forebears, the duo now feature NVIDIA’s beefy GTX 570M with 1.5GB GDDR5. And just like their predecessors, either can be stuffed with up to 16GB of RAM, dual 500GB or 750GB drives and a Blu-ray burner. Also on board is a premium sound system from Dynaudio, four USB ports (two of the 3.0 variety), Gigabit Ethernet, VGA and HDMI sockets and, of course, 802.11b/g/n WiFi.
They’re on sale now, starting at $1,699 for the 15-incher and $1,799 for the 17-inch variant. MSI was kind enough to send us the smaller and lighter of the two, so hop on past the break for our brief impressions.
