Asus N70SV-TY046C Notebook

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Asus announces the arrival of a new Asus N70SV-TY046C versatile laptop with 17.3-inch format in the series N70SV unveiled at CeBIT 2009 in March.

This embeds a 671DX SiS 968 chipset, a Core 2 Duo P8700 (2.53 GHz), 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz (max 4GB), 2 SATA hard drives of 250 GB at 5400 rpm, Geforce graphics card GT 130M 1GB dedicated one screen 17.3''WXGA + + ColorShine HD LED backlight with a resolution of 1600 × 900, a 1.3 megapixel webcam with microphone, a DVD burner, card reader 8 in 1, a keypad and connectors Wi-Fi b / g / n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, HDMI, VGA, S / PDIF / Headphone, Microphone, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 2.0 (x4).

Guaranteed 2 years, it weighs 4.1 kg with battery 8-cell 4400 mAh and is 458 x 309 x 39.4-47 mm. Comes with a bag and an optical mouse, it runs on Windows Vista Home Premium. It is equipped with the burning software Nero 8 Essentials and various applications such as Asus SmartLogon facial recognition for using the webcam and Express Gate, a mini light system in the BIOS that allows the use of some applications (instant messaging , web browser, etc) 8 seconds after pressing the button to start the PC.

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The Asus N70SV-TY046C is the first model in the series N70. This versatile laptop at home and office multi-tasking is able to take charge of games thanks to its recent dedicated graphics card with adjustments in the display options given the high resolution of the screen that is a model 16/9, ideal for watching videos.

It also benefits from a Penryn processor, disk space 500 GB important, a nice accessory pack of useful features and a proper connection with HDMI, No Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It regrets the lack of e-SATA ports and Firewire, and a Blu-Ray might have been welcome. Finally, Windows Vista installed can utilize only 3 GB of RAM on 4 GB present, because it is a 32-bit version and not 64 bits.
You can now order the Asus N70SV-TY046C for less than 1290 euros. In the same category, there are also the HP Pavilion dv7-2070ef available at a price a little lower and with a Quad Core processor, 640 GB hard disk and graphics card Mobility Radeon HD4650.