What happens if you take the Asus UL30, scoop out the insides and replace the Intel CULV processor with an Atom chip and NVDIIA IOn graphics? I have no idea, but the folks at Phecda have done the next best thing by producing a UL30 clone called the Phecda P13. The notebook has a 13.3 inch, 1366  x 768 pixel…

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Pierre over at Blogeee [translate link] was lucky enough to spend some quality time with two of the hottest Asus models around right now – the UL30A and 1201N. Naturally, he figured the rest of the world might like to see how the two systems look side-by-side. The UL30A, of course, is technically not a netbook – it’s larger (with…

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The Asus UL30VT is a 13.3 inch thin and light laptop with switchable graphics. That means you can either use the integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics chipset when battery life matters more than performance. But you can turn on the NVIDIA G210 discrete graphics processor with 512MB of DDR memory when you need a boost for playing 3D games or other…

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The Asus UL20A is the smallest and cheapest member of the new Asus UL family. Like its big brother, the Asus UL30A, the UL20A has a chiclet-style keyboard, Winodws 7 Home Premium, and an Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 CULV processor. But this laptop has a smaller, 12.1 inch display, 2GB of RAM, and a 250GB hard drive. The Asus…

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Over the past few months, the low cost ultraportable notebook space has expanded to include a new class of device. While 10 inch and smaller netbooks are still playing an important role in the field, there’s been a new crop of devices with 11 to 12 inch displays selling for $600 or less. While these laptops including the Acer Aspire…

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Asus redefined the concept of thin and light notebooks when it launched the Eee PC line of netbooks in 2007. While the Asus UL30A isn’t quite as revolutionary, it’s a remarkable laptop that weighs about 3.7 pounds and gets nearly 10 hours of battery life. For several reasons, it’s not a netbook. First, it’s too large. The UL30A has a…

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While it’s a bit early to say whether Intel’s CULV platform is the new Atom, (there are still plenty of 10 inch netbooks with Intel Atom processors out there), there’s no doubt that the Consumer Ultra Low Voltage platform is making a splash — with PC makers at least. Acer, Asus, HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, and other companies are all…

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I’m not a big fan of benchmarking tests like PCMark and 3DMark because I don’t feel like they give the average user a good idea of how a PC will perform in real-life scenarios. Over the past two years, this hasn’t been much of an issue because most of the laptops I’ve reviewed have been netbooks with Intel Atom N270,…

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Amazon is taking pre-orders for the Asus UL20A-A1 laptop for $589.99. The laptop will be available to the public on Thursday, October 22nd. This will be the first 12 inch laptop from Asus featuring an Intel CULV processor. It’s similar to the Asus UL30A in many respects, but it has a smaller screen, less RAM, and a smaller hard drive….

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It’s been a busy day here at Liliputing HQ. Not only did a friendly FedEx guy drop off an HP Pavilion MS214, he also had an Asus UL30A laptop with him. Now, to be honest, I’m much more interested in the Asus UL20A than the UL30A. The UL20A is an 11.6 inch model that starts at $599 and has nearly…

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The Asus UL30A is the first laptop from Asus with an Intel CULV processor. In the US, this 13.3 inch slim and light laptop sports a dual core 1.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 processor. That’s the same CPU you’ll find in the soon-to-be-released 12 inch Asus UL20A, but since Asus is only sending out demo units of the 13…

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Asus is getting ready to roll out its new Intel CULV powered line of thin and light laptops. The company is pushing the 13 inch UL30A, 14 inch UL80A, and 15 inch UL50A pretty hard. But the model I’m most interested in is the Asus UL20A, which will have a 12.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display and a dual…

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