Asus has formally announced the anticipated successor to its Lamborghini laptop line, the compact, 12.1in VX3 - intended to bring a little... luxury to the sub-notebook arena. And integrated HSDPA 3G connectivity.

The VX3's basic spec includes a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo T9300 processor - one of Intel's 45nm boys - 4GB of 667MHz DDR 2 memory, a 5400rpm 320GB hard drive and 1GB of Flash operating as a cache between the HDD and rest of the system.

Said cache - aka Intel Turbo Memory - requires Windows Vista, so the VX3 ships with Ultimate.

It also comes with 802.11n Wi-Fi, an on-board HSDPA modem, Bluetooth 2.0, a fingerprint reader, a 1.3-megapixel camera and a three-cell battery. Asus is also bundling a second battery too, either a six-cell or a nine-cell unit, depending on whether you want to pay £2079 for the machine or £2099 - or how much extra plastic you don't mind poking out at the back.

As is stands, the VX3 weighs 1.7kg with the three-cell battery in place. Unsurprisingly, Asus didn't say what adding either of the extra batteries does to the machine's weight.

Try before you buy, we suggest - you can find a list of stockists here [1].

Related Reviews
Dell XPS M1730 17in gaming laptop [2]
Lenovo ThinkPad X300 sub-notebook [3]
Asus Eee PC 900 Linux Edition [4]
Apple MacBook Air [5]
Toshiba Portégé R500 slimline laptop [6]

More Laptop Reviews here [7]

Click for the VX3 Picture Gallery [8]

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Links

1. http://uk.asus.com/wheretobuy_new.aspx?sltLanguage=en_GB&country=1339
2. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/05/23/review_dell_xps_m1730/
3. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/05/02/review_lenovo_thinkpad_x300/
4. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/04/25/review_asus_eee_900/
5. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/04/11/review_macbook_air/
6. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/25/review_toshiba_portege_r500/
7. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/reviews/laptops/
8. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/10/asus_launches_vx3/page2.html

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