“Have a $1,000 budget for a new notebook? Look no further than the ASUS M51S. Touted as a multi-media notebook, it offers a 15.4″ screen, 250GB HD and 3GB of RAM. Included also are 4 USB ports, DVI and VGA outputs, full numpad, fingerprint reader, a face-detection logon system and more.”Here are some more Mobile articles from around the web:
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Budget laptop with a lot of features
ASUS has put a lot of extras into their M51S laptop, without pricing it beyond the value market. With four USB ports, support for both DVI/VGA and TV-Out, webcam and a lot more, keeping the price of this 15″ notebook at the $1000 is no easy task. The laptop is billed as being mostly a multi-media machine, but TECHGAGE fired up Crysis at 1280×800 and it was playable, as were other newer titles. All that power does have a price; you won’t see the battery make it to the 2 hour mark, even with light usage.