Asus N61 and N82 with USB 3.0

Few, indeed very few rumors for two new laptops developed by Asus, equipped with the new USB 3.0. This is Asus N61 and N82. But what I find here?

These are only rumors at this juncture. One can not, in fact, say much more about two new notebooks designed by Asus that should complement the high-performance USB 3.0 interface, a little ‘as with some models of Hewlett Packard Compaq Notebook in net was occupied in the days past. One can reasonably suppose that the model Asus N61 will mount a 16-inch display and ASUS N82 is equipped with a 14-inch panel, led by controller nVidia or ATI. On the processor side, there is no reason to doubt the presence of representatives of the series i5 Core or Core i7.

But the real important news is the introduction of USB 3.0. This standard, backward compatible with the previous one, can reach data transfer speeds of 10 times that of current technology, almost attained the level of 600 MB / s (400MB / s is a more realistic in practice). This data helps us understand how a file size of 1 GB, can be transferred in a matter of seconds, reducing drastically, the expectations when moving large amounts of data.

At present, the new standard still has not found the hoped-for dissemination even if, in the course of 2010, there is a substantial increase of devices and peripherals to build sull’USB 3.0. In fact, although devices such as printers or scanners, for example, have no urgent need to substantially use the benefits offered by technology SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0 alternative name), it is true that the most sensitive device, such as external hard drives, could reap significant performance advantages.

According to reports appearing in the network, the two new portable systems should be launched in a preview on the Taiwanese market, since the second half of the current month. Obviously we have no details on price nor marketing, nor the plans of the producer about other international markets even if, probably, the distribution will be worldwide.