Asus Goes All Zen With New PC Laptop; with Not-So Subtle ‘Nudge and Wink’ to Macbook Air

Cloning its way to Hong Kong the ASUS ZenBook.

They’ve finally done it!

Windows laptop users need not be envious of the MacBook Air any longer. Here is the PC clone of the MBA now available in Hong Kong for all those looking for a PC laptop that is ultra-portable and light (just like the MacBook Air). The Asus ZenBook was recently shown off at AsiaD by Asus Chairman Jonney Shih, where interviewer Walt Mossberg promptly called him out on it by calling it a “MacBook Air Clone.”

But hey, thinner laptops make everyone more productive right? The ZenBook features a sturdy aluminum body with a circular brush metal finish that reflects the Zen ideology of things going in circles. The ultra-portable laptop comes in two screen sizes 11.6” and 13.3” both of which comes in two configurations.

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Redefining Sleek And Sexy in Hong Kong: The VAIO Z

Sony’s new VAIO Z notebook takes laser-thin to a new level.

Sony Hong Kong launched their new high end VAIO Z notebook that screams sleek and sexy starting at HK$20,980!

The all-new VAIO Z Series weighs only 1.165 kg and is extremely thin at a mere 16.65 mm. Its high-resolution full HD display with anti-reflective glossy finish provides an exquisite image with vivid colours covering 96% of the Adobe RGB colour gamut.

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The JoliBook is the Jolliest Laptop Around

Will the ‘Cloud take away the thunder from the Chrome?

Here’s the very first piece of hardware – called the Jolibook – that’s build speiifcally to run the new, alternative cloud-based operating system call Jolicloud OS.

Yup, looks like a laptop – but runs like an iPad, while we haven’t actually installed Jolicloud yet we do like what we’ve seen on their site. Its a free OS with all your favorite apps ready to roll like Firefox, Gmail, Facebook, Hulu, Boxee, Spotify and more. Its biggest opponent will be when Google launches its Chrome OS (not the browser, but a full on OS) that will challenge the Jolicloud OS which has little to no visibility here in Asia.

Have a look at the laptop lidtop below and some more videos on the Jolicloud and chime in on what you think.

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ASUS Lamborghini Laptop Races Into Hong Kong

Hot cars, coffee, women and laptops, what else can a geek ask for.

Recently at an event that can only be said to be brimming over with horse power Lamborghini HK and ASUS HK released new models of their high performance products.

From Lamborghini comes the Gallardo, that frankly can best be described as “…….” – yes, we were speechless and text-less. All we can say is take a look at the photo gallery. On ASUS’ side the giant Taiwanese computer maker released two new notebooks the ASUS-Lamborghini VX6 and VX7 that made us just as speechless.

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HP Envy Beats Edition Gets a Dr. Dre Coat of Cool

Back in black and ready to hip some hops!

Regardless if you are an Apple fanboy or not, their industrial design has kicked every other PC manufacturer in the head  and that is good for everyone. At least for people looking at you in Starbucks.

While Sony seems to want to make everything is slim as possible, HP is making sure they keep things stylish especially for the music crowd – with the help of Dr. Dre – with their HP Envy Beats Edition available now in Hong Kong.

The 14.5-inch HD screen comes with a pair of Beats Solo headphones and is souped up with the i7 quad-core processor packed together at HK$14,980 – hey styles costs money!

The regular non-Beats Envy just looks like a regular laptop, this Beats Edition is the shizzle, yo!