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Acer just has taken the top position in sales within the netbook pool. The company will sell around 6 million units in 2008. But, with the Acer Aspire One it has just one single line on the shelf. Some people might get bored and keep looking to find a netbook that suits them. Those who still want a Christmas present for friends or even themselves, might have a look to the Asus N-series, which includes a 10.2-inch netbook as well as bunch of laptops. The kicker: they all come with face recognition to logon.
The N-series are helpful gadgets for everyday computing. All models, the Asus N10 netbook and Asus N20, N80 and Asus N50 laptops come with a highly-efficient Super Hybrid Engine (SHE) to preserve battery life up to 35%. An inbuilt Power4 Gear Hybrid application facilitates the deployment and usage of power according to the users’ preferences in relation to the specific tasks that they need to perform.
An excellent feature is the built-in Express gate operating system allowing to access most commonly used programs within 8 seconds after booting. Applications include Skype, a music player or the e-mail client.
A flashy highlight is the face recognition feature of the N-series, which is a smart logon widget that recognises the face structure of a user. No need to type in any passwords. The face recognition systems is also able to learn variations or can recognise a user’s face also under different lighting conditions.
The N-series includes the N10 netbook as well as different sized laptop models such as the 12-inch N20 notebook, the 14.1-inch N80 and the 15.4-inch N50 model.
Common features of the N-series
- Intel Atom N270 (N10)
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor (N20, N50, N80)
- Windows Vista Home, Premium or Business
- DDR 2 RAM 2,048 MB or upt o 4,096 MB
- Hard drive capacity: 160GB / 250GB / 320GB / 500GB (N50, N80)
- Web camera 1.3Mp or 2.0 (n50)
- Bluetooth
- W-LAN
- Facial recognition
- Express gate to reduce bootup times
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