ASUS Power User Gathering 2011

Last week, Mangyantech snagged an invite to Asus Philippines' Power User Gathering 2011 event. A highly exclusive event, it allowed the Taiwanese computer and components manufacturer to highlight some of its latest high-end PC parts and components to a select gathering of some of the country's geekiest PC users.




PUG participants listening to product presentation (when they were not arguing, with gusto)



Sydney of Asus discussing the features and capabilities of a high-end graphics card from his company

 Described by Wikipedia as one who has "the ability to use advanced features of programs which are beyond the abilities of 'normal' users," a power user is a rather special breed of an IT user. Not necessarily a programmer or a computer engineer, a power user is generally aware of what his or her computer is capable of doing, and usually demands more from his computer system and its parts and components.

And usually too, he knows how to tweak and twiddle with PC parts, such as motherboards and graphics cards, to coax as much improvement in performance as possible from the computer and its parts.

Anyway, imagine a bunch of such true-blue geeks gathered in one place, huddled together while listening (sometimes; arguing among themselves most of the time) to Asus tech and product specialists doing some product presentations. Never before in my life have I seen as much computer technology-related acronyms and specifications being thrown about.

It was kind of exhilarating. But I guess, you had to have extreme love for computer technology to be able to appreciate such a crowd. Anyway, below are some of the products -- motherboards and graphics cards -- Asus proudly presented during that power user gathering.

Eee Slate EP121

The Eee Slate EP121 tablet computer from Asus comes with the following list of specifications:

Processor: Intel Dual-Core i5 470um
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium
Display: 12.1inch LED Backlight WSVGA screen; capacitive and electromagnetic panel (1,280 x 800 pixels)


Eee Slate EP121 tablet computer from Asus

 RAM: DDR3 4GB (1 x SO-DIMM)
Storage: 64GB SSD
3G Module: Wifi b/g/n; BT3.0
Camera: Webcam 2.0M
Interface: Digitizer pen; 2 x USB 2.0 ports; 2-in-1 Audio Jack (Head Phone/Mic-in); mini HDMI port; Card Reader: MMC/ SD(SDHC/SDXC); Internal Microphone; Stereo Speaker
Battery: 2.5~3 hrs(play 1,080P video)
Size/Weight: 312(W) x 207.2(D) x 16.95(H)mm ; 1,150g

ROG G53SW 3D Gaming Laptop

The ROG G53SW 3D gaming laptop from Asus comes with features designed to excite real gamers.

Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM
Chipset: Mobile Intel HM65
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium


ROG G53SW 3D Gaming Laptop

RAM: DDR3 1066 MHz 8GB
Display: 15.6inch HD 3D LED backlight (1,600 x 900 pixels)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M with 1.5GB GDDR5 VRAM
Hard Drive: 2.5inch SATA 2x 500GB (7200 rpm, SSH)
Optical Drive: Blue-ray Combo
Camera: 2Mpixel camera
Dimensions and Weight: 39.1(W) x 29.7(D) x 2.00 ~ 5.00 (H) cm

Asus also highlighted a bunch of high-performance motherboards and graphics cards that can make most geeks' hearts grow delirious. We will feature them in some of our future posts.