I'm a rather dedicated notebook user, my now sputtering CL56 has seen better days and can't even boot up anymore unless its plugged in. I'm hoping to get a few months more out of my notebook before I move on.
Now when I picked up my notebook 3 years ago I was looking for a desktop replacement that I could bring around. I was to be stationed in China and Japan for long periods at a time and figured I definitely need a system that can allow me to game! The CL56 was a Compal notebook sold by a company called Stamp Computers made.
ODM (original design manufactures) is something that not everyone knows about. Basically there are a few unknown Taiwanese companies such as Compal and Quanta that design and produce prototypes of notebooks. With these prototypes in hand they run off to big companies like Lenovo, HP, Dell, and Sony and pimp their wares. These big names then say OK we like this product makes us a million of these with our patent brand name and brand name features. The big name companies then go on to sell there brand name notebooks at a higher price. You can check out a relationship of notebook companies here.
So back to the point, I want to get something small, and can game a bit or render 3d images when I need to and most importantly I can get online everywhere. The new craze in Hong Kong which will soon become the norm is 3g internet. the U6S has a built in 3G modem which is pretty cool, its small and still has a dedicated graphics card. Asus is the ODM for Sony, so either I can pick up the lesser known Asus which isn't too shabby looking and suffers poor battery life. Or wait for an Asus under the Sony moniker pay more but hope that it has a better battery life.
Guess I'll just have to wait and see when my CL56 finally dies and I need to get a notebook to see whats on the market.
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