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With Books (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/07/asus-transformer-book-japan-launch/), Pads (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/25/asus-padfone-infinity-announced/), Tabs (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/asus-vivotab-smart-review/), Fones (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/25/asus-fonepad-announced/) and the intriguing Transformer AiO (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/07/asus-transformer-aio/), we can only wonder what else ASUS has in the stockroom. Recently liberated from the warehouse are the VivoBook S500 and S550 -- they're the biggest of the new VivoBook range (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/23/asus-vivobook-x202-q200-s400-s500/), with 15.6-inch, 1,366 x 768 displays supporting multitouch for prodding at Windows 8. The S500 comes in one configuration: 1.7GHz Core i5, 6GB RAM, Intel GMA HD (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/intel-gma-hd-graphics-review-deems-them-excellent-for-video-med/) GPU and a 500GB HDD with 24GB SSD for fast-booting Redmond's latest OS (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/30/windows-8-review/). Almost identical is the S550, which has Core i3 / i5 / i7 options, as well as an optical drive for "physical media," whatever that is. You can call an S500 your own for $699 and ASUS has kindly put a slim list of retailers stocking the notebooks on its product page, though we can only find the i5-laden S550 for circa $750. Amazon seems to have had both on sale since March 4th, but ASUS thought it'd leave it a week before issuing a minimalist PR, which you'll find below.
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Via: TechPowerUp (http://www.techpowerup.com/181300/ASUS-Releases-the-Touch-Powered-ASUS-VivoBook-S500.html)
Via: Engadget