ASUS N55SF, N75SF multimedia laptops are back… in piano black

In case your laptop spends more time spinning Netflix hits from yesteryear than yomping around campus, you will likely love these new offerings from ASUS . It’s launching the 15.6-inch N55SF and 17.3-inch N75SF laptops — reckoning on budget, you are able to select an Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 chip and quite a lot of displays that go as much as 1920 x 1080 at the high-end units. Each model gets a HD webcam, instant-on (which picks up where you left off in under two seconds) and USB Charger+, a USB port powered directly from the battery for hasty, direct charging. The corporate is pushing these as multimedia machines, bundling in Bang & Olufsen’s ICEpower tech and a standalone SonicMaster subwoofer as standard — the latter isn’t recommended for those frequenting the library, for sure. 15-inchers will arrive later this month, with pricing to begin at around €1,100 / $1,500; meanwhile, the bigger ones will arrive in early October and start in the direction of €1,350 / $1,800. Oh, and we have some press shots to whet your appetite. They’re below.