Asus A540, R558 Laptops With 15.6-Inch Displays, USB Type-C Ports Launched in India
Notably, both the laptops run on Free DOS, which means there is no pre-installed Windows 10 on board. Both sport a VGA webcam, a 1TB 5400RPM HDD, and SD card reader support. The laptops also come with one port each of USB 2.0, USB 3.0, and USB 3.1 Type-C.
Starting with the ASUS R558, it comes with a 15.6-inch full-HD (1920x1080 pixels) LED back-lit display. It is powered by a 2.3GHz Intel Core i5-6200U (2 cores, 4 threads, 2.8GHz Turbo frequency, 3MB SmartCache), 4GB of DDR4 RAM (upgradable to 8GB), Intel HD Graphics 520, and 2GB of DDR3 Nvidia GeForce 930MX (N16S-GMR). The notebook packs a 2-cell Li-ion battery pack. Other connectivity options on the laptop include a headphone and microphone combo jack, Ethernet port, VGA port, a HDMI 1.4 port, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, and a DVD-RW drive. The Asus R558 is available in Black and Brown colour variants. It measures in at 382x256x25.5mm, and weighs 2.1 kilogrammes.
Coming to the Asus A540, the notebook features a 15.6-inch (1366x768 pixels) LED-backlit display. It is powered by a 1.7GHz Intel Core i3-4005U (2 cores, 4 threads, 3MB SmartCache) processor with Intel HD Graphics 4400. The notebook is paired with 4GB of DDR3 RAM (upgradable up to 8GB), and packs a 3-cell Li-ion battery pack. The Asus A540 will be available in Black and Silver colour variants. it measures in at 381x252x27.2, and weighs 2 kilogrammes with battery. It bears the same ports, connectivity options, and optical drive as the Asus R558.
Asus has recently also launched three Windows 10 laptops - namely, the ZenBook 3, Transformer 3 Pro, and Transformer 3 - at its Zenvolution event in May. The event also saw the launch of the ZenFone 3, ZenFone 3 Deluxe, and ZenFone 3 Ultra smartphone - varying in different sizes and specifications. All three smartphones don a full metal design makeover, and fingerprint support embedded on the back of the phones. All the models sport an 8-megapixel selfie camera (85-degree wide-angle lens), and support hybrid dual-SIM slots. The rear cameras feature optical image stabilisation and electronic image stabilisation for better handheld photography.
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About Asus:
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is a Taiwanese multinational computer hardware and electronics companyheadquartered in Beitou District, Taipei,Taiwan. Its products include desktops, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, networking equipment, monitors, projectors,motherboards, graphics cards, optical storage, multimedia products, peripherals, wearables, servers, workstations, and tablet PCs.
Asus is the world's 4th-largest PC vendor by 2015 unit sales. Asus appears inBusinessWeek’s "InfoTech 100" and "Asia’s Top 10 IT Companies" rankings, and it ranked first in the IT Hardware category of the 2008 Taiwan Top 10 Global Brands survey with a total brand value of $1.3 billion.
