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As a rule, if the manufacturer does not give unique names to the device models, then in their marking you can find some regularity.

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Today I’ll tell a few words about the name-formation of some devices from ASUS, in particular, netbooks and laptops.

Let's talk about netbooks first. Take, for example, the ASUS EeePC 1005HAG .

Eee ” in “hedgehogs” means “ Easy to Learn, Easy to work, Easy to play". Everyone knows that one of the main advantages of netbooks is their compact size - I do not remember such a device that would not fit even in the smallest backpack. And the size dictates the size of the display - it is she who is the basis for the name of each netbook. The first two digits indicate the diagonal of the screen - here it is 10 inches (more precisely, 10.1). So in the 7xx, 9xx, 11xx and 12xx models, the diagonal screens are 7, 9, 11 and 12 inches, respectively.

The next two digits, in fact, mean nothing - it's just the serial number of the model in the series. After three or four digits are the letter designations. In this case, the letter H means that the internal hard drive (HDD) is used, not the SSD. A - “motor” is an Intel Atom processor. G- availability of WiMAX module. Those. from the name alone, you can understand that this is a very modern model that will be especially interesting to residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ufa and some other million-plus cities. The rest of the alphabet looks like this:

A - The presence of an Intel Atom processor on board;
D - Availability on board Intel Celeron-M processor (Dothan);
DN - availability of a drive for disks (only in model 1004DN );
E - High-capacity battery (for example, in 1000HE as much as 8700 mAh);
H - The presence of a hard drive instead of an SSD drive;
G - The presence of a built-in WiMAX module;
KR - Designed by Karim Rashid (Model Only)1008P-KR );

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P - Availability on board the new Intel Atom processor (Pine Trail);
S - SSD-drive instead of a hard drive;
T - touch screen (Touch). MT is multi-touch.
X - Pre-installed Windows XP.

The letter X is almost not used and was before, for example, in the EeePC 701SDX model . However, some other characters are also very rare.

Some exceptions are the transformer netbook T91 and S101 . The letter T means that a rotary touch screen is used. In the T91MT, the screen is multi-touch. Accordingly, inThe T101MT is just a slightly larger screen.
The S101 is simply a stylish netbook.

There are still 2G , 4G , 8G posts (in the "old" models - the volume of the built-in SSD-drive in GB), Surf (no webcam) and GO (the presence of the built-in UMTS module).

Eh, do you also dream about the matte EeePC 1101PEGST ? :)

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With laptops, everything is somewhat more complicated. The first thing to remember about laptops from ASUS is that they are all divided into 3 large segments. These are SOHO (Small Office / Home Office), business laptops and multimedia laptops. Moreover, “Business” is divided into two categories - mobile and ultra-mobile. Those. there isn’t such that some series completely belongs to some category - practically in every line of devices there are representatives of one or another class.

SOHO . The main criteria for laptops in this segment: the most budget price, a screen diagonal of 15 "-17", an integrated graphics system (not discrete), mostly stationary use, is designed for typical office tasks.

Ultra-mobile laptops . Diagonal up to 12 "inclusive, compact dimensions and light weight - up to 2 kg; mainly mobile use, for office business tasks.

Mobile laptops. Diagonals 13 "-14" inclusive, a combination of compactness, functionality and performance; universality of use in the office and beyond.

Multimedia laptops . Screen size from 15 '', a discrete graphics card for intensive graphics, a powerful processor and large amounts of memory. Most often intended for stationary use, but there are also mobile models. The most expensive category; it also includes all gaming laptops.

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The name of each model carries a lot of information, which is not difficult to “read” - it’s enough to understand once what’s what.

Typically, the name of the model is from three to five characters - consider several cases, ASUS UL30Vt , ASUS G72Gx and ASUS G51J-3D.

ASUS UL30Vt


The first letter is required and indicates a series. Those. before us is the U-series. The second letter (L) is optional and is a series modifier. There are two of them - L (Thin and light) and X (eXtraordinary). Accordingly, it is known that we have a thin and light laptop.

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There are several series:

K (A / F / X) - budget, entry level;
R (UMPC) - the most mobile devices, but not netbooks;
B, P, PL - will appear very soon and are intended for office use;
M (Multimedia) - multimedia laptops;
U / UL (UX removed) - thin, stylish and productive laptops;
N (New generation)- sufficiently powerful devices for a wide range of tasks;
G (Gaming) - gaming laptops, they are also a series of RoG (Republic of Gamers);
VX (Lamborghini) - a series of fashion devices;
W (Wide) - the rarest and most expensive, with a huge screen and two graphics cards.
NX (New generation, eXtraordinary) - the most-most of the "available."

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More clearly, all series can be divided into categories, you get such a picture (some models are not on it):
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Next is a number - it indicates the diagonal of the device. In this case, it is 13 inches. So laptops UL20 , UL30, UL50already lining up in a orderly row. And where, ask, is the 14-inch screen? In theory, it should be UL40 ... but in reality it is called UL80 - due to the fact that the hieroglyph denoting the number 4 is a homonym for the word "death", oriental craftsmen prefer not to use it. Such an exception.
The zero in the name (second digit) is mandatory - this is the serial number of the device in the series. Accordingly, of the two laptops, for example, K50 and K52 (about which I recently wrote ), the second will be newer.
After the numbers are two optional letters, the first of which usually talks about the platform, and the second is also a modifier. In more detail - in the picture:

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Here, except that the meaning of the letter “ J ” has changed"- now it means that inside the laptop new processors of the Core family (i3 / i5 / i7) are used. M60J , K52J, G51J - everywhere new “peels”.

Clearly, the text above can be understood from the following scheme:

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Some exception to the rule is the budget K-series, whose naming of models is difficult to remember:

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ASUS G72Gx and ASUS G51J-3D


It’s immediately clear that these are two gaming laptops, the first being the second in the series and has a screen diagonal of 17 inches.
However, the newer is the G51J-3D - despite the fact that this is the first gaming laptop with a 15-inch screen, it uses a new processor from the Core family, as evidenced by the letter J. Well, and one more thing - the “3D” subscript, which signals that the device is capable of showing a 3D image. Accordingly, the “small” screen is there because it would be somewhat more difficult to ensure a 120Hz sweep on a large diagonal (well, and more expensive).

The following picture will help clarify the G-series:

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You can practice: K40IJ, K52, UL20A, UL50Vt, UL80, M60J, N61, G60J, VX5.

It’s even somehow strange that not a single laptop got a separate sonorous name (the VX Lamborghini series does not count). By the way, the VX-series is simply numbered in order - VX1, VX2 ... VX5 .

As you can see, there is nothing complicated and everything is quite logical. You can go to the site and go over the configurations that are installed inside one or another model. And after this, the understanding will finally come, what is in front of you for the instance, what is inside it, what tasks it is for and how much it costs. All laptops in one place are on the AsusNB website .

There are, of course, much more detailed decryptions (from which you can learn almost everything, up to the type of drive or OS language installed on the device), but there we are not talking about the name of the model, but about all sorts of barcodes and other inscriptions on stickers. This information is for the most part “secret” and is intended primarily for suppliers.

Good luck!

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