At 3.15 pounds and just less than one inch thick, Gateway's NX100X ultra-slim notebook makes other ultraportables in its class look like heavy baggage. Let's take a closer look at the rest of its specs and see if they're up to the mark.

While you might be thrilled with its 12.1-inch and 1280 by 800 display, the Gateway NS100X is only powered by a Core Solo processor running at clock speeds of 1.06 or 1.2 GHz. This may be a bit of a letdown as some ultraportables these days run on Intel Core Duo processors. But Gateway more than makes up for it with 1GB of RAM instead of the conventional 512MB. If you're looking to play games using the NS100X, you may not be satisfied with its on board Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950.

Other features include 6-in-1 media card reader, Type II PC Card slot, USB 2.0, IEEE 13924 (FireWire), VGA output, integrated stereo speakers, gigabyte Ethernet, built-in modem, 802.11 a/b/g wireless, optional Bluetooth, and Windows XP professional.
These are standard features for entry level ultraportables. Well, sometimes we want more than just the ultra-slim design.

Gateway's NX100X notebooks will begin shipping on the May 26th at a base price of $1,399.

Despite the fact that demand for laptop computers have weakened in Taiwan, Asus unveils its leather-designed S6 laptop. Featuring an Intel Core Duo L2300 (1.66 GHz) processor and an 11-inch widescreen LCD, the three-pound Asus laptop was released last week in Taiwan for NT$66,800 (approx. US$2,094).

The company is hoping that with features such as a 100GB hard drive with 5400RPM, 1GB DDR2 RAM, built0in dual-layer DVD burner, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.0, Asus S6 will do better than its competitors. Or else, they'd have to hitch on to the price wars expected to come the third quarter of the year.