[url]http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=5602[/url]


The ASUS XG Station is connected via a dongle to the notebook ExpressCard
interface
ASUS introduces the world's first external graphics card for notebook users

ASUS today introduced a dedicated external graphics card for laptops -- the
XG Station. The XG Station is an external graphics card that allows laptop
users to enjoy high end graphics performance while plugged in. As the XG
Station is an external graphics it can be unplugged when portability is
needed.

The XG Station connects to any notebook's ExpressCard slot and provides a
PCI Express x16 slot for graphics cards. Since ASUS has opted to equip the
XG Station with a standard PCI Express x16 slot, the station can be equipped
with any PCI Express based graphics card: AMD, NVIDIA or even Matrox. ASUS
launched the default XG Station with an NVIDIA 7900GS powered graphics card.

The XG Station is powered externally. A separate power brick plugs directly
into the adaptor.

An integrated LCD display and control also grace the XG Station. The display
is customizable and can display information such as frame rate, fan speed,
GPU temperature and more while the control knob can change various settings
of the XG Station such as the core and memory clocks.

Expect ASUS to release the XG Station in Q2'07 this year. Pricing of the XG
Station is unknown at the moment.

The XG Station adaptor only interfaces with ExpressCard interfaces at the
moment, but will work with with PCIe ExpressCard interfaces installed in a
desktop PC.

Looks cool for new laptops.

--
Alexander Suhovey

"michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
news:eacc7AwMHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> [url]http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=5602[/url]
>
>
> The ASUS XG Station is connected via a dongle to the notebook ExpressCard
> interface
> ASUS introduces the world's first external graphics card for notebook
> users
>
> ASUS today introduced a dedicated external graphics card for laptops --
> the XG Station. The XG Station is an external graphics card that allows
> laptop users to enjoy high end graphics performance while plugged in. As
> the XG Station is an external graphics it can be unplugged when
> portability is needed.
>
> The XG Station connects to any notebook's ExpressCard slot and provides a
> PCI Express x16 slot for graphics cards. Since ASUS has opted to equip the
> XG Station with a standard PCI Express x16 slot, the station can be
> equipped with any PCI Express based graphics card: AMD, NVIDIA or even
> Matrox. ASUS launched the default XG Station with an NVIDIA 7900GS powered
> graphics card.
>
> The XG Station is powered externally. A separate power brick plugs
> directly into the adaptor.
>
> An integrated LCD display and control also grace the XG Station. The
> display is customizable and can display information such as frame rate,
> fan speed, GPU temperature and more while the control knob can change
> various settings of the XG Station such as the core and memory clocks.
>
> Expect ASUS to release the XG Station in Q2'07 this year. Pricing of the
> XG Station is unknown at the moment.
>
> The XG Station adaptor only interfaces with ExpressCard interfaces at the
> moment, but will work with with PCIe ExpressCard interfaces installed in a
> desktop PC.
>[/color]

this is ridiculous and will never, ever work. this product will disappear
faster than a cookie on the counter in a fat persons kitchen. who would
actually lug around this big thing? and not to mention also lug around a
video card??

silly. these companies need to do more research and focus groups before
spending millions on new products




"michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
news:eacc7AwMHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> [url]http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=5602[/url]
>
>
> The ASUS XG Station is connected via a dongle to the notebook ExpressCard
> interface
> ASUS introduces the world's first external graphics card for notebook
> users
>
> ASUS today introduced a dedicated external graphics card for laptops --
> the XG Station. The XG Station is an external graphics card that allows
> laptop users to enjoy high end graphics performance while plugged in. As
> the XG Station is an external graphics it can be unplugged when
> portability is needed.
>
> The XG Station connects to any notebook's ExpressCard slot and provides a
> PCI Express x16 slot for graphics cards. Since ASUS has opted to equip the
> XG Station with a standard PCI Express x16 slot, the station can be
> equipped with any PCI Express based graphics card: AMD, NVIDIA or even
> Matrox. ASUS launched the default XG Station with an NVIDIA 7900GS powered
> graphics card.
>
> The XG Station is powered externally. A separate power brick plugs
> directly into the adaptor.
>
> An integrated LCD display and control also grace the XG Station. The
> display is customizable and can display information such as frame rate,
> fan speed, GPU temperature and more while the control knob can change
> various settings of the XG Station such as the core and memory clocks.
>
> Expect ASUS to release the XG Station in Q2'07 this year. Pricing of the
> XG Station is unknown at the moment.
>
> The XG Station adaptor only interfaces with ExpressCard interfaces at the
> moment, but will work with with PCIe ExpressCard interfaces installed in a
> desktop PC.
>[/color]

Lug around? Not nesessarily. Take dock station as an example. Nobody carries
it around but this doesn't mean it's useless.

I don't see how it is different from dock station idea. Read comments to
original Daily Tech post to find more opinions on how people planning to use
this thing.

--
Alexander Suhovey

"Troy McClure" <nun@4u.com> wrote in message
news:uyXH2%230MHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> this is ridiculous and will never, ever work. this product will disappear
> faster than a cookie on the counter in a fat persons kitchen. who would
> actually lug around this big thing? and not to mention also lug around a
> video card??
>
> silly. these companies need to do more research and focus groups before
> spending millions on new products
>
>
>
>
> "michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
> news:eacc7AwMHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> [url]http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=5602[/url]
>>
>>
>> The ASUS XG Station is connected via a dongle to the notebook ExpressCard
>> interface
>> ASUS introduces the world's first external graphics card for notebook
>> users
>>
>> ASUS today introduced a dedicated external graphics card for laptops --
>> the XG Station. The XG Station is an external graphics card that allows
>> laptop users to enjoy high end graphics performance while plugged in. As
>> the XG Station is an external graphics it can be unplugged when
>> portability is needed.
>>
>> The XG Station connects to any notebook's ExpressCard slot and provides a
>> PCI Express x16 slot for graphics cards. Since ASUS has opted to equip
>> the XG Station with a standard PCI Express x16 slot, the station can be
>> equipped with any PCI Express based graphics card: AMD, NVIDIA or even
>> Matrox. ASUS launched the default XG Station with an NVIDIA 7900GS
>> powered graphics card.
>>
>> The XG Station is powered externally. A separate power brick plugs
>> directly into the adaptor.
>>
>> An integrated LCD display and control also grace the XG Station. The
>> display is customizable and can display information such as frame rate,
>> fan speed, GPU temperature and more while the control knob can change
>> various settings of the XG Station such as the core and memory clocks.
>>
>> Expect ASUS to release the XG Station in Q2'07 this year. Pricing of the
>> XG Station is unknown at the moment.
>>
>> The XG Station adaptor only interfaces with ExpressCard interfaces at the
>> moment, but will work with with PCIe ExpressCard interfaces installed in
>> a desktop PC.
>>[/color]
>[/color]

a docking station sits in 1 place... a desk usually. the laptop gets carried
aroubd with you. when youre at your desk, you plug it into the docking
station. people use docking stations to make life easier... mouse, keyboard
etc.

if the idea is to have this stupid thing next to your docking station and
also plug into that, then its just time to replace the docking station with
a desktop pc. obviously the 2 people that buy this dumb thing will be
carrying it around. and for what? do you really want to play intense games
on your laptop? what else is this good for? laptops are used for work 9
times out of 10... again, this will never fly




"Alexander Suhovey" <asuhovey******.com> wrote in message
news:DA06EE5A-957E-4B1D-8DD7-D1C3CB471A9C@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Lug around? Not nesessarily. Take dock station as an example. Nobody
> carries it around but this doesn't mean it's useless.
>
> I don't see how it is different from dock station idea. Read comments to
> original Daily Tech post to find more opinions on how people planning to
> use this thing.
>
> --
> Alexander Suhovey
>
> "Troy McClure" <nun@4u.com> wrote in message
> news:uyXH2%230MHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> this is ridiculous and will never, ever work. this product will disappear
>> faster than a cookie on the counter in a fat persons kitchen. who would
>> actually lug around this big thing? and not to mention also lug around a
>> video card??
>>
>> silly. these companies need to do more research and focus groups before
>> spending millions on new products
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
>> news:eacc7AwMHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> [url]http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=5602[/url]
>>>
>>>
>>> The ASUS XG Station is connected via a dongle to the notebook
>>> ExpressCard interface
>>> ASUS introduces the world's first external graphics card for notebook
>>> users
>>>
>>> ASUS today introduced a dedicated external graphics card for laptops --
>>> the XG Station. The XG Station is an external graphics card that allows
>>> laptop users to enjoy high end graphics performance while plugged in. As
>>> the XG Station is an external graphics it can be unplugged when
>>> portability is needed.
>>>
>>> The XG Station connects to any notebook's ExpressCard slot and provides
>>> a PCI Express x16 slot for graphics cards. Since ASUS has opted to equip
>>> the XG Station with a standard PCI Express x16 slot, the station can be
>>> equipped with any PCI Express based graphics card: AMD, NVIDIA or even
>>> Matrox. ASUS launched the default XG Station with an NVIDIA 7900GS
>>> powered graphics card.
>>>
>>> The XG Station is powered externally. A separate power brick plugs
>>> directly into the adaptor.
>>>
>>> An integrated LCD display and control also grace the XG Station. The
>>> display is customizable and can display information such as frame rate,
>>> fan speed, GPU temperature and more while the control knob can change
>>> various settings of the XG Station such as the core and memory clocks.
>>>
>>> Expect ASUS to release the XG Station in Q2'07 this year. Pricing of the
>>> XG Station is unknown at the moment.
>>>
>>> The XG Station adaptor only interfaces with ExpressCard interfaces at
>>> the moment, but will work with with PCIe ExpressCard interfaces
>>> installed in a desktop PC.
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

many laptops do not have good graphic cards capable of displaying aero
GLASS.

there is a market.. they are the "vista drones"...


"Troy McClure" <nun@4u.com> wrote in message
news:Obowja1MHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>a docking station sits in 1 place... a desk usually. the laptop gets
>carried aroubd with you. when youre at your desk, you plug it into the
>docking station. people use docking stations to make life easier... mouse,
>keyboard etc.
>
> if the idea is to have this stupid thing next to your docking station and
> also plug into that, then its just time to replace the docking station
> with a desktop pc. obviously the 2 people that buy this dumb thing will be
> carrying it around. and for what? do you really want to play intense games
> on your laptop? what else is this good for? laptops are used for work 9
> times out of 10... again, this will never fly
>
>
>
>
> "Alexander Suhovey" <asuhovey******.com> wrote in message
> news:DA06EE5A-957E-4B1D-8DD7-D1C3CB471A9C@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> Lug around? Not nesessarily. Take dock station as an example. Nobody
>> carries it around but this doesn't mean it's useless.
>>
>> I don't see how it is different from dock station idea. Read comments to
>> original Daily Tech post to find more opinions on how people planning to
>> use this thing.
>>
>> --
>> Alexander Suhovey
>>
>> "Troy McClure" <nun@4u.com> wrote in message
>> news:uyXH2%230MHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> this is ridiculous and will never, ever work. this product will
>>> disappear faster than a cookie on the counter in a fat persons kitchen.
>>> who would actually lug around this big thing? and not to mention also
>>> lug around a video card??
>>>
>>> silly. these companies need to do more research and focus groups before
>>> spending millions on new products
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
>>> news:eacc7AwMHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> [url]http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=5602[/url]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The ASUS XG Station is connected via a dongle to the notebook
>>>> ExpressCard interface
>>>> ASUS introduces the world's first external graphics card for notebook
>>>> users
>>>>
>>>> ASUS today introduced a dedicated external graphics card for laptops --
>>>> the XG Station. The XG Station is an external graphics card that allows
>>>> laptop users to enjoy high end graphics performance while plugged in.
>>>> As the XG Station is an external graphics it can be unplugged when
>>>> portability is needed.
>>>>
>>>> The XG Station connects to any notebook's ExpressCard slot and provides
>>>> a PCI Express x16 slot for graphics cards. Since ASUS has opted to
>>>> equip the XG Station with a standard PCI Express x16 slot, the station
>>>> can be equipped with any PCI Express based graphics card: AMD, NVIDIA
>>>> or even Matrox. ASUS launched the default XG Station with an NVIDIA
>>>> 7900GS powered graphics card.
>>>>
>>>> The XG Station is powered externally. A separate power brick plugs
>>>> directly into the adaptor.
>>>>
>>>> An integrated LCD display and control also grace the XG Station. The
>>>> display is customizable and can display information such as frame rate,
>>>> fan speed, GPU temperature and more while the control knob can change
>>>> various settings of the XG Station such as the core and memory clocks.
>>>>
>>>> Expect ASUS to release the XG Station in Q2'07 this year. Pricing of
>>>> the XG Station is unknown at the moment.
>>>>
>>>> The XG Station adaptor only interfaces with ExpressCard interfaces at
>>>> the moment, but will work with with PCIe ExpressCard interfaces
>>>> installed in a desktop PC.
>>>>
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]

"Troy McClure" <nun@4u.com> wrote in message
news:Obowja1MHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>a docking station sits in 1 place... a desk usually. the laptop gets
>carried aroubd with you. when youre at your desk, you plug it into the
>docking station.[/color]
people use docking stations to make life easier... mouse, keyboard etc.

I'd put graphics-intense games in these "etc". Why not? Big screen and
full-size keyboard are already there connected to the dock. But onboard
video is crappy. So why not?
[color=blue]
> if the idea is to have this stupid thing next to your docking station and
> also plug into that, then its just time to replace the docking station
> with a desktop pc.[/color]

And face the sync challenge between your laptop and desktop? Thanks but no,
thanks. The idea is SAME as with dock station - to have ONE computer to have
all your stuff on that you can power up with dock/ext. sound card/ext. video
when you need to and carry around when you need to.
[color=blue]
> obviously the 2 people that buy this dumb thing will be carrying it
> around. and for what? do you really want to play intense games on your
> laptop? what else is this good for? laptops are used for work 9 times out
> of 10...[/color]
again, this will never fly

Well if I didn't have desktop already I'd probably be one of those two
people. Because you see, as a person who has laptop for work, I really don't
mind using it for gaming from time to time. And a good dosen of people I
know who work on laptops I'm not alone. Far from it.

--
Alexander Suhovey

Actually, it's a brilliant idea. There are many, many users who own a laptop
and do not own desktops simply because it's too difficult trying to keep all
of the files, programs, etc, syncronized between the two systems. The one
thing lacking has always been the small screen, integrated keyboard and
mouse, and poor graphics on the laptop. A docking station solves most of
these problems except for the high end graphics.

This product is not meant to travel with the laptop, but is a perfect
solution for use at home.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Troy McClure" <nun@4u.com> wrote in message
news:uyXH2%230MHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> this is ridiculous and will never, ever work. this product will disappear
> faster than a cookie on the counter in a fat persons kitchen. who would
> actually lug around this big thing? and not to mention also lug around a
> video card??
>
> silly. these companies need to do more research and focus groups before
> spending millions on new products
>
>
>
>
> "michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
> news:eacc7AwMHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> [url]http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=5602[/url]
>>
>>
>> The ASUS XG Station is connected via a dongle to the notebook ExpressCard
>> interface
>> ASUS introduces the world's first external graphics card for notebook
>> users
>>
>> ASUS today introduced a dedicated external graphics card for laptops --
>> the XG Station. The XG Station is an external graphics card that allows
>> laptop users to enjoy high end graphics performance while plugged in. As
>> the XG Station is an external graphics it can be unplugged when
>> portability is needed.
>>
>> The XG Station connects to any notebook's ExpressCard slot and provides a
>> PCI Express x16 slot for graphics cards. Since ASUS has opted to equip
>> the XG Station with a standard PCI Express x16 slot, the station can be
>> equipped with any PCI Express based graphics card: AMD, NVIDIA or even
>> Matrox. ASUS launched the default XG Station with an NVIDIA 7900GS
>> powered graphics card.
>>
>> The XG Station is powered externally. A separate power brick plugs
>> directly into the adaptor.
>>
>> An integrated LCD display and control also grace the XG Station. The
>> display is customizable and can display information such as frame rate,
>> fan speed, GPU temperature and more while the control knob can change
>> various settings of the XG Station such as the core and memory clocks.
>>
>> Expect ASUS to release the XG Station in Q2'07 this year. Pricing of the
>> XG Station is unknown at the moment.
>>
>> The XG Station adaptor only interfaces with ExpressCard interfaces at the
>> moment, but will work with with PCIe ExpressCard interfaces installed in
>> a desktop PC.
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:[color=blue]
> Actually, it's a brilliant idea. There are many, many users who own a
> laptop and do not own desktops simply because it's too difficult trying
> to keep all of the files, programs, etc, syncronized between the two
> systems. The one thing lacking has always been the small screen,
> integrated keyboard and mouse, and poor graphics on the laptop. A
> docking station solves most of these problems except for the high end
> graphics.
>
> This product is not meant to travel with the laptop, but is a perfect
> solution for use at home.[/color]

And don't forget - this allows any PCI express graphics card to be
inserted. One of the issues I have with replacing a home PC with a
laptop, is the lack of high-end graphics cards available for gaming, and
the high cost of higher spec graphics cards for laptops.

Potentially, anyone with an ExpressCard slot can now upgrade their
graphics card for use at home as often as they wish, without having to
replace their laptop.

Nice idea - not needed by everyone, but same can be said about many things.

D