Monday, September 29th 2008

ASUS Uses Fragrance Release in Notebooks, Rolls out the F6V

Take a good look at ASUS. First they come up with notebooks and PC monitors with leather infused, and then bamboo upholstery, and now, they've taken the "luxury" moniker to a whole new level, with a notebook that gives out fragrances. Believe it. The ASUS F6V is touted to be a "fragrance" notebook, not that it has the machinery to generate fragrances, but that the notebook has planted fragrance packs that send out the fragrance with flowing hot air from the notebook's heat-vents.

ASUS would be launching four models with identical system specifications, but different fragrances (flavours), chassis colour and body-graphics. Standard system specs include an Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 processor, ATI Radeon HD 3470 graphics with 256 MB dedicate memory, 2 GB of DDR2-800 memory (up to 4 GB supported), a 250 GB SATA hard drive. It comes with a 13.3 inch screen, support for wireless networking, Bluetooth 2.1 and tips the scales at 2 kg (roughly 4 lbs).
Source: HKEPC
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40 Comments on ASUS Uses Fragrance Release in Notebooks, Rolls out the F6V

#1
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
that stuff probably causes as much harm as Cigarette Smoke Does to the Parts inside.
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#2
Error 404
If its decently priced then I'm sure people would buy it. And then remove the scent bags.
Asus's design department has way too much spare time on their hands... :shadedshu
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#3
jbunch07
Pfff, that is funny! I would find that annoying if i was sitting next to someone in the library and chicks laptop was smelly. However I would be intrigued that she had an Asus laptop.
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#4
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
i would so replace the scent packs with something more appealing. like, those pheromone things people sell on ebay to attract women.
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#5
pbmaster
All I can say is...really Asus, REALLY?
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#6
dalekdukesboy
jbunch07Pfff, that is funny! I would find that annoying if i was sitting next to someone in the library and chicks laptop was smelly. However I would be intrigued that she had an Asus laptop.
come on jbunch, if she was a hot chick I think you might overlook the smell and the laptop all together:)
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#7
Konceptz
and now we know why the quality of their boards have decreased.
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#8
ShadowFold
I think it would really nice if they made it black and made the flowers guns or blood :p
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#9
mrw1986
Its funny that you spelled Fragrances wrong in the title "ASUS Uses Fragnance Release in Notebooks, Rolls out the F6V "
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#10
P4-630
Aroma therapy..
Yeah why not I would say, it will improve the productivity.
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#11
Easy Rhino
Linux Advocate
that is a truly horrible idea. asus sucks so i guess it makes sense.
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#13
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
'dear god, someone hacked my laptop and now it smells like ass..us'


Lol does this mean an overheating laptop can be determined by the smell of burning incense? :)
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#14
DrPepper
The Doctor is in the house
The should use more illegal substances instead ;)
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#15
Darkrealms
Bad idea, I won't be happy sitting next to someone with a "Fragrance" laptop.
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#16
erocker
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Musselsi would so replace the scent packs with something more appealing. like, those pheromone things people sell on ebay to attract women.
Ya beat me to it!:laugh: I can't wait to go to the coffee-bar and see the overweight "writer" guy on his laptop surrounded by women!
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#17
3870x2
next thing they will think of is a laptop with a musky smell for men.
I'll give this little cookie an hour before we're doing the no-pants dance. Time to musk up.
[opens cologne cabinet]

Wow. Never ceases to amaze me. What cologne you gonna go with? London Gentleman, or wait. No, no, no. Hold on. Blackbeard's Delight.

No, she gets a special cologne... It's called Sex Panther by Odeon. It's illegal in nine countries... Yep, it's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good.

It's quite pungent.

Oh yeah.

It's a formidable scent... It stings the nostrils. In a good way.

Yep.

Brian, I'm gonna be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline.

They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time.
[cheesy grin]

That doesn't make sense.

Well... Let's go see if we can make this little kitty purr.
[snarls]
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#19
lemonadesoda
It will smell like chemical toilet cleaner, just like those "nasty" tree-scents you see in taxis dangling from the mirror.
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#20
Unregistered
Jesus, do companies really have to go this low to generate new ideas? SCENTED LAPTOPS?!?! what a waste of design time and money.
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#21
hat
Enthusiast
Wow, I wouldn't want to be stuck next to somebody using one of these rediculous things.
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#22
lemonadesoda
What you need to remember is that ASUS has identified that a large percentage of the future laptop buying customer doesnt understand Mhz, DDR, GPU, and cannot be educated in a reasonable timeframe either. However, they do understand pink, smells, shoes and handbags.

These laptops arent for us, boyz!
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#23
Unregistered
^100% whole heartedly agree with that. Especially the educated bit.
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#24
hat
Enthusiast
lemonadesodaWhat you need to remember is that ASUS has identified that a large percentage of the future laptop buying customer doesnt understand Mhz, DDR, GPU, and cannot be educated in a reasonable timeframe either. However, they do understand pink, smells, shoes and handbags.

These laptops arent for us, boyz!
What will be on the masculine version of this concept? A sleek looking all black laptop with the fragrance of motor oil?
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#25
Darkrealms
lemonadesoda as much as I agree with you on that. I still don't want to be sitting next to it in some public place. Or for that matter an airplane! @_0
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