Splashtop Coming to ASUS Notebooks in June

ASUS first acknowledged their plans to support DeviceVM’s Splashtop technology late last year, as we mentioned in our recent article, by supporting it on the company’s P5E3 Deluxe motherboard. Recently, however, ASUS sent out a press release saying they would provide their Express Gate software on all of their motherboards. We’ve seen the technology on some of their other boards since then, but we haven’t heard much of introducing the technology to notebooks, until now.

Favored by ASUS primarily for its low-energy usage and fast boot time, one can easily see why Splashtop remains appealing to mobile users. Being able to access a desktop interface to find files, surf the web, or chat online is a major attraction considering the fraction of the power drawn compared to using a full operating system and the near-instantaneous boot time.

The first Express Gate enabled notebooks will be the M70T, M50V and M51T multimedia series, as well as the F8Va/Vr series, which will ship in June of this year. If the past is any indication, I would expect more models to follow in the future.

DeviceVM today announced the release of their award winning Splashtop™ software on numerous ASUS notebooks.  Splashtop is a light-weight operating system that allows consumers to use their computers seconds after hitting the power button.  Models spanning a wide range of segments are to ship with Splashtop pre-installed by ASUS starting in June this year.

Branded “Express Gate” by ASUS, Splashtop software enables users to browse the web, watch videos, listen to music, chat with friends, share photos, and more – just seconds after turning on their PC.  Express Gate is already available on a wide range of PC motherboards from ASUS.  The notebooks announced today are the first to integrate Express Gate for the broad consumer market, including the M70T, M50V and M51T multimedia series and the stylish F8Va/Vr series.