最近換了筆電，和6年前買的筆電，簡單作個規格比較，觀察產品及技術的演進。
基於愛用國貨的原則，這兩次選購的都是華碩的筆電。
| Asus M5200AE | Asus U41SV | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium M Processor 730, 1.73Ghz | Intel Core i5-2430M, 2.4Ghz |
| Memory | DDR2 512MB | DDR3 8GB, 1333Mhz |
| HDD | 60GB, HTS421260H9AT00, 8MB buffer, IDE ATA100, 4200 RPM | 500GB, WDC WD5000BPKT-80PK4T0, 16MB buffer, SATA300, 7200 RPM, ~100MB/s |
| Display Chip | Integrated, Intel 915GM chipset | nVIDIA GEFORCE GT 540M CUDA 1GB |
| Optical Drive | 24X CD-RW/DVD Combo | CD63X DVD8X CD-RW/DVD-RW, SATA |
| LCD | 12.1" TFT 1024x768 4:3 | 13.3" TFT 1366x768 16:9 |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Home | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| USB | 2.0 * 3 ports | USB 3.0 * 1 port, USB 2.0 * 2 ports |
| WiFi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG 802.11 b/g | Atheros, 802.11 b/g/n |
| BT | N/A | Atheros, BT v2.1+EDR |
| Camera | N/A | VGA |
| Video Output | VGA | VGA, HDMI |
| Weight | 1.55kg | 1.78kg (2.21kg if including battery) |
| Price | NT$42000 | NT$25999 (2011/May NT$37900 with 4GB RAM) |
| Date | 2006.Feb | 2012.Jan |
