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    Newbie buying Asus laptop:please guide

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by kiranbvsn, Sep 8, 2010.

  1. kiranbvsn

    kiranbvsn Newbie

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    Hi all this is my first post in this forum, hope i find the best

    i am trying to buy a notebook and ended up with Asus, but
    I tried every thing to get Asus N61JQ-X1 series,
    But Asus didn't launch that laptop in india, and when i called to Asus sales they have given list of notebooks available in india
    In that list, i found the below laptop can anyone suggest me how this laptop performs

    Model Name K42JA-VX032D
    LCD 14" HD Glare CPU Intel i-Core i5-460M (2.53G,3M)
    VGA ATI HD5730 2G ( i think they are giving 2 GB card).
    DDR3 VRAM RAM 2G DDR3 1066
    HDD 640G 5400rpm
    ODD DVD RW 8X SM DL
    WLAN 802.11 b/g/n BT BT 2.0
    Webcam 0.3M Battery 6 Cell
     
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  2. Hasib1522

    Hasib1522 Notebook Evangelist

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    Slow hdd, only 2gb ram, and a very poor webcam. I haven't heard of a 5730 being available with 2 gb ram before. The 5730s being sold in the states have 1 gb dedicated vram. Also, dont expect decent battery life with only a 6 cell.
     
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