*Official ASUS W90Vp Owners' Lounge*

i've waited this long, so i will wait another week or two and see what arises; but, what you said is what i am thinking in my mind.. so yeah.

edit: whose to say i'm going to babysit it? my point is i shouldn't HAVE TO!!

 

Hmm things are looking grim with what striker had mentioned. Eventhough I sent my notebook in for repairs... what I will get back is doomed to fail? The only real solution is to push ASUS into sending me a new unit or to avoid the 4870x2 cards completely? If it is something of this nature... ASUS should just perform a recall. This can turn very ugly from a customer relations perspective.

 

That is what i meant in my statement that you should not have to, i figured you would have understood that in what i said.

 

sorry dude, i was up all night playing poker... lol. i can't read between the lines that well, that's why i asked if i was dissecting striker's comments correctly.. stop your mind games quad!!!!

i think i should stick with my dog toy lappy.

edit: i said this from the begining... asus should have made these problems public, and then they wouldn't be in this predicament.. people who pre-ordered the lappy are having second thoughts, and people who own a w90 are having problems and RMA'ing their unit, or if they don't, they are left are wondering if they should RMA it...

 

Hey guys I am not a W90 owner YET.... but I do have one on pre-order at excaliberpc.com. I'm not sure what to make of all of this supposed discontinuation of the W90. I hope it's not true . I sent an email to the people at excaliber about the ETA of this notebook since no one appears to know exactly when they will ship. This is what they said:

"Thank you very much for your time. We were informed by our supplier for the possible ETA of tomorrow, 5/21/2009 for the W90. Hopefully we can get the unit in before this weekend."

Doesn't like like they got them today obviously hahaha, why would they speculate such a close date if there simply is no hope for this series?

 

Striker speaks very cryptic (even though he wont admit it), i on the other hand dont and just tell it like it is .

 

we should all get striker decoder rings.. haha. then we can like, transform into hawks and fog.

on a more serious note, does the way asus is handling this issue suprise anybody? it seems like they have really good customer service, and don't try to back out of their warranties... like 0rion's lappy getting replaced with the sticker removed, and asus assuming that somebody else, other than 0rion, tampered with the unit? i don't know, they seem like a respectable company that wouldn't do this kind of bs...

also, what does asus expect for people to think if they cancel production of the w90 right after this shipment? i agree quad, it does seem odd that the the resellers have no concrete info on this... everything seems like a giant april fools joke, but that was last month! so i know it isn't that...

 

hmm, the 21st is today? so i guess they didn't receive any shipment...

 

i think that finally no one of us who pre-ordered really cares if the w90 production will continue or not. on the contrary we will have a rare laptop. everyone cares if it will have the issues fixed and perform as it should when we all decided to buy. and here come the questions:

1) if asus stops production why they should figure out how to fix the issues....? what percentage of its customers will be dissapointed?

2) if production stopped since April where is this new shipment for this high demand of preorders? just making new ones for us and then stop?and guess what. i found UK sites with preorder option of the w90 with dual core!check this:

http://www.asuslaptop.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=W90VP-UZ046J


The fact is that there is no stock anywhere.. thats the delay for. but where is this new shipment coming from then?


and Striker thank you for your personal apology. but you had never referred anything about your issues. i think everyone thought you had the perfect notebook. just issues not any info about ASUS stopping the production.

 

Justin from XoticPC came on earlier and said no new shipment this week like they were hoping for . I think the June 2 date was a concrete one and the May22 one was more of a hopeful early partial shipment(speculation of course).

 

justin said he'd get one shipment in the last week of may, and june 2nd. he said that there would be no shipments coming in for him on the 22nd... but whoever i quoted in that post ordered from xcaliburpc... is that the same company as xoticpc??

 

I sent them that email yesterday. Apparently they didn't get any today. I just figured I'd just post my case since everyone seems to have pre-ordered from Xotic or Gentech. If anything changes for me I'll follow up!

 

rarity does add to the cool factor, but does it even matter?

maybe the resellers don't have any info on the production? or maybe asus will fufill the final pre-orders and then hault production... it doesn't make sense that asus would talk about cancelling the w90, unless the issues were so dominant that it seems like a "lost cause." or maybe they intend on replacing the w90 with a different version, or "better sku?" or maybe the sky really isn't blue... the point is, we won't know until a few weeks down the line... however, what i'm saying is that sending out a batch to fufill pre-orders and abruptly stopping production for a high demand unit raises red flags in my head... mainly being, if asus could fix the problems, why not keep the w90 in the line up and gain profit? unless they are losing money due to the components that go into the unit...

edit: also, all the RMA's and the wait for the RMA's seems really odd... it seems like the RMA'd units ETA is around the time that the new batch of w90's will be sent out... and if they were having a delay due to the high demand, you'd think we'd see some small shipments sent out over the period of a month and a half...

thanks for the info, and welcome to the board... hopefully we all get our w90's soon with no problems...

 

and i forgot to mention the 4890s were my idea and i just said that to see how this will influence you. and of course i didnt read it anywhere.

so forget 4890s

 

never even heard of ExcaliburPC maybe there some UK company ?.

 

I believe they're based out of California, the only reason why I pre-ordered from them is because they had an actual ETA date on their site. That initial ETA is gone (originally slated: 5/19). Their url is: http://www.excaliberpc.com

 

that's who metalsupremacy was reffering too... he e-mailed them and they said eta of the 21st... and i asked if they recieved any.

blahhh, too much typing. anyways, i'm pretty much done with the whole w90 consipiracy, but i will say this... for striker to contemplate "abandoning" the w90 after purchasing all these upgrades for the machine, makes me double think the quality of the product... also, he has been a very influential advocate for the w90... and he had this insider info quite awhile ago... so ???

 

actually we wont know in two weeks because these machines will have to be carefully tested too for the known issues. and this takes time in my opinion.


but the release of new machines with the same issues is even worse than the issues that appeared on the current -beta-machines.

 

Greetings everyone, just recently early this morning pre-ordered from Gentech the A1. Been reading this forum for a long time and has come to be almost a book. I want to thank a lot of people on this thread, you have done many great deeds. Even through all the problems it is looking to be a great system that will replace my aging desktop.
In relation to the news from Striker on changes coming abroad, I still feel in the end this is a great investment and worthwhile in keeping. I do feel that Asus is a great company with its products and don't think they would abandon this in such a great matter. From all that I've read I suspect a change in the hardware that fixes some of the problems. I don't think if I had a NDA on info that could lead bad I would be saying to others to get the orders in and RMA asap. In one thing in preparation, I finally found a sweet sleeve that fits this laptop. This is my first laptop I will own and am very happy to found this great site with people willing to help each other out.

 

i fixed your post, you put it in an html tag, so it couldn't be seen..

well, i hope that asus wouldn't send out a product where they "think" they have fixed the problem. RMA's are so troublesome... but i agree, it would take a second round of "beta testers" to see if there are any more problems.. however, i feel if asus properly did this testing earlier, there wouldn't be any problems, or delay.

i'm going to wait it out, but i am concerned with the issue and will pay close attention to any news that comes out... i'm just wondering on this whole new sku issue... does that mean a different laptop model, or an improvement off the w90 components? ugh, i need sleep.

 

Ya man go to sleep, no need to go back to speculating on some new model that does not even exist nor been a press release on etc etc etc .

 

true, true, i think i will head off. i was on because i was still playing poker. hopefully my ramblings didn't confuse the heck outta anybody... because i re-read some of my stuff and was like, does that make sense? haha. hopefully everything works out in the end, and if it doesn't, i'm sure i'll find another resolution.. i just had my heart set on the w90, so i'm really hoping everything works out!

 

Just got off the phone with Asus Notebook presales. The person didn't know anything about the delayed shipment or any talks of a canceled W90VP. He looked up the sales list and it is still considered a sellable item.
Dunno what else to say.

I got $2500 in someone else's pocket that most certainly entitles me to being fully disclosed. Asus or GenTechPC better cough up the real deal on what their customers can expect soon.

 

asus notebook presells? asus the corporation, or a reseller?

 

yes we should all calm done. this day was full of fightening news.

Quadzilla you are right in everything except one. we worry so much about this not because of our character but because of its cost and it is a dream for many of us like me (i never had such a gaming notebook, i had only a mid ranged one- 8600gs 256mb). Except this the amount of money needed for this purchase are not easy to find for all of us as you know of course. so we try to find the best possible to give the money. asus w90 seemed or seems to be the best for all that preordered. asking so many things and trying to figure out every detail of the posts is because we dont have it yet and just preordered and still have the option to do something else if needed.

thats all and always thanks for your posts.

 

From Asus the company/manufacturer/corporation/etc. I talked to their Customer Service and Pre-Sales department.

 

alright, just making sure it wasn't from a reseller... hey, if you have the time, you should ask them about this "better sku" that was posted on firingsquad review... or just ask them in general about some of the issues raised on the firingsquad website... only if you have the time though.

 

SUCKERS!!!!

Looks like I made the right move canceling my order and buying something else

 

I did bring those up and again..never heard of such news. They didn't know about a canceled product, new or upcoming replacement.

Feel free to give them a ring, maybe you'll have better fishing than me.
1-888-678-3688

 

what did you end up getting?

i will when i wake up tomorrow...

 

Like i have said before if your concerned about the quality or problems just cancel the order man, dont go beating yourself up for buying a 2500 dollar machine that you are unsure of . no amount of reassurance from me or anyone else is going to guarantee a great experience out of the box . The only problem i see is if you cancel your order and the new machines are perfect then you get thrown to the back of the line for getting one and then the cycle starts all over .

 

HEY, I have been on that fishing trip before!

 

but you didnt get any info?

 

yes exactly my friend. i thought of it for weeks before i decide. then now again?
and anyway there is no other such notebook out there combining all these features and especially the design from every point of view..

i will personally wait and i wont cancel my preorder until we see whats this famous new shipment. and i dont even care if discontinues. i only care for issues. so waiting..


Striker you bombed us here!

 

I ended up getting a Gateway P-7805u at Best Buy, Adding another 320HDD and RAID 0 them. I took the extra cash and ordered a Blue Ray drive from E-Bay and a X9100. Ill let you guys work all the bugs out and get an Asus in the fall.

I also had enough remaining to buy a sweet 28' LCD Check it out!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254026

This thing is soooo sweet at 1080P using HDMI!!! It is unbeatable at $300!!

The thing is my machine is fast and rock solid and I am gaming NOW not the first week of June.....maybe.....

 

needless to say that there are many reasons why its cheaper than w90. except this you should mention its final price with all these essentials you bought as extra. and the blu ray is useless on a wxga screen ( i have tried) except if you use your extra 28 inch screen to see the movies.

anyway good purchase for this amount of money especially for the 1gb ddr3 9800.

 

Ken told me as a few hours ago on the phone that the issue that is holding everything up is faulty video cards. Not a real surprise there for most of us. You boys are making way too much out of a comment in a review. I took it to mean the X1 which is old news. Even if your worst fears are confirmed it isn't that big a deal. At this point it would be foolish to buy without seeing what the new sager and AW bring to the table and neither is out yet anyways. Whether you get a W90 or one of those or something entirely different in a very short time span your average 1k price point laptop is going to be packing more power. Its the way it is guys, these things don't spend much time in the sunshine before the next thing comes along. Life is short and you never know when its going to be checkout time, sweat the things that matter.

 

4 months is not a time span for any laptop. only for a fly


so we should consider a bad production of 4870s . not asus fault except that they should be tested.

and this makes me think of the alienware m17 which was supposed to have 4870s but not out yet even though some said that months before.

Ati maybe doesnt go mobile

 

looks like i will be following ur advices... lose hope with Asus ...Sager here i come

 

the w90 offers the best bang for the buck, and it is a gaming lappy... which is what i want. however, if there are any issues i would like to be reassured that i'm not donking away 2.5k...

and publicly announced...

 

waiting and patience is what i recommend. as said before we can wait two weeks more.

 

They would never dare go public with this , these issues are are handled on a case by case basis and its more cost effective to handle that way then a full blown recall, not to mention there will be many people who never have one issue with there machines so it would be dumb on Asus part to replace every machines cards if they dont need to be. The PR mess it would be also is to costly so this will all be handled behind closed doors so to speak.

 

Did anyone just happen to notice this little tidbit from the FiringSquad review???
http://firingsquad.com/hardware/asus_w90vp_review/page8.asp

" Value: Priced at $2,499 (our SKU sells for $2199 but is no longer available) the ASUS W90Vp is a terrific value. Just look at what you’re getting here. An 18.4” display that looks as good as anything you’d find on a desktop PC, dual MR4870 GPUs, one of Intel’s fastest mobile dual-core CPUs, dual 7200RPM hard drives, and a whopping 6GB of memory. These kind of specs would set you back at least $4,000 if this notebook was sold by Alienware."

Notice the text in red!
They are referring to the reviewed model.. aka W90Vp-X1

Throughout the review they refer to the laptop as the W90Vp but make no mention to the exact model. Hence when they report that Asus has stopped producing the W90Vp... what they should have actually stated is that it is the X1 model that is no longer in production.
This is something we already know.... And is not a reason for panic around here.

 

true, but that was sort of my point quad.. with issues that prevalent, there SHOULD be a recall. keep in mind this is just my opinion, from an ethical standpoint...

thanks for pointing it out...

 

Lol i tried to point this out but by then everyone kept screaming "THE SKY IS FALLING" and it was to late the damage was done.

 

whatever!!! the sky is falling!!!! life is over!!!! haha. someone should send them an e-mail to tell them to change the w90 comment to the w90x1, haha.

i elect quad.

 

Lol ill let one of the owners handle that im just here doing unpaid PR work for a laptop i no longer own for what reason i have 0 clue lol.

 

If people only learned to read....
It's amazing how one person can start such a firestorm all born out of misinformation.

I agree I think it would be wise for FiringSquad to make amendments to their review and include the exact model they used for reference.

 

People need to quit taking one persons words as Gospel, thats the real issue . Heck when the Asus tech came on these forums along time ago and posted comments i didnt even believe him and he works for Asus , guess what ? everything he said was all BS and not one thing that he said did ever come true . People on here that i would be inclined to believe are the Resellers and why ? because its in there best interest to post the truth since its always based directly on sales .

 

As to the issue of a new SKU... Well I think It's pretty much safe to say that they already exist.

Care to guess??????






1. W90VP-A1

2. W90Vp-X2