A8JS Owner's Lounge and Satisfaction poll

Specification

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Processor & Cache Memory

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processors T7600/T7400/T7200/T5600/T5500:
2.33GHZ-1.66GHz, 667MHz, 4MB/2MB L2 cache
Operation System

Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional,
Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
Chipset

Mobile Intel® 945 PM Express Chipset
Main Memory

DDR2 667 MHz DRAM, 2x SO-DIMM socket expandable to 2GB
Display

14" WXGA(1440x900) LCD
Color Shine(glare-type) LCD
Video Graphics & Memory

NVidia GeForce Go7700 512MB
Hard Drive

SATA 80 /100 / 120 GB supported
Optical Drive

COMBO
DVD Super Multi
DVD Super Multi with Lightscribe
Card Reader

SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO
Built-in Camera

0.35 Mega-Pixel web-cam
Fax/Modem/LAN/WLAN

Intel® High Definition Audio MDC Fax/Modem
10/100/1000 Giga Lan
Pass and support worldwide regulation
Integrated 802.11a/b/g
Built-in Bluetooth™V2.0+EDR (optional feature)
LED Status Indicator

Power-on/Suspend
Battery Charging/full/low
Storage device access
Capital / Scroll / Number Lock
Bluetooth Indicator
Wireless indicator
Interface

1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external monitor
1 x Headphone-out jack (SPDIF)
1 x Microphone-in jack
1 x RJ11 Modem jack for phone line
1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert
5 x USB 2.0 ports, 1x IEEE 1394 port
1 x TV Out (S-Video composite)
1 x Express Card
1 x Infrared Port (SIR-115.2Kbps supported)
1 x DVI Port
Hot Keys

Instant launch Keys:
5 buttons: Power4 Gear +, Bluetooth™, Wireless, Splendid, Instant Fun Plus

Function Keys:
Fn+F1 Suspend switch
Fn+F2 BT/ Wireless switch
Fn+F3 Outlook
Fn+F4 IE
Fn+F5 Brightness down
Fn+F6 Brightness up
Fn+F7 LCD on/off
Fn+F8 LCD/CRT switch display
Fn+F9 Touchpad lock
Fn+F10 Volume on/mute
Fn+F11 Volume down
Fn+F12 Volume up
Audio

Built-in Intel® High Definition Audio compliant audio chip,
Built-in speaker and microphone
KeyBoard

Standard keyboard with 88/89 Keys
Battery Pack & Life

6 cell, 3200mAh/4800mAh, 35/53Whrs
AC Adapter

Output: 19 V DC, 4.74A, 90W,
Input: 100— 240V AC, 50/60Hz universal
Dimension & Weight

335 x 245 x 34.8~37.3 mm, 2.39kg
Security

BIOS Booting / HDD User Password Protection and security lock
Kensington lock hole
Supplied Accessories

Wireless Mouse(optional)
Carrying bag(optional
Multimedia Software

ASUSDVD XP 6.0
Power Director V3.0 DE
Medi@Show V2.0 SE
Virus & Tool Software

Symantec Norton™ Internet Security 2005
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0
NERO Express V6.0
ASUS Utility

ASUS Live Update
ASUS ChkMail
ASUS Hotkey
ASUS Power4 Gear+
Warranty & e-support

2-year limited global hardware warranty
1-year battery pack warranty
On-line problem resolution through web interface (BIOS, Driver update)
OS (Microsoft Windows XP) install/uninstall consultation
Bundled software install/uninstall consultation
ASUS software supporting (Liveupdate,Power4 Gear+, ASUS Probe)

 

ummm.... The A8js is not out yet... And I don't think it will be out for another month or two. Just stick around and wait for a review to show up. It will most likely be very similar to the A8jm in terms of build quality. It will just be a little faster with a merom chip and that 7700go.

 

So far the 7700go is roughly5-10% better than the 7600 go, and merom is roughly 5-10% better than Yonah.

It would seem like the A8js would be on average slightly faster than the previous models, but with 64bit processing of course.

 

Is there any ETA on the release there at milestone? Was at one of your outlets the other day and the A8Jm caught my eye and im beginning to lose hope on the waiting game. Ive been waiting since mid july for an asus with merom and beginning to lose my patience, any idea when we can see the release of this or perhaps the A8Jm with merom? Or should i just bite the bullet and pick up something at present?

 

The W3J is due with Merom end of this month (so I have seen from a website here in the UK), possibly only the 1.86GHz/2MB cache variety.

I am tossing up between the W3J and the A8Js... but the latter may not ship to the UK (as the A8Jm does not), also the W3 is definitely a better build quality than the A8 series.

 

I live in canada, and was in one of milestone's stores just yesterday looking at the A8Jm, it was mighty tempting to just pick it up there on the spot, it just seems that this waiting thing isnt working for me and i should just take a dive, now if i could get some reasonable idea when to expect this stuff it would help with my decision, seems like its all just big windows sadly

 

Feral if it makes you feel any better A8Jm is supposed to have a little more battery life

 

lol thanks super but i would sacrifice a little battery for more power any day

 

previous pattern would suggest the a8jp will be for sale in the uk, with the 256 mb x1700. It is already for sale in europe and might already be for sale in the uk. Im just trying to help you out. I would think of that as bad news as well.

 

I will quote milestonepc.com and say mid september, 1 gb 100 gb 5400 rpm hd 1599.

If he has newer information than he said hopefully he will contradict me.

Im hopefully going to post a review and my satisfaction with it. But I really doubt I'll be one of the first ones.

I'm pretty determined to get one but Im ready to deal with some difficulty. It can only be a cabbage patch type of item when it reaches the usa.

 

Oooh I didnt know about that model - thanks for the heads up. It would be great to see a head to head comparison between the models - 7600, 7700, X1600, X1700 to see what the differences in performance between the GPU's actually is.

 

Theres a heads up comparison translated from chinese somewhere in this asus forum.

Ok what Im trying to make clear is that they probably wont sell the a8js to the uk, you wont be comparing them to see which is better. They sell one or the other usually.