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    A8jm or F3JM for college/ occasional gaming

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by asusfan, Sep 14, 2006.

  1. asusfan

    asusfan Notebook Enthusiast

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    my first laptop was a dell 5100 and i found it way too heavy to take to school even when it was only 15 inches. i would need to carry my laptop to school about 2-3 days a week. personally i would wanna go for the 15.4 inches but just concerned that it would be too big for me. has anyone seen both of these laptops in person how big is the f3j for portability. btotech.com has f3jm for 1379 plus 30 dollar shipping. please help me out...i have to buy it witihin 2 weeks.
     
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    stamar Notebook Prophet

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    extremely similar

    The a8jm has a brighter lcd the f3jm has a better response time lcd.
     
  3. MilestonePC.com

    MilestonePC.com Company Representative

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    The both have the same gpu, DVI and resolution, but have the different size. For going to school, portable size will be better to carry, but if you wanna go for 15.4", go for F3jm when you don't care about the size.
    Cheers
     
  4. asusfan

    asusfan Notebook Enthusiast

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    for even less price i can get the w3v from zipzoomfly.com would u guys recommend getting that as an alternative to a8jm. the only game i really need it to play is cs:s
     
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    rwei Notebook Consultant

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    How good are you at cs? If good I'd get the A8Jm because you won't get lag on that thing unless you play it with ridiculous amounts of AA/AF.

    Otherwise just get W3V and turn down some settings.

    Size wise my A8Jm fits snugly in my laptop backpack after removing one of the removable pads on the bottom, an F3Jm would require that I remove both, which means no protection. For me an F3Jm would be very annoying to carry around and the screen size of 14.1" is perfect for me.
     
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    im pretty **** guud