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    Asus N46VZ Xoticpc and Gentech

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Colpolite, Aug 13, 2012.

  1. Colpolite

    Colpolite Notebook Deity

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    Hey xoticpc and gentech any updates when you going to release them?
     
    Colpolite, Aug 13, 2012
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    So Gentech and Xotic dunno anything about this?
     
    Colpolite, Aug 14, 2012
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  3. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Asus does not have N46VZ right now. They have Asus N56VZ. A very nice student laptop with backlit keyboard.
     
    Prostar Computer, Aug 14, 2012
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    haha.. yeah, was really weird. It seemed to me as if Asus had been told from ..many.. retailers that they wouldn't be very popular, though. That that was why they didn't roll this out together with the n56vz.

    A local retailer here in Norway said that they were more interested in having the 14 inch versions as the low-cost option, with a 630m card, less ram as standard, that sort of thing. But there's not much to save there that wouldn't be easier to save on the second 15 inch version - so I got the impression they thought it was too expensive to be sold in that form-factor.

    Since we were sort of discussing this anyway, I then said that.. blabla, but this is able to cool the components (unlike 100% of the other laptops on the market), it can be a 14 inch with the performance of the 15 inch, with less power-consumption, and a slimmer form-factor, would serve my needs, perfect for gaming and office on secondary monitors and tv, but also be portable enough to not need it's own barge to tow it in, etc. So I would want that 14 inch for a gaming laptop that also would work as my work-computer. And they wrote me back a bit later and said Asus were "considering" rolling out the n46vz version with 650m/1920x1080, etc, in Norway only as an experiment in September-October.

    Sounds weird. So.. yeah.. I don't know.. "Playing merchant", as they say. While people try to convince the merchant to let people pay them money. Weird setup. But not completely illogical, I guess, if retailers are set up well with the existing products being differentiated very easily by form-factor, etc. Might be difficult to justify a 14 inch costing almost the same as a 15 inch, that sort of thing.
     
    nipsen, Aug 14, 2012
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  5. Justin@XoticPC

    Justin@XoticPC Company Representative

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    Sorry no info yet :( There is some chatter on it but nothing confirmed.
     
    Justin@XoticPC, Aug 14, 2012
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  6. cl-jeffrey

    cl-jeffrey Company Representative

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    Hello looks like we don't carry that model in the U.S. however we do have the U47A if you are looking for a laptop with a discrete VRAM
    Looks like this is being sold in Singapore at this time.
     
    cl-jeffrey, Aug 15, 2012
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