Asus W7J in stock? i think

Got a confirmed in stock reply from asus for the w7j. Requested our disty pick up a dozen. Unfortunately nobody is returning my calls. Guess i am not important. i will have confirmed status by end of day.

 

Eddie:
Did you do a pre-order?

 

negative. Very very rarely will you see us advertise a pre-order. There really is no need for a pre order here especially if a small quantity already arrived.

 

If there is more demand among the resellers than there is supply within the US, do they allocate pro-rata? Or is it first come first served? THanks!

 

Awesome. A 13 inch notebook is exactly what I am looking for.

I checked out an austrailian Asus w7j and the picture on it states that the camera can rotate. Is that true for the US model too?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-W7J-Duo-Co...yZ111456QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

No, the camera cannot rotate. In an earlier thread, Justin at Proportable said this would've required a larger bezel on top (like the W5F).

 

Yea, that's what I figured. That photo on Ebay is off base then. Deceptive advertising...

 

ummm.... W7J was aka W7V http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/29/asus-w7v-4-2-pound-core-duo-laptop/

 

No wonder the white costs more the specs are different.
hmmmmm???

Found this link:

http://www.infosyncworld.com/us/laptops/

ASUS W7V

When: December 2006

Expanding ASUS' offering of ultraportables, the W7V offers a glossy 13.3-inch widescreen display with graphics powered by a Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 chipset. CPUs, meanwhile, range from Intel's T2300 through T2600 of the Core Duo variety, while the laptop holds a maximum of 1 GB of RAM. A Dual Layer DVD drive is integrated to provide entertainment and offload the choice of 60 through 120 GB hard drives available. Also: tri-mode Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, a 1.3 Megapixel camera and a TPM chip.

 

Is this for real?

Pretty cheap and says availablity is End of June!

http://store.agearnotebooks.com/asusw7j.html

 

Sorry still no update. After our sales rep and the old pm left it has been very hard to get ahold of anyone who has definitive answers. We ordered ours but have not been charged yet. Hoping to see this clear up by today. What a mess....

 

So whats the going price going to be for one of these?

 

Sounds as though there is a big shake-up at Asus NA that is adding to these issues? What a drag, timing-wise! I hope it doesn't hinder the distribution of the W7j

 

so it's only upgradeable to 1.5gig RAM? i don't understand why they'd do that.

 

well it's most likely upgradable to 2.5 when 2gb sticks are more available with a bios update. the one 512 is soldered in as it saves a lot of space.

 

Similar to 12" z33ae. it builds in 512MB, but only 1 memory slot available for micro sodimm DDR2. Normally, if the size of a model is very small, they will not have more than 1 memory slot for upgrading.

 

I think of all manufacturers, apple beat them all. With the new macbook, both slots are accessible and ALSO the HD can be changed easily and without voiding applecare warranty..

All i can say is WHOA for apple...The model just before it..iBook took me 1 hour to dissassemble and 45 screws later to get to the hardware...phew!

 

and what does this have to do with the W7J's stock supply? nothing.

 

just wondering... i found newegg has them already...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834220034

1489...

 

msrp is 1499 not 1699. Welcome and nice of you to spam the forums in your 8th post.

 

Yes! $1489 at newegg. What is cool is you can look at pics including what comes with the notebook. What I was glad to see is that newegg also put up a pic of the ac adapter and showed that you get a full copy of win Xp.

 

The macbook is a >5 lb monster with no expresscard or pc card expansion, no dedicated graphics card, incredible heat/discoloration problems, and goes for the same price as a w7j. Yes, GoldServe, apple beat them all.

Oh, and most notebooks have easily accessible HDD, memory slots. Apple just decided to join the party recently.

 

I thought it was white... guess not.

 

I'm talking about the terms of the warranty. I got my W7j and I think it is a steal. I was just commenting about their warranty policies and I think for apple, they've come a long way to allow customizing of the machine while offering warranty.