Best ASUS laptop near or under 6lbs

Hey all,

I'm interested in buying a new laptop that fits:

1. Be able to play Crysis = good graphics card, not necessarily the ones in the big brick laptops
2. Under 6lbs, keep it near 5lbs if great = mobile enough
3. Near 1000-1200 bucks
4. CAN HAVE WINDOWS XP ON IT WITHOUT PROBLEMS.

I was thinking Dell XPS 1530 or HP dv5t (though I hear some downgrade problems there). Thanks.

 

i have also been searching something similar for my younger brother..
after complete research i came up to this conclusion..

-battery life 4 hours (power save,wifi camera surfing,brightness tuned down)
-nvidia 9650 1gb ddr2 graphics card.. (very nice,good for playing most games on max,of course not crysis but you can turn of AA and some effects and still have respectable 30fps out of it )
-connectivity is great (has all even HDMI,eSATA)
-p8600 2.4 intel CPU "montevina".. newest series intel CPU
-320GB drive (albeit 5400, would like 7200 )
-14.1" wode screen best LCD in class (very bright)
-5.7lbs

Most powerfull 14.1" i found out there.. great portability,nice batt-life,great performance.. from all other asus 14.1 this one is the best..

Asus N80Vn-GP011C
here is the forum thread link describing it..
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=320156&page=59

also:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220391

i reccomend buying it from some powerseller on ebay or ebay asus store..
with cashback program you can get it for around 950$

i hope this helps,

regards,
Ivan

 

While I will agree with Ivan on the majority of his analysis, there is no way that the N80 or any other Asus notebook is going to be capable of 4hr on stock battery, esp with a dedicated gpu in the mix, regardless of power saving measures (except LCD on the lowest #1 setting, then perhaps??) -- their engineers can't program ACPI to accomplish that with only 6 cells.

Forum user data suggests that stripping and turning everything possible off, you end up with maybe 3.5 hr, but imo that makes the thing fairly unusable . A more reasonable estimate is generally 2.5-2.75 hours max, with low usage tasks.

 

are you talking about microsoft cashback? how do you get to it? i tried doing a search and i didn't see any for ebay purchases.

 

Look into the Asus X83vm-X1 From BB

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9050055&st=x83&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1218012612475

its on clearance at some stores, i bought mine the 24th for 749.99 at a localbest buy, play spore at max settings, playing eq2 as well.

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Product Height
1.4"
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Product Width
14.3"
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Product Weight
5.7 lbs.
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Product Depth
10.4"
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Color Category
Brown
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Processor Brand
Intel®
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Processor Platform
Intel® Centrino® 2
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Processor
Intel® Core™2 Duo Mobile
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Processor Speed
2.26GHz
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Display Type
WXGA widescreen with 1280 x 800 resolution
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Screen Size
14.1"
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System Bus
1066MHz
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Cache Memory
3MB on die Level 2
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System Memory (RAM)
4GB
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Type of Memory (RAM)
PC5300 DDR2
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Hard Drive Type
Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
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Hard Drive Size
320GB
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Optical Drive
Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW
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Optical Drive Speeds
Drive speeds not specified
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Direct-Disc Labeling
Yes
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Digital Media Reader or Slots
Yes, digital media card reader
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Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
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Video Memory
1GB GDDR3
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Personal Video Recorder (PVR)
No
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TV Tuner
No
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MPEG
Yes
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Built-in Webcam
Yes
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Networking
Built-in Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector
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Wireless Networking
Wireless-A+B+G+N
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Bluetooth-Enabled
No
#
S-Video Outputs
None
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Additional Audio/Video Connectors
HDMI, eSATA
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Audio
Azalia audio chip
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Speakers
Built-in Altec Lansing
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PCMCIA Slots
1 Type II
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USB 2.0 Ports
5
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IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports
1
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Parallel Ports
None
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Serial Ports
None
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Game Ports
None
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Laptop Weight
Standard (more than 5.5 lbs.)
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Battery Type
Lithium-ion
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Pointing Device
Touchpad
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Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with SP1