Buying a Asus notebook

I've recently decided that I would get hold of a notebook, this for various purposes. After asking friends of experiences and gathering as much information on the net as possible, Asus has been made a preferble choice. I've never owned a laptop before and my experience with them is brief. I know certain things I want and I see two Asus notebooks filling those needs.

So, I was wondering if I could get some inputs and comments on these two two notebooks: "Asus M6700NE" and "Asus W1700N". From the information I gathered, I see people typing w1n, and I've to assume that it's the "Asus W1700N" you're refering to. Please correct me if it ain't so. As I said, I'am not very good at notebooks

Comparing those to each other, they seem kinda simillar in performance to my needs. My needs would be multimedia usage, few games and occasionall office work.

In the specs I got, the M6700NE got ati9700 and W1700N ati9600. I got on my stationary a 9800pro, I don't expect the notebook to perform as good as a stationary computer, but I've experience that on stationary computers the 9600 and 9700 aint that much of a diffrence. Your input on this please.

The processor. The M6700NE got M1,5Ghz and the W1700N got M1,7Ghz. Slight diffrence, but I'am somewhat convinced that each will perform close to each other. I also want inputs on this if I'am way of.

The Display. This I'am way lost on. I really want a good display that can use high res, and the only res number I managed to find is the 1280x800 that W1700N support. Please explain a bit, the benefits of the W1700N widescreen and how well both displays perform.

The harddrive. Both got 80GB, more than I could ask for so I guess it's fine. However, I want to make sure that they won't produce to much heat that would give my laps third degree burns.

Optical drive. Only thing I require is that it reads CD/DVD, the rest is just a bonus that I would leave out if I could knock of few bucks.

Network and such. From what I've gathered, both has regular network adapters, WLAN and IrDa. So I'am fine here.

Chipset. Both got the same, so I guess it doesnt matter. All I wonder if this chipset (Intel 855PM & ICH4-M) is a good chipset in general.

Battery and size. The battery I got diffrent views on. I guess all I'am wondering how long will they last on each notebook, when playback of a normal .avi file. The fact that W1700N is a bit bigger don't bother me, so it won't affect my decission.

Audio and interface. Audio seems resonable on both. The interface part matters less. All I need is USB and as said above, regular network, WLAN and IrDa.

I would really apprichiate some help on chosing one of these notebooks. Your input on the diffrent things I mentioned, and comments on your experience is very mu apprichiated. I want to buy one as soon as possbile so I aint much for holding for the next line of series. The price doesnt matter between those two.

I'll excuse myself on grammar errors and if something is a bit hard to grasp. I'am not native but trying my best. I'll look back as much as I can to reply and explain myself further

If you read to here, thank you very much
// nmw

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