Info on S37S VS W7S-B2B

Hello, I've been looking at these two asus models and was wondering if anyone had any comparison information on:

1) Build Quality
2) Looks
3) Performance
4) Heat

Owner's perspectives and recommendations are very welcome

 

I don't know the models, but the Ws are usually near the top of the build quality line. S are not that far behind, either.
Looks... images.google.com ?

 

I haven't actually used the S37s, but from what I've seen, the W7s will have better build quality, better styling (thats imo, you can decide for yourself), equal performance, and nearly equal cooling. The S37s is slightly bigger, and thus will have slightly better heat dissipation, but I would be HIGHLY surprised if the difference in temps were more than 0.5C...Considering that my W7 is running at 56/69C on the CPU/GPU respectively, its not really much of a difference there.

I'd get the W7S, I'm very satisfied with it. If you can live with the 2.5GB limit for the RAM, its an excellent notebook. It gets hot, but so does everything else with this kind of power in such a small frame. Those would be the only things I don't like, really.

E.B.E. : The S37s is one of their barebones models, not an ensemble S series, so build quality is comparable to that of the A and F series ensembles.

 

Does anyone know if the s37s would have the 8400 g or the 8400 gs? It seems to have 256MB Ram, but it may be shared?

 

8400M G, 128MB dedicated VRAM with 128MB worth of TurboCache, same as the W7s and F9S (and the Samsung Q70, if I remember correctly).

 

Hmm, just looked at xoticpc.com and they have it listed as the GS for the S37S. Where did you get your info?

 

Build quality: excellent. Asus build quality is always top notch. I have an Asus Z83v and it hasnt had an issue once! I'm telling you though...being able to open and close the laptop without a latch is THE life.

Looks: my mom thought it looked like a macbook when i first got it. It is sleek.

Performance: my brother says he gets subpar battery life. I think you can expect the same kind of system performance using a 2.2ghz c2d, 2gb of ram and a gf8400m gs as every other notebook with these same specs gets.

Heat: dont think it is an issue as is the case with most asus laptops, especially my asus z83v.

Things I'm not fond of:
-the stock battery juts out from the back a bit, as if i bought a higher capacity battery (which there was no option of getting) (see the 5th picture here http://www.istnc.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=16&idproduct=735)
-no hi quality video port (DVI/HDMI), just VGA
-no svideo-out port (blahhhhh)
-no xd in the picture card reader
-battery life for a 13.3" laptop is pretty bad. It was 2 hours before I realized that Intel SpeedStepping was disabled. Enabling it only netted me another 30-45mins in battery life.

Things I am happy about:
-it is light and small
-i love the lack of a screen latch. It opens and closes as if there is a magnet holding it down.
-it looks very cool...sleek white
-rotating camera
-beautiful screen (it is brighter and more vibrant than the dv9500 non-ultra screen i have)
-standard 2 year warranty (not 1)