Just got my F6V-X1!!!!

I just got my F6V-X1. This is really a great laptop. It is completely black and for sure unscented. LOL First impressions:
The plastic case looks a bit cheap in comparison to my Vaio FZ, but nevertheless it looks nice and sturdy. I had no problem to set everything up and I am glad that only a bit bloatware was installed (Office trial, Norton and some useless Asus utilities). The specs are not 100% matching with the ones mentioned on the Newegg site where I bought it. The F6V-X1 has no modem and functional RJ-11. It has neither firewire. Both things are absolute not important for me. The sound of the speakers is ok; what I expected from laptop speakers but much better than the one in my Sony FZ. It has a very bright glossy screen with minor reflections. It is quite light and the size is just perfect. First I had some probs to setup the finger print reader, but after a while you know how to swipe your finger over the sensor. You get a windows vista business recovery dvd, driver cd and software cd with cyberlink programs on it. The hard drive is devided in 2 partitions with equal size. I personally doesn't like that, but this is not a big problem to fix with a partition manager.

I will post more impressions soon.

Marco

 

What are your opinions re: overall build quality and components used in this notebook?

 

I recommend keeping the 2 partition setup and keeping your personal data on the 2nd partition. Saves time (and possibly data ) upon an OS crash.

 

So far I can say the overall build quality is good. You have to consider that it is not the most expensive notebook. The overall plastic look will bother some people but I can live with that because the "inner values" are really good. I like the discrete ATI 3470 graphics card. It is not a performance monster but much better than each integrated graphics card. I don't want to play anyway games on a 13.3 inch display. The hard drive is from Western Digital, the wireless adapter from atheros, the sound and lan chip are from realtek, the dvd burner from TSST. Altogether you have a good mixture of brand names for all components. The integrated camera is good and I think it is slightly better than the one in my former Vaio FZ. Performance wise I get a 4.0 vista score with this laptop. The battery is good for 2.5 hours under normal use with the medium power settings.

 

Thank you for your post - looking forward to a review in due course!

How does the LCD screen compare to the average 13" notebook?

 

Hi..congratulations on your shiny new laptop Quick question, how long does the battery last? If it can get close to 4+ hours, I'm totally sold

 

Battery time on the F6 has already been established to max out at ~3 hours, give or take depending on usage pattern.

Not one of Asus' notebooks in the 13" or higher screen size is currently capable of hitting the 4 hour mark; you have to look to their competitors for that, unfortunately. 4.5-5hr on my MacBook - see also HP and Lenovo

 

ClearSkies is right, battery life is in between 2 hours 20 and max. 3 hours with the 6 cell battery. Enough to watch one movie on a plane...For me it is sufficient.