Just got my w3j refresh

Really an incredible machine, im using it right now.

I'm busy updating n stuff, so ill post benchmarks later.


But heres a quick list of loves and hates

Love: Design, screen (yea its really good, dont worry about wxga), touchpad, speed.

dislikes: heat (See below), speakers

The heat is understandable. instead of the chasis getting hot, the air is hot, so leaving it on my lap is quite comfortable.

Again, ill give you guys updates later.

Id give it a solid 9/10 so far!

p.s. Thanks eddie from geared2play.

 

Try to buy a peltier cooler from Tjun when he finish buildin his laptop cooler. But just joking. Anyway, post some pic oso.
Issit equiped with the T2500?

 

Hey can you post some pics and a short review when you get a chance? Thanks.

 

yea, that woud be sweet if you could do that.

 

as far as looks go..doesn't the refresh look the same as the "original" w3j..too bad it wasn't red..lol..there should be a thread a couple pages down if you don't know what i meant by that

 

Cool! I'm picking mine up at the FedEx depot on the way home tonight. I also have a 160GB HD waiting at home along with an extra GB of RAM, so I'm hoping to run some before/after benchmarks over the weekend. Which benchmarks are you planning on using? It'll be interesting to compare results.

 

You can't logically put heat as a dislike of the computer..... mainly because it's not the computer giving you the problem... The air gets pushed out the side and the performance you are creating is creating massive amounts of heat which need to get expelled..... which is 1000x better than being left in the system and toasting your legs and cooking your components. I understand that there's nothing else to complain about, but performance=heat....... you've got to say they did a good job of getting that heat out so that you could enjoy having such a powerhouse in a tiny little 14" setup.... right? I mean, that's life... if there was a way to magically have that heat transported three feet away from you, Asus would have done it, but instead they put it as far away on the edge of the computer as they could.

.. in respect to the speakers-------- it's a 14" notebook..... shouldn't be any better than a 12" regular ratio system from a year or so ago, but somehow they are. Audiophiles like myself require 5.1 setups when sitting at home at a desk with any units.

 

Imychajluk, what brand is that 160 Hard drive you bought? How much did it cost you? I'd love to hear how it performs and the differences between that drive and the stock drive. Thanks

 

hey justin. Its so hard to find somthing to post as a dislike for this laptop!

As you said theres really nothing to complain about, its all what I expected, and overall I am thrilled.

But yea, heres my 3dmark05 results:

I have 2gigs of ram and i got: 4305 (I didnt overclock)

pics and comprehensive review tomorrow, busy tonite.

 

.. yeah, yeah.. I know....

By the way - you don't need to overclock, but the gpu is certainly unclocked from the factory.... stock omega drivers will speed that up to ati's reference spec and should give you better numbers........ but then agian, Asus is considering the size of the system and a certain expectation of battery life... so it might be good to leave it unless for some reason you really need it.

 

You can always complain about heat or anything - Just becuase the W3J does a great job of expelling the heat it does produce does not mean it cant be a valid con. In the future, there will be processors that produce less heat and laptops that are faster and cooler.....Pro's and Con's are just personal preferences. By that logic, you could say that "poor viewing angles" on a 14.1 inch cant be a con either - Because all 14.1 inch screens have poor viewing angles and the W3J is still one of the best 14.1 inchers......

Not that I mind heat at all myself mind you

 

I am about 99.99% certain that if you measure the total ammount of heat any any random notebooks with the same specs and chipset you will find that the heat is the same like 2 different lightbulbs that are rated for 90watt. It is like complaining about your honda accord exaust being hot. take the accord coupe v6 and take the acura tl v6 (tl being slightly more powerful) both will heat up under the hood to about the same temp. I ve never actually measured but i bet my right toe nail on it. The maximum ammount of heat the w3j or any notebook in its class can generate is the equivalent to the ammount of power the ac adaptor can allow in this case being 90 watt. Just like a light bulb. Its very simple. If this was my forum i would ban any threads that have the word temp in it unless the user has idle temps higher then 80C on their notebook. It cloggs this forum to no end. I get tired of seeing the same crap over and over.

 

I think its already been established that the total amount of heat the W3J produces is not the problem - But that some people are annoyed that the fan vent blows onto their right hand.

 

Tis very true. Lets take a poll. How many lefties are here vs how many righties? Its not a win win situation. Can put the vent on the back ofcourse but then it wouldnt be the same notebook. Then people would complaing that the notebook is not balanced or the palm rest gets too warm when battery charges. There is no solution really xept to have water cooling.

 

OT: I hope you know a good podiatrist should someone decide to prove you wrong... that will be painful

 

Is there any program that let you decide the fan speed? If the core duo can take 100C+ without being damaged, the W3j should idle in ~65C without any problem.