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Count me in for a W3N special order from Asus. I would first like to see actual photos though. I'm willing to pay the same price as a M6Ne with perhaps a $200 premium above the M6Ne asking price.
I like my M6NE but it's a little bigger than I'd like. A 14.1" screen is the ideal size for me. I'd also like better ergonomics on the front edge and palm rest. I find this to be very uncomfortable on the M6NE. I'd also like to see a notebook that doesn't have a parallel port. This is an unnecessary feature to me.
Oh, and most importantly, I want a notebook that is charcoal or black in color. I refuse to buy a silver notebook. I don't care what the specs are.
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I doubt that I am no.1. I am from Germany and I have already placed my order here.
I was told that the first units should arrive this week. So I really hope that I get it end of this week.
Why I will get this one?
I am currently using a Toshiba 5200-801. A notebook with P4m 2Ghz processor, a Geforce 460go etc. It weights 3.6kg. I bought it exactly two years ago.
But now I am 'tired' of carrying such a heavy notebook around. In addition the design makes it hard to grab safely with one hand.
So I decided to get a new one which had to have the following specs:
Small, great display, great performance, Pentium M CPU...
First I had a look at the Sony VGN-S2XP. Great display, 1,8Ghz Pm CPU, ATI 9700 64MB GPU
But then I saw the Asus W3N. The fact that Asus now introduces the same kind of display technologies to this notebook as Sony uses made me swap. Especially since the version I will get offers a 2Ghz Pm CPU and a great double-layer burning DVD drive. And the best: it is even cheaper than the Sony...
Here in Germany I will have to pay 1950 for it (The Sony costs 2200.)
Regarding the games issue:
You will only be able to play games in a resolution of 1024*768 with some black borders. This will mean that you will have a screen of about 10"*7". Yep, that is small. But I think that this is not too much of a problem. Since you are the only one to look at the screen you can get quite close to it...And you will get used to it.
I like playing games and I am looking forward to play some of the games I was not able to due to the incompatibility of the Geforce460go (like SplinterCell: Pandora tomorrow).
The main reason for this notebook remains for me the small size packed with such power (2Ghz Pm cpu + ATI 9700mobility) offering a the "glare type" screen...
And looking at the additional pics on http://www.asuscom.de/products/notebook/w3series/w3000n/overview.htm (German sorry) tells me that I get quite a beauty, too...
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This is a nice photo I got from the site where I ordered it... [8D]
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WOW!
From http://www.asus.com/prog_content/middle_enlargement.aspx?model=388, WOW!
WHAT A GREAT LAPTOP! BEAUTIFULLLLLL!!!!!!
I'm counting the minutes to get mine
Here in Portugal:
Centrino 1.6
9700 64mb
2x256
60Gb Hdd
DVD-RW
WXGA (but not sure it will be glare-type)
No-bluetooth
1799euro
I know, not that great specs, but I will pay for the looks, the size and the Asus quality
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Asus lead sales man says w3n should be out in about 1 month give or take (prbably give). It will infact be an ensemble notebook according to him and it will be somewhere around the 2000$ range or more. SOrry there is nothing i can do to import them sooner. Typical with ensemble notebooks. Whitebooks are easier to import but they still have to be on the market overseas for a little while so that us vendors can import them even if asus does not. Strange how they are whitebooks overseas but not here. I think its a marketing mistake on their part.
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Hehe...
I already got additional 512MB RAM so that I can directly upgrade the W3N to 1GB of RAM.
If I am lucky it will arrive on Thursday - Friday at the latest. [8D]
If not, I will have to wait until next week...
Jorlin -
Please post a review when you get yours.
Im interested in the quality of the screen, that glare-type thingy.
Why didn't ASUS use their A.C.E. brand and use a plain glare-type? Maybe it is just a glare coating... Well.
Make us know when you get the laptop
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The W3N is delayed here in Germany... [
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It is unbelievable. This occures to me every time I want to get a new device that is about to released.
This time Ausu is supposed to have problems with the supply of BT-modules for the W3N.
I am sure the delay will be at least one week. ARRRRG! []
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The cpu plays a very minor role in fps. Most of the benchmark comes from the vga card directly. You should blame your supplier becuase as long as i have dealt with asus i ve never ever heard them say "delivery on a certain date". They always say on or around. Which means it can be a month early or late.
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@mclassic:
Your scenario is the more likely one...
Initial tests of the 915 chipset have shown that the performance gain is less than 10% compared to the 855 chipset. (It is supposed to become better with the availability of DDR2 RAM with a smaller latency.)
The main advantage might be a better graphic card (e.g. X700) but this will only affect games mainly.
In addition to that I have read somewhere that Intel is going to release the next step in mobile centrino technology next year already.
So actually the new chipset is not much of an advantage which is worth waiting for.
And... the W3N with the current configuration will be a great device anyway
Jorlin -
After seen the benchmarks of the new ASUS V6V, I would have to agree that right now a well spec'd i855 based notebook is gonna be just as good as a newer 915 based one. But I think there will be bigger advantages seen when using integrated graphics in the new chipset...just have to wait for some benchmarks on those. Also for gamers the future is pci-x and I doubt ATI/nvidia will produce an agp X800 etc for notebooks, they will want to push pci-x as much as possible. ASUS will have an X700 based notebook soon, and I hope a X800 will follow later in the year.
Also from my readings, the W3N will be upgraded to the W3A latter in the year...given that the N hasn't hit shops yet I'm guessing it will be the middle of the year for that upgrade, my guess is it will have a X600, maybe a X700 at best.
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ASUS will use a cheap AC97 codec and PATA on the V6V, so, my bet will be no azalia nor sata on the W3A.
Not to mention that it will be probably more expensive, even if intel sell the parts at the same price as the older ones.
And yeah, it seems that 9700m is better than X600 by a small margin, and if we account the longer battery life...
X700 is a different story. If W3N SONOMA would came with one of those, I would wait and the wait would be well payd. But a X600... well. Can't wait to my old-centrino-W3N to come to store
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Hello, no actually... you must have a guilty conscience or something [
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I was referring to two instances actually... one, someone said the "black or customizable" S5n is the M5n... That was supposed to be someone who sold them. Now, this is untrue. They are similiar, but not the same, and since we have custom black S5's for almost 9 months, it's ashame that someone was pushed in another direction when they were looking for something specific.
The other instance was a guy by the same of "Rock Dude" who pushed StarTech like they were the best thing since sliced bread... but following a simple search of his website and checking our StarTech's... he was one of their salesman. That was just wrong.
Anyway, in respect to your comment about the z80k and z81k.. let me give you some details....
First... we don't want to sell the z81k for two reasons... The z81k comes with an Asus 120b wifi card and has a 64mb ati 9700... The z80k comes with an Asus 120g wifi card and 128mb ati 9700... Both of the cards in the Z8 series are minipci cards and not inegrated into the motherboard. For the same price, 90% of customers when given the option of a regular ratio and wide screen of the same res, would pick the regular ratio when the graphics on the widescreen are seriously stunted. If we're only going to offer one model, it is certainly going to be called the z8k. We we end up offering both, then we would certainly need the differentiation.
Now, the wifi is not integrated. It is standard, but we certainly can offer to remove the card if the customer so desires not to have wifi (I admit, everyone does, but it's an option and we certainly can use that wifi card somewhere else.. It's not like we have the option to add it for $35).
Anyway, have a good evening and don't think everyone is talking about you. Keep up the good work yourself.
Thanks,
Justin
PROPortable
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New ASUS W3N 14" + 9700 Released
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