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    New Asus V6V and other new Asus Sonoma Notebooks

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by cyberpt, Jan 19, 2005.

  1. cyberpt

    cyberpt Newbie

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    Asus V6V
    beautiful laptop.

    Pentium Sonoma
    15" UXGA
    Mobility Radeon X600
    2.4 kg

    http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/hardware/notebooks/0,39001743,39083700p,00.htm

    And a few new model...
    Asus W3A
    14.1" Widescreen 2.2 kg

    Asus W5A
    12.1" Widescreen 1.6 kg

    Asus M6A
    15.4" Widescreen 2.6 kg


    Some photos are available on this chinese website.
    http://www.beareyes.com.cn/2/lib/200501/19/20050119025.htm

    Pat
     
    cyberpt, Jan 19, 2005
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  2. Underpantman

    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    Wow.. great post,
    I tried finding some info on the upcoming models about 12hr ago, but didn't get far, some very interesting news. Will be very interested to see what the M6A's gpu is. ASUS are on the list from ATI as being one of the first to release a notebook with the new X700 gpu, which will have the new hyper- memory feature (ie ability to share system memory when needed, as well as having its own). I'm hoping that this is what the M6A will have. As for the others they look very nice, also looks like the M5 series will be replaced with the W5. Not a bad upgrade.
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    ASUS M6Ne 15.4" WSXGA 1.7 PM ATI9700 80Gb HDD 1Gb RAM
     
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  3. cyberpt

    cyberpt Newbie

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    I hope Asus won't disappoint us with addition of X700, X600 into their current lines of laptop.

    It makes sense to introduce X700, X600 to Sonoma platform since the PCI-x bus is supported.

    Acer have launched a serise of new Sonoma notebooks with X700 and X600 GPU.

    I hope we don't have to wait for long.




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  4. mclassic

    mclassic Notebook Consultant

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    I really like what Asus has going in light of the release of the new Intel Centrino platform. Even better is that they are continuing to offer notebooks in black.

    I can't wait for the release of the W3N in the US.
     
    mclassic, Jan 20, 2005
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  5. drewdrewbb

    drewdrewbb Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got an email from one of the biggest computer vendors in Canada today regarding the upcoming notebooks in 2005. In the email, Asus will announce some new notebooks, including 14" Wide Screen one which I believe it is W3N, in Februry. Since all Canadian Asus products are directly shipped from CA, Asus USA, for sure, will have it released as well.
     
    drewdrewbb, Jan 20, 2005
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  6. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    Any word on whether the W5 is coming to Canada? That thing looks sweet too...
    although if it doesn't come, I'm grabbing the W3N for sure!

    ASUS M6800Ne, P-M 1.5 Dothan, 512MB Ram, Tohiba Combo drive, Samsung Spinpoint M 40G HDD with 8M cache, Mobility Radeon 9700
     
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  7. cyberpt

    cyberpt Newbie

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    A comprehensive review of the new Sonoma Asus V6V...


    http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20050119/sonoma_alviso-11.html


    The battery life is not as good as the PIC-X draws more power from the battery and the performance gain from Radeon 9600 -> X600 isn't that big.

    But... Darn.. it looks nice :)



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  8. flaxx

    flaxx Notebook Evangelist

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    whoh! that M6A looks really nice! I haven't seen a M6 up close, but that pic of the M6A looks a lot like my M3 -- which as i recal looks a lot better than the m6n, but maybe i'm wrong since, as i mentioned, i haven't seen the m6n up close.

    Asus M3NP 1.5GHz Centrino (Dothan /w 2mb L2)
    1GB PC2700 DDR
    40gb 5400rpm 8mb Cache Seagate Hard Drive /w 5 Year Warranty
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    flaxx, Jan 22, 2005
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  9. drewdrewbb

    drewdrewbb Notebook Enthusiast

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    The latest Asus catalog has the details of W5N. I am sure it will be released very soon.
     
    drewdrewbb, Jan 24, 2005
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