New and updated ASUS Notebooks + Spec/Prices = F8SV, V2S, F3SC, F3SV, G1S, V1S, VX2S(

http://usa.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=7936

No mention on specs neither. Updated G1s and Updated G2s, Hmmmm....

edit:

F3sv-B2
C2D 2.2ghz
15.4" WSXGA+
8600GS
160gb HD 5400rpm
2gb RAM + 1gb Turbo Memory
$1619

F3sa-A1
C2D 2.2ghz
15.4" WSXGA+
ATI hd2600
160gb HD 5400rpm
2gb RAM
$1699

G2s-A1
C2D 2.2ghz
17" WUXGA Dual Lamp 8ms LCD
160gb 5400rpm
2gb RAM
8600GT GDDR3
Vista Home
$2099

G2s-A3
C2D 2.2ghz
17" WUXGA Dual Lamp 8ms LCD
200gb 7200rpm
2gb RAM
8600GT GDDR3
Vista Ultimate
Blu-Ray OD
$2899

F8sv-A1
C2D 2.2ghz
14" WXGA+
160gb HD
2gb RAM
8600GT
DVD+-R/W + Lightscribe
5.7lbs
BT, 1.3mp swivel cam
$1599

G1s-A1
C2D 2.2ghz
15.4" WSXGA+
160gb HD
2gb RAM
8600GT GDDR3
DVD+-R/W + Lightscribe
$1899

F9s-A1
C2D 2.0ghz
12.1" WXGA
8400GS
160gb
1gb RAM
$1299

V1s-A1
C2D 2.2ghz
15.4" WSXGA+
8600GT
160gb
2gb RAM
$1899

V2s-A1
C2D 2.2ghz
14" WXGA+
8600GS
160gb
2gb RAM
$1799

 

OMG enfin!
hu, I mean...finaly!
what are those semi-upgrade? guess we are gonna learn a lot tonight!!!!
G1s-a2 and v1s-a1 MMMM
Woootness!


g1s-a2 spect: http://www.excaliberpc.com/ASUS_G1S-A2_Intel_Core_2_Duo_T7500/partinfo-id-580825.html

 

Well, how much more can the G1s get upgraded.

I mean, it has:
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2G <---2.4?
Screen 15.4" WSXGA+
Memory Size 2GB DDR2 <---Doubt it'll change
Hard Disk 160GB <---200gb maybe?
Optical Drive DVD Super Multi <--HD-DVD or BluRay?
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT <--Doubt it'll change
Video Memory 256MB GDDR3 VRAM, TurboCache up to 512MB <--???

But the V1s, V2s and F8s is good news

 

NOOOOO!!! GIVE US THE PICTURES NOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously not cool Asus

Edit: Yeah, the HDD is going up to 200GB on the G1s, and it will have LightScribe.

 

Agreed .

 

the only upgrade it seem to have from excalibur is the HD,...it will have a 200gig 7200tr/m...Other than that, we dont realy know, but I guess they overrulled most of the bios issue, and will bring a more stable laptop...
plus they all get intel turbo-memory, witch seem to be robson?
quote from the news:
All above models will be available on the market by late August, please check with our distributors and resellers for details.

hope the v1s or g1s will be out before that...

EDIT: all the spect are already on the excaliburpc web site, they are first google link if you type the model number(like g1s-a2...)
the dif between g2s-a2 and g2s-a3 is that the a3 got a blue-ray drive

 

Ahg I hope they don't significantly change the G1S. I'm planning on selling mine to get a V2S once they're available (anyone want one? )and it's scary that the price might tank a bit right as the V2S comes out!

Now I just wish I hadda waited, but back in early June with no 13/14" SR's in sight I couldn't help jumping the gun.

 

on excaliburpc their seem to be a g1s-a3 too, with a blue-ray drive...
http://www.excaliberpc.com/ASUS_G1S-A3_Intel_Core_2_Duo_T7500/partinfo-id-580826.html

 

Pictures is not shown maybe they don't upload it.

Thanks for the link.

 

some of these will never make it into the states guys. keep that in mind

 

The V2S is the most important one for me.
It should be available at mid august as it know available for preorder.

 

What is then the sense of putting this news on the north american section of the ASUS website?

 

knowing that the g1s-a1 used 160gig 5400tr/m hitachi 5k400 drive, It is possible that the new g1s-a2 have the new and AWSOME hitachi 7k200 200gig?(proly the best notebook hd out there)

 

Yes, I think it will. However, the price difference (at least as reported initially) is sufficient that I'd rather get the 160 GB drive and upgrade. Then I have a spare drive for about the same price as the model that comes with the 200 GB.

Come to think of it, this is just what I did and the 7k200 is very nice;-)

Ira

 

is there any other places to preorder besides excaliberpc???

 

That A3 is awesome, had that been out when I was looking at the C90, I probably would have gotten it instead.

 

All the model listed in the title will be available for the N.A. market per Asus, in fact a few of them are mentioned in the July 07 notebook catalog. The link with missing pictures will be fixed by tomorrow hopefully. (the Asus team in China has been informed.)

We also highly recommend the 7k200 drives from Hitachi, excellent specs, too.

 

As these were specifically announced on the North American site, I find it highly likely that they will eventually make it into the states. Unless you have specific information to suggest otherwise?

 

Hi EXcaliberPC i want to be sure when the V2s will be available to order.
Is it really will have the Hot Swappable Module Bay feature, can any one confirm that?
How about the price it seem higher than excepted!

Thanks.

 

Another one please.
Does it have the 1GB Intel turbo memory?

 

Q8PHANTOM,

Intel Turbo memory will not be included with the V2S-A1, but I do see a few other models that will have the TM 1GB included, such as the upcoming VX2S-xx and F3SV-xx.

 

maybe there is better speakers for G1S-A2/3 ??

@EXcaliberPC
cloud u pls post V2S-A1 spec's ??

Thx

-Jabriiiz

EDIT

 

I believe this question was also raised from another thread, and here it is.

V1S-A1
- Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz
- Genuine Windows Vista Business
- 15.4" WSXGA+ (1680x1050) Color Shine
- NVIDIA 8600GT 512MB
- 160GB Hard Drive, 2GB DDR2 Memory
- 1.3 MP Camera, docking station(optional), spill proof keyboard, hot swappable module bay, fingerprint authentication and TPM, WLAN 802.11 A/B/G/N, Bluebooth V2.0+EDR, Super Multi DVD/RW Dual Lay with Light Scribe

V2S-A1
- Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz
- Genuine Windows Vista Business
- 14" WSXGA+ (1440x900) Color Shine
- NVIDIA G8600M GS 256MB
- 160GB Hard Drive, 2GB DDR2 Memory
- 1.3 MP Camera with 240 degree swivel, docking station(optional), spill proof keyboard, fingerprint authentication and TPM, WLAN 802.11 A/B/G/N, Bluebooth V2.0+EDR, Super Multi DVD/RW Dual Layer

 

So the V2S does not have the Hot Swappable Module Bay feature?

 

That is correct, the V2S does not support the hot swappable module bay feature, only the V1, VX and R1 series at this time. Sorry about the confusion.

 

Excalibur, do you have any rough estimates for shipping times besides "sometime in August?" My M1330 is supposed to arrive August 28th - a bit late since I start school September 1st and want to get used to a new laptop - and the V2s is the better value anyway ... I'm seriously considering scrapping the M1330 and switching.

 

excalibur, will the v1s most likely have gddr2 and not gddr3 for the graphics card memory?

 

In my opinion this isn't the most important thing in the world, the benchmarks between the GDDR2 and GDDR3 versions of the 8600M GT only show a few percentage points of difference, perhaps 5-10% in 3DMark06 scores.

What definitely more important is that the V1s has the 8600M GT and all the other cool features

 

Yes, once again the V1s, just as the V1 before it, looks like the corresponding G1 in a suit and tie rather than gym shorts.

I'd have gone for a V1s, but the wait was too long and the G1s does what I need even if it does not look as businesslike.

Ira

 

what!? From the benchies it looks like the dd3 of the 8600gt version scores 20-25% higher than the ddr2 version at similar resolutions...so it matters...a lot.

 

when will the VX2s be available for preorder? Im also thinking about scrapping my XPS 1330 order.

 

No, it doesn't matter a lot. There will never be a game that will be playable on the GDDR3 version, and unplayable on the DDR2 version. The difference should also be less as drivers mature. Also don't forget that 3dMark06 is not an accurate representation of the gaming power of newer video cards. And even in 3DMark06, the difference is only about 15%, maybe 400-600 points maxium difference.

 

that's funny...the manual i downloaded form ASUS's website said it does

 

aish....dilemma dilemma....V1s with 8600GT but bigger and less portable but with hot swappable bay
or V2s with 8600GS but smaller and more portable (that and there is no hot swappable bay now )

 

Quit playing games with me ASUS! Do you want my money now or later?

If the V1S-A1 can be delivered to me in early August, then I'm going to have to throw that into my list of potential notebooks and possible contender over the G1S. I've pretty much given up on all other brands now and am focusing on just Asus, so one way or another I'm going to have either the G1S-??, G2S-??, V1????, or something else. Man, I'm going to be so glad when it will be over soon and I will have something.

 

Ok, I'll bring up all the questions to Asus tomorrow by including a link to this thread, hopefully Asus will try to help with more info to each one of the questions. I wouldn't blame Asus for not releasing new products quick, they always have their reasons and it's usually for the good.

 

Asus us has very complicated marketing of models. It is by design and there is a pattern. They cannot actually beat dell or hp to market with new tech of a whole mass produced model but they can beat them to market with a few always.

All the upcoming models leaking is by design to keep the stray customers from getting like, a dell 1420 now while asus mass produces mostly the g1s and whatevers the best selling model they have already in the channel

So like, the person about to buy the dell xps 1330, he can know that asus will mass produce something soon like the v2, maybe get those customers to hold off long enough.

But the truth is even when it comes out its very hard to get for a month after that even, the reality is all of these models are a long way from really being in the channel. They are advertising

 

Can you please bring up the g1s bios bug, if its of any relevance to them? because whats the point of having t7500 if its clocked at 1.2ghz.

 

Im hoping the reason for the Delay is to fix the battery problem that plauged the last V1 series. I wouldnt say the v2S is all that much more portable tbh, Excalibur PC lists both as being 5.6lbs (God thats light!)

 

Sure, might as well.

 

I'm mainly waiting for the price and release date of the F8Sv. All of the other desirable Asus notebooks (V1/2s, G1s, and VX2) are all out of my price range, unfortunately.

 

While it does not make that huge of difference, the difference DDR2/3 make is about on par with difference between 8400GT and 8600GS or 8600GS and 8600GT - 8400/8600 are already bandwidth limited in the first place. Many would not like it if their 8600GT performed like 8600GS, and so on.

Now, I want to know how 8600GS in V2S is clocked....

 

Anyone knows whether the VX2S is MXM or not?

 

No idea, but I assume it won't be since its a business class notebook...

But hey, let ASUS surprise us, I'm in for that

 

According to Excalibur, the V1S and V2S have identical dimensions and weight. That can't be right?
Something to check, EXcaliburPC?

 

Does it really have a GDDR3.
The 8600GS GDDR3 = 8600GT DDR2.
It can score 3600 in 3DMark06.
Check that thread post#28.

 

Asus has pics up now. The F8Sv looks very stylish. The V1s looks the same as the V1JP (Which is good)

 

Images is working.

 

I love how they've made the G2S look like a Fisher-Price kids' toy.

 

well..it's the same case as other g2s model...if you'r talking about led, all gaming mod desktop have some, so I find nice that they putted on a lappy. Other than that, I dont know witch fisherprice you go to find toy with aluminum and carbon fiber...