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    Placed and order for a Z71V in Australia

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by csevo3, May 7, 2005.

  1. csevo3

    csevo3 Newbie

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    Hey all, have just placed an order for the above. The only store I know of in Aust that does the Z71V is a company by the name of Digitalstar here in Sydney. So I went out there today to have a look at the two different displays and make a final decision after seeing the V6V and a few other really nice models. Anyway after pricing a few different configurations, I basically ticked all the boxes to come up with the following. Can't wait for delivery on Wednesday, this thing should be a real beast!

    ASUS Z71V 15.4" 1680x1050 GF6600
    8 x Dual Layer DVD-/+RW DVD
    Pentium-M 770 2.13G 2M 533MHz
    2GB x PC4200 DDR2-533
    100GB 5400rpm
    Microsoft Windows XP Professional
    Intel Pro/Wireless G 2915ABG

    Cheers,
    Paul

     
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  2. lapboy

    lapboy Notebook Deity

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    Congrats Buddy

    You have done a wise choice.

    I am mighty pleased with my z71v.

    Cheers

    Asus Z71V
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    1.86 Pentium -M Sonoma
    2 GB DDR2 PC-4200 RAM
    NVidia 6600go 128 meg
    60gb/7200 rpm Hitachi HDD
    Dual-Layer DVD +RW
    BOOQ Vyper 15" Sleeve

     
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  3. csevo3

    csevo3 Newbie

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    Thanks very much. What resolution display have you got? Just wondering what the general feeling is on the 1680x1050.
     
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    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    Wow, you really loaded that system [:0]

    ASUS M6800Ne, P-M 715 (Dothan 1.5), 512MB Ram, Toshiba Combo drive, Samsung Spinpoint M 40G HDD with 8M cache, Mobility Radeon 9700
     
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  5. lapboy

    lapboy Notebook Deity

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    I have the same resolution as you.

    My first impression was that the fonts are small, but you can increse the size of desktop icons by going to CONTROL PANEL---Accessibility OPTIONS--- -font size ---largest.

    In the internet explorer-hold the control button down and scroll to increase the font size --VOILLA!!!!

    Cheers

    Asus Z71V
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    1.86 Pentium -M Sonoma
    2 GB DDR2 PC-4200 RAM
    NVidia 6600go 128 meg
    60gb/7200 rpm Hitachi HDD
    Dual-Layer DVD +RW
    BOOQ Vyper 15" Sleeve

     
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  6. csevo3

    csevo3 Newbie

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    Excellent. The font size isn't so much and issue for me but for my wife, but she gave it the thumbs up in the store. We're using it as a desktop replacement because the study has been turned into a nursery with our first little one expected any day now. I went the 100GB option to store many impending photos and video clips...
     
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