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    S/Z96j build quality? Can someone contrast with other Asus

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by tay, May 14, 2006.

  1. tay

    tay Notebook Consultant

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    Can someone contrast this notebook with some of the other, more reviewed notebooks? W3, V6, Z70va, etc? In regards to build, flimsiness, heat, noise, keyboard flex? I have read two reviews (here and notebookforums) that pronounce its silence, and comment some on the other things I mentioned. But it would be nice with some other comparisons
     
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It's rigid plastic, and contains no brushed aluminum, carbon fibre composite and magnesium composite matterial that were in the V6, W3, M6, etc.

    I can't comment on the quality besides the materials though, until I try it out myself :)
     
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  3. hoimin

    hoimin Notebook Consultant

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    from the few pictures i've seen, the z96 is simply a 15.4" Z62. i would expect the materials and quality to be much the same, just as Dell Inspirons and Apple Powerbooks are generally equally built throughout their respective size spectra.
     
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    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    It'd probably be most similar to the feeling of an A series Asus notebook... like the A6J, I would assume.
     
    AuroraS, May 14, 2006
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