Looking at the Asus K40IN-A1, Best Buy's Asus U81A-RX05 and Amazon's F80Q.
Leaning toward the U81A simply because I've seen it, felt it.
U81A
+ 64-bit OS
- 1 year parts / labor
+ 7 hrs of battery life (Mobilemark 2007)
/ integrated graphics
- 100 Mbps ethernet
- 3 USB slots
+ have seen it
+ HDMI
~$700 after tax
K40IN
- 32-bit OS but 4 GB of RAM (at least, everywhere I've seen)
+ Gigabit ethernet
+ 4 USB slots
+ 2 yr warranty, 1 yr accidental
/ better graphics
- 5 hrs battery life
+ Comes with bag, mouse
- no HDMI
~$750
F80Q
- 32-bit OS, but 4 GB of Ram
+ spill-proof keyboard
- 100 Mbps ethernet
+ 2 yr warranty, 1 yr accidental
? battery life
- 3 USB slots
- no HDMI (but has Express Card which I likely won't use)
+ Comes with bag, mouse
~$740
Does anyone have any opinions on these three? Leaning toward the U81A if only because I've seen it. Trying to stick to ~14" screen and I like the wider resolution of the U81A and K40IN. Budget is pretty much $750 unless there's an amazing deal that blows these out of the water (and these already blow most of the other $600-$750 laptops out of the water ... so far as I could find). Probably going to use for web, word processing, Adobe software (photoshop, illustrator, dreamweaver), CAD software (Solidworks, Eagle). Ideally, I could play the waiting game, but unfortunately, I need a new laptop soon. My Toshiba's dying.
U81A vs K40IN vs F80Q
Discussion in 'Asus' started by saberkat, Jul 20, 2009.