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    V1, V2, or F8

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by kingabraham3, Oct 17, 2007.

  1. kingabraham3

    kingabraham3 Newbie

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    Does anyone know a place in Chicago where they sell these notebooks. From all the reviews I've read, they all seem to be great laptops, but before i spend 1500-2000$, i would like to actually see the laptop first. Also, if anyone has there opinions about which one is better, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
    Just to complicate things:
    I'm also considering either the Sony SZ series, the Dell XPS m1330, the Dell 1420, and the HP dv2500t. All of them configured with 2gb of ram, 160gb HHD, a T7500 processor, and the best graphics card offered. The dell 1420 and the HP dv2500t are a bit more in my price range, but I'd rather spend a bit more and get the cooler SZ, XPS, or one of the Asus V1, V2, or F8. So many options what to do?????
    Also i know the Asus's come with 1 year accidental warranty. If anyone has opinions about which manufacturer has the better warranties (between Sony, HP, Dell, and Asus)

    Wow!
     
    kingabraham3, Oct 17, 2007
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Well I'll give you what I know.

    V1S: some like it and say the build quality is great. Some hate the build quality and say it has a lot of flex. Nothing wrong with the features there, everything you need, it has it. There are some battery issues but hopefully nothing serious to worry about.

    V2S: it looks like a bland notebook, without many significant things to offer, besides being smaller than the V1S. The build is not so great (but still good), there's no multibay.

    F8: I don't know much about it, looked good from the pictures. It's a budget notebook though, so supposedly the build quality is worse than for the first two options. But even then, ASUS budget notebooks are usually well built.

    Warranty: ASUS has a good international pickupandreturn 2year warranty. I don't know much about the rest.

    Out of the options above (including the ASUS-es) I would actually go for the m1330... it's very very good-looking, the support & warranty for the XPS series seem to be great, and it has good features and a good build quality: brushed aluminum palmrest-- you can't beat that! I have a V6J, so I know... :)
     
    E.B.E., Oct 17, 2007
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  3. D3R3K

    D3R3K Notebook Geek

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    Shouldn't both the v1 + v2 have the same or similar builds? :confused:
    After all, they're almost the same notebook w/diff screens n vid memory...
     
    D3R3K, Oct 30, 2007
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