V1J Specs and ETA

After seeing the V1J I have realized something. If Asus already has the unit designed and built, then why didnt they just phase out the W3J and put the V1J in its place? They both have the same video card and same processor and same size screen (I think).

If I was Asus I would have introduced the V1J now and satisfy everyone that is drooling over its picture. What do you guys think?

 

.... the V1j is a 15.4" and the W3j is a 14"

Asus can't put everything on the table at once.... some things are still in development - like the V1.... what was at CeBit was just a very good engineering sample. But what you said does go for a different model, now that you know the V1 will be larger..... and that's the W1.. The reason the W1j won't be coming to the US is because they feel the V1 is better suited to fit between the W3/V6 - and the W2.....

 

Ok then my theory wouldnt make sense since their different sizes. However Justin, if they were both 14 inches, would you agree with me?

 

If they were........ yeah most deffinately. Infact, I've said many times that the W3 and V6 are both perfect in their own way..... but imagine those notebooks as Brad and Angelina.... their kid is going to be some super human... (that's what everyone says anyway, right?)..

Even though I get a lot of information from Asus.... and plenty of it that I can't talk about... once it comes out, I can comment on how long I've known - It's like being a little kid and finally being able to let out that secret... Asus was talking about a 15.4" V series model since this time last year.... I mean even before the V6 got here, I knew what the eventual plans were... but it was a new series and usually the meaning of series indicates there's going to be more than one... it didn't take a rocket scientist... However there is information that I don't get from Asus and although I don't share everything because someone at Asus may just think I got it from someone else there and therefore going against their NDA...... there have been rumors of making a smaller model in the V series. What I've heard is something to replace the old M3 series...... maybe they call it the V3.... but it would bea 14" regular ratio -- you know - a real professional system like the V6 is... 14" regular ratio is still a huge hit for the office types. That would give them a system that would be different enough from the W3 to keep that model in the lineup.......

But really..... see the W3's modular drawer is one HUGE seller for that over a V6..... having the option for either an optical drive, extra battery, extra hard drive or a blank drawer is real flexibility that you can't put a price on.... Although I see your point, I think after reading this you'll see why I sort of would like it all...... but don't we all?

 

I have seen a couple of pictures of the V1J floating around the internet. In the pictures, like many others, have a white card which lists the basic specs of the notebook displayed. On a couple of the pictures, the specs listed Nvidia graphics for the V1J and nothing further. I forgot where I read it, I was under the impression the V1J would get a x1600.


Is this a typo or maybe the specs aren't concrete yet since the notebook is rumored to be released in August. I'm debating whether to get a W3J or wait for the V1J.



Thanks

 

256mb x1600.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=44287&highlight=v1j

Click for your answer (+1 to Scarf Face)

 

Great, my heart is at ease. I guess I'll patiently wait til August.

 

It's expected to be released around May or June here. However, my local ASUS supplier told me if he doesn't hear anything from ASUS by the end of the month it might be postphoned.

Fingers crossed.

Edit: every day I check whether there's new information, but unfortunately there isn't any since Cebit2006

 

You lucky SOB. I hate you Keep us posted.

 

Netherlands gonna get it so early!!! no fair... i want it now! , ohwell, makes me wanna work harder through summer school i guess.. lol so that time goes faster.

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

Hey guys, I've been hearing a lot of conflicting reports about the v1j, i was wondering if anyone knew the appx. weight of the system, the exact screen res/size, what proc it will be shipped with, and also when it will be coming out. I need to purchase a laptop before I go off to college and the v6j was and still is very tempting but the v1j sounds perfect if its coming out in time.

 

Check out this link - pics and all: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=1290699

Estimated to be at or around 6.0lbs...not bad for a 15.4" display.

EDIT: I thought that link had more detail...

This is what it's expected to have - since it's not expected to release until August or later of this year, things COULD change...Core Duo Proc, ATI X1600, 1GB RAM, 100GB HD...no idea on the display res though -

 

Should be a 15.4" Glossy WSXGA, but no confirmations.

If anything, it's a direct competitor to the MacBook Pro

 

GLOSSY? i thought matte? if its glossy i am sold

 

I think the ETA is August?
I sure hope its released earlier, looks like a very promising notebook ^^
Too bad theres so little information about it out there :/

 

um incendens here's what i heard.









THe SPECS:

15.4" WSXGA+ Screen Matte
Yonah CPU
X1600 256mb (512 Hypermemory)
1 GB DDR2 (1x 1GB or 2x 512mb) [may have 533 or 667mhz] - depends on availability.
80-120GB Hard Drive, will be a Fujitsu HD @ 5400 rpm. Most likely PATA but may be SATA.
1.3mp Cam, most likely does not orbit like the Acer 8204.
Has Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
Fingerprint Reader (TPM)
Estimated Weight is 6lbs.
Has a docking port, for a docking station.

Unkowns???: Hotswap Bay, slot load rom, actual dimensions and weight, realease date, PATA or SATA, RAm @ 553mhz or 667mhz, DVI, Materials used, and of course price?

Also the release dates well um, from what i heard it that it would come out in june/july for european countries and for North America would be august/september.

As for the screen, now it could be debateable, Samsung has released their WSXGA+ screen that is glossy in which can be found on the Samsung X60 Studentbook Edition.

Supposedely the Z96js will have a WSXGA+ Glossy screen.

But you gotta remember this notebook seems to be geared to business people, hence the webcam and fingerprint reader, thus is would be a matte screen, but ASUS may be one of the first to offer all these features and throw in a glossy screen .

Hopefully it don't reflect that much.

ASIDE, from the pics the screen looks matte, but specs are subject to change once released.

something like other countries could get matte and we get glossy or vice versa.

Who knows.

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

The first picture makes it kinda look glossy though, just below the camera, you see a bit of a reflection.

Hotswap I doubt...

 

hmm, I kinda like the profile of the F3J in the background, this is one model I haven't heard too much of so far?

 

to me all the pics look matte.

Samsungs Glossy WSXGA+ screen may be too expensive to use at this time, plus no ones how good it is, because we don't have the Samsung X60 here in NA.

I wouldn't mind an ASUS Z70va screen on the V1J, because it was beautiful, hopefully no red ghosting or other screen problem will occur with this laptop.

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

Though in the profile spec sheet, it says Colour Shine and Crystal Shine...

It also says WXGA+ though

 

hmm, yah but i dunno lol, hmm i guess we'll havta see, because its quite possible NA will get the WSXGA+ matte screen, while the rest of the world gets a wxga glossy screen.

But im not sure how ASUS is classifying this laptop, if they even do classify it. lol. To me i would consider it as a business notebook because of the features.

But if they give a low res glossy screen and dvi, it may become a lightweight muilti media machine.

I dunno, this is somewhat too soon to know, unless a leak of info comes and sheds some light regarding this.

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

Does anyone know what type of chasis the V1J has? I'm looking for a carbon fiber type like my Z70va, since ASUS has discontinued the M6va/Z70va design unfortunately.

 

our initial assumptions is that the chasis will be the same as the V6J, and just got stretched. LOL

So the mats looks like, Brushed Aluminum alloy, and hard plastic, there MAY be some carbon fibre alloy some where, but this laptop is scheduled for release in August and we only have like 4 pics and we can easily distinguish the mats by pics.

Unless someone really knows about this stuff.

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

hmm, I always thought the V1J looks more like a bigger W3 than a V6

 

Now that im getting a second glance at the v1j, i am getting a lot more excited about it.

Too bad its coming out in august.

 

Fixed - LOL

 

The V1j is exactly what I was looking for in January when I started searching computers. Time and money have since inclined me towards the W3j, but if $300 suddenly fell into my wallet I would almost certainly hold out for this notebook.

 

I wonder how much it will be - has to be around $2k I figure...right?

Plus I really never know if it will come out in August or be pushed back further - plus I'm really like how small the W3j really is (plus you figure since the screen is smaller the battery will last longer on average).

 

Hmm, after the stunt Asus pulled with the W2J no one can trust what they say any more! Could be WXGA+ and not WSXGA + who knows. Its funny, they think Americans are dumb and will not notice the difference. But Europe gets their WSXGA+ W2j

 

I don't think it's a matter of them thinking us dumb. I seriously doubt they thought we wouldn't notice the change...that would be dumb. More than likely, they adjusted fabrication to create a product they thought more marketable, despite the ire it might garnish in the minority of customers who had already ordered a machine. Since the V1j is still a couple months away I don't think Asus is too concerned with losing their clientele base. They've yet to establish one as far as they're concerned.

 

I agree with you guys above.

We are not even sure that the V1J will come out in August, it was an educated guess by someone who said that the V1J will arrive in Europe by the end of the summer, meaning August would be the month that the V1J should come to NA.

However, if there were delays, there MAY be a chance that very few would buy.

a) Price, this is very important now, because this notebook is supposedly geared to compete the already saturated market of high end 15.4" performance laptops. Acer 8204, MBP, LG S1 and P1, and now the new nc8400, Samsung X60, i know im missing some..

b) The screen is something that may be scary to see what turns up...WXGA glossy, WXGA+ glossy or WSXGA+ Matte. (who knows)

c) Turion 2X compatible laptops are already being produced, so... those people who like AMD would jump on a Turion 2X model.

d) LETS HOPE ASUS speeds this laptop's ETA! lol, man i wanna see it!

e) There are those that are brand loyal who would buy it anyways, no matter what. (i might be like that when it is released)

that's my 200 cents (Toonie)

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

When you compare it to say the Acer 8204 (not THAT bad of a comparison if you think about it) and if they get priced around $2k, I'd say that's a pretty good price point to move it. Even if they drop the Acer a few hundred bucks...

It's really hard to say what the environment for Core Duos will be when Core 2 hits...I don't think it will be a major shift (pricing...etc) the near future anyway after the release.

 

hey guys i am heavily interested in the v1j, it is either v1j or macbook pro that will be my laptop for school next year, im just wondering do you think the v1j will have arrived in time for me to head to school with it on august 19th?

 

^ I think so. I was talking to MysticGolem earlier and he is planning on buying a V1J or a MBP as well for school sometime in August. He was pretty confident they will arrive here.

Can i ask why you want to buy one of those two when they sell for close to twice the price of the ASUS S96J having similar specs?

 

incendens, it's still a little soon to tell how worthy the V1J is, we don't know specs, batterylife, and got some idea of the design.

as for the release date, well everyone is hopeing and hinting at sometime in August. Fortunately and unfortunately Europe will be getting the V1J in the summer months, like June/July, therefore we can see how things turn out before it comes to NA. However we just gotta wait and then wait some more if there are delays .

On the other hand the MBP still has it's problems, the Revised MBP looks great, i personaly checked it out, and i was definately impress with the design and was ok with the heat levels. One big thing that's holding me back it Bootcamp with XP...I really don't wanna do that.. but by august im sure bootcamp would become a lot better.

Since you got the time, just wait...we'll be seeing Turion 2X models, the ASUS Z96j, more info regarding Merom and the upgrading from Yonah and other things...

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

Yeah i wouldnt wanna make a bet as to when the V1J is coming out. Im honestly dissapointed in asus as far as them releasing models they are really slow.

I wouldnt blame you if you got a macbook pro its a beautiful machine. And it runs windows. Mystic though i dont see asus releasing any cool turion models they seem to prefer Intel by far. But i wouldnt mind seeing some.

I think the macbook pro is gonna be pretty close in specs to the V1J i hope the v1 will have a x1600 but i have a feeling its going to be a 7400 nvidia i hope not though. The macbook pro is most likely going to be alittle lighter though

 

yah, a lot of people are dissapointed in ASUS release dates..ohwell, that's what you gotta do for some top quality products. =\

hehe yah, ASUS will prolly not be releasing any cool Turion 2x models, but then again i don't want a Turion 2X, so far the benchmarks show that it is slightly worse than the Yonah.. which is odd cos i was expecting newer technology to be slightly (5%) better.

Ohwell, still slightly soon to make absolute conclusions about the Turion 2X, but either way i doubt it will blow away Yonah or Merom in anycase.

Yup i'm definately gonna agree, that the MBP at 5.6lbs is gonna be lighter than the V1J @ 5.8-6.2 lbs <-my guess

The problem is it's release date, since intel has now seen how Turion 2X is not even a real competitor to Merom, i fear intel will slack off and push back the release date of Merom =\. However, why would I wanna buy a V1J with a Yonah in August when, Merom is spose to be out in August and pay $$ for old technology. <- this is more of what i'm afraid of happenning than anything else.

I really don't wanna fall behind the technological curve when i know, i have the time and patience to wait a little more for something that will truely last me 4 years with full compatibility with 64bit processing and DX10 graphics.

I dunno, too much things to worry over lol, i'm just gonna sit back and watch for another 3-4 months, still august/setpember, and then decide to buy or not.

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

The biggest turn offs about the MacBook Pro would be the underclocking of the GPU. It may be the same GPU as the S96J, but with restricted performance. Overclocking the MBP GPU is a solution, but a dangerous one.

I also don't like the resolution on the 15.4. The 17' MBP looks great, but 17' is too big for me.

After researching the MBP's over the past week, I have decided to get an iMac

And later on get a Z70va or a Z96J depending upon how badly I'll want/need the portability of a laptop.

 

Your right the gpu is underclocked in the MBpro. But since a v1j is about as thin whos to say it wouldnt be as underclocked if it had a x1600. thats why i think its gonna be a slower GPU. but we will see.

 

I would not be surprised to see them postponing the release date of the V1J.
As far as I know, the W1J was planned to be released by the end of May / beginning of June, which would mean one more week. Besides from the crappy subsite: http://event.asus.com/2006/nb/fullline/mobiletv/eng/, there's still no other information available.

 

Any additional info - processor speed, release date?

Thanks

 

Well the samsung and LG arent even available in the USA so thats not an issue. But remember the thing that draws people to the V1j is design and not many come close. I mean acers are junk. the V1J is like a bussiness class its think and light its not a gaming machine. its just a nice all around pc. I think it will sell well.

 

Reminds me of a story Andrew(or was it Brian?) told. It was the Ney Yorker, whichever one it is LOL! Anyways, in NYC, supposedly there is a Samsung Store, so the admin himself went in, and saw the famed X50, Q1, etc. And when he asked the rep there how much it was, the rep told him they weren't allowed to sell it

 

Sounds like a Seinfeld moment... the lengendary New York notebook nazis, "No Samsung for you!"

 

You guys can't buy LG laptops in the US? Just a specific model, or the whole brand period?

 

the whole brand.
LG HAD a non-compete with IBM to whom they were one of the ODMs.. but that ended around the time when Lenovo took over. So now it's up to a reseller to introduce LG into the US and it seems that MilestonePC will be the first ones to do so in summer.

Samsung still has agreements with Dell. so no samsung unless you buy it from an importer like Dynamism.com

 

Wow, that's nuts, I guess that's just one more thing I take for granted being Canadian. I'm sure there's other Canadian retailers carrying LG aside from Danny that are already capable of selling to the US market. If someone had to have one now, I'm sure I could help them locate one.

 

oh yeah, there is. One is LGeStore who is willing to sell to the US. But with a number of equivelents in the US from Asus, Lenovo, MSI, etc.. dunno if I would consider importing it. LG sure is purdy tho

 

Just heard that they'll start the production runs in June, which would mean that (we) Euro's might expect it somewhere in July. Based on this information I'd say ETA US would be somewhere in September.