WOO my z70va came today!

Hey all,

So, it was *sort* of a surprise that my z70va came today... I almost had a hayday w/ UPS. I had ordered from G2P w/ 2 day UPS. It shipped on 3/3 and was supposed to arrive on 3/7 (first of all, wasn't it supposed to arrive on 3/6? They work on saturday... doesn't quite make sense to me). ANYWAYS, apparently there was a mixup in Seattle:

This started to worry me.. I really wanted the laptop (I'm impatient, plus I leave on fri. for spring break which was the whole reason for me jumping on this... so it would push loading it another day).

Even though there was a mixup, it arrived in pullman (where I live) at 9:30 am. I checked early this morning and it said RESCHEDULED... I started to worry... why would it be pushed back a day if it was IN MY CITY?!!! So, at noon I went to the UPS 'hub' to see if it was sitting there. I was told by a nice lady that there wasn't anything she could do even if it was sitting right behind her. She said if it was in pullman it was on a truck and it would be delivered today or tomorrow.

At this point I figured all was lost, and that I would have to call UPS and hassle them to get my shipping refunded from the 2 day air. At about 1:20pm I hear a knock on my door and think... noooo it can't be. But low and behold it was the UPS lady I have come to know after all my packages .

WOOO!!! so excited. I decided to do a sort of photo documentary (pics to come later) of me opening it, etc... It was so hard to keep from just ripping it open.

Anyways, it's installing windows right now. I must say I am VERY impressed thus far. This is my first laptop and don't really have any first hand experience (besides brief use of one). But I am very impressed. Something I noticed about the screen is that it is almost glossy. It is almost in between a matte and gloss finish.. I mean I can see a reflection from the side of it. I cannot do this w/ my Dell 2005FPW. The screen looks very nice as far as I can tell, but won't really be able to tell till I get into windows. I didn't notice any creaking or noises that were louder than expected... so no problems there. Everything looks very nice and I would like to thank Eddie for all his help.

I had been shopping for a laptop since about last oct/ nov and had been drooling over the z70va ever since. I finally pulled the trigger and I have absolutely no regrets so far... hopefully it stays that way I am normally a very picky person when it comes to electronics, I am also one to wipe off the unit every 5 mins.

Anyways, pics to come later... time to mess w/ my new toy!

~Jon

 

Congrats on your new and first laptop... Very happy your UPS problem was sorted out properly and quickly (and literally). Enjoy and please post to let us know of any concerns or comments...

 

I'd really like to see your pics, and hear anymore comments you have. Please post away!

 

Ooooooooooooh yeah baby, nice buy~!

Hope you take lots of pics without the flash in good lighting to show off the Z70Va's true beauty.

You've gotta say it's a bit bigger than you expected eh? I kinda like that fact.

Anyhoo' enjoy and treat her well, OH, and if you are the type to wipe your baby off every 5mins like I am as well then you should think about getting your hands on one of those Asus keyboard dusters. You get one as a gift when you send it in for repairs or something like that. I got one.

I say just send your laptop in and say something is wrong when there isn't and get one.

Cheers,
mike

 

congrats! i got mine last week, and i love it so far..although i need to review it, i will get around to it soon..still "breaking it in"..maybe its just laziness hehe

good luck with it

pb,out.