Where to buy w3v. Australia vs Hong Kong

After many hours reading and searching these forums I have decided on the Asus w3v.

Now I have the dilema on where to buy it, Hong Kong or Australia.

Australia has the 128mb version video card, while HK has the 64mb one, on the otherhand the price would be cheaper in Hong Kong, although I know someone here and will be buying at cost price.

Other concerns as mentioned in my original post if buying in Hong Kong.

Concerns are:
-keyboard, will it be standard US? or chinese?
-recovery cds/os, what versions do they come with? chinese/english?


As a reference, Australia cost price I am looking at is AU$2600 or roughly US$1920 at todays exchange rate.
Not sure about the price of the Asus in Hong Kong.

Any input will be great.

 

Both are the same, they all come preconfigured with the same specs, the VRam is 64mb dedicated + 64 siphoned from your RAM for the 128. Of course, you can set it to either one.

 

Thanks, one probelm solved. The other is, in Joshua's review of the Asus w3v he mentions.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2625

"To be honest, my original Chinese keyboard seemed to have firmer keys, but the standard English keyboard I replaced it with is still great. The keys are a good size, not too small, and there's an audible click that's not too loud when you press a key. There is zero flex when I push on the keyboard."

Hong Kong being a former English colony, would the Asus be the same version he got or an english version keyboard?
And would the OS be chinese or english version.

 

I think you can get the OS in either english or chinese... its the user's choice

Im not 100% certain on this... but i think thats usually the case for most notebook sold in hong kong.

Or maybe you can reinstall the OS with someone else's windows cd and then type in the cdkey from under your notebook when asked.

 

Please avoid buying in australia if possible. Most of the laptops here are overpriced. You'll be better off buying it in Hong Kong. I'm trying to get a W2 laptop. Not even thinking of buying it here in Australia. If you see the price tag on this baby here, I think you'll die of shock.

 

from my experiences they have both keyboards u just got to find a vendor with the one you want. They got all kinds of electronic crap over there.

 

Most places (especially in Hong Kong), will have a few spare english keyboards. Even the reseller in Taiwan offered to switch the keyboards for me, but I didn't have time to go back. I just walked into the US Asus service center and they swapped the keyboards for free. And considering how prevalent English is in Hong Kong, they should probably have a few English versions (both OS and keyboard) ready to be bought.

 

Whats wrong with a chinese keyboard? I mean it has both english and chinese characters/letters on the keyboard, and its still usable even if you don't know chinese