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    Your Perfect Asus

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by IheartTaiwan, Jun 18, 2011.

  1. IheartTaiwan

    IheartTaiwan Notebook Guru

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    What do you want to see Asus incorporate into future laptops?

    My wishlist:

    13'' screen with 1600x900 resolution with gorilla glass
    All matte black
    Light up Keyboard
    Removal of optical disc drive
    stronger hinge
    water resistant keyboard
     
    IheartTaiwan, Jun 18, 2011
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  2. kingp1ng

    kingp1ng Notebook Evangelist

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    15'' screen with 1080p resolution
    All matte black
    Chassis made of strong aluminum and plastics
    Chiclet backlit keyboard, no number pad
    About 1 to 1.2'' thick. Not too thin, not too thick
    Either dual core or quad core
    Switchable AMD 6700m series or Nvidia 500m series GPU
    Flush 8 cell battery

    Basically a much thinner and lighter G53...
     
    kingp1ng, Jun 18, 2011
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  3. ForumNewb

    ForumNewb Notebook Guru

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    Might not be Asus, but this one might be what you're after.
    New LG P330 laptop has it all: brains, brawn, and beauty -- Engadget
    It looks premium, so it might have the backlit keyboard. Idk about the water resistant keyboard though.
     
    ForumNewb, Jun 19, 2011
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  4. link101ooh

    link101ooh Notebook Enthusiast

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    That new LG looks really nice. If it really is only 21.1 mm thick with an i7 and a GT 555M I'll have to take a look at it when it comes out at the end of the year. It does show what looks to be three different thicknesses and, based on the geforce code name, either the 555M or anyone of the lower models as another option (550M, 540M, 525M and 520M are all N12P-*).

    As for my perfect Asus,

    I would take the U36 body and put in what is going into the LG above - core i7, GT 555M and 1600x900 IPS screen and for an even more off the wall wish, make the screen rotatable so it can be tabet as well. Too much? ;)
     
    link101ooh, Jun 19, 2011
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  5. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    15.6" 1600x900 or greater resolution. Powerful i7, either GTX 580M or 6990 GPU :p Massive cooling would be needed but I wouldn''t care. Power all the way :D

    Oh yeah won't happen haha
     
    King of Interns, Jun 20, 2011
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  6. wicketr

    wicketr Notebook Enthusiast

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    The U36SD sounds about perfect to me. Though i wish it had a slot loading BluRay drive.

    And what is the deal with manufacturers not giving the backlit keyboard as a factory option/upgrade? I would easily pay an addition $50-100 for it.
     
    wicketr, Jun 20, 2011
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  7. DeusEx

    DeusEx Notebook Evangelist

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    1.3 megapixel camera.
    Grey like the Z71V used to be.
    sandy bridge i3 or i5 makes no difference to me.
    extra buttons above keyboard (not just 2 power buttons).
    backlit keyboard would be nice.
     
    DeusEx, Jun 20, 2011
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  8. sarge_

    sarge_ Notebook Deity

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    A G73SW 3D, except with a switchable GeForce 485m, no light leakage from under the keys, a smaller power brick (seriously, that thing is HUGE), and a better battery and/or lighter weight, if possible.
    Oh, and the G74 keyboard.
     
    sarge_, Jun 20, 2011
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  9. KuroLionheart

    KuroLionheart Notebook Deity

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    17" Laptop with 1920x1080/1920x1200 IPS screen.
    Windows 7 Ultimate.
    AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6970M x2 in CrossfireX.
    Intel Core i7-2920XM.
    4GB/8GB/16GB DDR3-1600MHz memory.
    Blu-ray Burner.
    Windows 7 Ultimate.
    Amazing build quality, something that can handle heat well and cooling similar to the G73 but better.
    USB 3.0, eSATA, HDMI, a badness battery pack, a great touchpad and a nice big keyboard.

    I aim big. It'd be expensive as hell but it'd be god tier.
     
    KuroLionheart, Jun 20, 2011
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  10. coldcase

    coldcase Notebook Consultant

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    I so agree. back lit keyboards seem reserved to gaming laptops but I'd like to have them even on slim mobile units.
     
    coldcase, Jun 22, 2011
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  11. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Honestly, i'd like them to put the connector there even if they don't ship them with back lit kbs. That way, order one from eBay and swap the keyboard for the back lit one.
     
    tijo, Jun 22, 2011
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  12. wicketr

    wicketr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Forgot to mention 16:10 monitor display. I hate the super fat 16:9 monitor standard. I only watch movies 5% of the time on my computer, if that. That limited time shouldn't be controlling the way I view things the other 95% of the time.
     
    wicketr, Jun 23, 2011
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