asus L5000D. worth it?

hi all,

how do you like this laptop i'm about to get?

ASUS L5926DFBH
AMD Mobile Athlon64(K8) 3000+
15" TFT (SXGA+IPS)
Nvidia GeForce FX Go 5650 64Mb DDR
512Mb RAM DDR
60G HDD
8xDVD+CD-RW Combo
Gigabit LAN
802 11g Wireless LAN
XP Home

i think it has everything i need.
(i'll use it to code and fool with uml tools)

if i could change something, i'd put a 128 Mb video card.
and also i'd like it to have a single 512 ddr ram thing, but my guess is it comes off with 2*256.

comments are welcome thanks

-z

 

Looks pretty good to me !
Agree with you about the graphics card also a shame that its not an ATI 9600/9700 but thats a personal preferance.
You may also be surprised with the memory. ASUS often use a single stick of 512Mb and hopefully the hdd is at least 5200rpm.
Personally I would go for a dvd burner, I find them really usefull and would upgrade to XPpro, but these are personal preferances and may not be necessary for yourself.
Otherwise this will be a pretty quick machine !
congrats on the purchase
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worth it absolutely
i personaly have the Asus L5800C
intel pentium P4 2800mhz
15" tft
ATI 9000 64ddr sdram
1024 ddr
80 gb
2X dvd-r 1X dvd-rw 8dvd 16cd+r 12cd+rw 32cd
Gbit lan + 11mbit wireless + 56K modem
my personal ussage it was for beeing mobile wile in conference about
Coding engines and especially the Vidcard becous of
the 3D models i make for games / comurcials and etc.
i both mine in november 2003

and i know asus laptops a lot
the do tend to put in a single 512 in so that is easyer to upgrade to full slot (1024)
the only thing i might add you to way BUY a extra battery
i burn op a battery in two to one hour and thats way low compared to other laptops that have shared video memory

but other than that nice laptop
btw what would be the price you payed for this but becous i am looking for a extra laptop and sell my current one

 

i could get it for 1580 euros which is about 1900 us dollars.

now i'm kinda confused though cause i thought the model name was L5926DFBH but i guess it's L5826DFBH (8 instead of 9)...
(L59 seems to come out with a P4 cpu, which is not what i want)

weird..

-z

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by zentropa

 

Anyone, who has this laptop, can give some review?
Mainly I'm intersted in fan noise and heat dissipation. How is this laptop hot and how long it runs on battery?

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