asus g1s came in the mail

Hi, I just got my asus g1s and am super excited to open it up. quick question though and i know this is the wrong forum but couldn't post anywhere else.

1) should i power it up WITH the battery in the laptop?
2) i should always take the battery out when it is being powered by ac adapter right?

i'm sort of a laptop noobie, thanks!

 

Yes, it's fine to power it up with the battery in.

You don't need to take the battery out when powered by AC........... it will charge the battery when on AC power (and when the battery is fully charged it doesn't use it anyway).

 

1) Power the laptop with the battery installed.

2) In my opinion I would leave you battery in even when you are using ac power. The battery will stop charging after it becomes fully charged. Plus if you leave you battery in your laptop you won't have to worry about accidentally unplugging your laptop when the battery is not installed.
Tim

 

Pics please....

 

i coudn't have said it more bluntly, take a pic with the camera too, i haven't seen anyone speak about camera quality

 

Brian,

I hear the G1 had a terrible webcam

So don't expect much from the G1s in that department either.

 

This is what you should do, install games & tell us what frame rates your getting :0

 

Yeah, a bunch of us are chompin' at the freakin' bit to get some G1S pics and benchmarks, get to it!!

 

Woke up this morning to an email from excaliber and fed ex saying mines in the mail....
Should be here by Monday or Tuesday i fugure.

 

Where do you live? why is it going to take so long?

 

Well I ordered the G1S from newegg.com yesterday and it SHOULD be here by friday. I will try out FEAR, Oblivion, Halo 2, and maybe something older like Doom 3 or Farcry and will try to get some benchmarks for you guys if no one has posted them by friday.

 

i orderd mine today, shipped awhile ago, i might have it in 2 weeks

 

briah you really went for the cheapest shipement price lol, if your not in a rush thats the best one

 

Mine left the supplier today... only problem is it's being sent to South Korea... so about a week for me

 

western australia....
costs heaps for shipping too, but it would probably cost just as much if i hadve waited and bought it here.
plus, i'll probably be the only person in australia with a laptop with a dx10 vid card, haha.

 

it's not their fault, i live in jamaica, so it has to be sent to florida (where my mailpac address is) then to me... but if im lucky ill have it before june 12

 

strachany: It will be interesting to see how you go with Australian customs, If you dont declare it, They will charge you the 10% GST and a $50 processing fee for not declaring it. Also the last time I had something stuck in customs it took 2 weeks for them to even let me know they had it, another week to process it, and another week for it to get to me. If the insured value on the box is over 1K then they will seize it. Please let us know how it goes.

 

i know ill be the only one in Jamaica with dx10

 

well, apparently they are walking your laptop all the way to florida. =P Doesn't it only take like 2 days to get from mailpak to you?

 

Ever heard of customs?