images and news on A8Jm, Z96J, W2Jb, S6.....

Here is the final specs come to us of A8Jm, ETA: May 17, Price: CD$1729


























S6, will be available in June, you will see color of Dark brown(I posted the pictures before), the Camel color which you will see below, price: US$2499













W2JB, 17", WXGA+, which is not that bad, comparing with W2V, alot brighter, you will see them side by side, and has some new buttons which are not on W2V for easy control, actually pictures are very sharp and vivid.










Z96J which looks a little bit different with S96J.


























Also, the Asus tablet will be available in July, we should see both barebone and ensemble, don't know how much it will cost yet.

To be safe, now just treat V1J coming to NA as rumor for now.

A8J barebone version still no news, totally depends on how Taiwan thinks, Asus NA cannot really control too much

 

Can I just say how much I love these threads...

 

Is that a glossy WSXGA+ screen I see?

Barebone tablet?

The power plug on the A8jm is placed quite differently

 

ooh, is that you in the picture?

 

Yea, that's Danny all right

 

I want a tablet with a dedicated graphics card...

The mouse button and pad look a little cheap to me on the S6.

 

You only see these types of threads in the ASUS forums.

Danny do you mind linking the pics to imageshack with thumnails. My screen is so messed up right now. I have to scroll alot since those
pics are huge.
Thanks.

 

kool pics, thanks for the update

Btw Dj, you can right click on the image and save it, and view it on ur desktop. That's if your able to do that =\?

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

Nice machines But the W2J is useless with a XGA screen thats just horrible for a 17in.

 

great...how about some A8JM benchmarks Danny....plsssssss

 

I am assuming no new info on the w3? Of course not...you would have mentioned it if there was...

 

is it still a no for bluetooth? (a8jm) does it have the optional spot for bluetooth? sorry if its repetitive but we'll know fo sure now.

 

I took these pictures on a notebook dealer meeting today, on the meeting I talked to Asus NA notebook PM about the XGA topic, he said not only us, every multimedia notebook in the universe has XGA screen....

IBM, Fujitsu and LG were also there. When the IBM guy doing the 15 minute speech, he had a thinkpad in his hand and introduced it to us, suddenly he THREW the notebook on the floor and stepped on it and then started to jump on the notebook at least 4 times, after all these torture, the notebook was still working , I was very shocked on this.
He said Lenovo will start releasing $600 notebook soon with solid quality, but we don't jump on it, step on it gentlly still has no problem.

I just realized there is no LG notebook distributors and resellers in US, I think I will bring them over to US in couple of months, actually LG notebooks are very stylish, not below Asus, and US buyers can get warranty from LG USA.

let me stop here, off topic of this forum too much already, sorry guys.

 

happy with the news, disappointed that the z96j's cover didn't come like the s96j's. oh well, im still gonna get it!

 

Reminds me of a ThinkPad frisbee contest I saw a while back, they were giving away a ThinkPad to the person who threw it the closest to the marked spot

An elderly man won it, he hit the mark right on, the Rep picked up the notebook, handed it to him along with a messenger bag with the cords and goodies!

edit: Any news or pics of possible S96j lids?

 

Darn it, I was hoping the A8Jm was going to be WXGA+...

 

If you are talking about the barebone, I have it in stock, you can come to see it, if you are talking about the add-on color panel, not yet, I have no time to work on it.

 

Does A8jM have bluetooth? i seee a little icon near the indicator lights seeing a bluttoth symbol..

 

NO BT included in NA A8Jm, we might be able to add it in.

 

It looks like the Z96j does not have a web cam, correct? Odd that the S96j has a web cam and the the Z96j does not. Not that that is a big deal to me...

 

man..this sucks for a price of 1729..and no bluetooth and also its Winxp home...sigh..

 

I think that is hilarious.

 

when is the z96j going to be available by the way? still +30 days? i hope it has the camera..

 

I think $1729 is a good deal, it is in Canadian $, not US$.

Z96J has camera, just very small, hard to see. on top center

 

BY now, W3J still late May, and Z96J 30 days +.

 

It does not look the same as the S96j. The S96j has a two circles, one a lens and one a sensor. It also says mega pixel. What does the Z96j have in device manager for Imaging devices? The S96j has the BisonCam, NB Pro.

Thanks!

 

What do u guys think about the price for A8JM? I am considering DV2000 right now. A lot cheaper, good look, great screen, webcam, great autonomy.

Only A8Jm has a DVI out. I still think A8Jm is a bit overpriced.

 

i definitely don't think it's overpriced at about $1600 u.s. considering that it has such a high powered gpu in such a small form factor with the t2400 and a gig of ram. it's not fair to compare the hp with an asus b/c asus's build quality is much better. i wouldn't be surprised if the asus also had a better screen as well.

 

So we won't be seeing an S6 without the leather here in Canada anytime soon? They darker brown option isn't that bad, but I'd prefer a plainer version. This S6 is going to be the nicest ultra-ultra portable on the market when it hits (in my opinion). The built in optical drive and proposed specs are going to make this little guy a wonder for people on the move who demand the best.

 

for $1570 USD or $1730 CDN dollars, i think its not overpriced, but it isnt the deal-of-the-year either. keep in mind it IS a go7600 gpu that, if i recall correctly isnt soddered in or something, rendering it upgradable.

A little sad about the bluetooth, but still gettin it.

 

ummm....i'm pretty sure the a8jm isn't upgradeable. gpus are only upgradeable if they are mxm/axiom. the 7600go in the a8jm i believe, is not.

 

Affirmitive.

Just like the go6600 in the Z71V, this go7600 is not MXM. It is asus propritery module.

 

my bad lol. i always thought the 7600 would be an mxm model. guess asus wont ditch out a 7600 out like alienware appears to\

-edit-

actually not my bad. are you sure? here you say yourself its MXM mr djpharoah

 

yup... isn't a8jm's 7600 supposed to be mxm?

 

price on the z96j? Out of all the notebooks on this page, it looks the most stylish honestly

 

The non-leather S6 should also come in, but might be slightly later than the leather version.

 

well yeah..i know nits canadian and i libe in toronto...but disspointed lol..w/e i'm still gettiing it heh..even though its missing those typ of stuff...and just becasue its a Go 7600 512 dedicated....but is that TC or dedicated and no system emmoery suage?

 

It's Half Half, 256 dedicated, 256 onboard

 

I was recently corrected by mr. ICE-T. Since the module in the A8JM doesnt fit the MXM configuration size and mounting holes.

 

Nope. All 512MB of the go7600 exists on the Graphics Module Card. The Go7600 doesnt use Turbo Cache which is the use of system memory.

 

It doesn't? Hmm, I thought I saw it say TC though...

 

Check this page out. The 7600 doesnt support TC.

 

Yes as far as i know its all 512mb no system ram usage. sucks about no bluetooth, even tho the chasis has the leds for it

 

so its a full 512MB dedicated rite?...so it might be better than the ATI X1600 then....

 

I like how the Z96J looks. Any ensemble models that look like this?

 

is the Z96J WSXGA+ with a glossy or matte screen?

off topic, but is TFT another acronym for matte?

 

I think the Z96J is glossy. Not sure about TFT = matte.

 

really TFT = matte? I din't know that.

then whats the acronym for glossy?

Learning something new

Thanks,

MysticGolem

 

yep, TFT = Thin-film transistor
never seen acronym for glossy.. just the term every brand makes up for their version.. crystal view, color shine, bright view, reflecto-glass ..