outrageous price of the asus v1sn

any one see the outrageous price of the the asus v1sn. Asus is acting like it is a top of the line gaming notebook. in fact people could and should get the m15x with 8800gtx for less then this craziness of the v1sn. selling a second rate as top of the line, WHAT???

 

The V series is their business line though...


Not sure where you got the idea that its supposed to be a gaming notebook, source?

 

If you have a problem with the price, you can feel free not to buy it. I don't know where you got the idea that the V series are meant for gaming. Asus has always marketed them as business solutions.

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=5&l2=24&l3=330&l4=0&model=2079&modelmenu=1

Just from their website, you can see the clear emphasis on security (a very business-like perspective).

 

where did i say the v1sn was a game book?
second i have a right to a opinion ty, i will not be oppressed and controlled.
3rd business or gaming or whatever name, they all have the same hardware to a more or less degree. you can classify them in sub categories for marketing scams but when you get down to it these things are all the same with Minor differences....
i am a big asus fan... i'm just saying some 1 lost a screw when they made up the numbers for this one...
I stick by my statement if your your going to pay this kind of money for a note book go for the very top of the line because we all know the v1sn does not have the top of the line hardware in...

 

Refer to reference 1 please. I agree you did not say it. But neither did ASUS. I'm not sure why you even wrote and responded to that.

Someone's getting defensive, I don't think Lithus nor I were questioning you, we were questioning the source of where you implied that the V1 was indeed a gaming notebook.

True, but look around. Unlike desktops where you can get Xeon server processors, or Physix graphic cards, notebooks are limited quite a bit.

The V1 emphasizes on:
TPM + Security features
Fingerprint reader
Spill Proof keyboard
Docking station
Modular optical tray

All of these are common in business type notebooks from Dell Latitudes to Thinkpads T and X series. ASUS wanted to jump into the fray, and so they did. They also put in a 8600 for kicks, why? Beats me.

So you mean if ASUS put like an nVidia Quadro card or ATI FireGL, then would then it be considered a business notebook? Considering the Quadro cards and FireGL are basically the same cards with different drivers(there are some differences though), they probably put in the 8x series cause they had them already from their other notebooks, no point in ordering different Quadro cards from nVidia, or FireGl from ATI.

 

Well there is more in a notebook than just the standard components. When it comes down to it, besides the motherboard many notebooks from various manufacturers will have the same components inside... and the prices will range from cheap to very expensive. What really makes the difference is the build quality. That's how business notebooks come into the picture: offering good build quality and reliability for similarly (and often more poorly) performing components. And that comes with a price premium.

That being said, there are doubts on whether the V1Sn can deliver a level of quality and reliability that makes it a good business notebook. Some people have problems with the build quality of the V1 series, and there are also some firmware issues (e.g., the battery problems; but hopefully those have been fixed in this new model). About reliability, I don't really know. Some V1J owners should be able to tell since that model is already quite old.

 

SO WILL Lithus.

 

Ok to make it clear, why such the big price hike form the v1s-b1 to the v1sn when essentially the only difference is, is the jump form the 8600gt to the 9500m gpu which hardly leaves you with any performance gain and with a small power saving gain??
let me know if you think the 9500m is worth 700 to 900$ more then it predecessor. of course the v1sn has penryn cpu but so does the all the other new model note books out there and the price increase was marginal if any compared to the v1sn.

 

But look at the feature list on the V1 - Spill-proof keyboard, hot-swap bays, multiple security devices, video conferencing webcam setup, active management technology, slim and light business design and the docking station. This thing is a fully loaded business beast. With the 9500gs they are advertising that this laptop can pretty much be used in any department with its versatility and performance. Granted all those features come with a price but when your business has multiple departments in the same building with varying tasks and needs it makes sense to have a large base of well rounded computers. Now they only need to stock one type of battery for spares, all laptops use the same docking station and power cord so no worries there. ANd since all are identical everyone can use any laptop in the building since they are all the same. Imagine employees having to learn how to use the thinkpads in the cubicles, the dell precision laptops in the cad areas, the dell latitudes on business trips...gets kinda messy real fast. With one brand and one model businesses get more use out of them. Look at how the thinkpads can be configured with decent workstation cards - multiple useage. It is a very common concept that businesses are very willing to pay for due to it being a better investment in some circumstances and for ease of use and maintenance by the employees.

 

Its Apple Tax I mean Asus tax because its the top of the line new model for business folk, and many of them dont pay for there laptops anyways there company will.

Asus has some of the best deals on laptops in the whole industry like the M50, but the V series is a prestige of sorts and has higher standards and build quality.

 

Now that's kinda nonsense thread and so are some of the replies here (how are you, Cori? ) but I'm not interested in screwing up this thread further so I won't comment...

However, I have a question: is the Asus V1sn released in the USA? I think not. I Googled and yeah I found the sites selling it for like 2700-3000$, but that's in Australia, so those prices are normal for there. The price in the States will probably be the same as the previous version, about 2k. And I don't see why it would be different.

Now it's known fact that I'm one of the people who consider the V1jp/V1s to be a piece of junk, because it's poorly built, full of flaws and doesn't come even close to the quality offered by Dell, HP and Lenovo's business notebooks but well... stopping people from buying garbage is another thing that I'm not interested in anymore.

 

Actually looking at the price of the V1Sn here in the Netherlands it's around 1600 EUR, which is the same (if not a bit less) than the V1S was. So yeah, a 900 USD difference is "a bit" too much. So maybe the price that the OP saw was not in USD...