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    Let's note W5 came in

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by noobsrus, Jun 10, 2006.

  1. noobsrus

    noobsrus Notebook Enthusiast

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    So my W5 came in the other day, been tinkering with it ever since. Generally its the same as the W4. But I can see an improvement with the battery life, little as it may be. With wifi on and dvdrom off, and doing the casual MSN with streaming vids and excelling, I got around a solid 7 hours before it gave me a 20min warning. I have yet to test it with wifi and dvdrom off but i'm betting that will be able to yield at least 8 hours. These are preliminary observations, obviously they may not be accurate but I am definitely satisifed with the W5. I took off the stickers just cause it makes it look tacky in my eyes. The Macbook Pro doesn't have it, why should a high end panasonic have it? Anyways, I got the white cover one with standard specs (60gb, 512 ram). I also purchased a booqbag powersleeve and its awesome. Able to hold my earphones with chargers and the laptop all in a compact and stylish looking messenger bag. The screen for the W5 is awesome as well, not dim at all. Its just the speaker is obviously pretty weak, but headphones will solve that no problem.

    If you guys have any other questions regarding the W5 jsut shoot.
     
  2. skagen

    skagen Notebook Deity

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    How is the performance on it? is the fan loud? Also what did you pay/