Those are just unethical sellers lar... If you go to those big places such as SenQ or Harvey Normans I think they must sell it RRP.. U're not suppose to sell items higher than its RRP price.. Well cheapest is still garage sales which is lower than RRP..

sound like good choice for video editing lappy

Just tested the battery life on it. Power saver can go up to 5hours and above.

Balanced mode about 2hours+, haven't try high performance yet as I'm outside now.

Cool. I wonder how's the battery life when using Ubuntu 10.10

You can expect better battery life when you neither use windows nor game.

Well not entirely true. I've a Dell and an Acer, both runs good on Ubuntu but surprisingly Lucid Lynx is quite a drainer.
Not sure with the newer ones though.

WWAN: NO
Bluetooth: NO


you mean all these tak ada ?

This post has been edited by iLoveChicks: Jan 18 2011, 08:09 PM

What is the dimension for this lappy?

Ok which laptop can this be compared to ?

so far, not yet. 5750g is the only sb laptop available in the market. to compare this with others, need to wait next month or march.

what do u mean by that?
What about Y460p, HP dv6 and N53SN?

this laptop no bluetooth ?

I dont think the Asus N53SN is out yet. I am praying it'd be available sometime next week. If you do know a confirmed release date, please get back to us...Cos out of those 4 laptops, its slightly the front runner for me personally.
In this order:

1. Asus - Good build quality, nice features, Nvidia gpu, good speakers, good reliability, best warranty deal____I hate the keyboard, no SSD option
2. lenovo - Good build quality also, decent features, best keyboard of the bunch, SSD option (though not entirely sure if its available in the MY model)____known reliability issues, average aftersale service, weaker gpu
3. HP - DDR5 Gpu, decent.. sleek design_____Bad components and reliability issues, bad aftersale services, overheating problems
4. Acer - Economical choice_____weak build quality = reliability issues, not the greatest warranty deal

you can always buy a SSD urself and upgrade? No? It's definitely gonna be cheaper than the upgrades given by the laptop itself...

Keyboard is quite subjective IMO, what do u mean after sales service? U know Acer and Asus share the same Highpoint service centre in Malaysia right?

Asus's international warranty deal is best, but obtaining the serivce is a hassle and somewhat feel unreliable... I am studying in London and have claimed warranty twice in a row for my previous Asus laptop... The first time I sent it in they didn't fully repaired the problem, I had to send it in a 2nd time in a row... A thing about it is that you can't send it to the cenre urself, instead they give you a courier sticker and you have to arrange a pick up for it, hence you can only write ur laptop problem on a paper to put in the box.. Then after that you can only wait for them to repair and send the laptop back to you, god knows how long would it take...

My point is, Asus International warranty is tempting, and they do have a lot of service centres across the whole world, BUT how reliable are those service centres? I do have doubts myself.. This is not only coming from myself, I have heard users from other foreign countries having such experiences as well.. but HECK, it's still the cheapest choice laptop with international warranty, that's why tons of ppl getting it...

Any problems so far ?

Yeah, this laptop doesn't have these features.

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Added on January 18, 2011, 9:47 pmWhat do u mean? Size? It's 15.6"widescreen.

This post has been edited by [G]ooD_DaY: Jan 18 2011, 09:47 PM

I dont think you'd be able to put in a SSD in a laptop unless the manufacturer has made a dedicated slot for an SSD drive. These laptops would advertise by saying its 'upgradable to an SSD', for example on the XPS 15. Non of these mid range new SB carrying laptops are really too customizable. However the Lenovo does have an addon option where where you can get a 'hybrid drive'....where it has a decently sized (32gb) SSD partition that you can install your OS onto.

Thats scary isnt it to send our laptop off in a flimsy courier bag....but yeh, thats how shit goes these days. A very good point you are making about the warranty though. The whole phenomenon of the 'warranty' is quite dodgy at best. It's more often than not a false promise, a marketing gimmick. But the Asus does offer that International warranty, where as the rest only give you a local/regional coverage. So I'd take the one that has a worldwide warranty, even though the chances of getting decent service is minimal. Less is better than zero eh...

Well, one can put in SSD to replace the HDD in the laptop. Then, the HDD can be put in an enclosure and act as an external storage. If it is advertised saying 'upgradable to an SSD', it can be done by the laptop manufacturer, but u can always do it on your own, just that it has no warranty for the SSD. International warranty, imho is only useful if one is going overseas with the laptop.

We could DIY....but I dont want to carry around an external drive with me, I'd rather have an SSD and a HDD both INSIDE my laptop...(the XPS and Lenovo does provide this option)

This post has been edited by Dell2011: Jan 18 2011, 11:47 PM

U better go by 17" laptop la..