afag, a SB 2630QM is on par with an i7 920XM, imagine the cost that you saved to obtain such processor power. However, if you are not patient enough, u can jz go for the 1st gen i7's.

owh, then its a worth to wait..
thanks

I wonder why Asus didn't equip their weapon with GTX 470m/485m GPU.
Is it coz heat problem?

quite good tutorial

how's is the sound?
it is 2.1 speaker isnt it?

Thanks for watching my review. 

It is a stereo speakers.

The sound quality is considered good in that form factor. However, I still recommend you to get a decent 2.1 or 5.1 speakers for home theater set up as this tiny speakers will cost you very much too. If I'm not mistaken, RM210 at Malaysia. 

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Added on February 21, 2011, 5:26 amDang it. My notebook has a problem again. This time is speakers (audio) problem.

The problem details as follow:

1. When I was watching some YouTube videos. suddenly the speakers went MAD as it produced annoying high pitch sound which scared the shit out of me as it happened suddenly. At first, I ignored it and assumed that it would be something wrong to the vid.

2. Few hours later, the sound appeared again while I was listening to my songs. That scared the shit out of me too as it came out of sudden. Dang it!

What do you guys think is wrong with this notebook.

damage wires to the speakers. possibly.

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Nope. This problem didn't pop up when I used the Razer Ferox.

then it should be driver issue.

I'm thinking now how exactly I messed up with the driver? 

The plug-and-play Razer Ferox can mess up the sound driver?

But some say that even if it's not connected to any power cords anymore, it still has some charges in the system. Therefore, static shocks might occur and would damage the system gradually.

Do you guys wear any anti-static strap or something like that while cleaning the pc?

By the way, riku, can u elaborate more by what you meant from

'Heat issue and the bomb value of the GPUs.'

I'm interested also why ASUS never decide to use a slightly better GPU like 470M when it is almost the same as 460M.

Thanks Riku for the explanation =)

Yes,I've heard of the heat issue from 480m before, it's quite exaggerating when I found out. I remember I saw a video advertisement before that teases Fermi GPUs with extreme heat issues, haha.

I do know that Nvidia is always more expensive than ATI Radeons which have similar performance but it seems to me that many people stick to Nvidia for stability reasons, isn't it?

Somehow,I still prefer the 460M as compared to the 5870 XD

Since the 460M is balanced, a 470M isn't balanced?
Both the 460M and 470M do share the same TDP after all..