Glossy makes it hard to work with under certain lighting conditions and angles. Matte is pretty awesome.

Anyone here have the A43SV-VX028V i7 review?
With price tag 2999 but in A series category, there must be good about it

I heard it is altec lansing built in speaker, is it true?

current user here, i can give u a short pros and cons about it..

pros:
very study, i would say as sturdy as current N series 
i7 woot!
nice chicklet keyboard
big and smooth mousepad
in aircon room, palmrest is really ice cool

cons:
huge power brick
weird placement of power supply port( to the right of vent)
might not have optimus...
sucky speakers
slightly heavier than average 14", due to build quality
no usb 3.0

overall very satisfied, i can live with most of the cons, just annoyed no optimus 

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Added on April 22, 2011, 6:49 pm
sifu, noob like me need some step by step instructions 
so find the driver for that and update it?

USB 3.0 is reserved for G series and N series... and still, it's optional on N series...

u mean upgrade to ddr5 or upgrade to 8gb?    well its upgradable to 8gb..yea pretty sure, but i think u should clarify with someone who knows better ie a user.
About multitasking well...so far no lag but i don't have time to try big stuff on it yet...after my exams, will start installing games, cad software, rendering softwares, and video editing 

hm...didn't i just list down the stuff i wana install? i'm not installing them for the sake of testing out my i7 mind you, i do use them for my work. Anyway i'm ok with gaming with 14". As for optimus well...even without it can get a max of 4 hours battery life with wifi, lowest brightness and battery saving. Just that wont help reduce temps. I get about high 40s to mid 50s at idle with cooling fan. In aircon room can drop another 10 degrees.

i'm one of those who gave up waiting for n43sl    besides, n43sl no i7 anymore...and this looks good enough for me.

thanks, now understand..
because N series laptop not isolated?? i also not like the keyboard(design). ahahaha.. get A series lo..

Not to mention that the U41SV feels more solid than the U36JC.

Basically, Astria has pretty much summed it all up. If you have a problem with the keyboard then that would be an issue as you'll be stuck with it for a while.

The alternative is the U41SV. A normal chiclet keyboard but it packs a GT540M which is good enough for anytime you can throw at it.

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Added on April 24, 2011, 12:37 am

And then it got heavier for some weird reason... 

With Optimus also won't last that much when gaming, since  you still be using nVidia for games...
Pretty much gaming on any notebook with decent spec won't last long on battery...

quad core and running discrete GPU all the time? it's gonna be slightly hotter compare to laptops with Optimus..

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Added on April 24, 2011, 2:27 am

1 hour or less probably

Its not because Optimus.
If gaming, the battery life will be the same whether there is Optimus or not. In fact, with Optimus, battery life will be lower since it need to power up Intel HD + nVidia at the same time...

Unless you are talking non-gaming task, then Optimus will make differences...