The link is funny. Yup, I am agree too, the argument on which driver is better is subject to personal experience and preference. I have no flickering problem so far. I update my driver every month.

PS: just saw your post, may be i m not aware of the flickering if it exist.

@J.A.Robert: I called up the 1-800 number the day it was launched! Still have not get my notebook! Thanks for you offer anyway...


This post has been edited by cowithgun: Aug 24 2011, 06:11 PM

What happen to you 4820tg? I am currently using 3820tg, still strong and nothing wrong with it.

It's thinner than my 3820tg. It should be much thinner than 4820tg. According to spec: Height: 30.40 mm

V131 is 21.00 mm.

Other advantage including USB3.0 and e-Sata. Both allow you to use external HDD at 10 times (theoretically) faster. With this option, it is now possible to install a small SSD (cheaper) for OS and application, then keep all movies, VMware, etc in an external HDD. You can access the external HDD at full speed.

V131 has faster HDD (7200 RPM), 2 hours more battery life with wifi, Sandy Bridge CPU and there is also a finger print reader... but i dont use them... the Webcam is a HD webcam, much better than most web cam.

The difference between i3 and i5 in most daily computing are not noticeable; even in running a few VMware and gaming. But i3 should run cooler.

But since you already have 4820tg, I recommend you keep it. V131 is no match when it comes to gaming. The 5650 / 6550 GPU in 4820tg will make V131 cry.

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Aug 25 2011, 08:29 AM

If there is, I am not aware. I dont see any problem / flickering while playing movie and game... and I do both of those very often. Can check out many of my game play:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_quer...urce=opensearch

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Aug 25 2011, 09:14 AM

HDD failure! I hope you managed to save your data.

Desktop is much prefer if playing game. I play game mostly when traveling, so a portable and gaming notebook is preferred.

I list down all advantages of V131 as you have requested for it! If you dont have 4820tg, make sense to get V131. But since you already have 4820tg, make sense to keep it. Unless $ is not an issue.

Even with Eclipse+JWS+JBOSS+everything jav-else running, I doubt you will see the differences in i3 and i5.

Who lost money? Steve Jobs resigned as CEO.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/24/steve-j...s-ceo-of-apple/

When he come back to Apple, he wanted to prove that those who fired him were wrong. He did it.

Dont know the apm and aam setting of my HDD, but i know its WD. What you want to do with the APM?

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Aug 25 2011, 02:39 PM

How much performance can you manage to squeeze?

i m suspecting that sifu lee is a bot... a simple program that simply query whatever we ask in google, parse the output back here...

I was considering netbook previously, but finally decided to go for a full SB in V131. I really think 1.5ghz atom / fusion are not fast enough for running Visual Studio, VMware, etc. My current CPU is i5-460m, 3dmark06 = 3k, e-350 = 1k. SuperPI (16) for i5 = 16, e-350 = 51.

So, the e-350 is like 1/3 of the speed of i5-460m, that could make me go crazy...

*warning* those are simply estimation. really dont know how it feel when using e-350, may be it's not that bad for normal browsing...

Look like a netbook might meet your requirement. In that case how about a tablet? Hehe

... i m still waiting for my V131... Dell is really slow...

My V131 is here! Photos and reviews are coming up...

it's flashy... not just red, it's flashy like sparkling a little... girl may like it (i hope)

Quick review:

-Flashy red


- Not as thin I expected! Due to the 6 cell battery. Yet, still thinner than my 3820tg.


- The screen is better than I expected considering the low 180 nit brightness.


- Keyboard is comfy but the key feel like smaller...

Yes, both at Max brightness. It certainly does not look dull huh?

The hinge is a little easier to close and open then the 3820tg. It does shake (front and back) more if I 'poke' the screen. May be because of that, it does feel like a little loose. Contrary to 3820tg which open and close screen feel a little more tight.

Now updating and downloading prime85 + furmark

ya, i think the viewing angle also not really the best for 3820tg... i'll take another snapshot shortly. but so far, the screen of V131 is really not dull.

White screen desktop, both screen with same angle. 3820tg is brighter.



Black screen, 3820tg is darker, but glossy

no backlit... i press fn+-> nothing...

i remember some review says it mono speaker.. it's not. 1st page edited.

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Sep 3 2011, 01:40 PM

hey, its louder than 3820tg by quite a bit. sound quality wise, i think i hear more noise in V131... anyway, i think all notebook speaker are

After Windows Performance Toolkit, boot time is 20 seconds... without uninstall / disabling anything

Cannot compare with GT555 and m14x cool factor...