hi all owners of Asus N56VZ,

today i went to Lowyat plaza to chaeck out on this model, but all stores have no stock, not even a demo unit. I want to check with owners here whether this model's display is FHD 1920x1080 or not?

some seller told me all versions (i5 or i7) are FHD, some said i5 is only HD (1366) and i7 is FHD...

also, would liek to know if the screen is matte (non reflective) or not? because i knly want to buy a matte display, my eyes have problem with those bright screens that dominate nowadays.

Can any owner clear my doubts?

Also, since you guys have used it for some time, any comments? problems? would you recommend it? (I'm not a gamer, will use it for progreamming, www, and do assignments, plus music)

thx.....

hi, thx for the confirmation that i5 is hd and it's matte. the touchpad - yea the sales guy said this type used by asus is not that sturdy, i think i will use a wireless mouse instead.

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Added on August 5, 2012, 3:48 pmyeah matte screen is good for our eyes... in fact one major factor i'm considering n56 and not leno y480 is bacause of the screen. but if still no stock, will take y480.

another thing: a sales guy said matte screens are generally given to models at higher $$$, with 1 exception: Samsung, it uses matte screen in many of its regular notebooks, so i might want to check out the sammy before buying. anyone knows the quality of samsung lappies?

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 5 2012, 03:48 PM

To owners of N56, core i5 with 1366x768 resolution:

at the screen size of 15.6" with this resolution, when we read and type Word documents and PDF files, and when browsing the web, would the fonts be too big or not nice on the screen? (I mean, compared to the i7 with 1920x1080)

Really need your sharing/input.

How I wish to get the i7 in FHD, but cost is too high for me le.....

hi grizly,

hmm it made sense, so might just stick to n56, or leno y480 for now...

:-)

Dear all owners of Asus N56 i5 version:

I was informed by an owner of N55 that..

"but the resolution last time tagged in n55 is also normal HD, but turned out to be HD+ when i check the display unit and i asked the salesman, and they say wow, i also donno..." (so he bought it obviously :-) )

it seems that the N55 was advertised as HD (1388) but the actual screen was discovered to be HD+ (1600).

We both think that 1600 is better than 1920 and 1388 on 15.6"...

I'd like to ask owners of the new N56 i5 - does this happen to your units too? pls help to confirm a.s.a.p., will buy it within 2 days.

great thanks....

hi, i use mostly for doing programming - so the more lines I can see the better. also read Word and PDF files a lot, plus www, and some movie watching...

what do ya think?

hi, I mostly use Eclipse (or NetBeans), sometimes use Notepad++ and CodeBlock... would love to see some actual screenshots...

Thanks mate!

:-)

yeah a lot of these shopkeepers like to trick customers, i met one in lowyat plz telling that the subwoofer is a free gift, i immediately corrected him that it IS part od the product, :-( thnk we're idiots?

2590 seems to be ok but many online sellers are at 2569 - 2580, but the backpack if good quality can also take la, try to squeeze a free upgrade of 8 GB RAM maybe? hehe if successful let me know the shop name & phone number?

thanks, got it.

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Added on August 9, 2012, 12:15 amwell, made sense : 2580 + 80 = 2660, the ram is counted in, u didn't pay extra.

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 9 2012, 12:15 AM

hi, what makes you so mad about it?

maybe your windows is 32 bit? 32 bit os can only utilize 3.2 GB i think. more than that you will need 64 bit os.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wi...v=vs.85%29.aspx

to check your windows version: go to
Control Panel\System and Security\System

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not sure if your problem is due to the os, but the following article is excellent in teaching something I have always got wrong without realizing until now...

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/clearin...-confusion/3124

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The 4GB limit refers to total addressable memory space and not just the RAM installed. It's a total made up of system RAM, graphics RAM, PCI memory range, ACPI and a few other bits and pieces. And if you think that your system RAM is the only significant factor, think again. You can buy graphics cards fitted with 1GB of RAM, and if you wanted (and had the spare cash!) you could fit three of these into a system. There's not a 1 to 1 relationship between graphics memeory consuming system RAM, but the larger the memory, the more the card sets aside for itself. Now that 4GB limit doesn't leave you a lot of space for system RAM. For more information, check out an excellent post by tech guru Mark Russinovich. Here's a small extract from Mark's blog:

The consumption of memory addresses below 4GB can be drastic on high-end gaming systems with large video cards. For example, I purchased one from a boutique gaming rig company that came with 4GB of RAM and two 1GB video cards. I hadn't specified the OS version and assumed that they'd put 64-bit Vista on it, but it came with the 32-bit version and as a result only 2.2GB of the memory was accessible by Windows. You can see a giant memory hole from 8FEF0000 to FFFFFFFF in this Meminfo output from the system after I installed 64-bit Windows.

On system fitted with 4GB of RAM and a modest graphics card with 512MB of on-board memory the end user normally sees about 3GB of installed system RAM. So what this means is that the realistic upper RAM limit for a 32-bit OS is more like 3GB. If you're adding big graphics cards with larger amounts of RAM (or using Crossfire or SLI) then you'll need to be seriously thinking about a 64-bit OS much sooner.
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This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 21 2012, 12:13 AM

hmm, 2700 for an i7 system - the closest one i can think of is Lenovo Y480 (at 14" HD) or Y580 (at 15.6" FHD), one cost ~2380, the other ~2848.

i think u can read carefully the few threads in Mobile Computing and Notebook Specific Discussion, on N56 and also Y480/Y580, to get a feel of what these owners think about their babes, and what kinds of complaints they have (both are NOT perfect). better still, after reading, GO to a shop that have both displayed, touch them, hold them, feel them. then you should be able to make your own decision. no one can decide for you. i think both are terrific machine - it all depends on your own needs now....

good luck.

another easier way to check your screen, no need internet:

1. Open the Paint program (Start > Accessories).
2. Properties: set the width to 1366, and height to 768, or 1920 x 1080 (depends on the model's resolution).
3. use the paint bucket to paint the whole thing in a colour, say yellow.
4. Press F11 - you will see the whole screen now in that colour.
5. Press F11 again, and try to paint the canvas in another clour.
6. Repeat 5 and 6, with other colours...

if you see any dot that does not display that colour, than the screen might have dead pixels.

it is really easy, i test LCD screens with this method before buying them. why dun you try this on your current machine and see?

This post has been edited by chopin: Aug 23 2012, 01:11 PM

check out this guy, he sells Asus only, and has good customer feedback:

giant_18
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2343663&hl=