Exactly the same mistake as some of my friends did (not typo). Its not sodiumm.....

As far as lappie lifespan is concerned, I believe it is around 2 -3 years if you use it for games, if you are a normal user e.g. office, Word, programming .. it can probably last 3 -5 years.

This comes from experience as my old Benq 5000U is 3 years old but can still run Visual Studio and Sql sever 2005 (albeit a bit slower but usable).

As for the s73g, my machine is running WinXp pro now which I bought without the vista upgrade. I am wondering if there's any discount for existing XP Pro users to upgrade to Vista.

if it's me, i'll wait for Vista SP1 to come out, then only i'll upgrade, since windows is well known for its vulnerabilities

i saw a s73g at a comp shop today. According to d sales lady, its a return unit from customer who cant run NFS Carbon, where d lappy restart when run d game. They did reinstall d OS and d game but still cant run d game. The tried run it at R55 (using x1150), and it works!! hmmm... wonder la... technically x1600 is much much better...

Can anyone confirm problem when playing carbon or newer games?
i plan to have this lappy soon... thanxxx

are u sure R55 using x1150 ??...

u plan to buy laptop to play carbon only aaa ??...if like that buy no need la....just buy compaq v3164, PS2 & a small tv...haha..all for rm 3.5K...

huhu...maybe it used non ori CD of NFS carbon..huhu...

This post has been edited by he-sham: Feb 4 2007, 11:01 PM

Yup, I agree. Will probably wait till the second half of the year.

opss.. it was 7400.. not x1150 (tested T31.. so terkonpius)

no la.. just part of coming mobile activities... who want to pikul ps2 n tv around? help me la...

u played carbon oledi? can share bestest settings ?

well, for my s73G da settings are everything full except motion blur (makes me crash on dividers always >.<). Only lag when theres lotta trees. Other than dat fps hits 20-30.I tink 7400 can support everything medium or so.

so how was it on 7400? smooth or laggy? the graphics nice?

i pulled the trigger today and bought a s73. specs:

c2d t5500
2GB 667Mhz DDR2 Kingston RAM
ati radeon x1600
windows vista home premium
free 2GB Kingston thumb drive
free laptop bag
2 free optical mouse

All for rm4450. What do you think? Good price or not?

OMG!!!!!! dat's steal!!!

Upgrade ur RAM to 2Gb then u ll feel the different

The price is super cheap alr la. add 1Gb alr need to cost u RM400,windows RM3xx,2Gb kingston thumb drive RM70,2 optical mouse RM60....Totally cost around RM900.Thats mean ur lappy just cost RM3550..ok wat.Just wonder y they giving 2 mouses??More proficient in gaming?hehe..

*U get the price from which shop? mind to share?

This post has been edited by tplcaik: Feb 5 2007, 09:40 AM

Yup, itz definitely worth it. Bought mine at RM 4.3k (2 gig Patriot DDR2) with Linux and no free gifts.

BenQ customer drop-of point at g floor, lowyat; they have a joybook booth there... S73G C2D, 1g ram, no win @ RM3500

wow..really... does it come with ATI GC?
Hdd how big huh?

yeap, X1600... i think 100gb...

price drop, maybe S73V is near....

or maybe bcoz it is C2D... not centrino C2D?

do u all think s73g and s73v is identical?? jz diff os bundled inside rite??
like tat better get s73g wif linux. i think shd b can get the s73g wif 2 g ram under rm4k.

The news didnt stated any changes besides the vista OS. I think just diff os bundled or better wait till the V version come out just decide which to purchase. May be the design is better lei right?hehe..

the salesman at lowyat plaza explained to me that if u installed Vista in S73G, all drivers would upload automatically, no hassel... so if the new s73v only offers preloaded vista, might get the s73g now, seems price dropped...

centrino c2d? its centrino mobile technology with core 2 duo... isnt that the latest ones?

heck, i played around with displayed s73g with vista home premium notebook there... seems the display is good and the 3d graphic is magnificent.. the ati x1600 is really a good gc...

with 2g ram, its consider ultimate machine for me... u cant find ati x1600 in other model within this price range... acer x1600 128mb is priced around RM49++