Hi guys, I'm one of the new owner of S41 bought from john yesterday ^^.

First i'll review the salesperson--Mr. John. Nice guy, better than those in other shop who acted LCLY and treat customers like idiot. However, it will make me happier if there is more free gift lolz!

Next I'll do some short review on s41,

Temperature - Medium hot. After some usage, the temp on left hand side will be quite hot. The adapter is extremely hot but it's normal.

Speed - It's still consider so so for me. Able to do some multitasking wif 2 gb of ram without much lagging. BUT lagging and slow respond are still exist. However, it's definitely more responsive than single core processor. (Graphic review is below)

Design - Ermm it's normal when u c the outlook. Especially the pattern they put on the cover is not visible so u might think it's black color. But when u open the laptop, everything inside is very nice ^^

Ergonomic - I hate the touch pad, it looks cool but it's located abit to the left which leads mis-touching when i'm typing. And i hate the way benq design the WLAN and bluetooth switch, when WLAN on it's blue, when it's bluetooth on it's amber, when it's both on it's purple, the color is so hard to recognize. And the ports and dvd rom location are extremely bad for me since i'm placing the laptop at the right edge of my desk.

Benq's software - I installed only Qpower and Qhotkey which is very important for me. Qpower is not 100% compatible somehow, it's like it couldn't locate the address of the hotkey, everything is fine except it can't change the display brightness itself. While Qhotkey is lack of many functions unlike acer which has next, previous, play, stop, pause, turn off lcd.

LCD - Nice and very nice. Extremely bright, i can live forever even wif the darkest display.

Speaker - Loud but lack of bass. Forget about wat benq said about the SRS. Use the speaker only when u dun have external speaker wif u.

Battery - Not yet test

Last but not least Graphic Card - Dunno y it couldn't run 3dmark06 . error: invalid bitmap file. Maybe it's my win xp problem.

3dmark03 - 7899
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3dmark05 - 4896
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ermm, honestly john,  ur free gift is abit lame... lolz... *peace*

if they say no OS.. means need install our own windows in it..? juz run the cd when start the laptop izzit..? kinda noob in this kind of stuff..

okok.. then cannot install pirated version windows XP..?

because OEM license are specifically for the usage of one machine. You can't install it to other machine eventhough you have already uninstalled it from the first machine. That's my understanding towards OEM license. Correct me if i am wrong.,

no lar ... can change ram mar ^ ^

Very stable indeed, but dvd had lower tolerence
for jack sparrow media, as compared to s73g.
Overall good, at least i get to keep all my apps
running till that little brat, Vista matures into a fine woman.
Then ill hump her good!

ohhhh Hotfix....
But i cant find any Hotfix for Vista

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Added on July 2, 2007, 2:24 pmOk i am having problem with the DVD rom, i just feel that it is too sensitive!!! A bit of dirty or scratch then u cant load the damn DVD or CD!!!

so far is ok lar ^ ^
2 - 3 weeks ^ ^

So far, no much complain from my brother bout S41, EXCEPT for the DVD-ROM. I bought him some original games (CnC and Patrician) but it's not readable!!! Argh... He's now in NZ, no idea how to see what's wrong with it =/

hey..i will get 1 s41 from john tml..pls prepare well ar..will reach there about 11am..hehe

and this for all the users of s41...may I know which software provided by the benq is good and recommended to install ar? Hehe, lazy to discover myself