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Thanks for the pic
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Ughh, horrible experience.
So I just bought this laptop and received it earlier today and have had nothing but a horrid time with it. Because I have such a bitter taste in my mouth I will start...
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It has one. It is in the front of the laptop.
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It's not a marketing ploy. It is called choice and every inch counts. If 2" is no big deal, then one can keep on adding on 2". 15"...17"...19"...and just keeps on going which becomes heavier. So if...
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Thanks, I may try to convince her. And it is a great deal!
PC/MAC wars... ones always gotta start. Sorry but the I take the unintentional wrong doing for that... :( Thanks for the advice its just...
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Best of luck :P
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I'll pass
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That's interesting. I never looked at the XPS models. I looked at this :
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=dncov35&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&model_id=inspiron-15r-n5110
Which I...
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Can somebody explain what the OP meant by the gift cards in "If you consider an Xbox 360 S to be worth $150 instead of the suggested $200 (deals have come up with $50 gift cards)"?
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How does this compare to the Toshiba?
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I would seriously consider this laptop if she is willing to try windows 7 or if you can force her :lol:
I'm sure she will have a decent experience with it.
- new sandy bridge processor
- long...
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That is one factor that goes into buying a laptop.
Thank you.
and I agree
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I'm waiting for that too. A 4.5 lbs laptop is not my definition of "ultraportable"
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How much do you think they were hiked? and what info do you have to substantiate that claim?
The prices did not seem any different if you were to, for instance, build a similar computer on HP.com.
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OP: Looks like the weight is actually 4.5 pounds, not 4.8.
Anyways this is a pretty good price if you need a discrete GPU in a 13". Would've been sweeter if they made this U30 with no optical...
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one of the pictures shows a blu-ray :O
If you think the optical drive is just making it heavier, you could always remove it and put the cover or put some tape there:P
I wish it had a...
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one downside I had with asus... their customer service is nearly non-existent.. =\..
had several issues with mobo and got 0 help from them.
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Dell XPS 15z plus Xbox sound hotter!
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310m is about 30% slower than 520m. 520m should run games just fine on medium settings. It is good enough for casual gamers.
care to elaborate?
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Yes, you're right. Only the new refreshed iMacs have the Z68. As for your reason, it's only partially true.
Macbooks all have better hardware components than average notebooks. Take the IPS LED...
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In the same picture, there also a giant enter button :shake:
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Thy sister NEEDS a mac but is mainly sucked into Apples glorious marketing. If I could make her save money with this purchase, and its "Hackintosh-able" that would be great.
I stumbled across this...
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AYRTS? The Samsung in your link is a 15.6" laptop. The Asus is a 13.3" laptop. Compare apples to apples you stupid fark.
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You are misinformed. The new 2011 MBPs do not use Intel Z68 chipset. The new MBPs are using the HM65 chipset.
There are plenty of laptops out there that can last as long and perform equally as...
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I'll do my best to save another unknowledge-able, credit card waving, debt driven american from demise. Unless a mac owners want to step up and claim the title for REASONABLY new machine, cheapest...
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Oh my bad, 2 more inches of screen real estate for pretty much the same portability since the Samsung only weighs 0.8 lbs more and much better options all around for not much more, just pointing out...
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yay just got mine in the mail!
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It's also 15.6 inches, there's a huge difference
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and it's also 6.4 pounds... and 15.6 with 1366x768. yuck.
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Too expensive. I'm still rocking my C2D Dell Vostro V13 for $300. My definition of ultra portable.
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optical drives are just not needed in this day and age, esp on ultraportables
how is the 520 compared to the 310 & 210m?
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u36sd is available for preorder at Gentech PC. It's supposedly going to be here in 2-3 weeks. Hopefully amazon gets it soon man i can't wait any longer!
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For all of you talking about the ASUS U36J it's available at the Microsoft Store and it seems it qualifies for the XBOX promotion as well.
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How's that 2.5hr battery life treating ya? What is the point of an ultraportable if you can't step away from the plug?
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One of the reviewer on Amazon got the laptop with 1 x 4 gb ram. That makes it a lot easier to upgrade to 8gb :yummy:
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Amazon has the ASUS U30SD-XA1 13.3-Inch Thin and Light (Ultra-portable) Laptop for $799.96 with free shipping.
Deal is available to Amazon Student users ONLY.
Get a free Xbox 360 Slim 4GB console...
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Amazon for Amazon students only, has a good deal on a loaded Asus U30SD-XA1 Laptop. Price is $800 + free shipping. $199.99 credit to purchase 4GB Xbox 360 Console will be emailed 8 days after the...
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one of the reviews on amazon states that the HD is not 7200rpm as advertised...
FYI...
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What don't you guys understand about the word "AND"?! To clarify, I wish Asus would have made a SB laptop without an optical drive.
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Reviews talk about the hard drive being 5400 RPM and NOT 7200 RPM. Note that people.
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