ASUS U80V-A1 Review

[Kierkes]

Guys, take shelter. An ASUS has good battery life. Beautiful laptop. By the time I replace, but G2S, though, there'll be a new iteration of this that'll smoke this one.

[Melody]

lol yeah Asus has a bad rep about battery life and their laptops lol

I am surprised at the HD4570 though. Even with DDR2 and a 64bit it seems it's not too bad at benchmarking, but then again Radeons usually score big at synthetic benchmarks. We'll see once Sorrix tries games on it ^_^

[tcee-]

I will monitor the heat while i stress test it during the games I'm going to run.

*update

The battery lasted just over 5 and a half hours under light use and battery saving settings. I am impressed. I was thinking id get 4 hours best.

** Tcee- did this review help sway you decision

it's making it a lot tougher lol. but yeah the only disappointment would be the 3dmark06 score. the sony scores a whole 1000 more. but they're just numbers right, in-game performance tell a lot more than benchmarks. oh and i visited the sonystyle store today; the 13 inch screen is quite a bit smaller. i don't get it though. the mbp is also 13 inch right? why does that screen seem so much bigger?

[MarcTonk]

Thank you I have been waiting for this. This has swayed my decision even more toward the Asus!

[vascainoduente77]

where did u buy that because i cant find it no where i only find the u81?

[nicksti]

it's making it a lot tougher lol. but yeah the only disappointment would be the 3dmark06 score. the sony scores a whole 1000 more. but they're just numbers right, in-game performance tell a lot more than benchmarks. oh and i visited the sonystyle store today; the 13 inch screen is quite a bit smaller. i don't get it though. the mbp is also 13 inch right? why does that screen seem so much bigger?

Well Apple stores hand out apple juice before you enter so all their products look better.

[nicksti]

where did u buy that because i cant find it no where i only find the u81?

Amazon just released it but when I checked they had one left.

[FleXx]

it's making it a lot tougher lol. but yeah the only disappointment would be the 3dmark06 score. the sony scores a whole 1000 more. but they're just numbers right, in-game performance tell a lot more than benchmarks. oh and i visited the sonystyle store today; the 13 inch screen is quite a bit smaller. i don't get it though. the mbp is also 13 inch right? why does that screen seem so much bigger?

Because the glass panel goes edge to edge, it makes the black bezel around the LCD panel looks like it is part of the LCD panel

i guess its all about illusions.....smart on Apple's part

[Sorrix]

I special ordered it through staples. I live in toronto

[Howitzer225]

Great review Sorrix! BTW, what games are you going to run on it?

EDIT: I think the thread should be moved to the owners and reviews section of the ASUS forums.