ASUS UL30 Owner's Lounge

[ilovejedd]

Now, a 32-bit OS can only address around 3ish GB of ram. It's essentially 4GB minus all the system devices, or around 3.3 ish GB. Here's the gritty details: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3124

Technically, a 32-bit OS (at least the Windows consumer flavors) has 4GB addressable memory space. However, since part of that 4GB goes to various devices (including video memory), you're only able to utilize around 3~3.5GB of RAM if you have more than that installed.

[kokibauk]

hmmm that "crazy" noise you guys talk about when you pick up the computer , is that normal? or like really loud noise? i havent owned many laptops but ive never heard of it before, i was gonna buy this laptop tomorrow, but if this is some problem im gonna step back. He talked about some squeeky noise from the hard drive as well......

Please share some info

[ckthepilot]

I RMA'ed mine because of the sound the HDD was making.

[kokibauk]

RME'd ? got a new copy?

was it a constant noise or...

[fakey]

hdd sound is very minimal on mine. sure u get subtle clicking noise whenever its accessing some data but its never loud enough to be distracting. very good laptop overall.

[ckthepilot]

RME'd ? got a new copy?

was it a constant noise or...

It was more like a "spinning" noise for me as if the HDD was dieing and when you lift the laptop, the HDD will make some unusual noises which I have never heard and I have had my share of laptops. I bought mine from Buy.com and returning it for a replacement.

[weiser701]

So I'm curious about wifi and bluetooth compatibility. For those of you who are familiar with laptop hardware, what do you suppose our options are for upgrading the wireless card and also adding bluetooth? I have yet to test the wireless capabilities for myself, but I've been reading how it seems to be sub-par. I don't mind changing it out for a better one if I have the option. And if adding bluetooth is doable then I'd probably give that a go as well. I don't expect you all have the answers for this particular laptop (since it's so new). I'm just curious based on your experience with such hardware

Oh, and I'm referring to the X5. That's the model I purchased and which will be arriving monday.

[mucker]

Has anyone, been "approved" for their windows 7 upgrade. Mine still says pending proof of purchase. I emailed my proof of purchase over a month ago.

I wonder how long it will take to get, no biggie since I'm running the RC without any problems. I just want to get the final copy on.

[dorky24]

To those who have the Ul30a X5, how fast is the laptop? The entire laptop seems dreamy to me except the SU7300 1.3 scares me a little. Also, how good is the video camera?

My daily computing contains of surfing two different windows of firefox/chrome with multiple tabs while streaming hulu in one window and maybe a flash game in another window and using Microsoft word.

Can this laptop handle this kind of usage? Also, is the build issues the same for most of the owners or just those few?

Thanks!

[nightfox91]

a ul30vt is slated for release in December according to an Amazon discussion thread with an Asus rep

http://www.amazon.com/UL30vt/forum/F...&cdSort=newest