* Asus N61JQ Owners Lounge *

[Jgoble25]

Does anyone else use their N61 for any type of photo editing? I bought the new Paintshop Photo Pro X3 and every time I start to edit a photo I am getting c++ runtime errors and it shuts down.

[GregW]

Has anyone upgraded to the blu-ray player?
If so...was it worth it?

Has anyone upgraded to the Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 Wireless Card?
If so, was it worth it and were there any benefits?

Anyone

No one has reported upgrading to blu-ray yet. I don't know if it would be worth it unless you were going to use an external screen.
We have had reports of wireless card updates. This card seems to work pretty well but it does not support connecting in 5.0 .I plan on upgrading to the 6200 but it only makes sense to me if your router supports 5.0

[LordDavon]

I can't say that I got it from anyone in particular, and honestly I don't know exactly what did set me off. Maybe I just read to many things from too many places. Sorry I just had to vent.

If you want to vent about people who do minimal amounts of research, take very little time out of their day to read other posts and/or just start looking for everyone to do all of their work for them.. I'm all for it. I'm just sayin'. ;-)

This takes form in demands, unresearched statements, questions that have been answered several times and/or questions that could be answered with very little effort.

For those people that think this is about you, it isn't. It is not just 1 or 12 posts, a few emails or any one thing that made me feel like venting. It is a combination of andLinux, ASUS forums, Notebook Review forums and several threads contained in each. Mostly andLinux as it can be very frustrating having your own OS. This biggest trigger was an email that I got but, it does happen everywhere.

I mean, when I came to this thread it was after reading a couple of other large threads -- amazingly I think Allyw123 was in all of them ;-) -- found by doing several searches. I must have read hundreds of posts, multiple reviews and read every document I could find. I did research and tried to find out everything I could. Yes, it took time and effort but, I was more educated for it.

I feel that this is one of the most hepful threads I have been involved in and most everyone helps other people so you all can understand this frustration.

For those wondering what straw broke the camels back in this case... I received an email from someone who downloaded andLinux and then emailed me asking how to use Linux. I got another one from someone who flamed me because andLinux doesn't yet work in x64 OSes and DEMANDED that I work on it because they need it.?! I also got one crapping all over the installer and telling me that I need to switch to InnoSetup, which we already use (the code is on our SourceForge page), and that they would help except that THEY don't have time.

Why do some people look for everyone else to do their work for them? Like their time is so much more important then ours! It is always fine to ask a question about an experience, a specific item someone may have experience with or an opinion but, to ask a repeated question or demand/beg for someone to go too far out of their way?! We do what we do because we like to help. Sometimes it is like we are talen advantage of!

Ok. I am done venting. Thinking about getting Crysis to the N61. Can't find it in any stores so I am debating doing the download version.

[GregW]

Actually, I was excited to see this mostly for you. If it were retroactive, then you wouldn't have any concerns. If they really are selling them with a 2YR warranty now, then you can just do an even exchange for the newer unit with the 2YR warranty. Not sure if they would allow it.

I had mentioned before that I intend to sell this after a year and get an upgraded notebook (most likely ASUS after having this bit of awesomeness). It would help the resale value though if it were retroactive. So, there was a bit of concern for myself also.

Either way, it was a fun idea to play with and gave me something to do at work besides trying to figure out that stupid API I am stuck coding for.

Yeah, Maybee I will give Newegg a call tomorrow. I'll let you know what they say.
I'm just hesitant to return a working laptop. I returned 2 HP DV8T's before ordering this one. Even with ASUS having a good reputation it just seems like Russian roulett waiting to see if you get a good laptop nowadays.

[GluttonyH]

Hello, I have a question about the keyboard. I have an older ASUS laptop, G50 series and it has an issue with the keyboard where if I type too quickly it doesn't register all the keys typed. This gets pretty annoying and I was wondering if the N61JQ has a similar or any kind of typing problem. Apparently, ASUS has made quite a few laptops with keyboard problems and there are many "fixes" but it'd be nice if the typing on this model worked perfectly. Thanks much for any and all feedback and sorry if this question was addressed and answered already.

[Deathwinger]

If you want to vent about people who do minimal amounts of research, take very little time out of their day to read other posts and/or just start looking for everyone to do all of their work for them.. I'm all for it. I'm just sayin'. ;-)

This takes form in demands, unresearched statements, questions that have been answered several times and/or questions that could be answered with very little effort.

For those people that think this is about you, it isn't. It is not just 1 or 12 posts, a few emails or any one thing that made me feel like venting. It is a combination of andLinux, ASUS forums, Notebook Review forums and several threads contained in each. Mostly andLinux as it can be very frustrating having your own OS. This biggest trigger was an email that I got but, it does happen everywhere.

I mean, when I came to this thread it was after reading a couple of other large threads -- amazingly I think Allyw123 was in all of them ;-) -- found by doing several searches. I must have read hundreds of posts, multiple reviews and read every document I could find. I did research and tried to find out everything I could. Yes, it took time and effort but, I was more educated for it.

I feel that this is one of the most hepful threads I have been involved in and most everyone helps other people so you all can understand this frustration.

For those wondering what straw broke the camels back in this case... I received an email from someone who downloaded andLinux and then emailed me asking how to use Linux. I got another one from someone who flamed me because andLinux doesn't yet work in x64 OSes and DEMANDED that I work on it because they need it.?! I also got one crapping all over the installer and telling me that I need to switch to InnoSetup, which we already use (the code is on our SourceForge page), and that they would help except that THEY don't have time.

Why do some people look for everyone else to do their work for them? Like their time is so much more important then ours! It is always fine to ask a question about an experience, a specific item someone may have experience with or an opinion but, to ask a repeated question or demand/beg for someone to go too far out of their way?! We do what we do because we like to help. Sometimes it is like we are talen advantage of!

Ok. I am done venting. Thinking about getting Crysis to the N61. Can't find it in any stores so I am debating doing the download version.

Dude, just get a nice steam game, like left 4 dead 2, play, relax and forget about the morons of the world. (in fact, you could probably imagine them being one of the undead as you fill them with bullets )

[GregW]

Don't bail on us David we need all the expertise we can get in this lounge.

[LordDavon]

Don't bail on us David we need all the expertise we can get in this lounge.

Although it does happen here, it is minimal in this place. This is the one place I feel that people can understand the frustration.

[snwomobilelegend]

Thank you someone knows something about li-pos finally! I'm not going to get into this one... I have had pages of arguments on other forums about this.

I'm not blaming anyone, but the engraved in your heads idea of always "cycling" a battery when you get it is from the 90's....

Sorry if I sound rude, I'm a newb on this forum, so take it with a grain of salt

I just wanted to point out that li-pos are different then li-ions. This computer as do many others come with li-ions not li-pos. They need to be charged and discharged differently. If Lipos drop below a certain voltage, they are ruined. They need special chargers to keep them from being ruined. (Unless you know how to charge them.) I use Lipos in my RC Truck. They provide sooooooo much more power than Li-ions.

[LordDavon]

Dude, just get a nice steam game, like left 4 dead 2, play, relax and forget about the morons of the world. (in fact, you could probably imagine them being one of the undead as you fill them with bullets )

HA! That made me laugh! Good one.

I actually haven't been playing too many PC games. I have a PS3 (original 60GB unit) that I mostly play on. Now that I have the N61, I have been eyeing PC games. I like WoW and installed Oblivion (always liked that one). I am really interested in a good FPS. I heard that Crysis has some great addons/mods. I have HalfLife 2 on the PS3 (that is a great game). Maybe I will get it for the PC too.