Asus C91 vs C90 && Where to buy...

[cmdematos]

So whats the difference? Less Bulky - means no fans in the back?

Q1: How many hard drives do these take internally?

Q2: Who are the best US suppliers of ASUS whitebooks? I really want to buy one of these with as little 'add-ons' as possible. I would source the items myself (CPU, memory disk). I only want the Case + screen + Intel 802.11N Battery + Power Supply.

I will provide: OS, CPU, HDD, Memmory...

Warranty and extended warranty is important, but I want these direct from ASUS.

I normally buy Dell - so any help/advice here will be appreciated.

[Skotarach]

Sorry, doesn't answer anything, just wanted to ammend for myself...

This interests me much as well. The C90 seems like an amazing concept, but the fans worry me a little. The less bulky C91 could also mean less efficient.

Will the C91 be an improvement to the C90's design or a compromise?

Hopefully the C90 is not a beta version of the C91.

[khanhfat]

that's kinda weird of Asus. They have a C90.. then release the C91.. what's the point of this?

[Jumper]

Don't bother.

Get a real laptop, not "lets cram desktop parts into a laptop to save costs".

Look at how any of the P4 or P4-m DTRs survive in terms of durability and heat, and you'll see why.

[Andrew Baxter]

I don't know the details, but I imagine the C90 will offer a higher end graphics card and the Intel Extreme clocked Conroe processors while the C91 will be a more "normal" graphics card and no option for an Extreme processor -- maybe they'll max it out as the E6400 2.13GHz in the C91. And then they wouldn't need the jet engine fan on the back end.

Personally I'd like to see them put after burners or at least some lights in the back of the C90 to make it look like the laptop is capable of liftoff when working at full force

[coriolis]

Too early to tell on price and all, but all distributers and dealers will have it, so just take a look around.

[stimp1000]

Don't bother.

Get a real laptop, not "lets cram desktop parts into a laptop to save costs".

Look at how any of the P4 or P4-m DTRs survive in terms of durability and heat, and you'll see why.

While I absolutely agree that having desktop components in a laptop is not the best way to go, it's not as bad as you're saying. I have a 3 year old 3.2GHz P4 DTR and, yeah, it's big, loud and heavy but it's rock solid and reliable - no issues. So it can be done.

I swore that I'd never get another big DTR, but I have to say that this notebook is very interesing. Just looking forward to pricing info.

[jbizzler]

You can buy the desktop CPUs normally, and notebook memory is out there, but where are you going to be able to buy graphics, LCD, etc?

And will all this customization clost less (like desktops), or more?

[coriolis]

It'll still cost more then a desktop, they've always have been. A motherboard for a notebook costs $200-300 for even a low end notebook.

As for customizing it, you can't just 'find' and 'buy' parts, as it'll have to be from an ASUS dealer, cause only the parts they make will fit in the notebook.

[jbizzler]

I know it will cost more than a desktop, but I meant will it cost less than normal notebooks, like custom-built dekstops are less expensive than normal ones, or more than normal notebooks.