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21st July 2008, 02:45 PM #1Notebook Enthusiast
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Asus Question???
I am in the market for a 15.4" or similar size laptop. I came across the Asus and like the options they offer. But, why can't they be configured with a lesser HDD than 320gb or Less than 4 GB or Ram? Seems like the Asus's are easy enough to upgrade. Seems like they could be offered for cheaper with the lower end options????
I have noticed Dell does the same thing. You can't downgrade to save a few bucks?
Are there any other manufactures that allow lower specs for upgrading later.
Thanks for your help.
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21st July 2008, 02:49 PM #2Notebook Deity
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Re: Asus Question???
they seem to be very competitively priced by offering large hard drives and memory and they don't charge an arm and a leg for 1GB upgrade...
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21st July 2008, 02:54 PM #3Notebook Deity
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Re: Asus Question???
My guess is that the profit margin on some of those configs is really high, hence you can't downgrade.
Personally I'd rather over-order on the HD than under-order.
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21st July 2008, 03:52 PM #4Notebook Evangelist
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Re: Asus Question???
IMHO ASUS plays with CPU/GPU that really affects the price and doesn’t play games with HDD/RAM since this stuff is cheap today.
ASUS does not offer customization on-line as DELL does playing on cheap margins, so ASUS installs HDD/RAM to the upper level
Making more ASUS options playing with HDD/RAM will only jeopardize production (more different drives in stock, more labels and so on)Practician
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21st July 2008, 04:06 PM #5NBR Random Reviewer
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Re: Asus Question???
Add screen resolution to that list as these are the 3 most expensive components in a notebook (not including the system board)
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21st July 2008, 04:11 PM #6Notebook Consultant
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Re: Asus Question???
how much are you looking to save?? Asus also offers budget laptop. Look at the lower-end model you might find what you need. The one you looked is fully decked out.
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