Asus G50V-A1 Arrived, Photos Inside

[RdWing]

Intial Impressions:
Wow, pretty wide, and a pretty big laptop. Maybe not as wide as a 17 incher but it's close. Bigger than I expected. Makes a 15" macbook look diminutive!

Loading the OS the first time is SLOWWW...express gate is fast and works well.
Yes, it is a little flash, but it grows on your after awhile. Build quality is EXCELLENT!
Little OLED looks nice, pleasing to the eye. Finish again is excellent.
Trackpad is smooth but the acceleration seems weird to me. (Personal preference)
Whatever photos you guys want, ask and ye shall receive. Just uh, tell me what your looking for. (Photos or otherwise).
Oh, and the LCD is gorgeous!



















(8/10 Update) More photos can be found here @ post #36 -> http://forum.notebookreview.com/show...0&postcount=36

[Slaughterhouse]

That's awesome, I asked Vicious this in the other thread but maybe you can answer. Both of you have stated that the laptop is bigger than you expected so this kinda worries me. I gotta carry this thing around every single day, taking it in and out of my bag multiple times per day. What do you think about carrying this thing around like that? If it's too uncomfortable, I won't be getting it.

[ViciousXUSMC]

I have 2 minor gripes with mine,

1.) mild backlight bleed on the bottom of the lcd. Test it with an all black screen like maybe the eizo monitor test utillity and tell me if you have bleed too.

2.) an "air bubble" I think over my oled readout for the battery power and stuff, you cant see it when using the laptop but if you get an over top view with the display off you can see it.

I agree it is wide, and it kind of made me think wow a 17"? for a moment but thinking about the 17" I got hands on with at BB the other day its still smaller by a good amount. Did you decide if your going to use Raid or not?

I went raid 0 just so I can say I tried it before I said it was bad. It "feels" like things are installing slower, but maybe loading faster. I know it will pay of if I start doing video editing.

[sdeol]

Can you post some pictures of it beside that 15" macbook? That would be great.

Also, im a bit of a noob when it comes to raid, hard drives and stuff. What drives does it show in My Computer? I'm guessing its 2 separate HDD's that it shows but I just wanted to confirm this. Can you take a picture of this? Thanks

[ViciousXUSMC]

Stock setup is 2 drivers independant no raid.

[Slaughterhouse]

Does the second HDD have anything on it (ie recovery) or is it completely blank? I'd guess there would be different partitions on the primary HDD but I could be wrong.

[RdWing]

Originally Posted by Doc Z

That's awesome, I asked Vicious this in the other thread but maybe you can answer. Both of you have stated that the laptop is bigger than you expected so this kinda worries me. I gotta carry this thing around every single day, taking it in and out of my bag multiple times per day. What do you think about carrying this thing around like that? If it's too uncomfortable, I won't be getting it.

Big, yes. Too big, no. I will also be lugging this 12 miles a day on a bike. Doable if you ask me, even more so if you're close to class, or where ever else you are headed. But make no mistake, this is NOT an ultra-portable.

Originally Posted by ViciousXUSMC

I have 2 minor gripes with mine,

1.) mild backlight bleed on the bottom of the lcd. Test it with an all black screen like maybe the eizo monitor test utillity and tell me if you have bleed too.

2.) an "air bubble" I think over my oled readout for the battery power and stuff, you cant see it when using the laptop but if you get an over top view with the display off you can see it.

I agree it is wide, and it kind of made me think wow a 17"? for a moment but thinking about the 17" I got hands on with at BB the other day its still smaller by a good amount. Did you decide if your going to use Raid or not?

I went raid 0 just so I can say I tried it before I said it was bad. It "feels" like things are installing slower, but maybe loading faster. I know it will pay of if I start doing video editing.

I'm reinstalling Vista right now on the RAID 0 drive, two partitions. I'll let you know how it goes.

Not sure on the backlight bleed, can't check it right now. And I have no air bubbles over my stuff, mine's perfect.

Originally Posted by sdeol

Can you post some pictures of it beside that 15" macbook? That would be great.

Also, im a bit of a noob when it comes to raid, hard drives and stuff. What drives does it show in My Computer? I'm guessing its 2 separate HDD's that it shows but I just wanted to confirm this. Can you take a picture of this? Thanks

Yep, I'll get you the photo comparison of a macbook in a bit.
When it arrives it shows as two separate HD's in "My Computer".
Right now I am choosing to set it up as a RAID so it will show as one large 500G drive. (Actually two partitions but that's just my preference)

[synic]

I don't see any pictures in here ><

[RdWing]

Check again!

[Slaughterhouse]

By the way, both of you guys have the Intel 5100 wifi card and not the 4965 as advertised by various resellers right?