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creature0077 · 02-25-2008, 05:44 PM

lol 1.46*1800=2628 screw me for rounding it up. Lmao. That'll be a ***** if there is 20% tax. However I know the UK already has to include tax in their prices, is it the same for france? I can't remember.

Ditto about the air, I was drolling over it. I'm afraid I might break it though.

Funny, I was reading an article about some Japanese company taking apart the air and evaluating the workmanship, they said it sucked , basically. Overly complicated and could have been made cheaper and more simple for the same size and speed. Hee hee, it's still pretty tho.

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english...080220/147736/

lillumultipass · 02-27-2008, 02:45 AM

Well, the MBA is really solid! At least, it looks like it. It is more solid than my R500 at least.

As to the U6SG in France, there is a 200 euros discount for some Fnac members, so it can be found at 1599 euros instead of 1799. In the package, there is both the 3 and the 6 cells batteries, but no 9 cells.

Still, even though I like Asus, I really think a 12"1 weighing more than 4 lbs shouldn't exist. Above all since we are getting lighter and lighter 13"3 laptops. For approximately the same size, I would almost prefer buying the Dell XPS 1330.

As to the calculations, sorry, you are right, I didn't think it would translate into so many dollars! Another proof that we are screwed in France!
I hope that in my future job I will have to travel a lot to the US

E.B.E. · 02-27-2008, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by lillumultipass

As to the calculations, sorry, you are right, I didn't think it would translate into so many dollars! Another proof that we are screwed in France!
I hope that in my future job I will have to travel a lot to the US

It's tax differences. For that reason, we usually pay in Europe roughly the same number of Euros that people pay in dollars, in the US.

insats · 02-27-2008, 07:43 AM

Does anyone feel like posting some more photos of their U6'ers? I'm looking to buy the new one with 9300M and would love to see more "real life" photos of it.

creature0077 · 02-28-2008, 12:36 AM

sure, here's a few....

Didn't remember they came with the 9300M now, which version of the U6 are you looking at getting?

Oh, and btw, if anyone from another country is thinking about buying a U6S or any other laptop or electronic device from the states, be aware that warranties are usually not valid out of the country where purchased.
Basically if you live in Canada and come to the states to buy an external hard drive and go back to Canada and it breaks down, they won't replace it since the warranty doesn't apply to Canada. You'll most likely have to lie and mail it to them and have them send it to a friend in the states and have your friend mail it to you. Same is usually true for laptops unless you make sure the warranty will cover wherever you live (hence not traveling, but living). But then again, there is always good ol b.s. that gets things done. Just a word of caution!

DAY_MEN · 02-28-2008, 01:49 AM

For most people that's looking funny...
Why many years ago f**g Cyrill didn't collect little money and didn't buy regular TrueType font by Microsoft or Adobe or e.t.c. and create own font - nobody now... But hundreds years russians must got torture...

Oh! Cyrillic letters position on the keyboard for DOS, Windows and Mac are different!
Windows version show on the shot.

lillumultipass · 02-28-2008, 03:50 AM

Thx for the pictures creature!
Btw, I forgot to answer you: yes, the 20% tax is alrady included in the price, fortunately! That's one of the reason why this is so expensive...

I would like to come back to the optical drive: I guess it must weight at least 0.66 pounds (i.e. 300 grams) right?
If this is so and I can remove it, the weight of the unit is more to my liking.
Also, do you think the video card will be sufficient to run games such as Starcraft 2 or Spore?

Thanks!

E.B.E. · 02-28-2008, 04:30 AM

ASUS notebooks are covered by a global 2 year pickup and return warranty.

I do not believe an optical drive will weigh 300 grams. Perhaps 50 to 100.

Nice laptop, but as always with these small computers it seems they could've fitted a much larger screen in that bezel... and gotten rid of those huge bands around it...

micstar · 02-28-2008, 04:07 PM

Will hopefully get my U6Sg tomorrow (hurry up UPS!)

Did anyone install Vista 64 bit on the U6S?

On the Asus website there are only drivers for the 32bit Vista...

Cheers

Mic

creature0077 · 02-29-2008, 12:41 AM

good estimate e.b.e. It's actually 75 grams, just weighted it. Oh and it has a regular port on the back, same as most dvds. I got confused since my dell had a funny adapter that had a big port. The regular slim dvds weight about 115 grams. You won't notice a difference in weight if you remove the optical drive.

Never tried 64 bit vista with this. There isn't any point on getting 64 bit anyways because it's still too early for companies to write 64 bit codes now. Only a few programs are truely 64 bit and you'll have a hell lot more problems with drivers in 64 bit. It'll still be a few more years, until you really start seeing programs released in 64 bit more often, probably by 2011 or so.

I agree about the screen size. I think the reason they have a large bezel is because of the way they designed the aluminum frame that goes around it to keep it from bending too much, plus the webcam to be fitted and kept it all roughly equal size around the whole thing. Also helped to make sure the keyboard didn't become small. Kinda retarded I know, but what can ya do?

Wish I knew if it'll run Starcraft 2. I don't think they'll release the game until Dec of this year or May of next year. Argh! I can't wait. Don't have Spore either but I can let u know if F.E.A.R. works on it.