Posts by Sanitard

Just as a follow-up- I've had trouble in the past where the laptop wouldn't come out of hibernate or standby- it happened when I updated the LAN and sound drivers to the latest version (from Windows Update, seeing as how Asus doesn't...

From what I'm hearing, Santa Rosa will be priced very close to Merom.. so if you're willing to wait, it'll be a nice speed boost for a small premium. As with anything in the computer world- the right time to buy a laptop is when you...

Coriolis- I agree completely. You put into words what I've noticed myself. They're great mid and high-end machines, but I'm not a fan of their budget models. When people ask me about buying a cheap laptop, I have trouble recommending...

Another vote here for sfbags.com- I bought the sleeve they recommended for my z63a/w3a, and it fits like a glove. I'm not joking- it fits the laptop down to the millimeter. They've got a nice sleeve/bag combo as well, if you're looking...

everyone's just cool with running old, buggy intel drivers? where the hell is asus fixing hcontrol.exe to frickin' work with intel! the solution shouldn't be to use old drivers- that's ridiculous. I expect better than this from asus...

Wow.. that's one of the ugliest laptops I've seen in a while. Asus took a step back a few years with this one. They definitely should have stuck with the brushed aluminum touchpad- that's always been a big gloating-point on my z70v, and...

sounds like a defective hard drive to me. I doubt there's anything wrong with the laptop itself. Do you recall the harddrive making any loud clicking sounds, or any other noises that were louder than usual? You can test this by...

I've never molested a 9300, but I have pushed on and abused a lot of notebooks and the z70va is one of the most solid built notebooks out there. The only notebook I found that was more sturdy was the z63a. I don't see what slimness...

I can't feel that much of a weight difference between the z70va and z63a. The price difference between them isn't huge- I'd recommend the z70v. The Intel graphics on the z63a'll slow down autocad- and you can't beat the resolution on...

If you're buying Canadian, go for CanadaSys or Pacific.. I would recommend CanadaSys (especially the Markham location). Nicest bunch of guys- I would buy again from them in a heatbeat.