Posts by jmeissen

Quote: Originally Posted by ErikTheRed Well, I still continued to have the battery problem even after they replaced it the first time. Also, even though I had a two year warranty on the laptop the battery warranty was...

Quote: Originally Posted by chuck232 Well, it seems like ASUS is acknowledging the problem somewhat. .... I contacted ASUS and made sure they knew I wasn't happy. They're setting me up with an RMA for it...

Quote: Originally Posted by jmeissen Well I got a response from ProPortable. So according to them, Asus stopped making the battery barely 6 months after I bought my laptop.. I got a call this morning from...

Well I got a response from ProPortable: Quote: Z71 batteries have been on backorder since August... Asus stopped making them back in January of last year and stock has dried up. So according to them, Asus stopped...

Well, my Z71 has essentially become a "portable desktop", since my battery life has deteriorated to less than 15 minutes. Quote: Originally Posted by Djembe To get a new one, first, check with your reseller. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Djembe To the best of my knowledge, there have been no problems whatsoever with the batteries made in 2006, but the one I have been using for the past year or so I got in December 2005, just...

Pretty nice, but I'm disappointed in the battery life. I'm not a big fan of widescreen laptops. It won't fit in my favorite laptop bag, and I lose 3/4" of vertical screen size over a straight 15" display, which is almost...

I bought mine from DiscountLaptops last week. 1.86Ghz, 60G 7200rpm HD, 512M RAM.The display is beautiful, it runs flawlessly. So far I'm really happy, with one exception - A big reason for choosing this system over the others I was...