Asus W1 Notebook - Page 2

Heh, the amazing design belies its (below) average configurations. But it's nice to see a nice design used with a Centrino system.

Last week? Are you talking about the M6N? it's been out for a lot more than a week...

compal is still making the screens unless they just switched.. also look at the chassis.. while it is similar, it is not the same.. the shape is wrong.

could be but i don't think so.. although my original response was too definate.

the W1 will have 9700, intel b/g, and a WSXGA+ screen when released...
that is confirmed

Sorry to disappoint you, but in here the W1000 is already out. And it doesn't have the 9700... And have a look at the price...
Here are the final specs:

W1726NWH 15.4' TFT (WXGA) / Pentium-M 1.5GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon Pro 9600 64MB DDR / RAM 512(256x2)MB DDR / 60GB (5400rpm) HDD / DVD-RW DUAL / Gigabit LAN / Wireless LAN / WinXP Home

Euro 1.799,00

W1762NWP 15.4' TFT (SWXGA+) 1680x1050 / Pentium-M 1.7GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon Pro 9600 64MB DDR / RAM512(256x2)MB DDR / 80GB (5400rpm) HDD / DVD-RW / Gigabit LAN / TV Tuner / Wireless LAN / WinXP Pro

Euro 2.499,

Hey Marco...

Your site says that it is under construction and that it will be opened in March 2004. Its already going to be May

sorry to disappoint you, but it's not here in the US and justin at proportable said that Asus' US office still needs to order the notebooks.... it really doesn't matter what another country has....... period. THe M6's are getting the 9700 in june, it's just going to be a turning point with a slightly newer chipset...... whatever

eeeh.. no time no site upgrades...

Sorry to disappoint MrBoston but...
That's ok. You're probably right. Well the only one disappointed here it's me. I've waited and waited for this damn w1000 and when I figured out the specs... mmh... Nothing more than any other M375E variant out there. For the slightly newer chipset I really doubt it.. A motherboard revision over a notebook just a few months after its introduction is quite unlikely... Maybe they'll slap a new 9700 daughterboard inside to keep the users happy.. Who knows? Still I really have to figure out WHY in the world didi they waited so long to sell this puppy? When I first saw it I said wow! today is just on par with other systems from other manufacturers. Still THE PRICE ISN'T!!!
more than 2300 euros + taxes is quite a lot to me... especially if the others cost 1700-1800... And if you're waiting for the 9700 - Dothan one prepare yourself to pay a LOT more...

i'd be upset too..... justin at proportable said that asus asked him what specs they would wish to sell. the m6 is going to have the 9700 in it when the w1 comes out, Asus US is much different than anywhere else in the world.. they only want to bring in the best....

What were the other problems...... well we know it's going to have the wsxga+ screen... the only thing i meant with chipset, was the 9700 chipset on the board....

The main issue now is how asus will bring this into the States... as their own, or allow someone like proportable to customize it. If they do that you can get anythign you want.. If they dont, I just hope they bring in the maxed out model.

Asus officially quit the US notebook market a while ago...(this was told to me by an Asus rep from Asus USA). So most likely they will go the whitebox route. It seems Asus' most trusted reseller here in the US is esctech.com, as I was recommended this reseller by a few different Asus reps. I don't know what went wrong with Asus' notebook business in the US, but it's nice they are still offering their barebones to be resold by others here.

customer service.. they couldn't afford to hire and keep a staff for a notebook that rarely had problems...... their getting out of that part of the business is probably linked to the crappy economy.

The S5ne is brought in under asus' own name, and the W1 is supposed to, although that might change........

What do you mean? I think it is still through the barebones channel and rebadged by resellers. Although resellers may choose to retain the Asus name like some did with the M6.

no, actually the S5ne (white) is Asus.. all asus, period... call up proportable dude, seriously.

Right now there is NO other notebook in the US that should carry asus' name.... the M6 and others are sold as asus barebones because the idiots selling them can't sell them without including the name....... they are not supposed to though. No matter who you talk to, especially asus, you'll find out that their name was never supposed to be mentioned on the barebones at all.. and also, companies weren't supposed to sell just the barebones..........

The W1 is supposed to come in with Asus' name on it....... the key differences are that asus is including their 2 year worldwide warranty, and some extra little goodies... where as everyone else only offers 1 year on the barebone systems even assembled.

However, I noticed that proportable just changed to a standard 3 year parts and labor warranty across the board. I spoke with them and they said that they made the change mainly because of a magazine recomendation, and customer feedback, but also, get this..... I guess i'm not the only one talking to them from this forum.. Justin said that a handful of people in here have emailed in the last couple weeks and I guess some of our warranty threads pushed both asus and proportable to jump on a standard longer period warranty. From my understanding, asus backs the parts and are backing the parts for 3 years and proportable backs the labor. proportable would be the only one offering asus' notebooks that offer 3 year PARTS and labor standard.

Good move, I think.. sorry for the rant again.... off subject

I think ProPortable got banned from these forums a while ago... I remember it was a thread I was participating in, where a proportable guy sorta broke the rules and his message got erased, and I am guessing he got banned too, since that seems to be Adams policy.

what'd he curse or something?

I see people breaking the "rules" every day here.... I don't think we're supposed to mention any other company besides pc torque, isn't that the rule?

I asked justin to post in here for the people having the screen troubles on the M6s and he said he's rather not. He said that he posted once before about having having asus notebooks and the thread got earased and he didn't want to go some place where threads that were meant to help people got earased. He didn't know of pc torque or that they owned the forum until I told him.

Truly, if you're going to host a forum about all different notebooks where people can talk and get help, you shouldn't delete a guy who was trying to do it. I could see if proportable sold sager notebooks or something...... or even if someone got into the forums and said "down with pc torque"......... true, get rid of them.... but it doesn't look good when people ask for real help and the only people who can and are willing to help get booted........ if you ask me, he would have made a nice helper in the forums.... but everyone who needs to know already knows their AIM address anyway.

I'd like to see the thread if you have it. It was a while ago, before I started posting.... although I do remember seeing it.

If I remember correctly, it was a thread in regards to subnotebooks, or the v505dx, and he mentioned something about Asus' new ultraportable and i think he sort of offered to sell one. No the rule is not that you cant mention any other company besides PC Torque., I mean cmon, Adam even let there be an AW part of the forum!... you just cant come and sell stuff in here.

You really can't judge whether justin is right or the mod who deleted the thread is right until you find what the original message was. True, it would be unethical to erase a thread meant to help people. But it could also have been a self-promotion, which is bad as it leads to biased and false reviews.

AW?

oh crap, i might have gotten him in trouble for that then... that was one of the first threads i saw when i was just browsing the forums....... i had been talking to proportable about the s5ne/s5n/m5n and noticed i think a thread about the ibm x40 and that new sony..... and i emailed him and told him that he should join and let people know there are other options on there. As I remember, he wasn't pawning them off, people said that they didn't exist yet and he said that they had them instock.... if thats why he got deleted, i can understand why he had no clue.

anyway, they do have the ultraports and got some good reviews on them, lol.

i don't think adam or pc torque is ever going to be caring about the ultraport market anyway.

Only thing I don't like about it's exterior design is the door that covers the ports. That looks like something to either get in the way or break.
Andrew
Austin, TX

Damn, so if I am going to wait for Dothan, I would have to wait for mid-May for a Dothan, and then to June for a 9700??? Double-damn.
Andrew
Austin, TX