So I've been doing a lot of research on getting a laptop, and basically decided to get one of these two. I've looked for reviews of battery life, and it seems hard to get consistent answers. I've basically gotten a consensus from review sites that the C90S will get about 1-2 hours depending on what I'm doing, but I've heard very mixed reviews about the F3's battery life. The 3 reputable looking reviews of the F3SV-B4 I've found list varying times for DVD playback of 70 minutes, 1 hour 47 minutes and 3.5 hours.
I like that the C90S is customizable, I probably won't upgrade it much, but I like that I'm able to tinker if/when I want. At the same time, I appreciate that the F3 comes pre-built from newegg, and that it would all be in one purchase, rather than the C90S which I'd need to buy a HDD and proc separately to get the best deal.
Basically I'm looking for any more solid information about battery life, since they're very similar otherwise, and essentially that's the deciding factor, how much worse is the battery life in the C90S. Also, any 1st hand experience about exactly how loud the C90S is would be helpful, my understanding is this may be an issue, but isn't particularly with the F3.
FS3V-B4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220285
(reviews)
http://icrontic.com/articles/asus_f3svb1_laptop_review
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...s-F3SV-B1.aspx
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index....;pid;3529;pt;1
Notice the differing reports on battery life
C90S
http://1toppc.com/Merchant2/merchant...duct_Code=C90S
(reviews)
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha..._laptop/8.html
http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/hard...9286018,00.htm
http://computershopper.com/reviews/a...-laptop-review
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=140220
http://www.techspot.com/review/97-as...op/page10.html
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/asus_c90s
I like that the C90S is customizable, I probably won't upgrade it much, but I like that I'm able to tinker if/when I want. At the same time, I appreciate that the F3 comes pre-built from newegg, and that it would all be in one purchase, rather than the C90S which I'd need to buy a HDD and proc separately to get the best deal.
Basically I'm looking for any more solid information about battery life, since they're very similar otherwise, and essentially that's the deciding factor, how much worse is the battery life in the C90S. Also, any 1st hand experience about exactly how loud the C90S is would be helpful, my understanding is this may be an issue, but isn't particularly with the F3.
FS3V-B4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220285
(reviews)
http://icrontic.com/articles/asus_f3svb1_laptop_review
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...s-F3SV-B1.aspx
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index....;pid;3529;pt;1
Notice the differing reports on battery life
C90S
http://1toppc.com/Merchant2/merchant...duct_Code=C90S
(reviews)
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha..._laptop/8.html
http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/hard...9286018,00.htm
http://computershopper.com/reviews/a...-laptop-review
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=140220
http://www.techspot.com/review/97-as...op/page10.html
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/asus_c90s
