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post #41 of 82
8/18/04 at 11:00pm
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Originally Posted by zlatanov
Trust me they don't have the 15.4 with 9700 - I ordered my Asus from them. They expect getting the M6BNe in several weeks, for now they only have the M6BN (i.e 9600). What you are looking at are the general specs of the Asus M6N - they are pretty confusing.
Try configuring a 15.4 with a 9700 from DL's website and see that they do not carry it right now.
Did you read my post? I mean seriously.

I said its COMMING. Comming, I'm very well aware they don't have it in stock this second.
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post #42 of 82
8/18/04 at 11:02pm
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Originally Posted by mayaman2
I don't see why the 3790 with the 12 cell won't suit you. It looks really nice and gets more than 3.5 hours of battery life.
Yeah! It's not ugly like those Asus notebooks!
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post #43 of 82
8/18/04 at 11:04pm
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Originally Posted by csucycling
Did you read my post? I mean seriously.

I said its COMMING. Comming, I'm very well aware they don't have it in stock this second.
Prozac is your friend.
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post #44 of 82
8/18/04 at 11:04pm
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Originally Posted by Unleaded
Prozac is your friend.
I am a bit wired tonight.
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post #45 of 82
8/18/04 at 11:05pm
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Originally Posted by mawst95
I think he just meant it's coming soon....

Eric!

Dude, you're the reason I wanted to go for the W1N!! Great review btw! I spoke to the guys at Startech and they told me that Asus sends them (and only them) whitebox W1N's. He said the warranty is good from Asus and if not they would honor the warranty. I suppose I should get that in writing? I know proportable has a great reputation. The startech price unconfigured is 2375 and I get a 3% student discount (About $70). They seem to be a legit site and they are in PA (which is my home state). No BBB complaints, quick responses--of course they are trying to make a sale

Dunno...lot's of confusion. There doesn't seem to be a big performance gain with the Dothan or the 7K60 over the 5K80 so hmmmm......
If I were you, I wouldn't let performance be the deciding factor - it is true that with or without Dothan and with 5400 or 7200 the performance gain will not change your life unless you are one of those benchmarkers who would die for 10 points more on 3DMark or something. My advise is to base your decision on your preference for SCREEN (quality in M6N and w1N is great in both machines but resolution is the big dif here) and LOOKS. Try to find out which of the two is more appealing to YOU and has the screen resolution YOU prefer and go for it. After all, this is what you will be always looking at.
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post #46 of 82
8/18/04 at 11:05pm
The m6ns with the m11 (9700) chipsets are retailer orderable. My first one gets here tomorrow. I will confirm the ATI goodness when it arrives, hehe.

And if I can get them, trust me, others can. Other retailers WILL however, try to ditch thier other 9600 m6ns first, otherwise theyre just gonna ride shelf for a long time.

Sales tax is going to kick your butt. proportable is nearby though, making ups ground cheap and fast.

Thanks for the props on the review- I appreciate that. More on other items as I feel like taking the time to review them... next one probly being the wl-330g access point. They are really nice.
Eric
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post #47 of 82
8/18/04 at 11:08pm
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Originally Posted by csucycling
Did you read my post? I mean seriously.

I said its COMMING. Comming, I'm very well aware they don't have it in stock this second.
Yeah, seriously, I read it but the "its comming" part was at the very end and I thought all that was part of the specs.
Sorry about the confusion.
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post #48 of 82
8/18/04 at 11:12pm
Thread Starter 
I have the sales tax issue worked out already...won't be a factor...

Maybe I can see if Proportable will match their price on a non-configured unit--about 2275 or throw in a third year of warranty or something...
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post #49 of 82
8/18/04 at 11:15pm
The M11 M6BNe's are definately available...I can get either from my distrib, I just choose to only offer the latest and greatest.
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post #50 of 82
8/18/04 at 11:34pm

Clarification on discountlaptop's M6BNe

I'm the guy who first indicated that DL will be selling the M6BNe with the 9700.

1) DL is a reseller for Chembook. When you order from DL, they will have Chembook ship it.

2) Asus stopped producing the M6BN (with the 9600GPU) when they started producing the M6BNe (with the 9700GPU).

3) Chembook still has inventory of the M6BN. They are expecting a shipment of M6BN barebones within weeks.

4) DL said they will post the change on their website as soon as they are available. Look for the change in the graphics card spec on the 2060 widescreen listing. Call them and they should verify this.
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post #51 of 82
8/18/04 at 11:38pm
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Originally Posted by pstrisik
I'm the guy who first indicated that DL will be selling the M6BNe with the 9700.

1) DL is a reseller for Chembook. When you order from DL, they will have Chembook ship it.

2) Asus stopped producing the M6BN (with the 9600GPU) when they started producing the M6BNe (with the 9700GPU).

3) Chembook still has inventory of the M6BN. They are expecting a shipment of M6BN barebones within weeks.

4) DL said they will post the change on their website as soon as they are available. Look for the change in the graphics card spec on the 2060 widescreen listing. Call them and they should verify this.
I did call them and their response was beasically the same.
Thanks a lot.
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post #52 of 82
8/19/04 at 12:33am
Thread Starter 
Woah, Justin a PP is answering my emails at 11:30pm EST!! Damn!! That's nice.

Matt
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post #53 of 82
8/19/04 at 1:09am
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Originally Posted by mawst95
Maybe I can see if Proportable will match their price on a non-configured unit--about 2275 or throw in a third year of warranty or something...
I wonder what the price would be on a barebones W1, since they claim to be the only ones getting these? (no mem, no cpu, no HDD, no OS, no wifi maybe)

I realize there probably (definitely) wouldn't be a warranty but I would like to know.
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post #54 of 82
8/19/04 at 1:19am
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Originally Posted by Unleaded
BTW, don't throw your money away on the Corsair XMS memory for a laptop. The lower CAS latency does nothing for you.
Rational or references please?
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post #55 of 82
8/19/04 at 1:37am
There are two other threads running addressing CAS latency. Lower CAS does nothing inherently, though it is advantageous for overclocking...something we don't do with our FSBs in our laptops (even if our BIOS allowed for it)

EDIT: I shouldn't say it does NOTHING...but the gains are negligible. I posted a link to an article explaining the rationale in one of the other threads.
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post #56 of 82
8/19/04 at 5:24am
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Originally Posted by Unleaded
There are two other threads running addressing CAS latency. Lower CAS does nothing inherently, though it is advantageous for overclocking...something we don't do with our FSBs in our laptops (even if our BIOS allowed for it)

EDIT: I shouldn't say it does NOTHING...but the gains are negligible. I posted a link to an article explaining the rationale in one of the other threads.
I would have to disagree with you on this. You will gain a significant performance boost running 2-2-2-6 than u would running 2.5-3-3-7. Cas latency is very important as is the ras to cas delay.
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post #57 of 82
8/19/04 at 8:40am
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Originally Posted by Unleaded
There are two other threads running addressing CAS latency. Lower CAS does nothing inherently, though it is advantageous for overclocking...something we don't do with our FSBs in our laptops (even if our BIOS allowed for it)

EDIT: I shouldn't say it does NOTHING...but the gains are negligible. I posted a link to an article explaining the rationale in one of the other threads.
Thanks for that reference unleaded. Here is the link for anyone else interested.

I'm going to research this a bit more since that article is five years old and references only 133 bus and talks about Pentium III machines. I suspect the benefits might become more pronounced as systems become faster overall.
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post #58 of 82
8/19/04 at 10:34am
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Originally Posted by neocontra
I would have to disagree with you on this. You will gain a significant performance boost running 2-2-2-6 than u would running 2.5-3-3-7. Cas latency is very important as is the ras to cas delay.

neocontra, you listed RAM with a full set of more impressive timings. My comments were related to the CAS Latency only. There are CAS 2.5 SODIMMS with better precharge, etc. etc. ratings as well. As for RAS to CAS delay, I believe that may be addressed in the link that I had put elsewhere which pstrisik ported to here.

Also, neocontra, exactly how is CAS latency important in a machine which has not been OC'ed? Check the link above. Lower CAS is definately useful for providing you with headroom for your RAM when increasing the FSB, some rather scientific examinations of the value at stock determined that the benefit was insignificant - check the link (and other similar resources on this subject).
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post #59 of 82
8/19/04 at 10:36am
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Originally Posted by pstrisik
Thanks for that reference unleaded. Here is the link for anyone else interested.

I'm going to research this a bit more since that article is five years old and references only 133 bus and talks about Pentium III machines. I suspect the benefits might become more pronounced as systems become faster overall.
There are newer ones..that's just the first relevant one I got googling it. I believe the logic still holds on newer RAM (if memory serves *no pun intended* other newer resources I found when researching this for a thread a while back supported this).
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post #60 of 82
8/19/04 at 12:28pm
Thread Starter 
CAS latency? So basically I should get the W1N then?

M
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