Review: 5 Years With the Asus Z71V - Page 3

Yes and not even a single b0rked pixel to boot

One question, though: I bought mine from ISTNC, and they shipped me a little piece of innards in a small plastic baggie; what is that thing, and how do I install it if it's important?

Hmmm. Return my leaky 9300 and get the Asus? Decisions...

I'd go for the Asus, personally: It's thin, damn near silent except for booting windows. Also, it's cheaper and thinner.

I'm just worried about the quality of the screen for graphics work. Are the sparkly issues not as bad as the 9300 sparkly problems?

I have no sparkles, though there's a bit of 'light-dripping' (light-dripping being infinitely less noticeable than full-on light-leaking) out of the top and bottom: maybe an eighth of an inch from the bottom, and less than that from the top. Hardly noticeable.

Oh, and watch for a possible failed optical drive. Mine just died a few hours after it came in the mail. Thanks to the warranty, I'm getting a new one overnighted tomorrow, so I should be up and running again by Saturday.

I was looking at the pics, What kind of firewire port is that?

Is this a generic thread anyone can use to write about their new Z71Vs?

Received my unit the other day. I have to admit, at first the size of it was more than what I was expecting so it scared me a little. (My previous laptop had like a 14" screen so this was a jump for me, heh.)

Haven't had much time to play around with it yet, but I'm slowly "building" it out for Ghosting onto DVD-R (I'd suggest this as a rule for all computer owners, drive images can be a real time- and sanity-saver!). My impressions so far working on my Ghost build have been very positive. Solid construction (though I have to admit I'm handling it like crystal anyway, I have a tendency to do that with electronics), quiet and responsive keyboard, no dead pixels, great sound. The only thing I found weird at first was the touchpad, it's EXTREMELY sensitive, guess I have to get used to it (though I've had to plug in a spare USB mouse to speed up the process).

The screen is awesome, it's my first 15.4" widescreen. The first thing I had to do was watch a movie on it so I pulled out Black Hawk Down, excellent visuals, nice and clear with the colors and separation and the cinematography comes across almost better than on my desktop.

As soon as I have my Ghost image I'm going to test the battery life, see if it can play all 4+ hours of the Return of the King Extended Edition before running out.

My own specs & pictures for the interested

ARGH! im going crazy here! FedEx says its going to be here on Thursday! But i want it noooow!

Sorry, that was the inner-child coming out. I actually have no problems waiting. i still have to go buy a MX510 and Office (and halflife2 or WoW if I can afford it)

i need to go and reserve BF2 now so I can play it on this system. I beats playing game on my pc that has a gf3gti card on it.

Gotcha beat : My desktop has a Geforce4 4200! pwned!

The Asus Z71V WSXGA+ is glossy, right?

Nope. It's a WSXGA+ MATTE screen

Well I finally got around to testing the battery life with RotK EE, and unfortunately it didn't last long on disc #2, maybe 7 minutes. Sorry that's not more exact but I wasn't actually watching (was using my desktop workstation).

I was hoping the battery would last longer, what's all the hype about extended battery life with the Sonoma?! My Z71V came with an 8-cell, how long do those usually last? Would it be worth it to get a 12-cell instead?

Yeah... I've thought of this as well... however Im in my summer break now, therfore i wont be needing it to run on battery while taking notes or anything like that

I do however love the fact that is has the option (and the option for another hd!)