***Pros/Cons of Asus W3V***

i like the screen size, full sized keys,fairly powerful 64 meg graphics card and the screen itself. some cons are that the fan is usually on whne plugged in, but its not too loud. um not too many cons with this system but mine does have one dead pixel near the center

Dead Pixel? That sucks, are you able to send it back? If not, where'd you get it? So everyone will know (they may just take it back). Thanks.

i got it from proportable, the w3v does not have the asus warranty against dead pixels but honestly it doesnt bother me as much as i thought it would. the pixel is more 'stuck" on blue so if its anything but a dark background you cant even find it and its only one pixel

I thought ProPortable had a thing that they check for dead pixels? a so-called Pixel Guarantee. Have you talked to them concerning it? If it was dead center of my screen, I'd be pretty ticked. Hop onto NotebookReview and mention it, they're all over that forum. See what they can do to help, if they will.

they cant check the ensemble models because they go straight from asus to them to the customer without being opened. on their build to order notebooks they do check.

I like my W3V screen. Luckily I didn't get deadpixels. The dvd burner is actually very decent, I back most of the movies I get on DVD nowdays. Just curious... How much you guys paid for your Asus W5V, One vendor on ebay selling for about $1769 USD with 3 years of warranty and they also give out an additional $200 manufacture mail in rebate. The feedbacks are actually pretty good from what I saw. Any W3V users from UK or Swiss over here? How much you guys pay for W3V in Europe? I've hear tax% is a big issue.

Pros:

-Light weight (compared to similar spec'd notebooks). Its probably the smallest possible while still having a full size keyboard, 8X DualLayer DVD, x600....
-Nice features (not missing bluetooth, svideo, memory card reader, firewire)
-Pretty, shiny screen (At first I didnt know if the glossy screen would be a pro or a con, but I do like it) the 1280x768 res is just right for the size.
-Good battery life (2:45-4:00 depending on settings/use)
-Aluminum lid, overall design, build quality.
-3 Years warranty (2 if not in N.America)
-and many more I cant think of right now.

Cons:

-System does get quite warm especially when gaming, on the right part of the pamrest, over the hard drive, and under. And warm/hot air blows out the vent on the right.

-Vertical viewing angle of LCD is not so great, but not that bad either.

(those my only real CONs, everything else is just being kind of picky)

FN button in corner of keyboard, not ctrl

Battery doesnt fit perfectly (it is offset about 1/32" and jiggles slightly).

DVD burner doesnt seem to hit its maximum speed, but I guess this is usual for laptop optical drives. (at least with CDRs which is all I used)

anyway, If you havent read my review I posted a month back or so, search for robotchicken review. That was written only a week after I got the laptop though.

My W3V comin in next week

I researched all the notebooks in the 12"-14" for like 2 weeks and this notebook is what I ended up getting. I had a 700m dell and returned it. This has a great video card for the size, so perfect for the mobile gamer, it also is portable so you can take it around, I love the bluetooth because bluetooth is a must nowadays. Basically this notebook is packed with everything that you could ever want. Its hard to find any notebook at a store with pre-installed bluetooth. I got my w3v for 1769 shipped I think thats a helleva deal, way cheaper than the sony I was planning to get instead. I talked to some guy from ebay and bought it off ebay just look for him on ebay and send him a message. UPS says mine should I arrive next week.

I just hope its not that hot under the palm rest. Do you guys think there could be some kinda adhesive heat conductor to tape onto the HD and maybe channel the heat elsewhere?

How much did you get your W3V for RobotChicken? I paid mine for about 1899 plus $35 shipping cost back in May. Can't you believe that, now resellers are selling on ebay for $500 less than what I paid two months ago... Geez!

The heat isn't a issue unless you do a lot of 3D gaming... 2d gaming good, I play a lot of Neo Geo emulators on my w3, and it gets very good speeds. As for 3d gaming, I been playing Battlefield 2 for the past two days now on the w3, and it works really well, it gets a bit hot after 2 hours of continues play but it's stable and no crashing yet. Anyone out there a Battlefield 2 Fan? I'm a lance corporal sniper with 380+ confirmed kills. =)

I paid the regular retail 1899 + shipping from Proportable.com. When I got it at the beginning of may, there were only a few resellers that carried it and it wasnt on ebay. I wonder what the rebate is about with that one seller on ebay, I've never seen any other seller offer anything like that. If its all legit and is still warrantied, it sounds like a bargain.

It's says from July 1 to 15, looks like a asus manufacture rebate.

The cheapest I've seen is $2300.

Then there is also tax

The coupons + promotions don't affect here unfortunately..

About $2360 CAD...

It's too bad ASUS didn't extend the promotion to you guys. Although it is a 4th of Julyish promotion...

can someone tell me how the screen compares to sony xbrite. Is the color white like milky white? is the screen vibrant?

Lol...I also have a pixel that seems to be stuck on blue...mine is located towards the center as well..

Pros:
Nice screen
Perfect size
Nice mousepad
Nice performance
3 year warranty
"New Technology"

Cons:
Gets warm...Nothing too bad though
Pretty average speakers
Cost a bunch(1899+shipping)
Cant Customize it