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I dont think the owners of the board- who run a small business selling laptops online- like advertising for thier competitors. Of which, I am not, I only sell locally, not online.

Built in mic- there is a mic jack... but yeah, I just tried recording without a mic plugged in and nothing happened. But dont listen to me, it took me a week to figure out my old school cambridge speakers with the 1/8 inch digital in jack wouldnt work in the laser spdif port... duh... lol

Eric

Hehe, all this new technology, hum? I am not much familiar with this spdif and dvi and so on things, too.
But for me, the decision whether to buy the w1n or not hangs on that built in mic, as it is very important to me.
It would be enough, if only one who owns the book woulkd say: der is one built in, cause if the manufacturer AND an owner say it is, then it must be so.

Anyone??

I am not sure. I dont see it on mine, I dont think its there... Hit up Justin at poportable, he knows a ton on these things.

Either that, or call Asus themselves.

Eric

hey erict, is the W1N a lot heavier than the M6N?

A little bit. I never weighed them so I dont know the exacts, but the w1 seems to be a touch heavier.

The IR port being on the front and not the side may be a deal breaker for me... I may sell this and go back to m6n, but only if I can get the wsxga, dvd-r. Then again, this laptop is the sexiest looking tech thingy I have ever laid eyes on. I may have to break down and buy the bluetooth adapter for my canon i80, and a bluetooth card for the lappy. I want one that doesnt protrude, although... I found a toshiba bluetooth card that fits in the sd slot... I am considering it.

130$ approx just to get my printer working again aint my idea of a good time, but then I could get a bluetooth gps reciever and sw for that and have a pretty cool gps unit.

Eric

Hey EricT, thanks for your marvellous comparative review of the two hottest Asus notebooks. You certainly have us drooling now for the W1N.

I am seriously thinking of getting the Asus router that you showed us, but I noticed from the spec sheet for the product on Asus's home web page that the router has only one single USB port, although it claims that the port is good for a webcam, disk drive and printer. Well, I would like to connect both of my external USB hard disk drive (Maxtor) and my USB printer (Canon) to the router -- so my question is: can I then just plug in a standard 4-port USB hub to the one USB port on the Asus router in order to expand the number of USB ports available to me? Will the Asus router automatically recognize the "expanded USB ports" and assign IPs to each of the additional USB ports accordingly?

Thanks again, dude.

Ah- on the router.

Out of the box, it was buggy as hell. Updated the firmware, and the thing has been a rock. Now, there is only one USB port. It goes like this- webcam, OR ftp server. Now, it has a paralell for the print server, it might use the USB too, I dunno. Asus has a compatibility chart here

http://usa.asus.com/products/communi...er-support.htm

They have some other specifics on the chipsets in the webcams, on the same site.

I am not sure that USB hub idea would work, but its worth a try, haha. Call Asus up, ask em! That would certainly rock though. Multiple devices!

Now if I could find a cheap bluetooth PCMCIA card that would fit under the port flappy enclosure completely, I would be a happy man with my w1.

Eric

From Asus support website:

Ooh, didnt think to check the faq. Nice post hgilson!

This sounds like it requires testing though. I would assume... that the webcams only use the resources when in use, so you could have one plugged in, and just log in to it whenever, whih would cause the tput on ftp disks to drop. And, you dont print 24/7 either.

Sounds like we need to crack the 500g, overclock the hell out of it, water cool it... LOL

Eric

Thanks EricT and Hgilson for the prompt response to my question on the WL500G router.

Hgilson -- would you mind giving us the URL link to the Asus FAQ or support site you mentioned above? I may a couple other questions on the WL500G which may already be covered by the FAQs.

Thanks again, guys.

Another quick question for you guys:
Would another possible option be to use a "parallel-to-USB converter" (is there such a thing?), so one would then just use the USB port on the router to connect the disk drive and then "convert" the available parallel port into a USB port for a USB printer?

p.s. to Hgilson -- I've just found the web page for Asus's FAQs on the WL500G router. Thanks.

Since you seem to be in the know about Asus and these notebooks, I thought I'd ask two questions and I apologize if they've been answered a million times before. The first is will the M6bne get the WSXGA, and the second is will the W1 get a Radeon 9700 128mb or a Fire Gl video card??? I'm doing CAD and solid modelling and stuff so I figure that I should maybe opt for a better video card. Also, any word on when the W1 will be user configurable?

from people's communication with asus and asus retailers... seems like neither will happen

On the m6n- I havent asked in awhile, but they werent sure at the time. Last I heard all tehh wsxga screens were going into the w1s, which dont look like they are going to change- rumor has it that model will be replaced by another totally different model. That I hope to high heaven has bluetooth, I need it! Hehe.

Eric

yeah, i emailed Asus, and they said the W1N will never get the M11 upgrade :/