I'll post this in the FAQ as well, but wanted to give a heads up....

I've received this from RJTECH.COM regarding it. As many of you know, they've offer great prices and services to people in this forum community. They've been pretty responsive as well. If you have questions on it, just email them at info@rjtech.com

Now on to Asus Z71V: http://www.smilepak.com/Z71V_Project.doc

From what I was told, it will be available very soon around the corner. They should be offering it on their site anytime now.

ƒÞ Intel Pentium M Processor with 2MB on-die L2 cache
ƒÞ Speeds at 1.67G~2.5G (Dothan), 400 & 533MHz FSB; 2.5G~3G(Yonah)
ƒÞ Intel Alviso 915 PM & ICH6-M
ƒÞ 2 x SODIMM sockets for expansion up to 2GB (BTO option)
ƒÞ 0MB on board memory
ƒÞ Dual channel DDR2 DRAM support (SODIMM)
ƒÞ 15.4¡¨ (wide) active matrix TFT, XGA, 256K colors max(TBD)
ƒÞ Nvidia MEP43 (128Mb)
ƒÞ VGA 640 x 480, 256/32K/64K/16.7M colors
ƒÞ SVGA 800 x 600 256/32K/64K/16.7M colors
ƒÞ XGA 1024 x 768 256/32K/64K/16.7M colors
ƒÞ SXGA 1280 x 1024 256/32K/64K/16.7M colors
ƒÞ UXGA 1600x1200 256/32K/64K/16.7M colors
ƒÞ One VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external display
ƒÞ 5 USB 2.0 ports
ƒÞ Two Audio jacks : Head phone or SPDIF, Mic-in
ƒÞ One RJ-11 for modem
ƒÞ One RJ-45 for LAN
ƒÞ One 1394 B Type jack
ƒÞ S-Video composite TV output
ƒÞ MiniPCI options of
Č Intel Wireless Pro module supports Calexico 2(BTO option), 802.11 a/b/g compliant
ƒÞ MDC options of
Č AC Link Ver. 2.1 Compliant and V.92 / K56flex support
Č Integrated universal PPT v.92
ƒÞ 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN built-in
ƒÞ 356.5*275.5*35
ƒÞ <3kg

By the way....

AKA: Voodoo Envy M:515 ODM

EDIT: Removed the "RAWK!!!" in protest of the poor screen choice...

I just don't understand why they put all this good stuff in and then cripple it with XGA...

I'm confused... it's a 15.4" widescreen, but the resolutions listed are all 4:3? So is it WUXGA, or WSXGA+ or WXGA? In general it looks extremely sweet, though. I wonder how much it will cost?

I wonder how does it actually look compared to the M6N series. From the pictures it look pretty nice. The chassis seems thin and sweet

Yes, it certainly looks nice. It looks like it should be a real alternative to the Acer 810x notebooks.
Did they give you any indication of price?

Why oh why do so many companies avoid SXGA+ and WSXGA+. Do they figure that power users want UXGA and that 6 pack joe shopping at Best Buy only wants XGA? It drives me mad I say.

Aye I love the 810X books but it is packed chocked with features I don't need (specifically I'd prefer to upgrade Ram and HD myself).

What's the Nvidia MEP43? Do they mean the NV43M (GeForce Go 6600)?

From what I've gathered, yes

Just like ATI M31 = 9700

um ATI M11 is 9700

Just to add to the chorus of disappointment (in case Asus cares or RJtech have any influence). Why no WSXGA or WUXGA, why no enhanced screen? Another otherwise nice notebook has been ruined by poor choices in (to me) the most important part of any notebook - the screen.

Steve

Here are some pictures of it

that looks like a Compaq/HP computer !!!