F15pilotX 4 Posted May 24, 2011 (edited) When you say portability, are you talking about a truly small laptop like a 13", or more focus towards battery life? To be honest, 15.6" is going to be the best size if you want to play some games as well, without costing you an arm and a leg. Tbh I'd go with the Asus N53J from Newegg that DD linked you to though. I'm currently looking to replace mine, and that's been in my top two for weeks now. The fact that it has nVidia Optimus is definitely a plus to your need for mobility, as well. Edited May 24, 2011 by F15pilotX Share this post Link to post
Malevolence 6 Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) 7200rpm... Yeah I plan to work on that. I think I read somewhere that it doesn't take ssd? it might be worth looking into that for this baby, and just use an external one for storage. But I guess what I'm not sure about is the SANDY BRIDGE and wether I should hold off because of it... Sandy Bridge platforms are supposedly better in performance than the current ones (obvious reasons, newer processors has significant improvements than the old one) and if you are not in a rush to get it, then you may wait. (But if you are playing the waiting game, just don't get trap with the idea of losing out because technology constantly improves and new stuff comes out every few short months!) The 7200rpm SATA HDD is fine, if you are going to manually self-upgrade to SSD it may be a little tricky. Extra search and feedback on SSD replacement by some U36JC users (in case you getting this and also want to change to a SSD): 1. Remove all the screws on the bottom of the the notebook. Including the 4 under the rubber feet. 2. Carefully and gently and firmly pull up the back top back of the notebook and the keyboard including the whole top comes off but careful not to rip the keyboard and touch pad connector and cables. The hard drive is a 2.5" SATA drive sitting on the top front right of the notebook with several screws, I think about 4. I used a short tip for a small screw driver to get in there and remove the screws without disconnecting the keyboard and touchpad. Put in a SSD and put all the screws back and that's it. Install Windows 7 from a USB and the drivers and it's ready to go. - no warranty stickers removed that I am aware of (didn't see any), only the rubber feet, which I stuck back on. - get an ISO and use this program to create a USB boot install from the ISO http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple...-multiboot-usb/ - I did a clean install of Windows 7 to remove all the bloat Official ASUS Unboxing video: Hope that helps, gben! Edited May 25, 2011 by Malevolence Share this post Link to post
Gben 20 Posted May 26, 2011 Heh I bought it yesterday but it's still in the box... Share this post Link to post
