ASUS K40IN notebook

[badkuk]

hi peeps, ano sa tingin nyo? sounds like a good deal to me. The upside is it's got discrete graphics already -- the only catch is that it's stuck at 4gb maximum RAM.

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/asus...tag=mncol;rnav

[badkuk]

hmm...not too many reviews on this notebook out on the net...it's retailing locally at around 40k; feeling ko sulit na. so far i haven't gottent any negative feedback re asus notebooks, and my eeepc has been holding up pretty well despite my abuse B)

[Negus]

It doesn't seem to have an HDMI output which is pretty useful when viewing media on HD TVs. It should have one i think because it already uses the latest line of nvidia mobile GPUs. baka di lang naisulat dun sa article.

[badkuk]

i really dont see any red flags on this unit, except the absence of a spill proof keyboard. This could be a dealbreaker since i live with my two pamangkins, who have absolutely no respect for technology B)

Pero ang kwento naman sa akin ng salesperson, kahit di daw spill proof, matapunan man ng liquids e gagana pa rin, so long as it isn't completely drenched. Medyo duda ako since why would Asus bother to harp on the spill proof keyboard on some of their units, or why they would fail to mention that the K40IN's keyboard is spill proof...

[Horsepower]

Salesperson eh. They'll promise anything para lang bumili ka. hehehe.

Mukhang ok naman itong model na ito although quite pricey considering the graphics level (it's not really that good) kasi yung may built-in graphics nasa less than 30 lang.

[pitbullz]

built in? meaning on board?

[Horsepower]

Yes, on-board. Usually integrated with the Northbridge. Ang ok nga pala sa Asus, usually 2yrs warranty ito (pag authorized channels).

[badkuk]

...and separate ung video ram niya sa system RAM.

hmm, so by today's standards medyo mahina na ung nVidia video niya?

[calcantara]

Hello po, nag-register ako dito kasi nagpakita itong topic sa google kapag nag-search ng "asus k40in philippines". Interesado din kasi ako sa laptop na ito kasi mukhang good deal nga siya.

Medyo pricey siya kumpara dun sa ibang 30k laptop na may graphics na, kaya lang napapansin ko sa kanila wala pang windows iyun, nakalagay ay free DOS o LINUX. Pwedeng mamirata tutal may drivers naman, kaya lang syempre bad iyun di ba?

For 40k meron na itong vista premium (na may upgrade to windows 7, yehey), tapos malaki na rin iyung hard drive at RAM. Dun naman sa graphics oo nga integrated siya, pero iyung memory mismo hindi kahati sa system at nakahiwalay naman so parang discrete rin. Di na masama. Tapos tipid sa battery kasi integrated, atbp.

Kung sa performance ang pag-uusapan, iyung Geforce 102m ay upgraded version ng 9400m. Naalala ko dun medium to high sa HL2, TF2 at Left 4 Dead, tapos low to medium sa fallout 3. Depende na lang paano mo i-optimize iyung settings.

Basta ayun, kung tutuusin ok naman iyung specs for its price. Bagong design din from Asus. Pinanghihinayangan ko lang dito ay ports: maraming USB pero wala siyang HDMI tulad ng sabi ni Negus, o kaya ay TV-out (iyung S-video o composite) para kung ikakabit sa TV, mahilig kasi manood ang parents ko ng movies at TV series eh.

Good luck na lang sa laptop kung anuman iyung mapili mo.

[x-wind]

FYI. I will buy already this morning but I change my mind after the sales person told me its only one memory slot and the other one memory 2gB on board already.
I will try call asus to confirm this issue.

price range
NO OS 34995.00
Vista Starter 36995.00
W7 37,995.00