The impressive part of that ASUS is the 1900-1080 res. It isn't as big a deal for me (nor is battery life ) as I do almost all my work at my desk where I there are 2 24" monitors to jack in to, but I love the idea of that kind of res on a laptop. I'm also not a fan of numeric keypads on laptop keyboards as it feels funny (though I'm sure I'd adjust ) to be off center with the screen while typing.
Anyway, the Lenovo is ordered, so I'll post results.
>I've been looking around for a new laptop and am currently considering an Asus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220921. Specs are great. Price is great. Reliability of Asus is qiute a bit better than Lenovo
http://www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_laptop_reliability_1109.pdf>
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>>Last notebook I bought was a Dell XPS m1210. ( if anybody knows how to get a driver that works for the nVidia Geforce 7400 with Win 7 I'm all ears )
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>>Decided it was time to either upgrade my desktop (quadcore 4gb ) or get a new laptop.
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>>Settled on a Lenovo Ideapad y560 with an 1.73 i7, 7200rpm 500gb hd, 6gb ram, 1gb ATI Radeon video. 15.6 WXGA LED screen.
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>>Looks like fun.
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>>I always liked Thinkpads and I am burnt out on what Dell has become from the days when I wouldn't buy anything else.
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