More Laptopness

Posted in IT by Will on March 23, 2007.

Well, after Paul put me onto this ongoing thread on Whirlpool, I’ve been getting more and more interested in the Asus laptops.

Asus G1 (G1-AK035G)

  • 15.4″ @ 1680×1050  (Glossy)
  • Core 2 Duo T7400 (2.16Ghz, 4MB L2)
  • 2GB 667Mhz DDR2 Memory
  • GeForce Go 7700 w/ 512M (Physical) Memory
  • 8x Dual Layer DVDRW w/ Light Scribe
  • 160GB SATA HDD
  • 802.11 a/b/g
  • Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
  • Vista Ultimate
  • 1.3Mpx Webcam built in.
  • Li-Ion 8 Cell Battery (Rated @ 2Hrs)
  • 4-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MS)
  • 1x PCMCIA Card Slot

That’s pretty hard to beat for about $2500 or so. Unfortunately, availability is next to nothing for about a month.  For bonus points, it comes with a backpack (pictured) and a USB Mouse.  It weighs in at about 3.6KG. It comes with a 2 year international warranty.

Asus VX2 Lamborghini (VX2-AK007G) (Yellow or Black)

  • 15.4″ @ 1680×1050  (Glossy)
  • Core 2 Duo T7400 (2.16Ghz, 4MB L2)
  • 2GB 667Mhz DDR2 Memory
  • GeForce Go 7700 w/ 512M (Physical) Memory
  • 8x Dual Layer DVDRW w/ Light Scribe
  • 160GB SATA HDD
  • 802.11 a/b/g + Draft N
  • Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
  • 1x Express Card Slot
  • 1.3Mpx Webcam built in.
  • Li-Ion 8 Cell Battery (Rated @ 4Hrs)
  • 8-in-1 Card Reader (Including SD and CF)
  • Vista Ultimate
  • Spill-proof keyboard.

Also a very nice laptop - This also comes with a Bluetooth mouse.  This also weighs in at about 2.5KG.  Unfortunately, the price looks like it could be something like $3500.  It also comes with a 2 year warranty.

Summary

Both laptops are very (very) nice, and practically equal in performance ratings.

The VX2 looks (physically) very nice - it’s got all sorts of nice styling bits (read review) For an extra $1000 or so, you get Draft N, Express Card, a CF Slot, and a spill proof keyboard. Oh, you also lose about 1.1KG in Weight.

The G1 revision is unbeatable in terms of bang-for-buck. I don’t think there’s another laptop out there with equivalent specs.

Neither notebook is available right at this moment - The G1 quoted is a new revision of the G1 model, due out next month some time. Although, it might take another 4 weeks or so for it to become truly available.

I’ll keep looking for a little while - I’m not in a rush.

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Specifications:
- G1-AK035G 
- VX2-AK007G

Image Credits:
- G1:  Notebookreview
- VX2: Engadget.