Another ASUS Notebook in the Troxion Family

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Assalaam aleykom WBT and A Very2 Good Day :)

The other week, I was vehemently looking for a laptop for my wife. Mula2, I opted for the easy way out... which was to go and look online. Due to my limited knowledge in hunting for online laptops, I just looked at HP-COMPAQ, and also Ahmad DELL bin Tajudeen Zawawi (asyik Jaapar je... tukar plak... tiada kaitan dengan sesiapa yg ada lorong... hehehehe).

By de way, this entry bukan nak riak takkabur or anything, but just to share the brilliance of ASUS. I am also glad to declare myself an ASUS promoter... unpaid promoter that is. Hehehehe.. Hmmm.. an idea for an ASUS affiliate blog? Hmmmm... ok ok. Mulakan story.





HP-COMPAQ

Ok. The laptops are priced quite ok. But I was quite drawn back by their un-user-friendly website design. Yes of course there's all the specs for the notebook PCs... but since I was expecting something like DELL's website... and the HP-COMPAQ website failed to be something like DELL... I was turned off. Furthermore, I hear that after the 1-year warranty period... COMPAQ notebooks will do some magic! Like they know the 1-year is up... the LCD will start to deteriorate, the keyboard will start acting funny etc. This is from one of the notebook dealers that I know... and also from my friend Mr. Aizal Kusyairi Cikaro Kiroro :D

DELL

Haa... this was almost a buy for me. The Malaysian DELL website was relatively user friendly. Customizing your laptop only requires expert knowledge in READING 101 as well as KNOWING HOW TO USE YOUR MOUSE 102 :) Prices? Well... in the end, I was turned off by the prices. Not to say too mahal or anything... but I find that DELL will attempt (in an unseen fashion) to pursue buyers to upgrade uncertain packages :) Namely... the extension in warranty... which would also mean an increase in the hole-size in yer wallet and pcoket :)

I customized so that I'd get the 24-months MC-AFEE as well as the 1-year on-site warranty and service and what-else-I-forget :) In the end... it was in the higher RM3000s. Almost cecah 4K!!!

Another thing... I think DELL is a company yang try to kejar2 trend sometimes, so there has been reports claiming that notebooks aren't manufactured to the best of standards. Not all... but the unlucky few... This means that sometimes ada gap in the casing, built-in camera tak jalan (which happened to my friend) etc... In con-klu-si... turned off again :) But definitely still under consideration la... sebab I did not have to physically go and get the notebook :P hehehehe. Malas nye Alpyan. Tapi takpe.

THE ASUS CHOICE

Since I was unsure, I opted to ask my fren Eddie Mustappa. He was a DELL advocate. So not much option there :P Then, my problem caught the attention of Mr. Aizal Cikaro Kiroro. He gave me the ASUS option :) I tot ASUS was selling high priced notebook PCs... cuz the last time I bought my ASUS W3, it cost almost 5K. Uwek! Terbang duit ke situ. Tapi takpe :)

But after looking at the price... and also the specs... and the NICE NICE NICE designs... (love ASUS' designs. Seriously, other laptops are copying them I believe) ... tarus I got off my rather medium-to-big-sized ass, went to BUKIT JAMBUL shopping complex in Penang, and tarus angkut an ASUS :) Ok. Takde la tarus... ada jugak la usha2 dulu sikit2. :D Alhamdulillaah, lepas beli... the only problem was Mr. Gate's VISTA. Heheheh. Biasa laa, Windows VISTA masih baru... jadi masih memerlukan lagi 2-50 Service Packs :P

Anywayz... I bought an ASUS F80 series for my wife. After adding 2% credit card charge from de kedai... it came to a reasonable RM3K ++ bill. And it was at the lower 3K region :) Ok I think for the specs below:

• Intel Core Duo ... 2.0Ghz with 2(ke 3? Lupa pulak...)Mb L2 Cache, 667Mhz FSB
• 4GB Ram
• 250GB Hard Disk (5.4K rpm)
• External Display (ATI Mobility Radeon 256Mb)
• 2.39 kilogram (sangat ringan compared to my previous notebook PC)
• Spill proof keyboard
• 14.1" WXGA monitor (whatever WXGA is anywayz....)
• Builtin 1.3Mp webcam (tapi tak buleh rotate. Takpe, nanti buleh senget2 kan monitor)
• Speaker Altec bin Lansing bin Tajudeen Sulaiman
• Warranty International 2 tawon!!! Ok gak tu :)
• And also... the very2 cantik design :D

Annywayz... Alhamdulillaah, my wife liked the laptop very2 much. Memula dia nak beli DELL Studio yang ada kaler2 tu. But after getting the ASUS, sonyumm je aku nengok? Walaupun kaler itam... tetapi ok aje. Ini mungkin kerna... Hitam Itu Menawan. Kekekekeke :P Macam husband dia gak le kot... dekat2 nak itam dan menawan (menawan dia sorang je la... tetapi tidak menawan Siti Nurhaliza. Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!)

Okes... Anywayz... saya tak snap gambau lagi. But from the ASUS website, I think this is the model lah. Minus the Thumb-Print thinggy tapi. Insya-Allaah, this laptop will be used for the greater good of man... and woman kind :D Assalaam aleykom WBT dan Salaaam Muhibbah dari Alfian Troxion dot Blogspot dot Com :D


All pics from the ASUS website...

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