ASUS U31F-RX132V 13.3" Core i5 Notebook $499 (+ $25 Freight)

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  cwongtech on 01/12/2011 - 17:24

  +1

  Mate… i5 480M, you know that's old, c'mon you can do better, SB's been out for ages.
  Lenovo E320 direct from Lenovo (without any resellers) gives you a cheaper price, yes, 2GB RAM only but easily upgradable and would still be cheaper, I think it was $424 or something..
  http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1818210

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    Zimmer on 01/12/2011 - 18:48

    and only Core i3, 320GB and 6 Cell Battery, but yeah pretty good price if you are after something even cheaper. Everything else looks good

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    kheob on 02/12/2011 - 06:31

    Actually these are worth the premium due to the 10 hour battery life. Thinking about getting one for my sis for Uni next year. No CD-ROM is a drawback though.

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      scrimshaw on 02/12/2011 - 09:06

      +1

      And no floppy drive. No floppy drive is a major drawback too.

      On serious note, who needs ODD drives nowadays? I haven't used the DVD burner on my desktop for ages — the only discs I've inserted into the drive have been Windows and Linux install discs.

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        kheob on 02/12/2011 - 09:51

        Actually they still provide some course content on CDs. Just last semester my business law tutorials were all on a CD. I suppose I could get an external, but still.

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      cwongtech on 02/12/2011 - 15:21

      No way in hell does this have a 10 hour battery life.
      7 would be a better estimate

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        Mugsy on 02/12/2011 - 15:45

        One of the guys at work has one and the battery life is more around the 8-9hr mark under normal use. It's an 8 cell battery rather than the usual 6 cell. My Lenovo E320 with the 6 cell gets around 6-7hrs so the 8 cell should do better.

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        cwongtech on 02/12/2011 - 19:32

        But your E320 is SB i3, this is an arrandale i5.
        I have the same processor, except with a GPU (GT425M) with a 6 cell batt, on max powersaving mode i can say it reaches 4 hours, but mine is a 14"..