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    Asus w1n or 15" g4 powerbook

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by runner91786, Sep 23, 2004.

  1. runner91786

    runner91786 Newbie

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    I am in the midst of trying to decide which I would rather have. The desired specs of each are as follows:

    Asus w1n
    2.0ghz Dothan
    DVD+/-RW
    1 gig ddr333 ram
    Radeon 9600 Pro 64mb(would like 9700 but alas its not available at the moment)
    60gig ultra(7200rpm)

    Apple 15" g4 powerbook
    g4 1.5ghz
    Apple superdrive
    1 gig ddr333
    Radeon 9700 pro 128mb
    80gig 5400rpm (60gig 7200rpm available? anyone know?)

    Let me know your opinions. Im leaning towards the Asus because I love Asus and have used many of their products with success and not sure about going mac. I do like many things about apple, not just how stylish everything is, but I mean can you get anymore stylish than this pc notebook I mean come on...a built in 4.1! Let me know! - Matt
     
    runner91786, Sep 23, 2004
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  2. Underpantman

    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    If your a PC person, and like playing games at all then I would say go the ASUS. Its a big move jumping to a Mac, not that Macs are bad (they are v.good), its just a lot different, software/games are more limited etc, which can be a bit frustrating for a PC user, and you must factor in the impact of the extra software price. I know as I had the same choice to make a few months back, and chose the ASUS M6Ne.
    However if your not planning on playing games, and your uses are only office, photoshop type stuff, with the odd DVD, then Apple will be fine.
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    ASUS M6Ne 15.4" WSXGA 1.7 PM ATI9700 80Gb HDD 512Mb RAM
     
    Underpantman, Sep 23, 2004
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