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    ASUS Intros N61, N71 Multimedia Notebooks

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 9, 2009.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

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    ASUS Intros N61, N71 Multimedia Notebooks
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    ASUS today introduced its latest entertainment notebooks, the N61 and N71. They are advertised to have excellent audio performance with "unparalleled audio reproduction". The N61/N71 have Altec Lansing speakers and SRS Premium Sound.

    Specifications include Intel Core 2 Duo and Quad processors, up to 8GB of RAM,an Nvidia GeForce GT 240M 1GB graphics card, up to 1TB of drive space, and16-inch (N61) and 17.3-inch (N71) displays with1366x768 and 1600x900 resolutions, respectively.

    ASUS Press Release
    Via (Engadget.com)

     
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    Although ASUS is marketing these notebooks based heavily on sound quality, I highly doubt they would be better than a $40 pair of desktop speakers. :rolleyes:

    Buying a notebook with speaker sound quality as a factor . . . can't see myself doing that.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 10, 2009
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    Redline Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    Yeah, that's kind of questionable. Though the XPS M170/1710 from back in the day with the built-in subwoofer was pretty epic.
     
    Redline, Sep 10, 2009
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    Great laptops! I simply love the beautiful design of the brown N61.
    (I'm one of those people who buys a laptop just because how it looks, not the performance :D).
     
    Vinyard, Sep 10, 2009
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    Same goes for the Inspiron 9200/9300, which were pretty much the same systems.

    Those things look like they'd be pretty good for what they're aiming for - multimedia.
     
    Hep!, Sep 10, 2009
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    Does it come with a better sound card or is it just the speakers?
     
    Clutch, Sep 10, 2009
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    Serg Nowhere - Everywhere

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    And specs wise they are a disaster??
    Spare me.
    But I rather have a good performer and get some headphones rather than a great audio system with low hardware.
     
    Serg, Sep 12, 2009
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