These two notebooks are so large (physically) and contain so many features
that for most purposes they are a PC not a notebook. Interestingly, they only
weigh 2 to 2.5 Kg. Both notebooks are dual cores, have similar specs, but there's
a large price difference between the two. Given their size and specs, there was
no way that anyone looking for a notebook in the other categories would look at
either of these closely. That's why they are here all by themselves. Sorry
guys!
ASUS F3JM
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Large hard disk, Performance, Price
- Absent smartcard reader,
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Specs |
Specs: Centrino Duo (T2500 @ 2.0 GHz), 2 GB
RAM, 120 GB HDD, Nvidia GeForce Go
7600/512 MB, 15” widescreen, DVI and S-Video Out, 4-in-1 memory slot, Web cam, TPM chip
Price: Rs. 85,999, 2 year international warranty
Contact: ASUS India. Tel: 9892756755. Email:
media_india@asus.com
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The inflated RAM and
Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 with 512 MB video memory saw the ASUS F3JM score a
mind blowing 8783 3D Marks and scorch the charts with 60.8 MCC Winstones-both
absolutely on the top as far as performance in this shootout across the
categories is concerned. It also gave 3 hours and 4 minutes of battery
time in that benchmark, proving that it would be a really cool block of
electronics to own. The price tag of just under Rs. 86K, even with the
vendor provided 1 GB extra RAM price added in, is a great deal overall.
BOTTOM LINE: Buy
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HP NW9420
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Features
- Price |
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Specs |
Specs: Centrino Duo (T2400 @ 1.8 GHz), 512 MB RAM, 90 GB HDD, ATI Radeon X1600/256 MB, 17” widescreen S-Video Out, 5-in-1 memory slot, TPM chip, Bluetooth, Docking port
Price: Rs. 1,28,571, 1 year warranty
Contact: HP India Sales Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon, Tel: +91-9899599119,
deepak.jagtiani@hp.com
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This is really a large
notebook and is not designed to be portable at all it seems. It has a 17”
wide screen and a full keyboard with a proper number pad like on a desktop's
keyboard. But somehow, for its bulkiness, it weighs only 0.5 Kg more than
normal notebooks, at 2.5 Kgs. The NW9420 comes with all the bells and
whistles, including a fingerprint reader, a TPM chip, smart card slot, and
motion sensing hard drive protection. Like all the HP notebooks we
received this time, this also features a one-touch projection system —
this is a button near the top edge of the keyboard that when pressed
activates video streaming through the notebook's VGA port. There is a
similar button that launches the calculator (we haven't seen a separate
button for a calculator on any notebook so far).
Performance wise, we
recorded it scoring a 3992 3D Marks and 50.1 MCC Winstones. Battery time 2
hours long, that we wished could have been longer.
BOTTOM LINE: Lots
of features in this notebook, but it has a very high price tag. Compared
to the F3JM, this has more features, but is lower on performance. |
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