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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,
shock protection

Quick

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



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

if you can afford the price tag!

HP NW9420
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Features



- Price

Quick

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







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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