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Runs the recent game Dead Space at max settings very well. I have noticed no slowdown and it is easy to forget I am on a laptop. I have had no problems with the performance of this computer at all.
All of the extras save money and space you would have spent on accessories and add-on cards (lots of USB ports, eSATA port, flash card reader, HDMI out, etc)
Relatively small size makes it practical to carry around.
Battery life is more than adequate. I forgot to plug in and played the original Half-Life for about an hour and a half and still had about 40% remaining.
The ExpressGate feature is great for getting online quickly or if you have main OS has gone TU. I thought it was gimmicky at first but it does come in handy and has a LOT smaller footprint that Vista which adds to power savings and battery life for web surfing.
The case is plastic with a metal foil plating that will peel up if you are not careful. My wife has the N80Vn-A1 version and has a pencil eraser sized hole in the finish where it came off with the sticker. That is a common thing with this type of finish and not a real defect just a "gotcha."
The reflective screen finish obviously picks up a LOT of glare but the LED backlight can overpower just about anything short of the sun directly over your shoulder.
ExpressGate is Linux but can't access Linux partitions. That may be fixed in future versions.
My first step was to re-install Vista on a smaller partition to make room for Ubuntu Linux so I did not use the stock install.
WINDOWS: I started by wiping the drive. This freed up ~10GB used by the restore partition.
The recovery DVDs do not create partitions but they need an NTFS partition set up before they will run. If you do a hard drive swap/upgrade you will need to create a partition with a USB enclosure or bootable partition creating software.
I skipped the step where it asked for the Asus driver CD, rebooted and installed the drivers by hand from the ASUS website. This eliminated all of the bloat from the factory install.
LINUX: Next I installed the latest Ubuntu release. Wifi worked with no extra tweaking.
You will get NO sound without adding the following line to the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base file: options snd-hda-intel enable=1 model=g50v position_fix=0
The nVidia graphics card works flawlessly.
I have not tried the webcam under Ubuntu so I am not
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Very good laptop. Works well. I am using it with dragon natural speaking medical with excellent results. You must update the video drivers to get a decent vista performance level. It is a 1 with the ones that come with it and a 5 with the updated driver. There is also updated audio drivers but they make no difference with rating.
Beware their 1 year breakage warranty. They will NOT accept a copy of your email newegg receipt. You will NOT be able to get the warranty. It is a scam. I have tried twice, by mail and by fax with phone calls inbetween with NO resolution. They will not even tell me what they will accept. I also had to replace the 64 bit vista with 32 bit to run DNS. If could get the breakage warranty it would be a five.
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