Pros: ** See previous review. Remember, the lower the temperature of an electronic device, the less there will be stress on its components and the much, much longer it will last. In short, the Cooling System = Absolutely Superior. The dummy express card simutaneously holds SD-Memory Cards and Sony MicroStick Duo Cards. (this was mentioned in some other review, but I think it was for a different model. What a cool feature =D.)

Cons: ** See previous review.

Overall Review: I'm giving this laptop the extra egg. Now that I have had it for a month, I wouldn't consider any other laptop in this price range. I don't regret my purchase. Not one bit. And I must reiterate... that the cooling system on this laptop is unmatched to any laptop I've ever used: period. In power saver mode, this thing is ice cold no matter what. High Performance with extreme multi-tasking is warm. Just warm. The fan was blowing hard for 60min. during a session of extreme Photoshop + WebDesigning + Coding + Listening to music + The World Community Grid Research (from IBM, takes a decent amount of resources) + Downloading. I'd say that is a fair amount of multi-tasking. I lift up my laptop, place my hand over every section of the bottom... it's just a little warm. Of my many roomates': the $4000 Alienware, $3000 ThinkPad, $2000 HP Pavilion, and $2000 MacBookPro, doing half as much work, burns my hand, absolutely BURNS!! That alone makes up for no bluetooth and loud buttons. Nuff

Pros: Small and light enough to carry in a backpack everyday. It has 5 USB sockets (2 on the right, 2 in the back, 1 on the left). The CPU is socket P which doesn't seem to be phasing out immediately and is upgradable. The harddrive isnt buried away inside of the device. ***The dummy expresscard54 card also holds your memory sticks for you!!!!*** I play left4dead with medium settings and get consistent >= 60fps. Vista64 drivers are on the website, which leads the way to pain free install of 64-bit windows7. I am running windows 7 64bit rc1. I downloaded all the vista64 bit drivers and all of them work. Anything else you want to know read the other peoples reviews as I concur with them. This thing is powerful enough to play games until the weee hours of the night and keep you entertained when you're away from your powerful gaming desktop when you go home and your parents go to sleep at 10pm.

Cons: The power cord that goes from the wall to the powerbrick is too short. No bluetooth. 32-bit OS, comes with a bunch of garbage on it.

Overall Review: In the future I will upgrade to the P9700 CPU. Some companies refuse to believe that end users may want to upgrade their computers without taking it to a "certified technician" So they bury their components inside the device. Asus is good about NOT doing this. OSX on this thing is going to take a lot of work. I have done a lot of research on this, don't get this if you're wanting a painfree osx86 notebook.

Pros: -Stylish (in pictures do no justice) -Extremely Fast -Surprisingly Lightweight -Extremely good cooling system, even when the fan is working hard under heavy load, the heat is low all around, especially around the battery (I really like this!) -GT 120M (new drivers just came out, what a difference!) -Vista runs extremely smooth, even with all the bloatware. -High Windows 7 Experience Index (5.0 to 5.9, [out of 7.9]) -Beautiful LED Display -Awesome Keyboard -Lots of Ports -Surprisingly nice speakers that don't crack at high volumes

Cons: -NO BLUETOOTH -Loud touchpad buttons -2.5-3hrs of battery life -No Case/Mouse (uncommon for ASUS)

Overall Review: Before there were reviews, I zoomed into the pictures and saw the bluetooth button, and indicator light. I bought it over some cheaper laptops thinking it had it. But it's not actually in the system. This was a big let down for me, but maybe I'm better off -- this is my only real gripe. Oh well, I'll keep the higher resolution over bluetooth =P. (this resolution might still be too low for some, but I think it's perfect. Sure 1440x900 [or even bigger] would be nicer, but I'm not complaining). Clicking in the upper corners suppresses some of the sound of the touchpad buttons. Battery Life is good considering specs, though I just wish it were longer or that there was a 9-Cell available (doesn't everyone?). I'm planning on getting a USB Wireless mouse and neoprene sleeve. Who cares about bloatware so much? Just remove it or reinstall windows. I don't know who would want "Home Premium" anyway.

Pros: It is portable. The speakers are loud and crisp. The battery life is good. I get 2.5 hours just surfing the internet and performing light tasks. I played Demigod for about 50 minutes in class before the laptop forced itself into sleep mode. Keyboard and touchpad are responsive. It has eSATA, HDMI, and 5 USB ports. They are placed conveniently. With the Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, GeForce GT 120M, 7200 RPM HDD, and 4 GB RAM, the laptop is fast and it runs cool. Express Gate is very convenient to have. The CTRL key is on the left-hand side of the Fn key. I love this because I play some FPS games where I use the CTRL key to crouch. I am using the laptop to play Call of Duty - World at War, Dead Space, Demigod, Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, Sins of a Solar Empire, Spore, and a few more. There are drivers for Windows XP. It comes with a 2 Year Global Warranty (Parts & Labor) a 1 Year Accidental Damage Warranty, a 1 Year Battery Warranty, and a 30 day Zero Bright Dot LCD

Cons: The buttons on the touchpad are slightly loud. I take this to my classes and I typically get heads turning. Hence, I use a wireless mouse. There is no bluetooth. Fingerprint magnet. ASUS does not make a 9-cell battery for this model. It is filled with some bloatware. I had to remove some nonessential software that Asus included. GPU-Z doesn't fully recognize the video card, but I'm positive that the video memory is using DDR2. I wish it was using GDDR3.

Overall Review: Not only do I have this laptop, but I also have the N80Vn-X5. I will be comparing the benchmark results of the following: Windows Experience Index N80 had a base score of 5.0. N81 had a base score of 5.3. All the components for each had the same score except for Graphics (N80=5.0|N81=5.9) and Gaming graphics (N80=5.3|N80=5.4). Left 4 Dead - No Mercy campaign - Apartments level The following settings were the same for both: AA 2x|Ansiotropic 4x|Shader Very High|Effect Detail Medium|Model/Texture High N80 (1280x800) FPS - Min 17 Max 58 Avg. 38 N81 (1366x768) FPS - Min 28 Max 60 Avg. 41 I did benchmarks for CoD 4 & CoD 5 and the frame results were identical. N81 was 2-3 FPS higher than N80. I used the notebook drivers from NVIDIA website. 179.48 for N80 and 185.81 for N81. The drivers from NVIDIA website gives higher FPS than the stock drivers on ASUS website. Newegg.com had fast shipping. I received the laptop in 1 day.

Pros: Great laptop for gaming! Great Price Not too big, 14" is perfect HDMI output

Cons: Hart to press mouse buttons Mediocre batt life short power cord

Overall Review: For the money, this laptop is spectacular, the pros definitely outweigh the cons! Games tested: Bioschock L4D Prototype Fallout 3 City of Heroes WoW Dead Space Fable All work great, some suffer FPS loss on Max graphical settings, but that's ok with me, on medium they have about 60fps

Pros: Excellent gaming and processing performance for the price Does not get too hot Nice quality screen Plenty of ports Excellent warranty and duration

Cons: Keyboard should be more sensitive Touchpad buttons are loud and hard to press Fingerprint reader software doesn't work No included word processing software No modem, S-video, or bluetooth Hard-drive comes with 40gB unusable, in a hidden partition

Overall Review: Though there are plenty of cons, the performance, price, and features far outweigh them. I recommend purchasing this product.

Pros: I've had no problems with this computer. Hardly any bloat ware to remove, quick start up, clear and bright screen, and just the right size for my 'smaller' hands. I've had it for just over a month and I'm still in love with it.

Cons: (as stated by others) Dust magnet and the outer case loves finger prints. Wipe it with a dry cloth and it's clean. It doesn't clip or latch shut but it keeps closed just fine otherwise. Built in speakers aren't the best but the sound quality is fine with headphones plugged in. Webcam is ok but the image quality is pixelated in dark shots.

Overall Review: I'm a student and a digital artist, so this laptop filled both needs nicely. I haven't had any issues with the version of Vista that was included. It runs CS3 beautifully and doesn't crash/choke when I have 3 or more of the programs open. Price is nice too.

Pros: This laptop is a budget friendly powerhouse. More than enough graphically to run pretty much every game out there right now, and a fair amount on the highest settings. I play a lot of Warhammer: AoR and L4D and both of these games run flawlessly. The display is beautiful and it has enough ports to accomodate anything you might need. 4 hours of batterly life is pretty handy too. Overall a very powerful laptop for relatively cheap.

Cons: The only thing I was'nt really completely satsified with was the camera. Its decent, and will get the job done for basic webchatting, but the fps haven't been very high for me. That and the automatic webcam login can be a bit touchy.

Overall Review: Perfect laptop for a student playing games on the go, or anyone that needs some power without an overwhelming price tag.