ASUS A8JS 14inch Widescreen Notebook

Rob Williams · 03-26-2007, 01:43 AM

ASUS has a new notebook offering that is sure to please most. It includes a fast T7200 processor, NVIDIA 7700 Go graphics card and 1GB of ram. It's also very competitively priced at just under $1,500. Is it worth your consideration?

You can read the full review here and discuss it here.

03-26-2007, 02:32 PM

Is it not possible to remove the stickers?

Rob Williams · 03-26-2007, 03:11 PM

Well, there are known methods to removing stickers off electronics, but I haven't tried any of them. I removed stickers off my laptop a long time ago, which left residue that I could not end up removing. I'm sure it's possible, you just need patience and find the best way to do it.

They don't just simply come off though, if that's your question.

04-12-2007, 01:03 AM

Could you plz tell me the weight and size of the shipped box?

I need this info, thank you in advance for the reply, BTW nice review.

d3sdichad0-gt

Rob Williams · 04-12-2007, 01:25 AM

The box (which included the bag as well) was 15lbs.

04-12-2007, 09:10 PM

thanks for your fast reply man!.
but I would like to know also the size, you know Height, Width, Depth of the box, cause I would need to make an extra shipment and this info is required to me by the company. I know that your box is long time in the garbage, but if you could provide me this info (even an estimate) I would be very thankful.

d3sdichad0-gt

Rob Williams · 04-12-2007, 09:28 PM

I have absolutely no idea, I never measured it and it's no longer here. I can't even give an estimate because I don't even recall what the box looked like. Sorry.

04-12-2007, 09:59 PM

haha now I waited for your reply! well thanks any way man, ... searched every way and I cant find the size..... oh well..... thanks for everything

d3sdichad0-gt

04-25-2007, 06:48 AM

Hi Rob,

I haven't found any reference in the review about the build of this laptop in terms of rigidity, stiffness....
Does it feel solid or is it plastiky? Does it bend or bow in much when pressed? I recently had on my hands a Toshiba Satellite with similar characteristics, that was very promising on the brochure, but it felt quite fragile when handling it. Is that the case of the AJ8?

Many thanks for your help!

Rob Williams · 04-25-2007, 02:48 PM

That's a good point Joan, and I admit I never actually pondered it. From what I recall, it was quite sturdy, it certainly didn't have a flimsy feel to it.

I actually have the laptop still here (it was sent back to me due to FedEX screwing up), so I will crack it back open later and check for you.

04-26-2007, 07:10 AM

Thanks again! I look forward to your comments on that.

Regards,

Joan

Rob Williams · 04-27-2007, 07:25 PM

Sorry for the late reply, a lot has been going on around here. I just hauled it out, and I do believe it's solid construction... I don't think you have anything to worry about. It's hard to call it "plastiky" even though most of it is plastic. I'm fussy, but I have no problems with it's build.

I'd be better able to compare if I've tried a variety of notebooks, but I've only dealt with four recently. As it is, I don't believe it's cheaply built.

MacMan · 04-28-2007, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Williams

ASUS has a new notebook offering that is sure to please most. It includes a fast T7200 processor, NVIDIA 7700 Go graphics card and 1GB of ram. It's also very competitively priced at just under $1,500. Is it worth your consideration?

You can read the full review here and discuss it here.

Seems like a nice laptop, but the stickers are totally INSANE! I don't recall ever seeing so many, and so large, stickers on a product in my life!

Such a large number stickers remines me of some sleezy hooker or something! Its rather a turn off!

Rob Williams · 04-28-2007, 01:02 AM

I've never met a sleezy hooker who had any stickers. Last time I asked for a gold star!

Oops.

05-25-2007, 06:50 PM

Hi,
Just read the review, sounds great.
I have the same notebook but different specs (A8Jc). Also got the stickers, but peeled them off in five minutes. It is not hard at all once you try it, and if there would be some glue remaining, just place the sticker back on the glue and pull; it will get the glue off. I'm gonna upgrade to the A8Js, however I seemed to have been unlucky with my laptop: Hinge is broken and cracked, touch pad is not working properly, programs do not work, gaming causes computer to shut off etc. But I guess I got a lemon, Asus usually builds soild notebooks from what I have heard.

03-26-2007, 01:43 AM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	ASUS A8JS 14inch Widescreen Notebook ASUS has a new notebook offering that is sure to please most. It includes a fast T7200 processor, NVIDIA 7700 Go graphics card and 1GB of ram. It's also very competitively priced at just under $1,500. Is it worth your consideration? You can read the full review here and discuss it here. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

03-26-2007, 03:11 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Well, there are known methods to removing stickers off electronics, but I haven't tried any of them. I removed stickers off my laptop a long time ago, which left residue that I could not end up removing. I'm sure it's possible, you just need patience and find the best way to do it. They don't just simply come off though, if that's your question. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

04-12-2007, 01:03 AM	#4
Unreg- D3SD Guest Poster Posts: n/a	odd question... Could you plz tell me the weight and size of the shipped box? I need this info, thank you in advance for the reply, BTW nice review. d3sdichad0-gt

04-12-2007, 01:25 AM	#5
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	The box (which included the bag as well) was 15lbs. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

04-12-2007, 09:10 PM	#6
Unregistered-D3SD Guest Poster Posts: n/a	!! thanks !! thanks for your fast reply man!. but I would like to know also the size, you know Height, Width, Depth of the box, cause I would need to make an extra shipment and this info is required to me by the company. I know that your box is long time in the garbage, but if you could provide me this info (even an estimate) I would be very thankful. d3sdichad0-gt

03-26-2007, 02:32 PM	#2
Unregistered Guest Poster Posts: n/a	Is it not possible to remove the stickers?

04-12-2007, 09:28 PM	#7
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	I have absolutely no idea, I never measured it and it's no longer here. I can't even give an estimate because I don't even recall what the box looked like. Sorry. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

04-12-2007, 09:59 PM	#8
Unregistered-D3SD Guest Poster Posts: n/a	ok thanks anyway.... haha now I waited for your reply! well thanks any way man, ... searched every way and I cant find the size..... oh well..... thanks for everything d3sdichad0-gt

04-25-2007, 06:48 AM	#9
Joan Guest Poster Posts: n/a	Build Hi Rob, I haven't found any reference in the review about the build of this laptop in terms of rigidity, stiffness.... Does it feel solid or is it plastiky? Does it bend or bow in much when pressed? I recently had on my hands a Toshiba Satellite with similar characteristics, that was very promising on the brochure, but it felt quite fragile when handling it. Is that the case of the AJ8? Many thanks for your help!

04-25-2007, 02:48 PM	#10
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	That's a good point Joan, and I admit I never actually pondered it. From what I recall, it was quite sturdy, it certainly didn't have a flimsy feel to it. I actually have the laptop still here (it was sent back to me due to FedEX screwing up), so I will crack it back open later and check for you. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

04-26-2007, 07:10 AM	#11
Joan Guest Poster Posts: n/a	Thanks again! I look forward to your comments on that. Regards, Joan

04-27-2007, 07:25 PM	#12
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Sorry for the late reply, a lot has been going on around here. I just hauled it out, and I do believe it's solid construction... I don't think you have anything to worry about. It's hard to call it "plastiky" even though most of it is plastic. I'm fussy, but I have no problems with it's build. I'd be better able to compare if I've tried a variety of notebooks, but I've only dealt with four recently. As it is, I don't believe it's cheaply built. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

04-28-2007, 01:02 AM	#14
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	I've never met a sleezy hooker who had any stickers. Last time I asked for a gold star! Oops. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

05-25-2007, 06:50 PM	#15
Unregistered Guest Poster Posts: n/a	Stickers! Hi, Just read the review, sounds great. I have the same notebook but different specs (A8Jc). Also got the stickers, but peeled them off in five minutes. It is not hard at all once you try it, and if there would be some glue remaining, just place the sticker back on the glue and pull; it will get the glue off. I'm gonna upgrade to the A8Js, however I seemed to have been unlucky with my laptop: Hinge is broken and cracked, touch pad is not working properly, programs do not work, gaming causes computer to shut off etc. But I guess I got a lemon, Asus usually builds soild notebooks from what I have heard.

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