Seems pretty good price for the i5 with discrete graphics.
Don't forget cash rewards.
Don't forget $60 cash back offer from Asus (https://promotionsasus.com/au/en/pages/cashback/home)
I actually just bought the i7 512GB model, but for ~$400 less, this is probably a better deal.
Original 20% off Selected Stores on eBay Deal Post
Back in stock!
For anyone considering this for photo editing, it's got an amazing screen that equals the best out there for colour range - 100% sRGB and 79% AdobeRGB and ridiculously awesome accuracy with DeltaE scores under 1 when calibrated. That's better than a MBP - if only it had 2K resolution.
Is it touch screen?
Can't be touched as it's out of stock
Hahaha like your humour.
It seems this model is plagued by coil wine issues. Why can't these OEMs get their stuff together? It otherwise seems like a great notebook.
i don't know much about this issue but is coil whine only an issue when using the GPU? I think you can choose whether or not to use the GPU, and for my use i don't game so probably won't be using it anyway. Plus i have a bit of tinea and about 10% hearing lose - high and mid frequencies in the main so i probably would hardly hear it i think
The price is pretty good - cheaper than i can find the U version, that's why i'm considering buying it
edit - stupid me, didn't see that it was out of stock
back in stock it seems
i just bought one
possible solution to coil whine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOXSDFkDJWA
fan control if the fan is too noisy for you
https://github.com/hirschmann/nbfc/releases
info re the above
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6hYPZXtlK0
thanks!! Heard about the fan issue will definitely try that out
Have you guys received your laptops yet? How are they?
Didn't buy from them but I got one 2 weeks ago and it's amazingly light, thin and powerful.
The only problem I had was the laptop was slightly bent? Or had an uneven foot? So the left Palmrest is slightly above the air.
It arrived on Wednesday. Very happy with it. A big step up from my old laptop. As far as fan noise goes I don't find it intrusive. While I don't game, I have disabled the onboard graphics so the nvidia ram is used rather than the system ram
Dude you have got to be kidding me…
I was eyeing this laptop, as soon as the CTAX20 sale hit, computer alliance reduced the quantity to 0 and it was "out of stock"..I even messaged them about it and they just referred me to their other laptops which I had no interest in
Fast forward a couple days I decided to (profanity) it and bought this same model from another seller for $100 more. NOW computer alliance has brought it back????? I'm angry