Asus S6Fm

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Asus S6Fm

Frazier Barretto, Oct 08, 2007 1309 hrs IST

A leathery executive-class laptop that flaunts status and excellence.

Lifestyle, Elegant, Good screen, Core Duo L7200 1.34GHz, 1 GB RAM.

Expensive, Poor graphics performance, Average battery

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Build & Design
Being a lifestyle laptop, the S6 talks elegance. It has a generous covering of leather - including on the outer portion of the lid.

Externals
The Asus S6 is available in various options of leathers. I received the lighter brown leather option - the S6Fm. The leather gives a good tactile feel. Also, it gives the laptop a completely different look: at first sight, it appears to be an expensive folder or diary. But there's an Asus badge on it, done over a chrome strip - a neat touch - that begs that it isn't a diary. The laptop is small and has its external ports well organised.

The left side of the laptop has a dust cover, which hides most of the ports on this side of the laptop. There are 2 USB ports, modem and LAN ports, and a MIC port hidden under the flap. The VGA out port and headphone jack are outside the cover because these are used more frequently. The wireless connectivity switch is also on the left side. Just slide it forward or backward to start or stop the laptop's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

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(12) Comments

janis

,latvijs, on Dec 03, 2007 02:59 AM

forget pasword to asus s6f please hhelp

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Faisal Jeelani

,Markham, on Nov 19, 2007 09:41 AM

The best laptop for its exclusivity is apple macbook pro. take one of that in a conference and no one will look at anything else. Its the thinnest and with an oled screen. And yes it runs on mac os x which is an added feature

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marantz

,Bangalore, on Oct 15, 2007 02:36 PM

Why are laptops still costing 40K+. With the sheer no of them that are being sold in favour of desltops, one would imagine prices dropping to some 20K. Oh, and the 1L or so price tag(doesn't matter anyway) is just bull. Technology gets outdated so fast, it won't be worth jack in 2 yrs.

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Anonymous

,toronto, on Oct 11, 2007 12:46 AM

I can't believe you guys are comparing an Asus with a Dell. More over, this asus is for a different target market, its for ppl for who 1 lakh Rs. is no big deal. Finally, comparing asus' build quality with a dell is almost blasphemous.

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vijayshimla

,Shimla 171001, on Oct 08, 2007 07:30 PM

Asus S6Fm has nothing beyond novelty value of its leather covering- even admitted by the reviewer. Utter waste of almost 1 Lakh Rupees. I M sure not many dozens of these toy laptops are being sold in India. If I needed a small laptop- I would invest my 65k in a Dell XPS M1330.- more practical & a real laptop- not a Toy like this!!!!

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Punit Tripathi

,Mumbai, on Oct 08, 2007 08:14 PM

I Agree on this one

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Chandra

,Chennai, on Oct 10, 2007 12:28 PM

DELL's Direct Delivery model ensures that prices are actually cheaper compared to other brands with similar configs... ACER has some good models too. However, my ultimate laptop will be when I am able to "configure" it on my own from the LAP to the TOP!!

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falconnw

,gandhinagar, on Oct 10, 2007 11:35 AM

even my thinkpad lasts 3 hrs with an intel t7100,this is just a crap i'd prefer the xpsM1330 over this,though it has a long delivery time.

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jagtar

,ludhiana, on Oct 09, 2007 08:18 PM

plz tell me its price.

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badvt

,Chennai, on Oct 09, 2007 11:55 AM

A review of latest laptops available and their prices and a comparison is long overdue.