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    Asus N550JK

    An £800 "entertainment laptop" with Core i7 processing and discrete graphics.
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    Re: Asus N550JK

    Bloatware should just come highly compressed and available as an optional install or just have a link to download such rather than polluting what should be a clean Windows install.

    Also, a glossy panel isn't an inferior panel, especially not when talking about actual image quality that highly benefits from a glossy panel, be it colors or contrast. Sure, outdoor usability is hurt as a tradeoff, and that is very much why there should always be options for glossy and matte panels.

    About the stock drive, it should at least come with an SSHD that would mitigate some of the pure mechanical drive pitfalls.

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    Re: Asus N550JK

    The miniscule bezel on the Dell XPS 13 and soon new XPS 15 make all other laptops now look rather dated.
    Does anyone still use the numeric keypad these days?

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    Re: Asus N550JK

    Oh so close Asus. Oh so close.


    Quote Originally Posted by tribaljet View Post
    Also, a glossy panel isn't an inferior panel, especially not when talking about actual image quality that highly benefits from a glossy panel, be it colors or contrast. Sure, outdoor usability is hurt as a tradeoff, and that is very much why there should always be options for glossy and matte panels.
    I doubt you'll find any pro screen which uses a glossy panel. True pro monitors even come with hoods to absolutely minimise the glare from lights.



    Quote Originally Posted by Myss_tree View Post
    Does anyone still use the numeric keypad these days?
    I can't imagine it would be any fun working with any kind of data without a numpad. Given the width of the screens now they make sense to me, rather than leaving a large bezel or even worse upping the size of the keys (we've a few laptops at work with oversized keys and they're horrible coming from a normal keyboard).

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    Re: Asus N550JK

    So.... Drop the processor down to an i5, switch the DVD drive to an external one, make the battery bigger and upgrade to an SSD = winner. Simple!
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    Quote Originally Posted by this_is_gav View Post
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    I doubt you'll find any pro screen which uses a glossy panel. True pro monitors even come with hoods to absolutely minimise the glare from lights.
    Point being? Image quality remains vastly superior on glossy panels nonetheless, regardless of panel quality tier.

    Quote Originally Posted by Myss_tree View Post
    Does anyone still use the numeric keypad these days?
    I can't imagine it would be any fun working with any kind of data without a numpad. Given the width of the screens now they make sense to me, rather than leaving a large bezel or even worse upping the size of the keys (we've a few laptops at work with oversized keys and they're horrible coming from a normal keyboard).[/QUOTE]

    Very much agreed on.

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    Re: Asus N550JK

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