ASUS M50S multimedia laptop seen in the wild
By Darren Murph 
posted May 1st 2008 9:44AM
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I just purchased the M50S by Asus on Newegg last week, but it's a different configuration. Still, I have to say, the prices that Asus offers for its laptops is brilliant. While I was browsing in the market, any similar laptops by Dell or Lenovo or Sony were always far more expensive than the Asus one. Plus, the one year accidental damage warranty is pretty amazing too. It almost makes me paranoid that there must be some catch that I'm missing.
All in all, it's a lovely laptop (I can comment on both, because the exterior is the same).
How is the speaker quality? I noticed that Asus is starting to put Altec Lansing speakers into their laptops - very kind of them. I believe the M50 series does have them.
And does the LCD suffer from the old grainy problem?
The speakers are decent, though I wouldn't go as far as to say that they nullify the need for external ones if you'd like to use this laptop a lot for entertainment purposes.
The screen is alright. It's not the best quality in the world, but for the price, it's pretty decent. I don't know about the previous problems that you mentioned, but this one's as fine as it's gonna get, I think.
Here's the Newegg page if anyone wants to have a look at the specs and read other, "proper" reviews by people who bought it. This is NOT a page for the M50S mentioned in this article; it's for the configuration I purchased.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220307
The grainy issue I mentioned earlier is to do with the 6-bit LCD panels, where the whites tend to look dirty and grainy. I believe MacBooks and some Dell laptops had this problem too.
About the trackpad, it looks kinda small and kind of deeply embossed. Is that the case? I have a huge gripe about the trackpads on the old Dells and the Toshibas where they implemented all those trackpad features too.
I will admit, I'm a big fan of MBA's MASSIVE trackpad.
oo, oo, I just spotted a gap where they could fit another sticker!! oh, thats the trackpad.
hahaha! Damn, I found that rather amusing! :-)
Actually, it looks like they've already got some sort of sticker on the trackpad. Also, that was hilarious.
Hair dryer is the answer.
And no, there are no stickers on the trackpad.
Its already been reviewed over at notebookreview.com guys.
I didn't know the laptops are handcrafted.
OK my reply was for the original first post regarding sweatshops, but it has been removed since. Now I look silly. :p
I have to say, I bet if you hired a team of monkeys, they wouldn't be able to make an uglier laptop. But that is what you get for being cheap. At least it has good value, which for probably most people count most.
Exactly how is it ugly?
I assume you know how to remove decals from a computer, right?
I see it too. Is on that picture.
Should read: Blu-ray disc reader / DVD burner, not Blu-Ray burner...
I gotta say, I love the "Ooh, shiny!" reference
I don't like it, there is a lack of stickers!
Stickers makes me feel special :(
Umm.. I don't see any mention of gigabit ethernet. How cheap are companies to provide that in a laptop now? The price between that and 10/100 is negligible.
Really sad to see that Apple has been putting it in ALL it's computers for the last 5 or so years.
http://www.notebooksrus.com.au/Notebook/Asus-M50SA-asus-m50sa-AK009G-.aspx
Nice try, Apple Fanboy.
so where in TFA does it show that?
didn't think the air had gigabit ethernet...
one computer in their lineup of mac Minis, Macbooks, Macbook pros, iBooks, Powerbooks, iMacs.. Lenovo is the only other company that I can think of that puts it in most of their notebooks
Nice baby wipes in the background..LOL
nothing says hygiene like a glossy screen
Meh. This has been available here for a couple of weeks now. 2.5 Ghz Penryn C2D, 320 GB hard drive, 3 GB of RAM, Geforce 9500M GS 512 MB, 1440x900 screen, and all the other typical stuff for 70K Php (around $1400).
Seen in the wild? I thought it was available for a while now... at least that's what NCIX.com says. It's been selling like hotcakes, and I got mine last week. It's a fantastic piece of machinery =D.
The configuration I got was the M50SV, which has an HD-DVD and BluRay drive, 250 GB, 3 GB RAM, and a T8100 CPU. Oh, and the nVidia 9500M GS for the graphics. I love it!
I got the M50SA from newegg when they had it on sale... with shipping it came to $1466. 2.5ghz penryn, 1680x1050, 4gb, hitachi 500gb, ati 3650 1gb... i couldnt pass it up for that price since ive been needing a new laptop.
Hi guys, i've just got this thing
I tried to see Blu Ray disk and it went very bad ... (with included WinDVD) it goes just like slide show....
I hate Vista, trying to install XP, having problems with ATI driver - I can't find it! It seems there is no such driver anywhere
any suggestions?