How much HDD this beast have and how fast? Is this backlit Keyboard?
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Several model variations are available. Some have 750 GB at 5400 RPM while some have 1 TB at 5400 RPM.
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See the "release date for U50Vg-AM1" thread. A buyer got 3.5-4 hours. Very nice of him to provide this info as Asus is anything but forthcoming on the battery life of the backlit keyboard models.
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mm, have owned this laptop for a couple of weeks now, and no, i haven't noticed a backlit keyboard. Unless it's an option which needs to be activated, because i haven't really sat down to study all details to the smallest. But all nites that i worked on it, it wasn't backlit. hope that helps.
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I have had this machine for about three months and so far I love it. The SSD is composed of 3 drives at Raid 0 total size when combined is 384 GB. Windows 8 is installed on the SSD as are all Apps and programs, the 1 TB drive comes named "Data", the SSD is named "OS". It is lightning quick and is the fastest booting laptop I have ever owned or seen. I have a Dell 30" ultra sharp hooked up via the Display Port and a Lacie 321 via the VGA so have quite a setup. I use it for Visual Effects (Nuke, Combustion, Moca, Photoshop) but have not used it for gaming at all so can't comment on that aspect but for VFX it kicks butt. I have had this machine for about three months and so far I love it. The SSD is composed of 3 drives at Raid 0 total size when combined is 384 GB. Windows 8 is installed on the SSD as are all Apps and programs, the 1 TB drive comes named "Data", the SSD is named "OS". It is lightning quick and is the fastest booting laptop I have ever owned or seen. I have a Dell 30" ultra sharp hooked up via the Display Port and a Lacie 321 via the VGA so have quite a setup. I use it for Visual Effects (Nuke, Combustion, Moca, Photoshop) but have not used it for gaming at all so... » Read More I have had this machine for about three months and so far I love it. The SSD is composed of 3 drives at Raid 0 total size when combined is 384 GB. Windows 8 is installed on the SSD as are all Apps and programs, the 1 TB drive comes named "Data", the SSD is named "OS". It is lightning quick and is the fastest booting laptop I have ever owned or seen. I have a Dell 30" ultra sharp hooked up via the Display Port and a Lacie 321 via the VGA so have quite a setup. I use it for Visual Effects (Nuke, Combustion, Moca, Photoshop) but have not used it for gaming at all so can't comment on that aspect but for VFX it kicks butt. « Show Less
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Hi, I got this in February from Amazon and I have been very happy with the performance of the Corsair 256 GB model I recieved. I did some real world transfers using a stop watch and a 5.23 GB file transferred from my internal SSD to the Corsair in about 26.7 seconds. A smaller file at 2.26 GB transferred in about 11.6 (remember I am pressing the button) so both clock in at about 200 MB/Sec writes. I downloaded and tested it with BlackMagic disk speed test and it consistently 170 write and 290 read speeds and Blackmagic says it would support writing at 1080p24 at 10 bit YUV 4:2:2 (whatever that means). I have even run a couple of VM's on it with VMware with acceptable performance. Hope this helps
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Hi Asus,Think a backlit keyboard might be a user replaceable option at a later date?- Mike
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Keyboard is back-lit. 2 hard drives built in - one in screen section SS, other in keyboard section. Changing either HD would be a major chore, have to tear into whole unit as there is no access panel. Unsure of boot mode or if you can change OS... assuming bootloader since it goes right into Windows 8, no boot screen.
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I purchased this laptop last month and can confirm that the SSD is 16 GB, and the HDD is 5400 RPM.
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I just got his laptop and yes it does have a back-lit keyboard. The back light is red on black keys with white lettering. Looks pretty awesome.
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There are 3-4 different backlighting modes...one of which is completely turned off. No issues entering bios after installation. Had this keyboard for about 6 months and I love it. The only thing that's missing is volume control, but can manage without that.
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Keyboard does not have a backlight. The battery lasts about 3 hours (maybe more) if you're just browsing or typing.
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Hard drive is only 5400, but Windows boots much faster than I imagined and the laptop comes with 2 drive bays, so you can throw in a SSD in it's SATA 3 port if you wanted.
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I was really surprised to find that the hard drive was not user serviceable. I eventually opened up the whole thing See pictures below. Opening it up was not that difficult. Just needed to be careful not to break some tiny keyboard connectors/cable. This is a good thin 14" laptop with DVD; the only complaint is this built-in hard drive thing. http://i41.tinypic.com/35hizhh.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/27yoif5.jpg http://i42.tinypic.com/14l3faq.jpg
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The keyboard is back-list. The HDD is only replaceable if you disassemble the base. The HDD in the screen is embedded and not replaceable.
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Amazon sent me an email inviting me to respond to this since I purchased this item a few weeks ago. I don't know about the one being offered here but mine has a 297 gByte hard drive, as reported through Windows 7. I was happy quite satisfied with the laptop...the only cautionary tale is that it comes with Windows loaded with no hardcopy of the OS or key: If windows has to be reloaded for any reason (this has NOT happened to me yet, I am just being pessimistic) you will have to pay for it.
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Pretty damn fast. It has a ssd cache drive, not sure if that helps at all, but it boots up quick regularly. Less than 30 seconds from power off.
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thanks for the info... unfortunately i bought the stupid external keyboard before reading this :P