Anyone have experience with ASUS laptops for audio work?

I was originally looking at the W3V which is a slick-looking object
and packs a lot into 2.2kg. The DVD writer can be swapped out for a
second HD which might be useful, though I imagine in practice I would
just burn a DVD backup of location recordings until I got back to home
base.

Now there's the dual-core A6Ja which promises longer battery life,
quieter operation, more RAM, a bigger hard drive, and a much faster
processer... for the same price. It doesn't have the hard drive bay
and is bigger and 500g heavier. For that you get a larger screen
(15.4" vs 14") though not more resolution (both are WXGA, at least in
the configurations I can get).

Both models have a PCMCIA slot (a rapidly disappearing feature) so I
could purchase the adapter for my RME Multiface. But for the same
price I might prefer to just get a Presonus FireBox so I can save on
carrying around a mixer.

I'll be doing live sound performances using Reaktor, location
recordings into Samplitude and that sort of thing.

So... any tips? Will the larger screen matter? Will I hate the
slightly bigger form factor? Any idea about the firewire
compatibility?
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robin
noisetheatre.blogspot.com