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ASUS N61Jv-X2: Optimus GT325M Meets Arrandaleby Jarred Walton on 3/13/2010 10:00 PM EST
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avilella - Monday, March 22, 2010 - linkWe are looking for students with basic Linux kernel/graphics notions interested in applying for the X.org Open Source PRIME multi-gpu support Google Summer of Code 2010:
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utkal - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkI do not understand why the hell Asus only hosts 1366x768 resolution lcds in their laptops. They have ONLY ONE laptop of full HD upto 16" screen size with a price of $1440 (approx) ! wtf ! In a 16" laptop what can be worst than this resolution lcd.
Sorry, but how AT reviewer said, we did not found anything bad about this laptop ? funny ! Do not you know the 1366x768 resolution makes the life hell if you use the laptop for work. Yes, if the laptop is bought ONLY TO GAME then its ok. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, March 20, 2010 - linkRTFA. From the conclusion:
"The worst aspect is the mediocre LCD panel, but when everyone uses lousy LCD panels (at least in sub-$1000 laptops and notebooks), we can only complain so much. The LCD panel and somewhat small battery capacity prevent us from giving the N61Jv our top Gold award...."
I've looked at dozens of laptops, and I've got a bunch more I'm working on reviewing. The ASUS Eee PC 1001P and the ASUS G73J are the ONLY laptops I have right now that don't have a similarly lousy LCD. Sure, you can get high-end laptops with good LCDs (Dell Precision M6500), but for consumer notebooks it's a lot harder than it should be. Reply
jackwhitter - Monday, March 15, 2010 - link"Today, we're reviewing our second Optimus notebook, but while the chassis isn't any smaller—in fact, it's slightly larger with a 16.0" LCD"
it has a larger monitor with the same low resolution as a 11" monitor. why are companies so insistent to use such a low resolution on these larger screens? what happened to 1600x900? Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkOne factor is cost and another is gaming performance. The GT325M will run most games at 1366x768 with Medium/High details at good frame rates. If the native LCD moved up to 1600x900, gaming performance would drop 37%. But the bigger issue is cost, I'm sure. Reply
utkal - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkDear, At least I do not think that people buys a laptop ONLY TO GAME. The primary purpose of laptop should not be gaming. And If you will work with applications like visual studio, you can hardly see few lines of code with a 1366x768 resolution where the vertical resolution will taken up by application titlebar, menubar, various toolbars, status bar and finally OS's taskbar !!! Now understand how difficult it to work with such low resolution laptop.
No doubt other components are excellent with this price range, but they MUST have option for higher resolution screen, instead of making laptops for only GAMERS. Reply
erple2 - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkI'm sure that the only issue is cost. Many people will look at this computer at 900 dollars compared with 1200 for the one with higher resolution LCD and commensurate faster GPU and just buy the 900 dollar one.
I would be more than happy to spend an additional fee for a better screen and faster discrete GPU (200-300 is about what I'd pay, I think, unless the GPU was _significantly_ faster, and/or the screen was _significantly_ higher quality/resolution). Reply
jasperjones - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkI refuse to buy products that don't have full Linux support. Linux support is much more important to me than a 10-15% difference in battery life.
What happens if you try to install a recent Linux distro such as Ubuntu 9.10 on an Optimus laptop? Unfortunately, a quick Google search didn't provide any insights. (Btw, one of the top hits of my search was the launch article on Optimus here on Anandtech. There, Jarred asked virtually the same question.) Reply
GeorgeH - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkAFAIK an Optimus laptop should be considered a Win7 exclusive device, but confirmation would be nice; hopefully JW comes through.
Quote from JW Feb 9:
"Some of you asked about Linux support ... at present, NVIDIA is focusing on Win7 ... we're not even sure what would happen if you try to install Linux ... we're going to quickly check and post the results."
Either we missed the promised update or our definitions of "quickly" are a little different. ;) Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkI did actually try Linux on the UL50Vf, but I neglected updating the article. Here's what I just put in there:
I did actually test what happens with Optimus laptops and Linux. Even using an older 9.04 installation of Ubuntu, everything works as expected... which is to say, you can run Linux but you won't get the Optimus GPU. Since there's no direct connection of any display to the GPU, Optimus is required to move rendered content from the G210M to the GMA 4500MHD display buffer. As noted above, NVIDIA is currently focusing their efforts on making Optimus work on Windows 7; it's possible they will move to other OSes down the road, but they are not committed to doing so. If you want to run Linux and you want to use a discrete GPU, Optimus Technology won't work. Perhaps some skilled Linux community folks can figure out a way to do Optimus-like technology on their own, but given the level of detail required to interface with the GPU and IGP we see that as unlikely.
If you're one of the few people that want to run Linux and use a discrete GPU, then Optimus is definitely not going to make you happy. If all you want is to dual-boot Linux and you're okay with running it off the Intel IGP, you'll be fine. Reply
cknobman - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkWhy did you not do any battery life comparisons of optimus enabled vs disabled for this laptop? It would have been really nice to see that so we can see the actual direct benefit of optimus on this laptop instead of having to compare it to another laptop from a different vendor using different specs. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkOptimus is always enabled, but the GPU is shut off unless needed. The only way to test battery life with the GPU enabled would be to run a test that uses the GPU. That means games, CUDA apps, or certain video decoding scenarios. The problem is that the video decoding is now all done on the IGP without any glitches, so the GPU isn't needed. Reply
aguilpa1 - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkso it runs twice as fast around 60fps at ultra low and low resolutions on a low screen resolution..., yuk. Yes it is better than intel graphics and will play WoW like games fine but this is no gaming machine. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkWhich is why I include results from the same games at Medium and High detail, and as you can see it runs most titles at such settings with more than reasonable frame rates. Obviously it's not faster than GTX 260M, but 260M is able to run most titles at high details and 0xAA at a resolution of 1080p; for a 1366x768 panel there's no need to get much more powerful than the GT325M. You'd be better off upgrading the LCD first to something where the graphics quality difference wouldn't look washed out. Reply
Aidic - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkThough not specifically this laptop, I bought the N71jv-x1 from newegg a couple of weeks ago. Similar specs (larger screen, switched out core i5 for core i3, runs at 1600x900). I am able to play Left 4 Dead 2 with all graphics options turned high at the resolution of 1600x900. Also, my battery has similar run times.
2 problems ive noticed though, and I am not sure if I am the only one: After the laptop has been brought back from suspend there is a greater chance for graphical errors when switching between gpus (specifically in WoW, though I have noticed it in Batman Arkham Asylum as well), and ASUS put a lot of bloatware on this thing. Some of it useful, the majority of it isnt. Reply
nortexoid - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkThey need to offer a high resolution version. Reply
mikeev - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkI've been spoiled by a fingerprint sensor on my work PC (to hell with passwords), and I noticed on the Asus website that it lists the N61jv-X2 as having an "Optional" fingerprint sensor. Has anyone seen this variant? I'd gladly pay an extra $50/100 for this feature. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkMost laptops will charge about $25-$50 extra for a fingerprint scanner. We don't have the i3-330M or i5-520M N61Jv models yet, nor the Blu-ray version, but they're all supposed to be in the works. The reviewed X2 model is for Amazon.com and thus won't have the scanner, but keep an eye out and we'll likely see the other options start to show up. I'm curious as to where they'll position the scanner as well... between the mouse buttons, or somewhere else? It would be good to get it in the touchpad and get a separation between the buttons IMO. Reply
mikeev - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkThat's a good question. I've seen lighted variants now (LED-pipe around the scanner) for feedback these days. Hopefully it's one of those. I actually prefer it to be in the lower right hand corner myself. Reply
Hrel - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkIF it had a 1600x900 screen or better; hell, throw in a higher capacity battery give me a 1600x900 screen and I'll gladly give them an extra 100 bucks! Reply
yyrkoon - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkIt is about time you people at Anandtech implemented a black list for your comments section don't you think ?
I know I am not the only one getting really *REALLY* bored with all the spam coming your way. Not to mention the ads you guys are seemingly letting in on your pages that peak CPU usage on modern PCs . . . Reply
JarredWalton - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkI hear ya, and I'm probably one of the guys that deletes most of the posts. Thankfully we have an option to "delete all posts" by a user, but right now there's no quick way to ban a user as well. I'm hopeful we'll get that with the updated site in the next month or so.
What I can't understand is the content of the spam we keep getting posted. Stupid fashion/clothing ads written in broken Engrish with no relation whatsoever to our content is a waste. Has *anyone* here actually clicked on any of the links? And yet they've created at least a dozen different accounts over the past few months, and they keep making new accounts. Reply
Foggg - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkThe advantages of the keyboard layout of the Asus over the Acer are:
1) full size arrow keys, used far more than "0"
2) rt. Ctl key extends under the rt. Shift -- enabling selection by word or paragraph with just the right hand. Right index finger can hold down both, while other fingers hit the arrow keys. Great for editing.
IMO, the "0" key is pretty easy to adjust to, simply using the middle finger instead of the thumb. Reply
JarredWalton - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkHaving played with both, I find the Acer keyboard slightly more to my style. The smaller arrow keys don't bother me at all, as they're still big enough. Also, the smaller size helps set them apart from the other keys; notice how they're all in a perfect grid on the ASUS?
For the CTRL+Shift, I almost always use my left hand for those keys, and I also use two fingers to hold down two keys. If I'm using CTRL and/or Shift + Arrow / End / PgUp / etc., all of the directional keys are on the right side so there's no way to comfortably hold CTRL+Shift+End with your right hand anyway (unless you have Gumby fingers).
I do understand that keyboards are a highly personal preference, so take my analysis with that in mind. It's not a huge difference, but I give Acer's layout the edge on this comparison. Reply
fabarati - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkAbout your Criticism agains 5400 RPM Drives: the 500 GB 7200 RPM Seagate drives weren't all that fast, the first generation at least. The WD 500 GB 5400 RPM was generally as fast. Reply
yyrkoon - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkAny current 5400 RPM hard drive is going to be faster because of data density. A 7200 RPM drive with the same platter density will of course be faster. Name brand has little to do with that. Reply
teohhanhui - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - link1366x768 at 16"? That immediately turned me away. Reply
utkal - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkexactly...Its an another crap laptop with 1366x768 resolution Reply
utkal - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkEXACTLY !!!
I do not understand why the hell Asus only hosts 1366x768 resolution lcds in their laptops. They have ONLY ONE laptop of full HD upto 16" screen size with a price of $1440 (approx) ! wtf ! In a 16" laptop what can be worst than this resolution lcd.
Sorry, but how AT reviewer said, we did not found anything bad about this laptop ? funny ! Do not you know the 1366x768 resolution makes the life hell if you use the laptop for work. Yes, if the laptop is bought ONLY TO GAME then its ok. Reply
nortexoid - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkSame Reply
digitalicecream - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkNot just that, but you have to be sitting RIGHT in front of the screen at the correct elevation in order to see the movie well. I have the latest powerDVD 9 Ultra and the movie looks like garbage AT BEST. I'm going to post a video on youtube so you can all see what I'm talking about...
It's definitely a dealbreaker for some. For me, well I found this out after I bought it but DVD movie playback is not why I got this.
Does explain the lack of a Bluray drive though.
Gaming looks great btw. Reply
digitalicecream - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkI take it back. I turned off AVIVO hardware acceleration in powerDVD and made some fine tuning and it looks great... my bad. Reply
bobjones32 - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkWith all this optimus tech talk, it's dissuaded me from purchasing an m11x. The m11x has the 335M, compared to the 325M in this laptop, and I'm wondering if anyone knows how much they differ?
16" mammoths just don't interest me. I really want something portable like the m11x, with it's fantastic battery life, but I want some options to pick between.
1) Any chance that Anandtech will be reviewing the m11x? I was surprised it was never covered beyond the CES reveal.
2) Any word on the 335M extending beyond its apparent m11x exclusivity any time soon, in case it's noticeably faster than the 325M? Reply
gomakeit - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkI second that as well - I'm putting off on the m11x because of Optimus and the relatively lowsy CPU spec. Hopefully it'll get a refresh sometime during summer. But I'm interested in seeing a review from Anand nonetheless. Reply
Fastidious - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkI was originally concerned a bit about that as well but got a M11x anyways. I keep reading reviews just to make sure I didn't make a bad choice. Even this much larger system seems worse in games albeit better in CPU heavy tasks. Optimus is cool and I wish I had it but it really isn't that bad having to manually switch GPUs(just press fn+f2 on the M11x). Unless I'm plugged in I'm rarely gaming heavy stuff and I'm instead in conserve energy mode with the Intel GPU, less bright screen, etc. The CPU in the M11x is the weak point but the battery life in it is great so it depends what kind of balance you want. I don't think there is any laptop with a great CPU and great battery life in a smaller form factor. I get around 6-8 hours with decent screen brightness, wireless and just general browsing/word/light games on the Intel GPU. You can game just about any modern game but you might need to tweak settings(often specifically CPU heavy settings such as shadows) or lowering the resolution a bit but doing that doesn't bug me.
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=5...">http://www.notebookreview.com/default.a...are+m11x... is the best review of the M11x I've seen Reply
JarredWalton - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkM11x has a faster GPU for sure, but the problem is CULV -- even overclocked -- can start to become the bottleneck. We're still waiting for a review sample; Alienware has said next month due to demand. It's a promising unit, for sure, but the lack of Optimus really makes it like a faster version of the old UL series. Reply
hagen81 - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkat notebookcheck you have a list of mobile graphic cards as well as some benchmarks, there's quite a diff between 335M and 325M Reply
f4phantom2500 - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkIs this computer able to power down one of the CPU cores? If so what kind of difference does that make to battery life? Seeing as this is an Arrandale CPU with hyperthreading, 1 core should be plenty fast in battery mode. Reply
lloyd dd - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkit would be cool if the i5 had a mode in which you could power down 1 core and turn off turbo and underclock the active core.
that plus optimus should give great battery life, with the performance when needed. Reply
JarredWalton - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - linkArrandale can put one core into a deep sleep state, but just how far that goes is difficult to say. Obviously, the standard Arrandale with the Intel HD graphics draws more power than CULV + GMA 4500MHD, but it also appears to draw quite a bit less power than an older Core 2 + 4500 laptop (see relative battery life chart). Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkObviously not that far if it only gets 3.5 hrs of facebook time.
What intel should do is integrate an atom into their i3/i5/i7M series CPUs. That way the main cpu can power down during most web surfing, movie playing, and music playing, and then power up the big guns when more power is needed. What would adding an atom core cost, $20?
JarredWalton - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkThe Internet test involves four browser tabs with stored copies of AnandTech, MSN, Yahoo, and Facebook. AnandTech is active, and so there are several Flash ads running. MSN and Yahoo also have at least one Flash ad each. This is quite a bit more demanding than a simple Facebook browser test, and if you're not surfing anything more than text and images you should get closer to the idle battery life.
Given the difference in size and other components, 3.5 hours is relatively low on the power requirements. That means the entire laptop is using around 13.7W for that task, whereas a 15.6" CULV laptop (UL50Vf) consumes around 9.5W in a similar test. At idle, the UL50Vf looks to consume around 8W while the N61Jv consumes 11.8W. 3.8W more power used at idle for i5-430M vs. SU7300 seems pretty reasonable. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Monday, March 15, 2010 - linkWhen I say facebook time, I mean about 90% of the time on facebook is spent playing games like Cafe World and farmville (or whatever its called). That's how it seems anyway. I dont play those games but i sure do see them a lot. From what I've witnessed, 90% seems about right. These games are pretty taxing on the cpu. Reply
tigercat44 - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkIs it possible to upgrade N61J-X2 to an illuminated keyboard? Suggestions, thanks,
Harry Reply


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Paul Williams: Still Alive,
Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde,
Sacred Journey of the Heart,
The Shift of the Ages,
Stolen Seas,
Streams of Consequence,
Sweet Dreams,
Trash Dance,
Trial By Fire: Lives Re-Forged,
Vectors of Autism: About Laura Nagle,
A Virus Called Fear,
We're Different, My Baby,
Who Cares About Kelsey?,
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines,
The World Before Her,
World Circus.
Feature Films
3 Days of Normal,
Any Day Now,
Anyone Out There,
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea,
Chinese Take Away,
Comes A Bright Day,
Common People,
The Discoverers,
Downtown Express,
Eliot and Me,
Fanie Fourie's Lobola,
The Girl,
Hank and Asha,
Hello! How Are You?,
The Hunt,
It's Not You, It's Me,
King of Devil's Island,
Least Among Saints,
Liberal Arts,
Mary Poppins,
Missed Connections,
No God, No Master,
One Small Hitch,
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!,
Red Dog,
Rust and Bone,
Shouting Secrets,
Shun Li and the Poet,
Stand Off,
Teddy Bear,
Upside Down,
Valley of Saints,
Violeta Went To Heaven,
The Woman in the Fifth.
Short Films
And The Sky Will Never Be The Same Again,
Any Moment Now,
Arthur and the Bunnies,
The Balibo Night,
Bardo Light,
The Batting Cage,
A Better Place Than This,
Check Out,
The Color of Christmas,
The Dance,
Dead West,
A Dinner With Alex and Kate,
The End of the World,
Falling Up,
The Future,
Green Acres,
Happy Birthday
Happy Voodoo,
A House, A Home,
The Invention (El Invento),
It's Really That Simple,
Karen Returns Something to Scott,
The Lake (El Lago),
The Lesson,
Light Me Up,
Like Father,
Little Dad,
No Habla,
(notes on) Biology,
Of Teaching Killer Whales Compassion,
Old Angel,
Remember To Breathe,
Song of the Spindle,
Summer Bummer,
The Things My Father Never Taught Me,
A Thousand Empty Glasses,
To The Last Drop,
Wolf Dog Tales,
The Worst Day Ever.


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Located in Hollywood, this 87-acre resort, casino, and entertainment complex is 8 miles from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and 10 miles from Fort Lauderdale-area beaches.
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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino includes a 130,000-square-foot casino, a 4-acre water park, a spa, a fitness center, an entertainment district, restaurants, and a business center.
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Hotel Amenities
The 12-story, rock-and-roll themed entertainment complex has a casino and a 4-acre lagoon-style tropical pool. Guests receive a complimentary rock-and-roll CD at check-in.
This Hollywood hotel's 20,000 square feet of meeting space includes a 16,000-square-foot grand ballroom. Seminole Paradise, an entertainment, dining, and shopping district, is adjacent to the hotel and includes 24 retail shops, 17 restaurants, 11 nightclubs, and Hard Rock Live, a 5,500-person capacity entertainment venue showcasing national acts, world championship boxing, and more. The 130,000 square-foot casino hosts live action poker and gaming machines.
The Seminole's Contour Spa offers massages, facials, body treatments, hair-care and nail-care. The 30,000-square-foot fitness center features treadmills, bikes, elliptical machines, and fitness classes (surcharge). The hotel's tropical pool has a zero-entry with a slide and spa tubs. Seminole-style "chickee" cabanas are available poolside (surcharge).
A Hard Rock signature store, a shop with authentic Seminole wares, lounges, food court, and 3 restaurants are located on the lobby level. High-speed Internet access is available in the hotel business center, or at a station outside the café (surcharge).
- Outdoor pool
- Poolside bar
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Nightclub
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Business center
- Porter/bellhop
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 481
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Hair salon
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Television in common areas
- Casino
- Number of floors - 12
- Elevator/lift
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (feet) - 20000
- Number of bars/lounges - 3
- Wedding services
- Newspapers in lobby (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Fitness facilities
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Health club
- Meeting rooms 10
- Luggage storage
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 1858
- Number of restaurants - 12
- Spa services on site
- Express check-out
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- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Waterslide
- Free Wi-Fi
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Video-game console
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Room service (24 hours)
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- Deep soaking bathtub
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Cable TV service
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Daily housekeeping
- Pillowtop mattress
- Free wired Internet
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Council Oaks Steak and Seafood - Specialties of this wood-paneled dinner restaurant include aged Angus beef and fresh-caught seafood. Patio or indoor dining are available. A separate lounge area has live music nightly.
Hard Rock Café - This rock-and-roll-themed restaurant has a bar and serves casual fare amid 9,600 square feet of music memorabilia. Menu favorites include burgers, as well as beef, chicken, and seafood entrees. It is open for lunch and dinner.
The Blue Plate Diner - An all-blue décor is the setting for this casual eatery which serves hamburgers, sandwiches, and salads, 24 hours a day.
Market Food Court - A variety of international cuisines are featured including Cuban, Mexican, Italian, and Chinese. Desserts are also served. It is open from mid-morning to 2 AM.
Lobby Lounge - Located in the center of the casino.
The Beach Club And Bar Poolside drinks and food served daily from mid-morning until late evening.
The hotel's casino offers 48 live-action poker tables and 2,100 gaming machines on the floor. Hard Rock Live is the venue for national music and comedic acts, plus boxing.
Nearby Things to Do
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino has a four-acre lagoon-style tropical pool with a zero-entry, a slide, waterfalls, and spa tubs. Authentic Seminole-styled chickee cabanas are available poolside (surcharge).
The hotel's Contour Spa offers services including massages, facials, body treatments, hair styling, manicures, and pedicures. The 30,000-square-foot fitness center offers treadmills, stationary bikes, elliptical machines and fitness classes (surcharge). Yoga classes are on offer.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
Spa Services
- Hot stone massage
- Prenatal massage
- Reflexology
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 3 children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 30.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 100 per accommodation, per stay
- Up to 50 lb
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Deposit: USD 100 per night
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 8 and USD 30 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: USD 25 per day (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: USD 100 per accommodation, per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 30.00 per night
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- Hard Rock Hotel Casino Seminole
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Up to 3 children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime Review Part II: Battery Life & Moreby Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/15/2011 3:45 AM EST
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kishorshack - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkThat graph is still a bit difficult to understand
a typical graph comparing two transformers would have been great :| Reply
freedom4556 - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkWhile your video reviews are really cool and you should definitely keep doing them, I think you should have some sort of a sign-off at the end of them. The way it just cuts is really abrupt. You know, something simple like along the lines of "I'm Anand Shimpi and this has been the Eee pad Transformer Prime" or something. It'd add a little polish.
Good review though, I much prefer listening to reading Reply
Matias - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkSign in too, something like "Hi, my name is Anand from Anandtech and today I'll be reviewing..." you know?
20 minutes is ok, good video. Reply
Andrew Rockefeller - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkI think this passage from an interview with Anand may sum up his feeling on extranious self promotion:
"...when I first started attending industry events I noticed everyone always introduced themselves as Name from Publication. It always rubbed me the wrong way. If I'm asking a question, and my question is appropriately phrased, the publication I write for is irrelevant information." Reply
Belard - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkIn asking the question at an industry event, I agree with your view and Anand's. Its a really KISS MY BUTT thing to do, like should you get a difference answer because who is asking?
But this is about the video. A proper closing (perhaps with a fade to black) would be nicer and more polished. Even the video editor in Windows7 can handle such jobs easily - and I think his Macbook can as well.
Also, his video can be embedded onto other sights, people may not know WHO is talking or where it came from.
It is the end that is at issue. Reply
bungfinger - Tuesday, January 03, 2012 - link"Also, his video can be embedded onto other sights, people may not know WHO is talking or where it came from."
yeah! because it's unfair to all the illiterate folk... who cruise geek sights for reviews on tech.. who can't read... that small inconspicuous sign over your left shoulder... wait... what? Reply
MrTeal - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkI know I always enjoy being told to stay classy. Reply
Graag - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkThat would be a *great* sign off line.
"That concludes our review. This is Anand Shimpi for Anandtech.com reminding you to stay classy." Reply
Belard - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkAlso... OMG! He lost his hair! I remember about 10 years ago when he had... hair, on HIS HEAD!! Put a wig on man, please!!
Don't take it personal Anand... I knew I would be balding when I was a teenager and my hairline started thinning in my mid-20s. I tried that Rogaine (sp?) crap for about 2 days, but that sticky nasty stuff felt horrible and the IDEA of putting sticky crap on my head every day for the rest of my life (at about $25 a month) seemed stupid.
I shaved my head that day. And I keep it shaved. I've haven't seen my curls in years, I don't need a comb. Makes me look a bit tough too :)
PS: Asus has done a great job with their tablets... It amazing how HP, RIM, Toshiba and others have screwed up. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkTo be honest, there was about another 30 seconds at the end of the video that ended up being cut out which contained a more gradual sign off. I appreciate the feedback for sure :)
I try to do these things in one take, it significantly reduces editing time and helps me get them done given the already insane schedule we have to work on at times. This one suffered as a result but I'll do my best to avoid the abrupt ending happening again in the future :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
medi01 - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkIt's not about "what is Prime's color gamut", but rather "how does it compare to other tablets".
Hopefully it will become standard part of your tests, since brightness/contrast tell only small part of the story. Reply
Ric_Margiotta - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkThanks for this follow-up article, Anand! It was a good read and answered some of my remaining questions about the TF Prime. Still looking forward to picking one of these up in January! Reply
sotoa - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkToo bad these weren't ready in bulk for Christmas. Not to mention ICS. Reply
tipoo - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkI read elsewhere that engineering samples of Tegra 3 weren't performing as much better as Nvidia originally expected them to, due to the cores and GPU being constrained for memory bandwidth. I don't know of them changing this in the original design. I'm curious how much ICS will improve T3 performance with its better multithreading and better GPU acceleration, and how much comes down to all the elements competing for bandwidth or some other hardware limitation? Reply
druter - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkI guess we should not have expected a non apple slanted review from such a mac fanboy site. I dispair for tech journalism when the point becomes less about an honest unbiased review and more about ones allegiance to apple.
Nice try though to sound unbiased though, stating that it is a much improved tablet, your apple bias showed through though when you indicated you felt that it was only in comparison to other Androids and that it was still below anything Mac.
The lesson I learned don't come to Anandtech.com when you want an honest unbiased review. Reply
piiman - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkIf you think this is an Apple fan site why do you even come here? Just so you can bash the reviews? Reply
tipoo - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkWhat parts of this came across as biased? To me it seemed all the facts were laid out impartially, and they put effort into correcting the old battery life measurements as well as promised performance updates when ICS hits. If everything comes back to the iPad, its for a reason, like it or not its still the standards bearer for these tablets, and I'm a hardcore Android user. I think the Prime will be better than the iPad personally when ICS hits, but the review is based on current software of course. Reply
IKeelU - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkIt's important to show how it performs against the iPad, especially with regards to battery life. Most people don't care about android vs iOS, they just want a media consumption device, and will therefore choose the device that allows them to do that better.
Second, the numbers for battery life are in Apple's favor. It would be biased to ignore them.
Sounds to me like you would be better served by going to an Android fanboy website. Reply
Belard - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkYou are a fool druter. I and others do not know WHAT you think you read or watched.
A) Anand isn't much of a tablet user (AFAIK from his previous articles)
B) He uses all kinds of technology - he does have the right to use what he wants for his personal uses, no? He uses AMD and intel for his own servers and in general - has kept standards pretty good on this sight.
C) All devices WILL compare market leaders, including the iPad. With what is on the market TODAY from Samsung, ASUS, Toshiba, etc - None of them have the battery or GPU (graphics) performance of the 9 month old iPad2 and some are below that of an iPad1 especially when it comes to battery life.
D) "below anything mac"?? he didn't compare the TF-Prime to any Mac. Apple only has one type of tablet on the market and its NOT a Macintosh. He stated the simple fact that tablets DO NOT replace actual notebooks. That is true if the iPad2 as well.
E) Use the best tool for the job or personal preference and budget. Simple as that, eh? I build my own desktops, own ThinkPad notebooks and have an iPad. My dislike for apple is the same for Microsoft, so it just doesn't matter.
F) Get over yourself. Reply
melgross - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkSome people aren't happy unless something is reviewed as being much better than any comparable Apple product.
Like it or not, the iPad is still the gold standard, and everything is going to be compared to that. This guy will be very unhappy in March when the new one comes out. Reply
Graag - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkThis is an unbiased tech review site. It is not a support group to make you feel better about whatever your personal tech preferences might be. Reply
kishorshack - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkThis guy for sure a bot
or illiterate
cant help it man
U need to check your brain first Reply
xype - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - link"may be a formidable competitor in the not too distant future"
Android tagline since 2008 or some such. Reply
umbrel - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkIn this industry the "not too distant future" seems to be 8-12 years, so I'd think we are half the way there. Reply
TedG - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkI have an Ipad 2 and an Android Razr Smartphone. The equipment may be better on the Android side but the experience is better on the IPad side. If I want to save $$, Andriod is the way to go. In my opinion for the money a $200-$350 Android tablet is the best value. If I'm spending $600 on a tablet, I'd go Apple. Reply
bplewis24 - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkCool story bro. Reply
tech6 - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkThanks for the comprehensive follow up. Also, the video reviews are great - keep them coming! Reply
Stefing - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkGreat to see a really thorough, technical review.
To sum up though: WANT!
Although, being in the UK, that means another 4 week's waiting - and no 64GB option! Reply
Arbie - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - link"Being able to watch 4-6 full length movies on a plane without worrying about your battery is a pretty nice feature."
Technically, it's great. But that implies ripped movies and an international flight. A core function of the Department of Homeland Security is to prevent such activity. So you'd have to worry about more than the battery. But at least you could be sure that none of the other people getting on the plane had violated any copy-protection. Reply
Topweasel - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkOr, for example renting 4-6 movies on the Google Market app and docking them on your device. That's what I did when they were doing the top 10 for $1. Rented 4 or 5 of them and then docked/pinned them on my TF101 so that I could make sure I can watch them at any time. Reply
kenyee - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkI'm not sure this would show up in the color gamut tests because the original Transformer had an 18-bit dithered screen... Reply
lordmetroid - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkCan I install whatever operating system I want? Reply
email@example.com - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkHi,
First off, I am very happy for your thoroughness. You always try your best in your reviews. My trouble is with your CONSTANT comparison to mac book air. How expensive is your mac book air, and what processor and hd etc come with it? Even if you take the 64 GB model TF-Prime, you are still easily a couple hundred under MBA. Also, as you mentioned, one is a tablet + dock , while the other is designed, albeit very very well, as a laptop. Now the comparison to netbooks is one I can understand, but the constant comparison to MBA I feel degrades from true evaluation. One thing I found funny, is that even with the comparison to a system that is much more expensive, it still is able to keep up some.
Anyway, thanks for a great review!
J Reply
Graag - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - link"Now the comparison to netbooks is one I can understand, but the constant comparison to MBA I feel degrades from true evaluation."
I think that comparisons like this are actually very helpful, since there are a decent number of people who want to know whether they need a MBA/Ultrabook, or whether they can save $400-$500 and use a tablet. And, particularly because tablets are still pretty new (as mainstream devices, anyway), it's also useful to delineate the boundaries between laptops and tablets.
"One thing I found funny, is that even with the comparison to a system that is much more expensive, it still is able to keep up some."
This is a very important point for some users - and a point that wouldn't have been made but for comparing the tablet to a MBA. Reply
DanNeely - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkThere's not a major ultraportable laptop platform between netbooks and the mba. Some of the cheaper ultrabooks might drop into it but none are there in meaningful volumes yet. Reply
justaviking - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkI cannot get your video to load.
"An error has occured, please try again later." Reply
vision33r - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - link1.4GHZ Tegra 3 is barely faster than the iPad 2 and we know that thing only runs at 1GHZ.
By March, we know the A6 will be quad-core and most likely run at 1.2GHZ and Apple always make a huge performance leap just to keep the device potent enough for a whole year.
Why would anyone want to buy the TF Prime that will be the fastest Android tab for about 3 month for $500
Samsung will have their own quad-core Exynos out soon too.
iPad 3 will also have a 200ppi display which will make every other tablet look like a pixel board.
This is not an Apple fan post, just stating the what the competition will be and Tegra 3 is a very small upgrade. Reply
eddman - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkNo, It should read "transformer prime is barely faster than the iPad 2".
There is no way tegra 3 is slower than A5, it's the software. While ios is fully optimized for A5, honeycomb can't even utilize dual-core chips properly. Let's see what ICS would do.
Personally, I'm waiting for windows 8 tablets. Reply
shady28 - Friday, December 23, 2011 - link
A lot of semantics there. True that A5 is probably slower than Tegra 3, but also from the article there is no significant performance difference between an iPad 2 vs Transformer Prime. The OS and platform do count.
I'm a bit disappointed too though. I really thought the quad core Tegra 3 would be at least 40% or so faster than similar clocked A9 based systems just because of the extra 2 processors, but apparently not. I'm thinking maybe Android isn't quite optimized for more than 2 cores yet. Reply
IntelUser2000 - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - link"Whereas the move from one to two cores was instantly noticeable on Android phones, the move from two to four is understandably less appreciable."
It looks like 4 core is for the forseeable future a practical limit for the "multi-core" era before we opt for another approach.
The gains in battery life in web browsing and video playback is likely not due to having extra cores and being able to clock them down faster, but the more advanced power saving available in Tegra 3.
They noted something similar to Intel's DPST(Display Power Saving Technology), along with better C states compared to Tegra 2. Reply
metafor - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkYes. Since Tegra 3 is actually capable of clock-gating individual cores as opposed to all-or-nothing like Tegra 2, power utilization should be better.
That in combination with display local dimming and lower voltage -- since the CPU's are made on 40G -- definitely help brings per-core power down.
The question is whether or not the performance is there to compete with SoC's on Android early next year with Samsung's new Exynos and Krait based devices. Reply
TareX - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkQuite off topic, but I expected Anand's Galaxy Nexus review to be out by US launch day... Reply
Death666Angel - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkIs it now the norm to compare products based on their size rather than ability and, most importantly, price? A Netbook probably retails for $250-$400. This thing retails for $650 (with dock)? I don't see how this in any way compares to a netbook. Sorry. Reply
quiksilvr - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkIt isn't fair comparing the two because the ASUS has a 10.1" screen at 1280x800, not a 9.7" screen at 1024x768. Thats a 0.78MP screen vs a 1.0MP screen. It has to render 20% more pixels and on top of that the screen is larger. Reply
quiksilvr - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkI'm referring to battery life. Reply
Confusador - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - linkThanks for doing the follow up on this, demonstrating once again why you're the best in the business.
Hopefully Asus will learn from this; if you weren't as thorough as you are they would have ended up with their only review here being unnecessarily negative. Maybe they'll give folks more lead time in the future! Reply
fteoath64 - Friday, December 16, 2011 - linkSo there is just some improvement and not a great deal of improvement. Wonder if it would be better if Nvidia put two 1.8Ghz cores rather than 4 1.4Ghz core, then the end result in performance would be way better with slight penalty on battery life ?.
I guess I have to wait for the A15 cores then!. Reply
Mugur - Friday, December 16, 2011 - linkAsus should've done the impossible and have it ready by Christmas with ICS on it and aggresively priced. It would've been an instant hit. Reply
vcarvega - Friday, December 16, 2011 - linkI do think it is commendable of you to update your original review with these updated tidbits. However, I do wonder when it comes to your gripes, particularly with multitasking.
I agree with the limitations of Honeycomb's multitasking, but what are we comparing it too? Your review was specifically comparing it to a netbook, so your criticism is fair if we're comparing it to Win XP... but compared to other mobile OS', it's the best on offer (admittedly, I have not tried the Playbook's implementation of multitasking which looks like it may be more comparable to a desktop experience).
Currently, I think heavy users run into serious limitation regardless of which tablet platform they are using. I think I was hoping for quad core to change this as well tho... so that's disappointing. Maybe ICS?
Your comments on higher clocked, dual-core 28nm chips possibly being comparable in performance to Tegra 3 gave me reason to pause as well! Simply b/c I fear that Android 4.0 is still being optimized for dual core devices, not quad core... Because unless things change at CES, most new mobile devices being announced for 2012 still have dual cores! Reply
vision33r - Friday, December 16, 2011 - linkReally bad timing. There are so many phones out right now that makes the Razr look outdated.
For starters, this phone doesn't even beat the SSGS2 which came out more than 6 months ago.
Now we have GalaxyNexus Prime, HTC Rezound. Upcoming phones will all have LTE, 720p displays, and better performance. Reply
Alienate - Friday, December 16, 2011 - linkSo, if I buy one of these now, will I be able to upgrade to Icecream ?
If so, how? Reply
niteflyguy - Friday, December 16, 2011 - linkMy one concern is the single speaker. How doesit sound? Reply
stelek - Saturday, December 24, 2011 - linkHi Anand,
Have you tested the GPS performance? Does it work? What's the accuracy?
The first users report some serious problems and for me this is definitely a deal breaker. Could you please verify that? Please see here:
I'm supposed to pick up my pre-order in a few days. But I'm not gonna do that unless I know that GPS is not broken in Prime. Reply
Krewe - Monday, January 02, 2012 - linkA brain injury rewired my hearing so that fan noise from computers/TVs/etc can literally cause me to leave the room.
To Anand or anyone who is absolutely sure on this issue, are there fan(s) in the original Transformer or Prime or their Docks?
Many thanks in advance.
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Krewe - Saturday, January 07, 2012 - linkAnand,
Thank you for the Transformer Prime teardown. Your attention to the Prime's fanless heat dissipation was not lost on me.
Krewe Reply
shopscounty - Monday, January 09, 2012 - linkSurely you will find on ShopsCounty. You can buy a <a href="http://www.shopscounty.com">ASUS Transformer</a> at ShopsCounty. Reply
kulpret - Saturday, March 03, 2012 - linkAnand,
Would love to see an update to your review now that ICS has been on this tablet for awhile. I personally haven't touched my iPad2 since I received my TP. I use it in place of my laptop and netbook as well. I rarely have to pick up anything else. I am a road warrior with a Verizon MiFi and Sprint Hotspot on my phone and always have internet connectivity and this thing is always with me.
Between onlive, emulators and all the gaming options from Android (including the great Tegrazone games) this makes the case for a mobile gaming platform with console quality graphics but also the dead simple casual gaming making this a great fit for both types of gamers. Onlive is excellent on this platform btw.
I just recently added Onlive Desktop to my subscription and I have full blown Office at my finger tips along with Internet Explorer. It is limited to the MS stack on the desktop, but I find that good enough. Native to the tablet I use Polaris Office, Adobe, Firefox, Chrome, Android Browser and Dolphin. I literally have not found office content that I can't access. The same is true for web content including Flash support.
All the usual app suspects are here. Netflix, Pandora, Hulu + (installs but doesn't officially support the device takes a little bit of know-how to get it working. ie developer mode and config files.) One must have app for Android here MX Video Player It plays all my years of movie collecting, works as good as VLC on Windows/Linux.
I also have this working with my ActiveSync Mail server for my corporation and actively use this device for presentations and note taking in customer meetings.
I only hope they continue to develop and support the Transformer platform and I only see a bright future for this tablet.
-Jon Reply
gmulak - Saturday, March 31, 2012 - linkWhat a great review. Very detailed and complete. I do agree a signoff would be nice. I have had a little trouble finding out about battery "memory", I didn't catch that in the review, which would have been nice. Finally found what I think is correct on Asus web site. It is best to let the tablet discharge completely and then recharge it. I will definitely follow you. Great job. Reply


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