ASUS UL30A-X5 Thin and Light 13.3-Inch Black Laptop
April 26th, 2010 | 106 views |
- 1.3GHz Intel SU7300 Core 2 Duo Processor
- 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 2 slots, 4GB Max
- 500GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
- 13.3″ HD LED LCD Display, Intel GMA 4500MHD, Wi-Fi 802.11 bgn, 0.3M Webcam
- Windows 7 Home Premium Operating System (64 bit)
Product
weight of less than 4 pounds and measuring less than an inch thin, the new ASUS UL30A-X5 is a harmonious blend of form and function. Powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage processor, it boasts an impressive 12 hours. . . more>>
ASUS UL30A-X5 Thin and Light 13.3-Inch Black Laptop
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I just received my Asus UL30A-X5 yesterday. After much consideration, and a try-out with an Acer 1410, I decided that I am a full-size chiclet / Island-a larger screen and keyboard wanted. I am very happy with my decision. At $ 700 price point “, this notebook is excellent.
Benefits – Keyboard. A pleasure to type on.
– Touchpad. He shoots first, but once you get a little oil on his finger, and change the pointer speed, it is one of the best I’ve used. Very harmonious, two finger scrolling. Customized support for two and three on the finger.
– Screen. Lightweight and easy to read 30 degrees.
– Battery life. Yes, it is about 10 hours to do.
– Weight / size. 1 inch thin and very lightweight.
– Board of Directors. Love the brushed metal look black on the case.
Register – Face Recognition Asus. Do not you think that I care, but it is nice to be able to connect to the computer, without touching, as I sat before him.
– fastboot Asus (not the fast boat BIOS). This allows you to configure programs load at startup and after load. Speeds up the boat a little.
– Speakers decent. No ears destroy, but to the size. Much better than most netbooks.
Cons – establishment of the touchpad. He continues to record my palm, I’m still banging on the extreme setting. Downloaded the new touchpad driver, but this does not resolve. Always looking for a solution. This is by far the most frustrating problem. UPDATE: It seems that the Touch Freeze utility to fix the problem quickly.
– Case still shows fingerprints.
– Web-Cam is considered weak and has difficulties in low light (not yet two different drivers) not tried.
Rating: 5.5
I recently bought the Asus UL30A-X5 Amazon and I am very happy with my decision very satisfied. Let me briefly explain what I was looking through a new laptop, as I will the reader with information to decide if this laptop is the beginning right to think for themselves. I am currently a student on a budget and has been for the following: 1) Less than $ 700 in prizes, are looking for 2) screen size 13-14 “, 3) Windows 7 is already installed ( I do not want an old computer with Vista I have to manually update to Win 7 pm), 4) At least 320 GB HD, 3 GB DDR3 RAM and a Pentium Core 2 Duo SU7300 equivalent or more, 5) Thin and lightweight, and 6) + 4 full hours of battery life. Even if a netbook offers a small size and easy portability, I do not want to sacrifice power and performance for everyday tasks. On the other hand, I did not want a large “desktop replacement” laptop that would be a dispute or difficult to carry round with me any time I left at home. In short, I was offered a laptop, good combination of strength, power and size of my money. That being said, here’s my impression measurement process after two days with this computer:
Advantages:
; Performance: Ability smoothly and efficiently all I wanted to do at this point. It is still faster than my 3 children 6 years old “15 Dell Inspiron that I originally paid $ 1,300 for the period.
the size and weight could not be happier with the sleek and lightweight. It is even more beautiful in person than in pictures.
Quality: Some people might think that you sacrifice quality for a laptop with these specifications for less than $ 700. I think this computer is very well built, and I would say it is for the more expensive models, or brand name in the same class.
Guarantee: The guarantee of protection accidental provides an additional piece of understanding, which also offers something not often at no extra cost in other phones.
keyboard to use: Very simple, elegant design!
-Mousepad: I love the texture touchpad on this model. It is difficult to see from the photos, but the touchpad is not really the traditional “pad”, but a cluster of small dots, the movement of the finger length. I also like the extra features such as the situation above or navigate a page by placing two fingers on the keyboard anywhere.
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Overall, I could not be happier with my purchase. Of course, there are best laptops on the market, some say, but only if you’re willing to spend $ 1000 + for. This laptop certainly deserves 5 stars, and I think anyone who is looking for an affordable, ultra portable computer -laptop with a powerful performance, will be very happy together.
Rating: 5.5
I love this computer, despite the fact that there are problems. I like the lens, it is very thin, less than 1 inch, but in no case is thinner than the MacBook Air The case is very sexy, she is very beautiful from all angles. The keyboard is amazing, the only problem is that there is a bit of flex, but this is not the end of the world that I can pretty well Guy. The most annoying when you could tap the touchpad and you put your hands near her, could click on the touchpad some records when typing. Many people talk about the life of the battery from the computer that is not even up to 10 hours, I can attest, I’m 11 hours + on this Lappe, Windows 7 is much more efficient than Vista (Note I’ve tested it with Wi-Fi off, lowest brightness of the screen, the energy saving mode, Word 2007). I like the price of their least $ 700, which is perfect for the price of performance.
FOR:
– elegant, sexy is looking.
– keyboard feels amazing.
– Multi-Touch trackpad works />
– Battery life 11 + hours < , br /> – Smart log-on, very nice cool feature
– HDD 500 GB Big
– LED screen has good vision
angle – “Very Lightweight and portable, br /> – The charger is very small and portable too.
– High-quality speakers Loud
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< , br /> CONS:
– fingerprint magnet (inside and outside)
– Loud hard drive (slightly annoyed)
– Flex little on Keyboard
– ASUS bloatware
– Intel VT-UL30A GMA4500MHD where? can not burn any />
This calculator is ideal for students and travelers. Recommended
Rating: 5.5
This little book is a miracle. It is a beautiful piece of hardware that works very fast, multi-tasks great dead silent, and I get 10-12 hours of autonomy in the stock configuration.
I have never seen such a thing, you just continue to use and use them and use them. Even if I have all MS Office programs running at once + a bunch of Firefox Tabs + iTunes, I still have 6-7 hours.
I was pleasantly surprised at how little bloatware came with him. The only disturbing element of software I really needed was to remove some anti-virus programs. MS Office Home / Student installed came on a free trial version, but I wanted to use it anyway, they spare me the facility.
Windows 7 is running on this laptop great. power management and network features work perfectly. The Big Sleep arousal function in Windows 7 is the starting time largely irrelevant, but even if you have to do is start from scratch as it is beautiful and fast. There are many nice touches to this machine, you know that Asus is a real class can act. Things like attractive screen display for volume and brightness, for example.
My only nitpick is that the trackpad is a little nervous. It’s a bit difficult to move the cursor over some of the smaller countries buttons as scroll arrows. It’s probably a driver problem, it will probably be fixed soon. The keyboard is spacious and comfortable to type on.
Overall I am very happy with my UL30A-X5.
Rating: 5.5
Update 14.11: I decided that I’ll have the laptop back. The glossy screen is too nice. This is not really felt that if you look at a web page with a white background with the brightness all the way, but in almost all cases, it is too bright for my taste. In addition, as mentioned coup fails, the announcement for the terrible air distribution screen something like a movie. If they swapped the screen and the trackpad, it would be the perfect budget laptop.
— I between this and the Acer Aspire Timeline has been demolished. Ultimately, I decided with this product, go because the claim of battery life. Clearly, the life of the battery claim on any laptop, is quoted with settings that are not representative for normal users.
One of my biggest concerns with this laptop is the processor. I do not know if it would be able to cope with my daily activities at the computer. This machine is not a giant, but it is more than capable. As long as you have to do not need something like gaming or multimedia editing, you should be ok with this laptop. This machine is capable of playing HD video with a little left for background tasks.
Notes:
– As you get recovery DVD, if you turn right, you need to get an external DVD player. I heard reports that get some readers do not require external DVD enough power via a USB port and a USB hub and plug the drive into two USB ports. (This is why USB cables are on the portable hard drive and portable hard drives with two heads.) I’m happy to say that the Samsung USB 2 0 8x DVD Writer external optical drive for Mac and PC-SE S084C / RSBN (gloss black) works perfectly with a single USB port.
– Food can be hot. A contribution has been requested it as hot as 130 F. I have not personally experienced these extreme temperatures.
Using Microsoft Office, Web Browser, Media Player
Advantages:
– good balance between speed and range battery.
– The keyboard is fantastic.
– Very light and maneuverable.
– The laptop is not so hot that it is uncomfortable on your lap.
– The notebook has a stylish design.
– Excellent value for money. At the beginning of the specification, they throw in a year for protection against accidental damage. This is an incredible value.
– The fans are very quiet, even when they are.
– Comes with little bloatware.
– Aptitude, play HD movies without fine-tune at all (with VLC). Note that Adobe Flash will soon publish an update that HD decoding thrust on the GPU. If the new 1080p is on YouTube for you now cut coming just wait for the new version.
Disadvantages:
– The screen is very bright and thoughtful.
– I really found the angle too great if you want to look like more than one person on the screen at the same time, something like a movie together.
– Track Pad is far from ideal. The track-pad tends to move the cursor while typing. The gestures are nice, but I find that scrolling does not register. The trackpad is very utilitarian features missing.
– The hard drive grinding. It is not very strong, but you notice when you have no other background noises.
– The chassis is actually a magnet for fingerprints. This also seems to be a problem to do with each model laptop these days.
– No backlit keyboard. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as a backlit keyboard, which depletes the battery.
Rating: 5.3
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