Last fall, ASUS released UL80Vt, a 14-inch notebook that coupled an ultra-low voltage processor with switchable graphics, in addition to 9 hours battery life, users can also get into some gaming. The new UL80Jt-A1 ($ 869 as configured) is still switchable graphics, but it comes with Nvidia’s Optimus technology, the switching for you. ASUS also swapped the ultra low voltage processor for an Intel Core i3 CPU, which delivers more power at the expense of battery life. Yet it is hard to argue with over 6 hours long, making this machine a brushed aluminum solid choice for multimedia mavens.

The UL80Jt-A1 is completely black with an attractive brushed metal lid. The deck is glossy plastic, while the bottom is matt plastic. This uniformity of color and design gives the system a sleek but understated look, but tends to pick up fingerprints. In many ways, this notebook is just like the Samsung Q430-11, except the Samsung has a silver cover.

At 4.8 pounds and 13.5 x 9.6 x 1.1 inches, the UL80Jt-A1 is the same size and weight as the UL80Jv, that is not the thinnest and lightest 14-inch notebook on the block. However, it is almost identical in weight and size of the Gateway ID49C, and 0.2 pounds lighter than the Samsung Q430-11. The overall feel is solid, but this 14-inch laptop is still reasonably portable.

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The 14.0-inch, 1366 x 768 glossy display on the UL80Jt-A1 provide clear, sharp images in our test. While watching a DVD of Dark City and a 720p video stream of Fringe from Fox.com, playback was smooth and the colors were true with minimal noise and not grainy. However, viewing angles leave something to be desired. At 45 degrees from the horizontal center, clarity, color is good enough if we look at the desktop, but when watching video, color began to turn and wash out, to say nothing of the reflections.

Sound quality of the front speakers was very loud as well when watching videos and listening to music. While listening to Alicia Keys’ “If I Is not Got You” on Pandora, the piano riff at the beginning was due mainly clear, but bass notes got a bit lost and muddy when she started singing, and there was slight bias in the higher tones when playing the song at full volume. Was completely lacking in bass playing Iron Maiden’s “Run to the Hills” and the song came through tinny. For a 14-inch system, the UL80 speakers are above average, but the Toshiba Satellite M645 speakers are superior.

The UL80Jt-A1′s 1.2-GHz Intel Core processor i3 330UM a step up from the 1.3-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 processor UL80Vt, who revealed himself in our test. The UL80Jt scored 4139 in PCMark Vantage, a 500-point drop over the UL80Vt, but about 300 points shy of the thin-and-light notebook and average about 1,300 points below ID49C08u Gateway and Toshiba Satellite M645, both of which 2.4 – GHz i5 540m Intel Core CPUs. Still, the notebook had no problem multitasking, and the windows open at once dived.

The UL80Jt-A1 has Optimus Nvidia’s technology, which automatically switches between integrated and discrete graphics depending on the task at hand. If high performance is required, kicks the discrete Nvidia 310M GPU with 1GB memory in. When it is not necessary, the discrete graphics card powers down and the integrated Intel graphics on HD to take to conserve battery life.

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In 3DMark06, a benchmark that measures graphics performance, the 3268 scored UL80Jt-A1, which is 200 points lower than the UL80Vt, but about 900 points higher than the thin-and-light notebook average. However, the 14-inch Gateway ID49 (7230) and Toshiba M645 (6113) scored much higher, both Nvidia graphics GT330M (as Optimus technology).

While UL80Jt-A1 is worthy of gaming – the average of 135 frames per second in World of Warcraft at a resolution of 1024 x 768 – things to the max boost that percentage dropped to 35 fps. This is still playable, but the Gateway ID notched 49 fps, 55 fps and the M645 saw. The Samsung Q430-11, the same GPU as the UL80Jt, but lacks Optimus, turned in comparable scores on the UL80Jt-A1.

When playing Far Cry 2 at 1024 x 768-pixel resolution, 21 fps UL80Jt-A1 managed just below the category average. At its native resolution of 1366 x 768 and detail set at high, that number dropped to 14 fps, which is not playable, just above the category average 12 fps. Even if you need to save power and to use the integrated Intel graphics, you’ll hardly notice the difference in daily tasks. With integrated graphics, we were able to zoom in and scroll around Manhattan in Google Earth and 720p video playback without a hitch.

The UL80Jt-A1 is equipped with 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium installed, and is loaded with CyberLink’s Power2Go and label printing for burning optical discs and label creation. In addition, the system has a host of ASUS features, including ASUS multiframe for managing multiple monitors, ASUS Data Security for encrypting files and folders, and ASUS SmartLogon face recognition. Perhaps the most interesting utility ASUS launch fancy, you replace the ASUS logo appears during startup with a custom picture and sound.

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Conclusion

Of the many Optimus 14-inch notebooks we reviewed so far, the ASUS UL80Jt stands out as one of the best. For $ 900, you get an excellent condition for a system of this size without sacrificing too much performance. If you are looking for something with a bit more graphics muscle, the Gateway ID49C11u is the better option. But when the day mobility assets gaming prowess, the UL80Jt is the way to go.

Asustek Computer is still best known for its cheap netbooks, and the occasional high-end achieved, as the Republic of Gamers desktop replacements, but the company buses a fair number of middle-of-the-road systems. The Asus U41JF is a solidly built 14-inch notebook that will work fine for almost any regular task, yet it is no bargain at $ 850. Worse still, it is easily outclassed in the design department by the 13-inch cousin, the Asus U36JC, which costs about the same but is thinner, lighter and more attractive, and has similar discrete graphics and a better processor.

Neither model has new second generation of Intel’s Core i-series processors (previously codenamed Sandy Bridge), but for mainstream systems like this, that an upgrade can take a while to store hit shelves, especially given the recent challenges Intel with the new platform.

At prices approaching Apple’s MacBook (and topping 13-inch Toshiba R705), unless you stick to the idea of Nvidia’s GeForce 425 graphics system, there are better priced or better-looking laptops out there. That said, the U41JF really has a good battery life, and never really let us down, which may sound like faint praise, but praise nonetheless.

The biggest immediate problem we had with the Asus U41JF was the overall look. The brushed metal lid and palm rest are standard enough, and not offensive, but that’s coupled with a glossy black keyboard tray (matte black keyboard) and screen edge to extend to the four edges of the chassis. This gives the entire facility a gaudy two-tone look that we have previously criticized other systems. If you can not go monochrome, or at least keep the colors in the same family.

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The body itself is square and boxy, but not too thick for a 14-inch system. We are not aesthetic elitists by any means, but with laptops especially is the same core set of components, the visual flair is often what sells one model over another.

The keyboard has the same flattened, widely spaced keys as most laptops today, which is a style we sometimes ask for island or Chiclet keys. The keys are a good size, with large left Shift and Enter keys, but the right shift key gets unjustly curtailed. We are not a fan of the extra row of buttons some laptop manufacturers are adding to the right, which usually Page Up, Page Down keys and other movements. They can throw you touch typing fairly easy, making it difficult to hit the Enter and Shift keys when you’re used to pointing to the right of the keyboard. Moreover, the keyboard bent under our fingers in the middle, while we type, who never gives a good long-term experience.

A generous touchpad is centered below the keyboard, but the basic sound multitouch gestures are hit or miss (but the same can be said of most Windows laptops now). A nice touch is that you can scroll vertically by either wiping with a finger along the right side of the touchpad or by using the Mac as a two-finger method. Below the touchpad, a rocker bar takes the place of the separate left and right mouse buttons. We strongly prefer separate buttons, but Asus seems married to the rocker bar concept in most of its products.

The 14.1-inch screen has a native resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, which is typical for a midsize laptop. Off-axis viewing was good horizontally, but the image faded quickly when viewed from above or below. The built-in Altec Lansing speakers are decent for a laptop, and at least good enough for a personal video.

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There is nothing remarkable, or missing from the collection of U41JF of ports and connections. But for almost $ 900, it is possible to extras such as a mobile broadband antenna or even a Blu-ray player if you shop around.

With a 2.53 GHz Intel Core processor i3, this is a good example of a mainstream laptop that is sufficient for everyday use, surfing the Web for Photoshop to play HD video online. While those i3 Core CPU is usually found in systems that cost a little less, in our benchmark testing U41JF matched well against the step-up systems with Intel Core processor i5. Our takeaway is that you should not reject this model, even if you had an i5 on your must-have list of laptop specs.

There are also some very positive results found in the Nvidia GeForce 425 GPU. It was reviewed by Nvidia’s Optimus switching system, which means that the discrete GPU shuts down and if necessary, and will not degrade your battery when you do not, for example, playing a video game. Sandy Bridge new Intel CPUs, with improved integrated graphics, mainstream graphics cards may be useless for many casual gamers, but these systems are still some ways off from widely available.

As an example, we walked Street Fighter IV in standard mode, which automatically turn on the Nvidia graphics. To the native resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, the game ran at an excellent 68.4 frames per second. If we manually turned off the GPU, running instead on the integrated Intel HD graphics, the same test ran just 14.9fps.

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Our video playback battery drain test, the Asus U41JF ran for an impressive 3 hours and 52 minutes. For a 14-inch laptop on the edge of the size we would consider including in the area on a regular basis, battery life may be less important than in a 12 – or 13-inch laptop, but we are happy to see this good result anyway. It scored 30 minutes better than the HP Envy 14 and about 30 minutes behind HP’s Pavilion DM4.

Asus does it better than the standard one year warranty laptop, offers us a guarantee of two years and one year Accidental Damage Protection. From other PC makers, they are often expensive extras. That said, Asus is not the easiest to use set of online support tools, and the overlapping sites can be confusing.

The Asus U52F-BBL9, a trim, lightweight laptop that offers a blend of performance and portability that are hard to beat. For users looking for a combination of productivity and portability, the Asus-U52F BBL9 offers processing and graphics power that can be used in the office and on the road.

Design

It’s hard to keep your hands off of the Asus-U52F BBL9. The all-plastic construction is made incredibly tangible with the use of rubber, soft-to-the-touch panels on the lid and palm rest. U52F combines the dark metallic gray with navy blue almost black, a surprisingly trendy combination that easily beats the looks of many business use of laptops.

The keyboard is chiclet-style, with a compact numeric keypad. Despite this, the numeric keypad never felt cramped or busy. It is big enough for number crunchers to use with comfort, but not moving the full-size keyboard too much for the traditional typists. The elevated wrist rest offers an ergonomically comfortable typing experience that will be appreciated by anyone who spends all day on the keyboard. The trackpad has a silky matte finish that slides right under the fingertips. The right and left buttons are combined in a bar, but it’s responsive enough that few users will wish for two different buttons.

Weighing 5.9 pounds, the U52F is much lighter than comparable 17-inch laptops, like the Dell Inspiron 17R (6.7 lbs), making it a laptop that you would like to tote to and from work or school. Because of its low profile makes it easy to catch, just 1.3 inches thick.

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Features

Although BBL9-U52F Asus does offer a powerful mix of efficiency and convenience, it does not offer many extras. That is not to say that the U52F-BBL9 not a trick or two behind their hands. Besides the standard VGA output, headphone and microphone jacks, and RJ-45 LAN connection, you’ll find three USB ports and an HDMI output. A multi-format card reader you can use a variety of flash memory cards without any adapter. The integrated webcam is ideal for Skype and video chat, and 640GB hard drive provides enough storage for music, movies and games.

On the laptop you’ll find not one but two power buttons. It works the way you might be familiar with and mdashit powers of the unity and boots Windows. The other is a Quick Start button that powers the laptop open and ASUS Express Gate – an embedded Linux-based operating system that bypasses the lengthy Windows startup to access the web almost immediately. It has surfaced on a number of recent laptops and netbooks, and Asus has begun offering a range of machines.

Asus has also quietly put multitouch. While other laptops such as the HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl offering more gesture controls, the Asus-U52F BBL9 exercises a little restraint, limiting the user’s two fingers scrolling. Unlike the recent HP Pavilion – which all have complaints about the multitouch – this feature is perfectly executed. It reacts when you use it, not the problems with false positives, and it requires no further attention.

Performance

Compared to other recent notebooks in the $1000 range, the U52F-BBL9 appears to be fast, powerful system. The PCMark Vantage score of 5908 places it next to the HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl (5677) and Samsung R540-11 (6190) in terms of processing power. All three use Intel Core i5 processors with U52F-BBL9 using the M460, a small bump of the M450 used in the HP dv7-4083cl and Samsung R540-11. Our Photoshop CS5 test runs by several intense processing tasks that most systems slow as a snail. While high-end graphics-intensive systems easy jog through them, most midrange systems lurch and stumble, often earning periods longer than 6 minutes. The U52F-BBL9, on the other hand, scored a respectable time of 4:45. It did equally well in our video tests, filling out our video encoding test in 2 minutes 41 seconds compared to 3:26 scored by the Toshiba Satellite L675D-S7046.

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The U52F-BBL9 also a good performer, earning scores in the 3DMark 2203 and 1982 at medium and high resolution tests, edges along the HP Pavilion DM4-1160us (2123 and 1809).

The end result of all this hardware is a system that performs very well when working with images and video. Amateur filmmakers feel that the video editing and encoding programs that normally overwhelm the processors in other mid-range laptops will run smoothly and efficiently on-U52F BBL9.

The 6-cell 63Wh battery is slim and light, but still supplies power for the better part of a day. 5 hours 52 minutes of battery, which offers BBL9-U52F is good. The 15.3-inch screen makes the device less than 17 inch versions, making it a relatively portable system.

Although not an ultra-light or low-voltage system, the Asus U52F-BBL9 offers a higher level of portability and performance than many of her colleagues in the $ 1000 price range. Those looking for some entertainment options to add to their work machine may instead opt for the HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl, but customers looking for a no-nonsense-U52F-BBL9 Asus laptop will find to be more than up to the task.

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These days, business notebooks have a wide range of needs. Professionals require a machine that delivers computing, networking options, links galore, and hours of the battery. The Asus B43J-A1B fills most of these needs, but battery life is a major concern, then this notebook will disappoint.

Design

Although a large number of manufacturers, including Asus, have led to some fantastic business laptops on the market, such as the Dell Vostro 3300, most laptops like the Lenovo ThinkPad T410s tend to stick to the basics. The Asus B43J-A1B keep a conservative look, but puts a fashionable twist on the basic black black tie turns into something more.

The frame around the screen and the bottom of the chassis is matt plastic, but the lid and palm rest gets a stylish and protective aluminum case that resists scratches and will not attract fingerprints. The 14-inch widescreen display offers a resolution of 1366 x 768 resolution for 720p video viewing, and is finished with a 2-megapixel webcam, which has a built-in lens cap. It weighs a substantial 5.46 pounds.

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The full-sized keyboard alerts the chiclet-style design that is so popular in consumer laptops, opt instead for a more traditional design. The keyboard is spill resistant, so you can have lunch at your desk now without the fear of a spilled drink, your computer at work to destroy. The touchpad is smooth and comfortable supports multi-touch, allowing two fingers to scroll and zoom your work machine.

Features

Connectivity is one of the most important aspects of a business laptop and the Asus B43J-A1B offers a variety of ports. There are three USB 2.0 ports (including a combined USB / eSATA port), optical drive, and connections for both phone and Ethernet. Connecting to an external monitor is also easier thanks to the VGA, HDMI and DisplayPort connectors. ATI Eyefinity also allows the connection of up to two additional monitors, so much more visual real estate.

Security options abound, such as B43J-A1b comes with several built layers of protection. A biometric fingerprint scanner makes-based security. A Smart Card reader makes use of security-card-based authentication of users. Intel vPro IT provides remote access and automatic blocking of lost or stolen laptops.

Our test unit was 4GB DDR3 memory. The 320 GB 7200 rpm hard drive will probably plenty of storage space on its own, but users will still want to use the USB / eSATA port to be taken when connecting an external hard drive. The A1B B43J-34 also has an ExpressCard expansion slot for greater flexibility. Docking station support allows a quick connection to peripherals, power and communications equipment, but requires the purchase of a separate docking station.

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For quick access to the web, the Asus has the same B43J-A1B ExpressGate instant-on environment that is used in several other models from Asus this year as the Asus U52F. A special express gate button allows you to express gate of a powered-down state, skipping long Windows boot times for direct access to the web has to offer.

Performance

Although B43J-A1B features a 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5 560M processor, it is only 6,310 points scored in our PCMark Vantage benchmark, a score that left competitors in the same business area. Although the Asus B43J-A1B is still a competent machine that will handle the demands of professional computing performance is available for a comparable price. It laid the HandBrake video encoding test in 2 minutes 36 seconds and plowed through our Photoshop benchmark in 4:28. While those scores will not meet graphic designers and video editors, they are more than good enough for regular business professional.

The A1B-B43J performed better when tested in the graphics processing, earning scores as well or better than competing laptops. It scored a respectable 4797 on low settings, and 3,345 native resolution on our 3DMark06 test. The A1B-B43J success in the 3D test is partly due to its discrete ATI Mobility Radeon 5470 graphics chipset. The A1B-B43J our gaming tests completed with a reasonable but unplayable scores. Despite the i5 Core processor and discrete graphics, this laptop is simply not the chops for high-end gaming, but it was not intended.

The Asus A1B B43J-Stream comes with ATI, AMD automatic switching technology, the laptop between the ATI Mobility Radeon 5470 chipset change for 3D taxing tasks and Intel GMA HD (i5) integrated graphics for lower-end office tasks possible. In addition, Asus power management tool reduces energy consumption by automatically switching to Intel integrated graphics when drawing power from the battery.

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While there is plenty to love about this laptop, it could not squeeze out enough 48Wh battery life to last through a cross-country flight or even lunch. On MobileMark 2007, the B43J-A1B lasted only 2 hours and 20 minutes. While battery life will not be a problem sitting stationaire at a desk, plugged into a socket or docking station, it means you definitely will not you using a cross country flight, and able to struggle through a working lunch.

B43J-A1B Asus offers a powerful set of features and hardware, but falls short in performance and battery life flat on. The result is a laptop that most will find it sufficient, but some will find frustrating. As long as you do not stray from the wall power for more than a few hours, the Asus B43J-A1B offers everything you need.

Turn the volume on the 15.6-inch notebook N53Jf-XE1 and prepare impressed. With ASUS SonicMaster technology co-developed by world-renowned audio expert Bang & Olufsen ICEpower and a unique top-mounted speaker design, this multimedia powerhouse combines hardware and audio for an unsurpassed ear-pleasing experience.

Does new Nvidia GeForce 425 graphics card with battery-boosting technology NVIDIA Optimus, the N53Jf-XE1 excels when running graphics-intensive tasks like video editing, DirectX 11-enabled games, and graphics rendering. And ASUS Video Magic 3-in-one package, you get image-enhancing programs like PowerDVD 9 True Theater directly scaling DVD quality at full HD 1080p with smoother frame rates, so you can watch and enjoy movies in the quality they deserve. ASUS N53JF-XE1 Review

If I had a runner-up to retrieve the Dell XPS 1915 desktop replacement class notebook, the Asus N53JF-XE1 so be it. The broken our performance tests with components like an Intel Core i5 460M processor and Nvidia’s latest graphics chip, and crammed into popular features like a Blu-ray drive and a 1080p screen. Best of all, you can buy N53JF-XE1 for about $ 100 less than what you would pay for the Dell XPS 1915. This laptop is a shortcoming is battery life: it took only 3 hours.

Design

Asus has never been one to skimp on the design, which is why the N53JF-XE1 is covered with aluminum, such as the XPS 1915. The top is lightly brushed with a tone somewhere between bronze and silver gray. This material also has a slimming effect, as the N53JF-XE1 seems thinner than the plastic counterparts, the Samsung R580 and Dell Inspiron 17R.

Even so, it’s not the best desktop replacement to take on the road, though, as her 6.3 lbs frame is as heavy as the XPS 1915 (6.3 lbs). Desktop replacements, such as the Samsung R580 (5.4 lbs) and Acer Aspire TimelineX AS5820T-5951 (5.2 kg) are one pound lighter and better suited for traveling.

The 15-inch widescreen display is more reminiscent of the XPS 1915 than any other laptop in this group, because of the resolution, rather than its physical size. While 15-inch laptops such as Acer AS5820T and Samsung R580 settle for the standard 1,366 by 768 resolution, N53JF-XE1 goes to 1920 by 1080 (full 1080p). Even laptops with 17-inch widescreen displays, like the 17R (1,600 to 900) can not scale that high. Photos and high-definition videos, as you can imagine, looked absolutely gorgeous.

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Asus kept the bar low with the user experience. The N53JF-XE1 avoided chiclet-style keyboard that any other Asus laptop seems to be these days, and instead went with a traditional. It is a great keyboard for all types of styles, and it even comes with an adjacent numeric keypad, but with half-size keys. It lacks a backlit keyboard, as on the Dell XPS 1915, which is useful for those working in low-lit areas. The mouse buttons are too busy for my taste and not as soft as the Dell XPS 1915.

Features

The feature set is more than any average user could ask for. Blu-ray drive that can also be found in the Samsung R580, and XPS-15 will keep you current with all the latest movies in HD. There are 4 USB ports, two of which house additional technology: The one in blue is USB 3.0, which allows content ten times faster than USB 2.0 with a compatible hard drives like the HP portable external hard drives (1 TB) . The second is an eSATA combo port, which is comparable to USB 3.0 that you can expand storage without compromising transfer speeds.

The N53JF-XE1 has an HDMI port, which is pretty essential in a laptop of this class. The Webcam is standard fare in comparison with the Skype-certified Webcam XPS 15, which also lets you shoot video in 720p high definition. Asus made speakers Bang & Olufsen ICEpower that spans the length of the keyboard and the sound they produce will only pass on an audiophile. However, JBL speakers XPS-15′s delivered better sound and more bass, thanks to the two speakers and a subwoofer.

Performance

The same houses N53JF-XE1 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 460M CPU as the 17R Dell, and Dell XPS 1915, but it came out on top in Handbrake (2:37) and Cinebench R11.5 (2.43) benchmark tests that stress the processor. Factors affecting this exception can load the software (less third-party applications eat less resources) or the processor itself was tweaked to run at full speed at all times (usually at the expense of battery life). Adobe Photoshop CS5 (4:56) scripts memory-intensive test also performed at a high level, despite combining the same amount of memory (4GB DDR3).

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If you’re a hardcore gamer, the GeForce 425 is part of the latest 400-series of Nvidia’s graphics chips that support DirectX 11. You’ll be able to determine the nature of the detail seen in games like Lost Planet 2 that you may have with past Nvidia mobile chips. It is a notch faster (faster fill rates and clock speed) than the GeForce graphics chip in the 420m 1915 XPS (Dell offers an option for the 425 too).

In its 3DMark06 score (8174 and 4322), the N53JF-XE1 is a better gaming machine than the Dell XPS 1915 (7404 and 4631). You get good game-play 3D-intensive tests such as Crysis (48.5 frames per second) and Lost Planet 2 (32.1 fps), both turned in the best scores in this group.

If the Nvidia chip is not in use, either by a game or video transcoding, the system will automatically revert to using the Intel integrated chipset technology that Nvidia called Optimus. This technology extends battery life, but that’s only half the battle, the laptop is still a big enough battery.

With the amount of power built in, even a switchable graphics technology could not help the 48Wh (6-cell) batteries. In our battery tests, the N53Jf-XE1 took a measly 3 hours and 15 minutes, that would not be as bad as Asus sold an extended battery option. By comparison, the XPS 1915 (3:48) combines a larger 6-cell battery (56 Wh) and offers a 9-cell option. Admittedly, the N53J-XE will probably remain a member of a wall most of the time.

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If you are the Dell XPS 1915 Configuration I discussed with the Asus N53JF-XE1, the latter would emerge victorious forward in almost every performance-related task to compare. The N53JF-XE1 also offers top-of-the-line components, such as a Blu-ray drive and a resolution of 1080p, but it costs less than the Dell XPS 1915. For my money, the lack of an extended battery option and a number of high-end features (backlit keyboard and webcam 720p) are the better buy the XPS 1915, but the N53JF-XE1 is a great alternative.

The K52F-A1 was not only designed to be powerful, but it was also designed to be comfortable. The K52F-A1 has sunk hinge design allows for comfortable viewing angles. It also wiped enable palm rest and a concave rubber keyboard for comfortable typing experience. Finally, the K52F-A1 comes with new Palm ASUS Proof technology that can distinguish between the touch of your fingers and the touch of a hand on the mouse pad to prevent inadvertent movement of the cursor. Asus K52F-A1 Review

The Asus K52F-A1 offers a lot of fire power to handle your daily work and offers state-of-the-art WiMax and wireless display technology from Intel. The only drawback is battery life, one of the lowest in this category. For the modest price, though, is the Asus K52F-A1 still one of the coolest kids on the block.

Design

The cover is made of a brown plastic surface that can be easily smudged and marked made up. Further into the palm rest has structured a copper-tone color and is rough, almost with a metallic feel. The design is not as striking as other laptops in its class: The Dell Inspiron 17R-2248MRB, the plastic is designed to look like brushed aluminum. The Samsung R540-11 gets the most points of style, similar to plastics, wood made. The Asus K52F-A1 weighs 5.8 pounds, a bit on the heavier side for a 15-inch laptop, but nothing unmanageable. The HP Pavilion 3123cl-dv6, in comparison, is a full half a pound lighter at 5.3 pounds.

The 15.6-inch wide-screen allows for full-size keyboard, but is much smaller than 17.3-inch widescreen Dell Inspiron which is 17R. The keyboard is similar style Chiclets chewing gum pieces, which lacks a particular depth, unlike the traditional user-friendly keyboard of the Dell Inspiron 17R-2248MRB. There is also an adjacent numeric keypad, similar to other desktop replacement such as the Samsung R580-JBB2 and Acer Aspire AS5745-7247.

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The touchpad is generous, with dedicated mouse buttons. It fits almost camouflaged with the rest of the laptop. The touch pad is similar to the found on the Samsung R580-JBB2, with its red-swirled color scheme blending in with his own hand-rest. The touchpad on the K52F-A1 has the same rough texture as the palm rest, while the touchpad of the Samsung R580-JBB2 is smooth. While navigating around the touch pad, I found that the reaction time of the cursor just a bit lagging behind my fingers. However, some adjustments fixed in the Control Panel, dass.

Features

The K52F-A1 comes with a 500 GB, 5,400 rpm hard drive. It has a standard helping of ports, including a VGA port, HDMI, 3 USB and a 3-in-1 (MMC, SD, MS) flash memory card reader. For only $ 50 more, but the Samsung R580-JBB2 comes with an eSATA/USB Combo port (for faster data transmission) and a tempting Blu-ray Disc drive. The Altec Lansing speakers located at the front of the system delivered a clear sound crisp and sharp when I played some sample video and jazz music to sample.

to go the wireless capabilities of the system via a simple wireless connection. What is your built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi card, WiMax and Wireless Display Intel wireless technology that can simplify your life. WiMax (or 4G), in essence, you can use the Internet anywhere in the 54 cities in which to connect WiMax towers were built. Think of it as a city-wide Wi-Fi connection that allows you to Web pages at speeds of 2 to 5 Mbit s to download. The luxury, however, with a $ 20-40 monthly fee of a service provider like Sprint or Clearwire. The wireless display (WiDi) function allows you to connect your laptop to an HDTV, wireless. The station is already in the laptop, so no need to use up all the ports or annoying HDMI cable. There is a catch, because: They have to buy a Netgear Push2TV receiver box to allow for this wireless connection.

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Performance

Besides battery life, the K52F-A1 are within easy reach of most other desktop replacement was in our tests. It scored 5045 in PCMark Vantage, not far behind comparable systems such as the Samsung R580-JBB2 (5326) and Acer Aspire TimelineX AS5820T-5951 (5233). It took a long before the HP Pavilion 3123cl-dv6 (3524), the budget AMD Athlon P320 (2.1GHz) processor used. The Editors’ Choice HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl, but the rock star of the group (5677). In our video encoding test hand brake, the K52F-A1 was a time of 3:10 guests only with the Dell Inspiron 17R-2248MRB with a much faster time (2:44). Integrated Intel graphics is all you get, so that the K52F-A1 does not impress you with its 3D gaming skills. The HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl, which uses ATI Mobility Radeon 5470 GPU is doing it, if 3D gaming is your cup of tea.

The K52F-A1 was 3 hours 25 minutes in MobileMark 2007, with its 6-cell lithium-ion (49 Wh) battery. Only the Toshiba Satellite L675D-S7046 performed worse (3 hours 7 minutes), but it has a larger 17-inch screen, to be fair. The Acer Aspire TimelineX AS5820T-5951 battery gave the highest score (7.37), due to the simple fact that it comes with a larger battery.

The Asus K52F-A1 comes with the ammunition you have to manage all your daily work load, and makes the wireless technology is an outstanding. However, it may offer attractive possibilities, depending on what you are looking for. If you are looking for Blu-ray playability, with a few euros more you can get the above Samsung R580-JBB2. If you are looking for a more powerful system, the Editors’ Choice HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl thirst. If saving money is your thing, the Editors’ Choice for budget laptops Acer Aspire AS5745-7247 provides the muscle-like than the Asus K52F-A1, and a huge 640GB hard drive capacity, but without the wireless bells and whistles.

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The slim, elegant 14-inch U45Jc-A1 has incredible features that take you far beyond standard entertainment notebooks. With the ASUS Super Hybrid Engine, the battery life by up to 10 hours1 is maximized between charges. In addition, the U45Jc-A1 can seamlessly from the NVIDIA GeForce graphics on NVIDIA 310M Optimus technology for casual gaming and resource demanding tasks now and then turns the rest of the time – to conserve the battery. Super size multimedia with an HDMI-enabled HDTV, HD audio and video connectivity makes for a complete cinematic experience. The U45Jc-A1 with Intel Core processor i3, smarter and faster running on Intel’s Hyper-Threading technology for improved multitasking. And at about 1-inch thick with a brushed aluminum finish, you can easily carry with them, without having stains or fingerprints. Asus U45JC-A1 Review

If you need to create the ideal thin-and-light notebooks, the recipe would look much like what was used to make the ASUS U45Jc-A1. This 14-inch laptop has the right ingredients, including zippy performance, Nvidia graphics, and a long battery life. We also liked the beautiful design in brushed aluminum so that the U45Jc a tempting bargain alternative to the MacBook. However, this design looks better than it feels to build something of quality questions. If the U45Jc-A1 a good choice or fizzle is she?

Design

The U45Jc looks a lot like the UL30, a notebook that we loved. Like its 13-inch siblings, it is a silver, brushed-metal lid with a glossy plastic chassis and keypad to match deck. You’ll also find a black Chiclet keyboard. Since both the lid and the lower lip narrow down their edges, the U45 looks lighter than its 4.8-pound weight and 13.5 x 9.6 x 1.1-inch frame. (It’s still lighter than the 14-nch Samsung Q430, which weighs 5 pounds.)

While attractive, could be U45Jc better build quality. If the notebook is closed, for example, you can feel the cover pressing on the finger when you grip it near the hinge. You may also hear a noise when pressed, as if it stuck to the bezel. This is not a deal-breaker by any stretch, but it has no confidence, either.

The U45Jc has a standard selection of ports, including HDMI and VGA output, 3 USB ports, an Ethernet jack and headphone and microphone ports. It also has a 5-in-1 memory card reader. The only thing missing is a USB port that doubles as eSATA port, for faster uploads of compatible hard drives.

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As usual today, there are not many buttons above the keyboard, except for the power button and another that starts directly in Express Gate, ASUS ‘instant-on operating system (more on that later). Instead, you will find multimedia keys, like a mute button, baked in the top row of function keys. The skip buttons are on the Up and Down arrow keys on the bottom of the keyboard.

Performance

The U45Jc has a 2.4-GHz Intel Core i3-370M Processor, 4 GB RAM and a 500GB 5,400 RPM hard drive. His score of 4791 on PCMark Vantage, a Windows performance benchmark is almost 300 points above the average. This shows the best score of 3,600 ASUS UL80 (the UL80 makes up for it with longer battery life). But the Intel-powered Core i5 Samsung Q430 and Gateway ID49C08u both better off, with PCMark Vantage score of 5598 and 5490 respectively. By U45Jc, we were able to convert a 114MB MP4 file to AVI in 53 seconds with Oxelon Media Converter, while the average thin-and-Light 10 extra seconds of waiting to do this.

The U45Jc the hard drive copied a 4.97GB file in 3 minutes, or at a rate of 28.3 MB s, while the average notebook of this size completed the same task with a rate of 24.25 Mbps. This is faster than the Samsung Q430, ASUS and Gateway ID49C08u UL80. But unfortunately the U45Jc booted in 1 minute 16 seconds, while the average thin-and-light lasts 1:02. We blame the heavy burden of preinstalled software (more on that later).

Software

The U45Jc the list of included software is somewhat larger than other notebooks, including Amazon Kindle for PC, Power2Go CyberLink LabelPrint and Google Chrome, Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer, Skype 4.2, Times Reader, Windows Live Essentials obtained. It also attempts Microsoft Office 2010 and Trend Micro Internet Security, and a variety of ASUS-branded software for everything from the webcam software on the laptop face recognition.

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The U45Jc comes with a generous two-year warranty, 24/7 includes toll-free telephone support and an impressive one year of support in the event of damage (eg damage caused by drops). To see how ASUS technical support given in our recent showdown, click here.

Verdict

The ASUS U45Jc-A1 is one of the better thin-and-light notebooks we tested this year, design thanks to its long endurance, strong performance, and send. However, prevents us from less than stellar build quality, this notebook has a higher rating and an Editor’s Choice Award. It is not as powerful and not last as long on a charge, the 14-inch ASUS UL80Jt-A1 ($ 849) a more stable suspension.

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