Laptops Arena

<p>Finding <strong>reviews for Asus laptops</strong> is easy as there are a lot if website which has tested different models from the Asus series on notebook. We are going to offer 2 brief <strong>reviews for Asus laptops</strong> which come at very good prices and also great specs.
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<p>The first laptop on the list is the Asus UL30 that comes with 1.3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300. The unit comes with 4 GB of DDR3 RAM and the graphics card is the integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD. The total storage capacity of the hard drive is 500 GB. The unit comes with the preinstalled version of the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system. The dimensions of this unit are 12.9 x 9.28 x 0.98 inches while the total weight is 3 lbs. and 14.8 oz. the price of the unit reviewed here is $799 which is pretty cheap and can be afforded by most people. The display measures 13.3 inch inches in diagonal and it comes at a terrific resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. As for the selection of ports and features, this unit is host to 3 USB ports, one VGA out, one HDMI port, an SD card slot, the Ethernet port and the regular headphones out and microphone in jacks. The battery life of this laptop is rated at 9 hours and 45 minutes with the display brightness set to 70%, the wireless card activated and the Windows Vista power management profile set to “balanced mode”.

<p>The other unit which we thought is worth mentioning is the Asus K50IJ. This unit takes its power from a 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 processor and 4 GB of RAM. The graphics card of this unit is the integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X 4500M while the total storage capacity of the hard drive is 250 GB. The dimensions of this unit are 14.57 x 10.08 x 1.49 inches and the total weight of the system is 5.83 lbs. the total price of the unit reviewed is $699 which makes this unit affordable for everyone. This laptop is a bit bigger than the unit described above as it comes with a display that measures 15.6 inches and it comes with a native resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.



The unit comes with the 32 bit version of the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system preinstalled. As for the selection of ports and connections, this unit is host to 4 USB ports, one 3-in-1 memory card slot, a Kensington lock slot, a VGA out, an Ethernet port and the regular headphones out and microphone in jacks. When it comes to battery performance, the Asus K50IJ is not very impressive. With the display brightness set to 70%, the wireless card activated and the Windows Vista power management profile set to “balanced mode”, this unit manages to stay on for 3 hours and 22 minutes of constant laptop usage.

This performance is average but I think that 15.6 inch laptops are not exactly the ideal ultra portables so battery life could be justified.

Reading different laptop notebook reviews have revealed 2 very good Asus models that we would like to present to you. The first one is the Asus K40IN, a great 14 inch laptop that comes with average performance for a really good price.
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This unit is based on a 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 processor and 4 GB of RAM. The graphics card that can be found on this unit is the nVidia GeForce G102M integrated with 512 MB of video memory. The total storage capacity of the hard drive is 320 GB. The dimensions of this laptop are 13.4 x 9.5 x 1.5 and the total weight of the system is 5.3 lbs. The price of the unit reviewed here is $800. The unit comes with the 32 bit version of the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system preinstalled. The unit comes with a 14 inch display that has a native resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The unit is host to 4 USB ports, one VGA out, an Ethernet port, a 3-in-1 digital media card reader, a Kensington lock slot the headphones out and microphone in jacks. Battery performance is generally important when we are dealing with a 14 inch laptop which is supposed to be portable. The battery of this unit is capable of keeping the laptop on for 4 hours and 35 minutes, with the display brightness set to 25% and while surfing the internet via a wireless connection and while using Word to type in a document.

The other Asus laptop which we have encountered in our reading of laptop notebook reviews is the Asus G51J. This unit takes its power from a 1.6 GHz Intel Core i1-720QM processor and 4 GB of DDR3 RAM. Aside from this great combination between RAM and one of the best and newest Intel processors, the unit also offers hard disk storage for 320 GB. The graphics card that can be found on this unit is the nVidia GeForce GTX 260M with 1 GB of GDDR3 memory. The dimensions of this unit are 14.6 x 10.3 x 1.6 inches and the total weight of the system is 7 lbs and 8.2 oz. The price of the unit configured here is $1500 and the unit generally comes with the 64 bit version of the Windows 7 Home Premium operating system. The unit also comes with a lot of cool other features like a pair of great Altec Lansing speakers, a Razer CooperHead USB mouse and an included webcam which will comes in handy when you want to make video calls via instant messaging programs.



The 15 inch display of this unit comes with a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. AS for the selection of ports and connections, this unit is host to 4 USB ports, one VGA out, one HDMI port, one FireWire port, an Express Card slot, an SD card reader and the regular headphones out and microphone in jacks. As for the battery performance, this unit is capable of staying on for 1 hour and 30 minutes with the display brightness set to 70%, the wireless card activated and the Windows 7 operating system power management profile set to “balanced mode”.

In the fight between netbook vs. notebook, it is difficult to say which one is the winner as both of these laptops are dedicated to quite a different segment of customers. Notebooks are very similar to laptops and they generally come with screen sizes from 13 inches and somewhere up to 18 inches.
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Netbooks, on the other hand, are a different story. They are sub category of notebooks which are really small and therefore dedicated to people that need to use a laptop everywhere. Generally, business people are the most addicted customers when it comes to netbooks as they need a computer to help them connect to internet on their frequent travels. Netbooks come at much lower prices than notebooks but the configuration is also weaker. In general, netbook are only used for connecting to the internet, working on some documents, maybe listening to some music or watching a movie and using different instant messaging programs. They are not able to handle demanding applications as the processors commonly found on this type of mini notebook is an Intel Atom one and the graphics card is generally integrated. There is no such thing as a fight netbook vs notebook because the 2 are quite different.

For example, a very good netbook which can be found on the market for as low as $300 is the ASUS Eee PC 1001P. This mini notebook is a good looking little fellow that comes with a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 processor and 1 GB of RAM. The graphics card that can be found on this unit is the integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 and the total storage capacity of the hard drive is 160 GB. The dimensions of this unit are 10.2 x 6.9 x 1.4 inches and the total weight is 2.81 pounds. The unit is shipped with the 32 bit version of the Windows 7 Starter Edition operating system.



The 10.1 inch display has a matte finish and it comes with a native resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. As for the selection of ports and connections, you can never get a fair or decent combination on a 10 inch notebook as some things have to be sacrificed if you want to get a thin and light portable device. The unit of the Asus Eee PC 1001P is host to 3 USB ports, one Ethernet port, a VGA out, a 4-in-1 media card reader, a security lock slot and the regular headphones out and microphone in jacks.



One very important thing about a netbook is the battery life. Since netbook are designed mainly for portability reasons, they should come with very good battery performance because you must be able to use this mini notebook even when you are away from a power outlet for a very long time. The battery of this unit will manage to keep this mini notebook on for 8 hours with the display brightness set to 70%, the wireless card activated and the Windows 7 power management profile set to “balanced mode”. This is quite a good performance even for a netbook as we know some example of similarly sized, prced and configured unit that cannot even manage half of this time period.

If you wish to buy a laptop notebook Vista (which means that it has the Windows Vista operating system preinstalled when your unit is shipped), you can redirect you attention to most laptop models that have been released in the last couple of years. In fact, when you purchase a laptop directly from the manufacturer’s website, you have the possibility to choose between different operating system and one of them will most likely be a Windows Vista. Even so, we are going to give you 3 examples of decent notebook models that come with the Windows Vista operating preinstalled.
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The first example of a good laptop notebook Vista is the Asus X83Vm-X2. This laptop comes with a 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 processor and 4 GB of RAM. the graphics card that came with this unit is the Nvidia GeForce 9600M GS with 1 GB of video memory and the total storage capacity of the hard drive is 320 GB. the dimensions of this unit are 14.3 x 10.4 x 1.4 inches while the total weight of the system is 5.7 lbs. the total price of the unit reviewed here is $799 and this unit is shipped with the64 bit version of the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system. This laptop notebook has a 14.1 inch display which makes it an ultra portable notebook. This screen comes with a native resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. Other features of this notebook are the dual layer DVD burner which uses the Light Scribe technology and the 1.3 mp integrated webcam.

Another laptop notebook Vista is the Lenovo IdeaPad Y450, which has a configuration and some features which are very similar to the Asus presented above. The price of the unit reviewed is also $799 and it is shipped with the 32 bit version of the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system. The unit takes its power from the 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor and the 3 GB of DDR3 RAM.  The graphics card which can be found on this unit is the integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD. The total amount of storage space of the hard drive is 250 GB, making it enough to determine you to use this notebook even as your primary computer.



The dimensions of this unit are 13.4 x 9.1 x 1.4 inches and the total weight of the system including the battery is 4.6 lbs. the display of this notebook measures 14 inches in diagonal but compared to the Asus above, this laptop comes with a native resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. Features are quite similar between these two, as the Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 also has a dual layer DVD burner and an integrated 1.3 megapixel camera. The truth is that when you are looking to buy laptop notebooks that use the Windows Vista operating system (suit yourself; personally, I am more of an XP fan), these 2 makes quite a good pair of choice at a decent and affordable price.

Choosing the best Asus gaming laptop could be a rather difficult task since this laptop manufacturer has more than one model dedicated to the gamers segment. If you ask us, in our opinion, the best Asus gaming laptop which also comes at an affordable price is the Asus G51J laptop model. This unit is based on a 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7 720 QM processor and 4 GB of DDR3 RAM. As you can see, the combination between RAM and processor is powerful enough to allow multitasking with absolutely no problems like slowing down the speed and performance of the system.

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Since the graphics card is one of the most important components of a gaming unit, you should know that the Asus G15J comes with the nVidia GeForce GTX 260M with 1 GB if GDDR3 video memory and this is quite a lot of video memory. The total storage capacity of the hard drive consists of 2 x 320 GB hard drives delivered by Seagate. The dimensions of the unit are 14.6 x 10.3 x 1.6 inches and the total weight is 7 lbs. and 8 oz. the price of the unit configured here is $1500. The laptop comes with a lot of goodies like an included webcam for making video calls, a DVD burner and even an integrated Bluetooth device.

The 15.6 inch display is not the most common choice for gaming units because most of them go with 17 inch screen that also make them ideal desktop replacement. Looking on the bright side of things, this means that this gaming laptop is better for transportation. The colors on this display are great and the native resolution of the screen is 1920 x 1080 pixels which is an amazing resolution for a screen that measures only 15.6 inches in diagonal.  The speakers on this unit are Altec Lansing, which are the common choice for the HP Pavilion line of multimedia laptops. The speaker sound is average but there is no bass so for a better audio experience while playing games, a set of external speakers is a much better idea.



The keyboard of this laptop is simply beautiful. It comes with a dedicated numerical pad and even backlight which makes playing games in the dark a lot easier. The keys have great travel and they offer positive feedback when you type. The touchpad is of great quality which is noticeable from the first time you touch it. it is very responsive and suffers from no lag. The selection of ports and features of this laptop is very rich.



The unit is host to 4 USB port, one FireWire port, a VGA out, a HDMI port, an SD card reader, an Express Card slot and the regular headphones out and microphone in jacks. We never raise our expectation too high when it comes to the battery life on a gaming unit. This laptop managed to stay on for 1 hours and 3 minutes with the display brightness adjusted to 70%, the wireless card activated and the Window 7 power management profile set to “balanced mode”.