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Superb ultrabook that performs and looks good while doing it
Ankush Das (Mar 1, 2013)
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Go about most internet reviews and you will find them mentioning this as not being an ultrabook. And it isn't by 7mm in width officially. But hey, its very slim and very light at just 1.4kg. If you are a student or a traveller who wants a light laptop and not lug around a piece of heavy machinery, this is the perfect thing to invest in. Gives you the best value for money on the market right now.
PROS:
- Price (you can't buy an ultrabook any cheaper than this, you get every bang for buck)
- Touch screen (no matter how much I don't want to, I eventually end up using the screen and it is a pleasure using it)
- Touchpad (very big and spacious touchpad which has some nice multi-touch gestures which feel good)
- Brushed aluminium look (feels good and is quite a looker)
- Thin and light (doesn't occupy much space and is very easy to carry in one hand, even the adapter is small and light)
- Good amount of ports for an ultrabook (HDMI, VGA, 3xUSB, Ethernet, you name it)
- Smooth performance on Windows 8 (hardly any lag)
- Keyboard (spacious and nice chiclet keyboard)
- Quick start (while other ultrabooks are told to start faster due to an SSD, this one boots up quite fast for my purposes with having one)
CONS:
- Display (it's glossy and I would have preferred matte but doesn't sting me much, colours are not as vivid but it has a brilliant resolution though)
- Not for gaming (well if you are looking to play NFS:MW or something as hardcore, look away, this wasn't meant for that)
- Power button (it just looks out of place, only if ASUS had put some extravagant flourish on it ))
- Low capacity battery (that would have made this heavy but slightly higher capacity and would have been absolutely awesome)
- Nothing more.
I had to nitpick the cons. But other than that, this is a scorcher of a ultrabook, notebook or laptop or whatever you desire to call it. As a student, it serves my purpose beautifully by being light and the touch screen I feel is a superb value addition. Performance from the i3 processor is nice ensuring there's no lag. Windows Store games work brilliantly but graphics intensive games, not so much. I would just give it a 5 for being such an amazing value for money buy. You get everything for what you pay.
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Elmo Yeldo (May 1, 2013)
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I was very reluctant to buy a notebook with a touch screen. But, this one is very good. i'm much impressed with the last one week performance. I'm a full time, computer user, for both office and home. This one is upto the mark, except for hard core games. very light weight and super fast book. metro ui is very nice to use with the touch screen. Bottomline: I recommend this product..
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Anant Parab (Dec 1, 2013)
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The best part was the discount. Brilliant Machine. Value for money. Showroom Prices are 39000 INR, got almost Rs. 7000 off on Flipkart.
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ANILESH VISHWAKARMA (Oct 1, 2013)
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I have bought this laptop in march
let me tell you its too good when it come to trackpad.
touch screen is too responsive.
sound quality is awesome. loud and clear with very nice sound quality comparable to ipad speaker.
keyboards keys are well placed and fingers really feel good typing on it.
Its like ultra book with very fast boot time. Grt buy at this price.
laptop it too slim and light weight.
Laptop comes with very aesthetic designs
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Ayandip Biswas (Oct 1, 2013)
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i am using this nice device since few days. Trust me, it performing above expectation. Wonderful look and build quality, smooth key function, big & sensitive touch, amazing multitasking, intuitive touch, super portability in this price tag. I am loving it.
Only con i found the battery. It is average 2.5-3 hr backup but taking much time to get fully charged. But it is acceptable for the price tag.
It is worth buy for students moving around faculty/class-home-hostel. Full entertainment device. Thanks to ASUS.
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