The ASUS Eee PC 1005HA is ASUS’ update to their popular Eee PC 1000HA, and continues the tradition of excellent laptops. The 10.1″ unit weighs in at only 2.8lbs, and at its lightest point is well under an inch thick. The keyboard was solid, the trackpad multitouch, Asus 70-ndq1b2000 Battery
and the overall design glossy and stylish. Most important of all though, the battery life was impressive, even when compared against other netbooks. The internals are what you’d expect, with an Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz, 160GB HDD, and 1GB RAM. Are there enough features to justify picking it over netbooks with similar performance? Read on to find out.
Case Look and Feel
The 1005HA features ASUS’ “seashell” design, Asus A3FP Battery
includes a fairly sharp taper from the wider back of the netbook to the thinner front. The entire machine is covered front and back in a bright gloss, with only the matte keys of the keyboard spared the shiny expense. It does look nice, but is exceptionally prone to fingerprints. The lid is all black except for a silver “Eee” emblazoned in the center and towards the top. The front of the display features the glossy screen surrounded by a somewhat thick black frame, the top of which houses the integrated webcam. The display is secured to the rest of the unit with two thick hinges, which extend along with the display below the keyboard to save space.
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glossless keyboard begins about an inch in from the top edge, and sits flush with the sides of the case. The top of the touchpad is flush to the keyboard and the touchpad buttons are flush to the bottom of the case, a clear space saving gesture. The overall look Asus 70-n651b1001 Battery is very smooth and all the status lights are subtle. The feel is solid as a whole, although the back of the netbook is a little heavier as a result of the taper.
Size & Weight
The Eee PC 1005HA is not the smallest or thinnest netbook on the market, but fares well on both counts. The weight of 2.8lbs felt very light and easy to carry. I actually carried the 1005HA in its protective sleeve inside the power cord pocket (instead of the power cord) of my standard 15” laptop case earlier today, and barely noticed the difference, even from a strictly visual perspective. With dimensions of 10.3 x 7 x 1.4 inches, but measuring only .89” at its thinnest point, there is little bulkiness to worry about.
Keyboard and Touchpad
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keyboard on the 1005HA is 92% of full sized, with a slightly “older fashioned” keyboard with keys spaced close together. Personally, while I like the way chiclets look and often how they type as well, I enjoyed the larger keys immensely while typing. I am always leery of a learning curve on some netbook keyboards (not to mention some full laptop keyboards), where the first few days are spent making numerous typos, but I was able to start typing normally on the 1005HA within the first day. ASUS Asus m9j Battery
does a great job of keeping important keys such as shift, tab and backspace relatively close to full size. The up and down arrow keys are a little shrunken and house pg up/pg dn functions, but the left and right keys and home/end functions are generously sized, which made me happy since I use those keys quite frequently while typing. There is some flex in the keyboard, especially on the left side, and it’s a little noisy, but overall it is quite usable, and after typing this entire review on it I have no major complaints.
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is dimpled to differentiate it from the glossy wristrest. Use was comfortable, and there was no sticking feeling after extended use. There is a single button beneath it which pivots right or left, and the button was responsive and quiet.
Display Quality
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is standard for netbooks nowadays, but unimpressive, as many netbooks are starting to come with a higher 1366×768 resolution. That said, the LED backlit display was sufficiently bright and had good horizontal viewing angles, although the vertical angles were not as good. The glossy display works well indoors where the full brightness can almost completely mask the glare in a well lit room – outdoors, the task is much harder, so be prepared for reflections.
Connectivity
The connectivity options on the EeePC 1005HA are fairly standard for the category, with the brightest spots being a full sized VGA port (which some other EeePCs lack), and 802.11n WiFi/Bluetooth. There are 3 USB ports and a card reader, but nothing else of significant note like HDMI. Unsurprisingly, there is no optical drive either. Since the back of the keyboard is thicker but the rear of the base is blocked by the hinged display, most of the ports are crowded towards the back of the unit.
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side features an exhaust, followed by a single USB port, VGA, and the small power jack.
The right side features a card reader in the front (the only thing that will fit), audio in/out, 2 more USB ports and Ethernet.
The tapered front features no ports, although it is home to the stereo speakers and most of the status lights. The back , as mentioned above, is completely obstructed by the display, and there are no ports.
Upgrading
One nice thing that the 1005HA has is removable parts, which make basic upgrades a cinch. The battery is removable, enabling one to downgrade to a lighter batter or possibly upgrade to a higher powered 3rd party battery. There is also an easily removed panel for RAM upgrades if you want to surpass the standard 1GB. Aside from that, netbook hardware is pretty much netbook hardware.
Features
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has a number of features that serve to make life a little easier for the user. Some of these are standard functions built into the keyboard, such as brightness up and down, volume up and down or mute, Wifi on/off and suspend. A more interesting feature built into the keyboard is ASUS’ “Super Hybrid Engine,” which allows one to quickly overclock/underclock the computer for the sake of battery life or performance. There is also a dedicated button for disabling the trackpad.
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has also built some interesting software into the 1005HA. Most notable is the “Eee Docking software,” which is a somewhat customizable dock built into the top of the screen (though location is adjustable). It has 4 sections, the Eee Arena , Eee Sharing, Eee Xperience and Eee Tools. Each of these Asus L3800C Battery
has quick links to a number of applications, including Data sync for syncing with another computer, Eee Storage to access your free 10GB online storage, music/media applications, and parental controls. All these and a few other programs are easily accessible from the start menu as well.
Performance
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one thing that netbook owners need to realize, it’s that they are not as powerful as fully fledged laptops, sporting low profile CPUs and integrated graphics. As such, we expected this netbook to stack up about as well as other netbooks, which is to say it would be competent at performing basic tasks, but wouldn’t impress us at all in any category except battery life. As you’ll see below Asus a65 Battery
, we weren’t surprised, except perhaps in that battery life impressed us even more than we thought it would. For a detailed explanation of our testing methods, see here: (http://www.laptoplogic.com/about/test/)
Windows Vista Experience Score
We were unable to test this score for obvious reasons – this computer runs Windows XP.
PCMark Vantage
HP Pavilion HDX16 3320
Sony VAIO FW270j 3235
Samsung R610 3152
Dell Studio 1537 2845
ASUS Eee PC 1005HA 1585
The ASUS Eee PC drags well behind the competition here – but it’s not really a fair fight, as the Asus a8m Battery
1005HA is the only netbook in the bunch. In some ways, this score is almost impressive, considering some of those notebooks have more than twice the firepower the 1005HA does.
Battery Performance – General Use (min)
ASUS Eee PC 1005HA 370
Dell Studio 1537 357
Sony VAIO FW270j 181
Samsung R610 157
HP Pavilion HDX16 156
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as the 1005HA, the only netbook in the bunch, far outpaces the competition. The only thing close is the Dell Studio 1537, which uses a 9-cell battery to achieve that score.
Battery Eater
The above test Asus s5np Battery
was in the course of regular use, in which WiFi was on and the computer was in average use. Battery Eater is a program with 2 more standardized tests, a “classic” test which renders a 3D image continuously for the duration of battery life, and a “reader” test which does the same but only displaying text. These numbers can effectively be used to determine a “minimum” and “maximum” lifespan for a battery.
Classic Result: 415 minutes
Real-Life Usage
In use, the 1005HA ran relatively cool, though this was in large part the result of a none too quiet fan. Still, on the whole, the netbook was everything one could expect. Asus z91er Battery
is small and light enough to bring anywhere, and boasts an exceptional battery life so that you can leave the power cord at home, especially given the removable battery (though it should be noted the power cord is pleasantly small, so Asus W5FM Battery
wouldn’t be too bad to take it if needed to). The design is sleek and the keyboard is very usable. It is a netbook, so high end performance tasks being out of the question was no surprise, and it ran day to day text editing and web browsing without problems. It’s important to note that I am a tab junkie, and even with (gulp) 13 tabs open in FireFox 3.5, including one playing music, there is little to no slowdown (though I don’t recommend leaving that many tabs open for long).
Conclusion
In a netbook, the hardware specs aren’t going to bedazzle you,Asus Z99JR Battery
and the 1005HA’s Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz CPU, 1GB RAM and 160GB HDD are just about par for the course. What you want from a netbook is portability, and as far as size and weight the 2.8lb Eee PC 1005HA gives you that as well as most other netbooks do. As far as Asus l5d Battery
life, the 1005HA delivers an impressively life, lasting over 6 hours in active use. Thanks to the removable battery, purchasing a single extra battery can guarantee all day use to even the most extreme power users. The keyboard and trackpad leave little to complain about, and a set of nice software features makes general use that much easier. As a netbook, Asus g1 Series Battery
won’t do for real gamers or people who want to watch HD video, and anyone reading this who thinks it will be as good as a regular notebook at either of those tasks is in store for disappointment. But for anyone looking to do text editing and web browsing on a highly portable computer with excellent battery life, the 1005HA would be a great choice.Asus Eee Pc 1000h 20gb Battery
And at the new $299 price point, you won’t find many
Fujitsu FPCBP64Z Batterycomputers offering higher value. If you’re in the market for a new netbook, we recommend the ASUS Eee PC 1005HA.
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Overview
Asus may not be the standard household name this side of the computing world but they’ve come out with a notebook computer that will surely impress anyone to take a look at their products. The ASUS W7J is loaded with features you won’t find in a laptop of this class. That’s a good thing, because Asus z99fm Battery
is entering the more and more competitive 13′ widescreen laptop category battling the likes of big players, including Sony and Apple, for supremacy. So to stand out, ASUS impresses with a laundry list of general features put together in a powerful and stylish package.
To begin with, the W7J Asus x50vl Battery
is equipped with a 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo T2400 CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 100GB HDD spinning at 5400RPM, and a beautiful 13.3′ widescreen WXGA LCD with ASUS’ Color Shine and Crystal Shine technology. Even more impressive Asus Eee Pc 700 Battery is the inclusion of a dedicated nVideo GeForce Go 7400 video graphics chip, Bluetooth and WiFi 802.11a/b/g wireless communications, a 8X DVD-RW optical drive, and a 1.3mp digital web camera. Wrap all these goodies into a 4.3lb unit and you have a notebook computer that is loaded with power yet portable enough to be versatile in any situation or use. Aside from a few minor design quirks, the Asus f8sp Battery
presents itself as an exceptional value for gamers, business users and multimedia fanciers alike. And the $1499 MSRP price of entry is just pure icing on the cake.
Portability
While the ASUS isn’t the thinnest laptop around at 1.45′, Asus 70-N651B8200 Battery
is very light (4.3lbs) thus making travel easier on the shoulders and arms.
Case and Design
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comes with either black or white finish. It’s not the cleanest looking design around, particularly from the sides, but it is stylish. However you want to describe its appearance, it’s handsome no doubt. Each corner has soft rounded edges to make the laptop easier to hold and carry. Silver lining Asus A4000D Battery
is placed around to add a touch of elegance. Simple yet classy, indeed.
Open the hinge and you’re presented with a beautiful 13.3′ LCD widescreen on the top half. The built-in webcam sits ontop of the screen and is accented with silver finishing. The webcam also breaks the cleanliness of the laptop design by functioning as a protruded latch opening. Right below the monitor are directional speakers that blend well with the clean designs already established.
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uses a combination of carbon fiber and plastic all around to give the laptop its lightweight attributes. The black test model we received has a matte-like finish and feel which really gives off a sense of high quality. As with any product that is available in black, the W7J is susceptible to finger prints on the casing so grubby hands beware! No flexing was evident. Immediately you can tell the laptop has a sense of sturdiness. Fit and finish is also very good.
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is also built on the lower edge of the keyboard area. From left to right, you have indicator lights for Power On, Battery, Disk activity, WiFi, Caps Lock, and Bluetooth.
Keyboard
Having a stylish laptop is worthless if it is not comfortable to type with, and fortuitously the ASUS’ keyboard works as good as It looks. The keyboard has good tactile response with each key press. Key travel is just right. Even So, it’s the layout of the Enter, Backspace and right Shift keys that many may find fault with. These keys Asus a32-z94 Battery
are made smaller such that the Page and arrow keys could be squeezed into the far right corner of the keyboard. Thus, it is really easy to hit the wrong keys than as intended. I, personally, didn’t have troubles with the layout but it can pose as an annoyance to some. Aside from this small caveat, the keyboard is otherwise comfortable to use. But there is one thing
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may be placed too low leaving minimal space to rest the palms. I found this rather uncomfortable after prolonged use. Moving the keyboard higher up would have easily solved this problem.
Touchpad
The touchpad is standard affair as far as touchpads go but it is wider to go with the laptop’s widescreen display. Response is good and the surface is smooth. One quibble I do have is the rather small buttons for mouse clicks. The blue LED splitting the left and right buttons is a nice ambient touch though .
Front
There isn’t a mechanical or magnetic latch mechanism to secure the laptop shut. There is enough weight on the screen to allow the top half the seal securely. Instead, the protruding webcam housing serves as a handle lift for allowing easy open and close with minimal effort. The panel gaps are very tight and minimal thanks to the recessed keyboard layout. Very nicely designed.
Rear
The rear panel contains the power port, S-Video out port, one high-speed USB 2.0 port and security slot. The Asus a7g Battery is also located here.
Left Side
On the left side, you will find data ports for Ethernet/LAN and telephone jacks, one USB 2.0 port, DVD-RW optical drive, and a 4-in-one media card reader which accepts MMC/SD/Memory Stick/Memory Stick PRO formats.
Right Side
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is the newly standardized Express Card slot. Next to these ports is a large air vent followed by another USB 2.0 port and a VGA-out port. As you can see, the ASUS has every possible input you need for modular and multimedia expansion. On the right and front half, you have the volume control, microphone in jack, a headphone out jack which also doubles as a S/PDIF digital optical input, and an IEEE1394 FireWire port.
Express Card
The new Express Card standard allows for a wide array of future expandability and is faster than the older PC card slots of yore and smaller too. Express Card utilizes the bandwidth of the PCI Express bus.
Heat and Noise
In my week long use of the W7J, heat and noise was never an issue. The unit stayed remarkably quiet in general use. You can still hear the fan nevertheless, but the noise is very subdued and almost silent like. You’ll hear the sound of the hard drive and optical drive more so than the fan. It was only with more intensive tasks such as gaming and DVD playback that the fan was noticeably louder but still quieter than other laptops I’ve used. The Asus a7jb Battery
does run warm after awhile but never hot. Thankfully, you’ll never feel that uncomfortable burning sensation that Apple MacBook users have been experiencing. Most of the heat is ventilated out to the right side as the fan blows warm air out from the vent. Considering the minimal amount of heat emitted, this is good news for those who type on the go. I commend ASUS for designing a well ventilated laptop while keeping the machine remarkably quiet.
Upgrading and Expansion
Upgrading the ASUS laptop computer couldn’t be easier. There are 3 expansion bays requiring the use of a Philips head screwdriver to open up. Each bay only has 2 screws to remove. Installing additional RAM faculties or replacing a new hard drive is pretty straightforward and ASUS even imprints the component’s logos to help you identify which expansion door to open. As can be seen in the picture on a lower floor, the bottom expansion bay provides access to the laptop’s hard drive. Right above it you’ll find access to the fan and processor. The small door to the right is where the RAM is installed.
Features
Technical Specifications
The ASUS W7J employs Intel’s Core Duo processor clocking in at 1.83GHz. It’s not the fastest around, but plenty fast for the most demanding tasks. The Core Duo chip also is embedded with 2MB of shared L2 cache with a 667MHz Front Side Bus. 1GB of 533MHz DDR2 RAM is included. While doing research of the system’s internals online, I find out that the laptop’s motherboard can actually handle faster 667MHz RAM. ASUS must have skimped out on the faster modules to keep costs down. Also, Asus c22-r2 Battery
appears half of the memory (512MB) is actually embedded into the motherboard, making expansion limited to one module only.
The ASUS comes standard with a 2.5′ 100GB SATA disk drive that spins at 5400RPM. Its performance is much better than the usual 4200RPM units of typical laptops. The disk drive performs relatively quiet.
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generally are mediocre and flat sounding, and the ASUS is no exception. The speakers are mounted directly below the LCD screen and provide distortion-free sound. Audiophiles and gamers will want to use external speakers or separate headphones for a better aural experience.
Display
The biggest element that will obviously get people to take notice of the ASUS W7J is indeed, its beautiful widescreen display. The 13.3′ WXGA runs natively at 1280 x 800 resolution and incorporates ASUS’ Color Shine (glare type) technology to greatly enhance image contrast and picture quality. Colors are as crisp as they are rich. Similar to Sony’s XBRITE technology, Crystal Shine technology (high brightness) ensures the colors are at its brightest and clearest, even in outdoor situations. The results are absolutely stunning and a sight to see. Unfortunately, the glossy screen induces glare making it hard to see from certain angles.
Image quality is impressive making DVD movie watching a pleasure. Colors pop out with increased vibrancy and brightness. And darks remain dark. Text was very clear and sharp.
The glossy screen is bright but can be hard to see from certain angles
The 13.3′ widescreen has just the right amount of screen real estate allowing you to work with 2 windows side-by-side with relative ease and clarity. The onscreen setup icons that work with the Fn keys are a nice feature for adjusting monitor settings on the fly.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
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comes built-in with the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG miniPCI wireless network card, part of the ‘Centrino Duo’ trio (CPU, Chipset & Wi-Fi) technology. This allows the laptop to connect to any industry standard 802.11a/b/g network. The switch on the top left of the keyboard allows you to toggle or disable the wireless signals, including Bluetooth. In terms of real world wireless performance, signal strength and download speeds were very good with no noticeable issues or signal cutoffs.
The computer also has Bluetooth featuring EDR 2.0 for syncing up with compatible wireless devices. Unfortunately, during testing I did not have an EDR-compliant device to test it with, but the laptop did recognize my Bluetooth-capable cell phone and I can transfer and exchange contacts through Outlook.
1.3MP WebCam
Mounted at the top of the bezel of the LCD panel is a built-in 1.3mp web camera ideal for video conferencing and instant messaging. This feature is particularly useful for Skype users. The webcam can also double as a surveillance system with the included security software.
Overall, the camera provided decent shots and image quality was smooth while using it with Skype.
Optical Drive
Included is a built-in 8X DVD-RW optical drive manufactured jointly by Samsung and Toshiba. This drive is capable of burning & reading DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, CD-R/RW discs. Noise is kept to a drowned hum in most circumstances but can get noisy once it hits max speed. Testing the drive yielded no problems.
Battery
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comes with a standard 6-cell battery rated at 4800mAh. The battery protrudes slightly from the back of the machine.
AC Adapter
Unlike the behemoth of a power supply that comes with the XBOX360, the ASUS power brick is small making it easy to place into the bag or out of the way when connected to the laptop. Unfortunately, it does not come with a Velcro strap to organize the lengthy power cables.
The ASUS Power Adapter next to the Nokia 8801 Mobile Phone
Power Management
The ASUS comes with its own power management software (Power4Gear) to regulate CPU performance under various environments. There are 8 different settings. The Battery Saving profile allows you to maximize the battery to its fullest by powering down the CPU to 25% and lowering the screen brightness. For more processor intensive tasks such as DVD playback or graphic imaging, it’s best to switch to the Super Performance setting. Gamers will be happy to know that there is a dedicated Gaming profile. While I haven’t noticed much difference in performance under different system profiles, I find that leaving the laptop in the High Performance setting is fine for most tasks as the Core Duo processor seems to power down when necessary anyway. And you can always switch to Windows’ default management system if you’re feeling unconvinced.
Software
The ASUS comes bundled with Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 and a 90-day trial edition of Norton Anti-virus. Upon startup, you’ll be presented with a vast number of utilities that will preoccupy a portion of the taskbar. ASUS felt that the laptop could be optimized completely with their own set of utilities preinstalled. They seem to add bloat more than anything else, but fortunately you can easily uninstall the software with ease.
For example, I found ASUS’ wireless connectivity utility more of a hassle to deal with in connecting to my wireless network. It would constantly nag on me requesting if I wanted to connect to a wireless network, yet it had trouble connecting. Out of frustration I ended up switching to Windows’ default wireless connection wizard and everything worked fine.
Setup Method
The ASUS W7J was set to run at full performance by setting the power scheme set to ‘Home/Office Desk’ with the AC plugged in, meaning that the CPU will not underclock while running the tests. For the battery performance test, the power scheme was set to ‘Portable/Laptop’. This activates Intel’s Enhanced Speedstep technology, which lowers CPU speed when not needed, thus increasing battery life. Screen brightness and audio were both set to 50%, Bluetooth was disabled and Wi-Fi were turned on. Each test was repeated 3 times to ensure accuracy. Before each test was run, the laptop was rebooted and its hard drive defragmented.
Bapco SYSmark2004SE is popular benchmark suite consists of two different performance scenarios and generates an overall score by taking the geometric mean of the individual scores.
- Internet Content Creation: In this scenario, the content creator creates a product related website targeting a broadband and narrowband audience. The user first renders a 3D model to a bitmap, while preparing web pages using a web site publishing tool. The user opens a video editing package, creates a movie from several raw input movie cuts and sound cuts and starts exporting it. While waiting on this operation, the user imports the rendered image into an image-processing package; modifies it and saves the results. Back in the 3D modeling software, the user modifies a 3D model and exports it to a vector-graphics format. Once the movie is assembled, the user edits it and creates special effects using one of the modified images as input. The user extracts content from an archive. Meanwhile, he uses an animation creation tool to open the exported 3D vector graphics file. He modifies it by including other pictures and optimizes it for faster animation. The final movie with the special effects is then compressed in a format that can be broadcast over broadband Internet. The web site is given the final touches and the system is scanned for viruses.
- Office Productivity : In this scenario, the office productivity user creates a marketing presentation and supporting documents for a new product. The user receives email containing a collection of documents in a compressed file. The user reviews his email and updates his calendar while a virus checking software scans the system. The corporate web site is viewed and the user begins creating the collateral documents. The user also accesses a database and runs some queries. A collection of documents are compressed. The queries’ results are imported into a spreadsheet and used to generate graphical charts. The user then transcribes a document.. The user edits and adds elements to a slide show template. Finally, the user looks at the results of his work (both the slide show and the portable document) in an Internet browser
Bapco MobileMark 2005 Asus A6RP Battery
is the latest version of the premier notebook battery life and performance under battery life metric based on real world applications.
- Office Productivity: The workloads in this category model a mobile professional at a fictitious automobile company. The worker creates documents using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, accesses email, and creates graphics and animation with Photoshop and Flash to include in a multimedia presentation. An Internet browser is used to view presentations. The user also invokes file compression and virus detection in the background.
- DVD Playback: The DVD playback 2005 workload is based on a 1 hours 55 minute movie that BAPCo has created from content provided by BMW. The DVD playback test starts the movie playerapplication, sets up a full screen playback, and the loops over the content on the disk in the DVDplayer. This playback will continue until system shutdown at battery depletion.
Setup Method
The ASUS W7J was set to run at full performance by setting the power scheme set to ‘Home/Office Desk’ with the AC plugged in, meaning that the CPU will not underclock while racing the tests. For the battery performance test, the power scheme was set to ‘Portable/Laptop’. This activates Intel’s Enhanced Speedstep technology, which lowers CPU speed when not needed, thus increasing battery life. Screen brightness and audio were both set to 50%, Bluetooth was disabled and Wi-Fi were turned on. Each test was repeated 3 times to ensure accuracy. Before each test was run, the laptop was rebooted and its hard drive defragmented.
Bapco SYSmark2004SE is popular benchmark suite consists of two different performance scenarios and generates an overall score by taking the geometric mean of the individual scores.
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In this scenario, the content creator creates a product related website targeting a broadband and narrowband audience. The user first renders a 3D model to a bitmap, while preparing web pages using a web site publishing tool. The user opens a video editing package, creates a movie from several raw input movie cuts and sound cuts and starts exporting it. While waiting on this operation, the user imports the rendered image into an image-processing package; modifies it and saves the results. Back in the 3D modeling software, the user modifies a 3D model and exports it to a vector-graphics format. Once the movie is assembled, the user edits it and creates special effects using one of the modified images as input. The user extracts content from an archive. Meanwhile, he uses an animation creation tool to open the exported 3D vector graphics file. He modifies it by including other pictures and optimizes it for faster animation. The final movie with the special effects is then compressed in a format that can be broadcast over broadband Internet. The web site is given the final touches and the system is scanned for viruses.
- Office Productivity: In this scenario, the office productivity user creates a marketing presentation and supporting documents for a new product. The user receives email containing a collection of documents in a compressed file. The user reviews his email and updates his calendar while a virus checking software scans the system. The corporate web site is viewed and the user begins creating the collateral documents. The user also accesses a database and runs some queries. A collection of documents are compressed. The queries’ results are imported into a spreadsheet and used to generate graphical charts. The user then transcribes a document.. The user edits and adds elements to a slide show template. Finally, the user looks at the results of his work (both the slide show and the portable document) in an Internet browser.
Bapco MobileMark 2005 is the latest version of the premier notebook battery life and performance under battery life metric based on real world applications.
- Office Productivity: The workloads in this category model a mobile professional at a fictitious automobile company. The worker creates documents using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, accesses email, and creates graphics and animation with Photoshop and Flash to include in a multimedia presentation. An Internet browser is used to view presentations. The user also invokes file compression and virus detection in the background.
- DVD Playback: The DVD playback 2005 workload is based on a 1 hours 55 minute movie that BAPCo has created from content provided by BMW. The DVD playback test starts the movie playerapplication, sets up a full screen playback, and the loops over the content on the disk in the DVDplayer. This playback will continue until system shutdown at battery depletion.
3DMark 2001 SE PRO build 3.3.0 measures graphics performance by benchmarking the CPU, memory, and graphics through a series of 21 tests, including simulated games, theoretical tests, DX8 feature tests, and image quality tests. Resolution was set to 1024×768 with all default settings.
3DMark 2003 build 3.6.0 measures DX9 performance through a series of 3D game based sound, graphics, and CPU tests. Resolution was set to 1024×768 with all default settings.
3DMark2005 build 1.2.0 is a graphics intensive bench mark best suited for the latest generation of DirectX 9.0 graphics cards. It mixes high quality 3D tests, CPU tests, and is the first benchmark to require Pixel Shader 2.0 support, making this a highly stressful 3D benchmark.
PCMark 2005 Advanced build 1.1.0 is the latest update to Futuremark’s popular overall system benchmarking program. The 2005 version adds multithreading, DirectX 9, Windows Media Player 10, virus scanning, High Defintion video playback (WMVHD), and a vast number of other tests to its suite. Testing your computer’s CPU, RAM, hard drive and graphics card, PCMark05 drives your computer to the max to determine its strengths and weaknesses.
Battery Performance
As we have just seen from the performance figures, the ASUS W7J and the Sony VAIO laptops make for one close match-up. Both display impressively close, but high figures. It seems however, that the ASUS performs better in standard 2D processing tasks while the Sony edges out - just barely - in 3D graphics performance and gaming. To truly see which laptop computer is the well performing, it all comes down to battery performance and the following numbers will shock you.
Despite posting performance figures that very closely match the Sony, ASUS unfortunately came out with very dismal battery performance. In all three tests conducted, the W7J managed only a paltry ~2.5 hours of battery time before recharging. That’s very disappointing considering the performance figures this laptop is capable of next to the VAIO, which is truly the W7J’s direct competitor. Even the HP faired best in most tests. By today’s standards, 2.5 hours just doesn’t cut it.
What should be noted, however, is ASUS - use of a 6-cell battery instead of an 8-cell, which Sony employs. Consequently, if you intend on using this laptop while on the road, plan on getting an extra spare battery or leaving it plugged in.
Conclusion
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as an all-around excellent value for the price. It’s heavy on features and power without compromising on weight, size, or style. You get a speedy CPU, plenty of storage and RAM, and even a built-in webcam for taking snapshots. The gorgeous and vibrant 13.3" widescreen combined with the powerful nVidia Go video graphics card makes this laptop more than your standard run-of-the-mill workhorse, allowing you to view DVD movies or play a couple 3D-intensive games the way they were meant to be experienced (well, almost). Whether you’re using the laptop solely for work or for leisure use, the ASUS is a very versatile laptop that has everything you need to do both. But at $1499, the W7J is still one heck of a steal and presents itself as a strong contender against the bigger players out there. Sony and Dell, watch out!
January 10, 2010
ASUS K40E42IN-SL has a K series IceCool exclusive design, Department 25% lower than the temperature of the cool experience, will give you the best comfort touch. NVIDIA GeForce G102M display the latest chips and the 16:9 ratio with the 14-inch LED screen, SRS technology, design-rich entertainment features, this set off a cool summer storm.
Allocation, K40E42IN-SL using Intel Core 2 T4200 processor, 1GB memory, powerful combination allows users to multi-task processing can be fast and stable experience. With a massive 500GB hard drive, users can load more software, more extensive personal data may be stored. Equipped with the latest NVIDIA GeForce G102M notebook graphics chips, regardless of the complexity of high-definition video playback or 3D games to run smoothly. The CeBIT exhibition in Germany this year launched a new display chip, full support for 1080p high-definition video playback and DirectX 10 games.
K40IN designs in terms of color or style, Asus Eeepc 901 battery have a solid degree weather the test of time, which can fully conquer its schools, the workplace perspective of different types of people. Notebook has been the appearance of a steady transfer of the black, which is equipped with gold decorations, the owner can show a lively and refined in temperament. The use of “Cai Jing Yang drill” design, K40IN delicate shell smooth with wear-resistant characteristics of scratch resistant, long after use and maintain their luster. The K series notebooks ASUS to adopt a full line of products ASUS exclusive “IceCool” design, powerful cooling capacity of the market as at the same level and the models can not. “IceCool” With the new thermal design that, through the exclusive Asus Eeepc 1000 battery ATDT 2 cooling technology to reduce resistance and improve thermal conductivity, and optimize the deployment of the form of heat sink to achieve the laptop heat transfer, decentralization, the ultimate laptop can be part of the standard human body temperature is below 25%. In this way, in any environment you can be K40IN “ice cool if” extraordinary experience.
K40IN a wealth of features designed to enable users to more fully meet the requirements. For the convenience of the user’s input, K40IN used red dot award-winning new ergonomic keyboard design bending pulp. Video contacts, with a 1.3 million pixel camera (as the model of the ship), 802.11n wireless LAN (optional), to communicate more freely. In the ASUS EEE PC 701 battery Super Hybrid Engine (SHE) under power, you can easily enjoy K40IN longer effective life.
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CPU Type Intel Core 2 T4200
Front side bus 800MHz
Secondary cache 1024KB
Motherboard Description Intel PM45 + ICH9M
Memory Size 1024MB
Hard Disk Size 500GB
Drive type DVD burner
Screen Size 14.1 inches
Screen Description TFT WXGA (1366 * 768)
Graphics chip NVIDIA GeForce G 102M
WLAN performance To support the 802.11g wireless protocol
NIC Description 100Mbps Ethernet
Modem 56K
Standard interface 4 × USB 2.0,1 × VGA, 1 × RJ45, 1 headphone output and microphone group input interfaces-one card reader, 130-megapixel camera
Battery type 6-cell lithium-ion Asus EEEPC 1000 SERIEs battery , Asus laptop battery online.
Notebook Weight 2400g
Operating system DOS pre-installed
Tagged: asus laptop July 9, 2009
With the rapid popularization of network applications, information technology has become the key to enhancing competitiveness factors; At the same time, due to rising energy costs, as well as the impact of economic crisis, how to minimize the input of the information received the highest effectiveness of outputs, is becoming small and medium-sized enterprises and the IT equipment manufacturers focus of common concern. In recent days, from the world’s leading provider of 3C solution launched by Asustek Computer, a commercial PC - ASUS BM5265, set high-performance, highly scalable and cost-effective all in one, hp PAVILION DV8000 SERIES Battery is to enhance enterprise efficiency can be an excellent choice.
As a specialized enterprise-class applications-oriented business PC, ASUS BM5265 products fully into account the input / output ratio, the integration of a number of green energy technology investment in the effective protection of the user. BM5265 with ASUS AI Gear 2 unique technology, based on the specific use of the system, real-time to adjust CPU frequency and voltage to reduce the system noise and saving energy more than 50%; and the hp compaq Hstnn-ib05 used in power-saving hibernation technology AI Nap can load reduction lower power consumption so as to achieve the best efficiency ratio, the same time help to reduce the total cost of the use of computers. In addition, the use of hollow ASUS BM5265 design and standards in line with the RoHS lead-free materials, to reduce the radiation, the protection of human health.
In order to maximize the management and maintenance of equipment to enhance the efficiency of integrated BM5265 hp Business Notebook nx6300 battery exclusive ASUS EZ-Flash, CrashFree BIOS 3, and Live Update the three major technology upgrade for the system BIOS and protection management to provide convenient tools to help users quickly repair damaged BIOS, to shorten the BIOS update and maintenance time. With ASUS PC Probe system-specific diagnostic tools, managers can have a variety of system information, so that the maintenance of safe, easy and efficient.
Hardware performance, ibm THINKPAD A30 Battery carrying Intelreg; Q45 + Intel ICH10DO chipset can support the introduction of 45nm technology, Intel Core 2 Quad quad-core processors, and full support for the latest generation of Intel vPro vPro ™ processor technology to help users take full advantage of hardware supporting the security and manageability advantages, enhance their maintenance, management and protection of the ability of the computer business. VPro ™ use of vPro computer technologies with multiple security features, embedded anti-virus technology and Intel Trusted Execution technology platform for the effective protection of environment; at the same time, vPro can help users to remotely diagnose and repair system, reducing maintenance time and manpower costs cost. In addition, the motherboard Sony Pcga-bp3t high quality 100% solid state capacitors, and ensure long product life cycle for more than 5 years, higher than the average 2.5 times the PC business.
Expansion, the ASUS BM5265 with 4 DIMM slots, the maximum for the system’s massive 16GB memory support; chassis to provide four SATA hard drives, and fully meet the user’s data storage needs; motherboard designed two plug PCI-E x16 slot and two PCI slots and supports up to eight USB interface. It is worth mentioning that,ibm THINKPAD R40 battery also uses user-friendly tool-free design, users can simply hand including hard drives, optical disk drive, expansion cards, including the demolition of a number of hardware devices to facilitate the day-to-day maintenance and system upgrade.
All-round technical support, user-friendly product design, strong performance of the extended configuration, as well as forward-looking applications, Sony Pcga-bp1n fully meet the business users to enhance operational efficiency and cost-effective practical needs; At the same time, the rock-solid ASUS quality PC business, as well as a comprehensive and thoughtful after-sales service, making it an emphasis on input-output ratio the best choice for enterprises
Tagged: asus bm5265 June 27, 2009
Sony P27H Laptop
P series notebook from Sony has been listed by our sustained attention, which can be seen from Sony’s grasp on the pulse of the trend of quasi-. today that Sony P Series new books arrive Hangzhou is now, this Sony VAIO P27H still a compact body, at any time can be put into the pocket, and the hardware configuration with the previous generation products improvements than the current offer for 6800 yuan business, like many of the influx of people may wish to look at.
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P a new generation of Sony in the appearance of the P27 also do a lot of changes, now has the appearance of three different colors, while other models will also be color-ping arrive soon. Designs, the Sony VAIO P27H no apparent change in size did not change, but the interior, the first-generation products as well as the C side of the keyboard are the silver design, the overall tone bright side, and this Sony VAIO P27H notebook uses the design of gray-black (now that the design of the Sony white VAIO P27H / W is still a white interior design, more consistent color), gives a more profound sense of charm.
Sony VAIO P27H Add the pocket of his trousers at any time
Sony VAIO P27H / R machine is built using magnesium alloy materials, body weight about 620 grams (including battery), 245×19.8×120mm measurements of body size with an envelope more or less the same size can be easily into the pocket underwear match cargo handbag, anytime, anywhere mobile lifestyle experience.
Hardware configuration, the new Sony VAIO P27H / R notebook basically has not changed, the use of a low-power Atom Z530 processor, together with the same low-power single-chip motherboard SCH15, integrated GMA500 core; and Sony VAIO P27H / R is also equipped with 2GB memory and 80GB hard drive, compared with a slight upgrade before, and better meet the needs of users.
Interface configuration, the loading of the two USB interfaces, built more than one all-in-one card reader, although the body is light and compact, the Sony VAIO P27H or configure a specific "docking station" to provide more interface. In addition, the body’s own built-joined the 10-100M LAN and wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.
PConline Product - Specification Parameters
Model: VAIO P27H / R
Processor: Intel Atom Z530 1.6G
Motherboard chipset: Intel SCH US15
Memory Capacity: 2048
Hard disk capacity: 80GB
Screen Size: 8.0 inches
Graphics chip: Intel GMA 950
LAN: Built-card 10-100M
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Built-in camera: built-in camera, 300,000 pixels
USB: 2 months, USB2.0
Power:6 Cell sony Laptop Battery.
Reader: All-in-One Card Reader (SD / MS / SDHC, compatible PRO-HG/MagicGate)
Other interfaces: voice input, voice output hole, DC power jack, security keyhole
Weight: about 0.62Kg
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Basic
Tagged: Sony P27H Laptop June 24, 2009
Earlier APPLE, DELL, SONY, HP and other international well-known giant of the notebook PC battery problems have appeared in the original recall? Today I would like to extend the topic to talk about some of the notebook battery knowledge to share with you?
Notebook battery why The more you use less electricity? Why do battery calibration function will power to restore a part of? How to charge the battery correct? All this power from the battery of the method for calculating the start … …
Whether it has been out of the nickel-metal hydride batteries, now used in lithium-ion battery, or not commonly lithium polymer batteries, and even Future Star of the silver zinc batteries, are equivalent to the power of a storage warehouse, is the difference between them and out of the way the Treasury, the volume of stocks it. Notebook computer batteries, as well as those responsible for the management of a big battery - power computing chips, it is the management of battery, computing power, is responsible for charging and discharging of the “responsible person.”
In the measurement of battery technology, a common method of four kinds, but not a different brand of battery books only one way of calculating the power, usually using a combination of methods to one of the main method of calculating , and the remaining auxiliary power calculation means, the management. The first one is the open circuit voltage measurement, this method is by measuring the battery voltage under static values to calculate the remaining battery capacity, but as a result of stationary lithium-ion battery voltage and remaining capacity at the relationship between belonging to non-linear, Thus the measured value of this method is not accurate, the vast majority of mobile phone batteries are calculated using this method; the second is called Coulomb calculation, the method is by measuring the battery charge and discharge current, the current value and time value After the calculation of product integration has been carried out by filling the battery into the power and the release of electricity, Coulomb’s method is a more accurate method of calculating power; The third is the impedance measurement, battery by measuring its resistance to be within the remaining battery capacity value; the fourth is a comprehensive look-up table method, by setting up a related form, the voltage, current, temperature and other parameters, you can query the remaining battery capacity.
Therefore, in addition to the internal structure of the battery batteries, there are management chip, chip which contains 1-2 kinds of batteries power measurement method of calculation, and a charge-discharge protection circuit. Laptop is in the system, and through access to the chip-driven interface, and then set on the battery management.
So, why the battery will become less and less power consumption, but implementation of the battery calibration function to restore a part of the capacity it can? Notebook battery 6-cell so-called General Electric, 4-core power, means that there are a number of battery cell batteries. So many batteries together, the more electricity is used the less fundamental reasons: batteries and the batteries between the quality of discharge can not be exactly the same level, such as discharge, the batteries which power a substantial reduction in In order to maintain voltage stability, the battery management chip will be in accordance with the “bucket principle”, according to the worst charge that the protection of core power, so after the electricity charge will decrease even more than the impact of irreversible cell of Chemical Physics change.
Battery calibration function is to balance the multiple batteries, the battery internal resistance as a result of their own can not be completely consistent, the internal resistance of a large battery will shoulder a greater current, leading to their own consumption more than any other battery, but also more wear and tear, so regular battery calibration is necessary - this can balance the burden of multiple batteries by “work”, thereby extending the overall life expectancy.
June 1, 2009
Basic hardware configuration: AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 processor, frequency 2.1GHz, AMD M780G chipset, 1GB DDR2 800 memory, 250GB hard drive, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics chips, bright 14.1-inch BrightView widescreen, DVD engraved recorded in CD-ROM, wireless and Ethernet card, a variety of types of interfaces, integrated camera, card reader, machine weighs about 2.41Kg.
Product Comments: The model has been scheduled for HP notebook business economy, from the obvious price. Allocation is used AMD platform. Display shows the use of HD3200 chipset, X4500 platform performance compared to Intel a lot higher. Processors, as AMD-chip memory controller, so in dealing with not less than Intel chips. Price is also relatively cheap, it is the first choice for low budget users.
Tagged: hp May 30, 2009
Toshiba recently announced a new series of Dynabook Satellite laptop, model specific Dynabook Satellite TXW/67JW.
The notebook uses 16-inch display, a resolution of 1366 × 768, configure the 320GB hard drive. Greater use of the performance of Intel Core 2 P8700 processor frequency to 2.53GHz, with 4GB memory, configuration GM45 Express chipset. We note that the laptop is still equipped with HD DVD drive.
Dynabook Satellite TXW/67JW with 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN notebook. toshiba laptop battery,Configure Windows Vista Home Premium operating system. With ExpressCard/54, SD / MMC / / xD-Picture, 4 months USB 2.0 (one eSATA sharing), IEEE 1394, D-Sub15, such as audio input and output interfaces.
The only regret is only incidental to 1.3 hours battery life. Overall size is 383 × 267 × 34.5 ~ 38.5mm, weighs 2.8kg. Toshiba said the laptop in late June will be officially sold in Japan.
Tagged: Laptop, notebook, toshiba May 21, 2009
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May 21, 2009