ASUS X401A laptop review
Recently, a thin and light 14 ”laptop from ASUS has appeared on the market. In addition to its dimensions, its peculiarity is that the price for the basic package is $ 350. The laptop is well suited for those whose work is associated with frequent changes in the workplace, despite their size, The laptop battery lasts 4 hours in operation mode. The laptop comes in several trim levels and four body colors: dark blue, white, green and pink. In my hands I found myself in a 14 "green ASUS X401A-WX306D minimum configuration. More powerful are also available.
The laptop case is made of high quality plastic.
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It is recommended to remove the stickers from the inner panel, or to re-paste it on the bottom of the laptop (as here), since if you do not do it right away, then there will be traces. Even at the bottom of the laptop there are no removable panels for quick access to the insides of the laptop or for cleaning it.
The keyboard of the island type, without numpad, with a convenient location of all buttons, without a backlight, pressing soft, Ctrl located to the left of Fn.
The touchpad is large, holistic, the buttons are not separated, which is why there is a slight backlash. You can control gestures when drivers are installed.
Left side: Kensington lock, power, USB 2.0.
Right: VGA-out, SD-card reader, LAN, HDMI, USB 3.0, 3.5 mini-jack.
Evaluation of Windows 8:
Powerful games, of course, will not go, but Counter Strike Source goes without problems.
The laptop is well suited for work, web surfing, learning and simple games. The assembly of the laptop is good, the material is not bad, the keyboard is comfortable, the touchpad is large, but due to its small size, sometimes it touches your hand when typing, but you can turn it off when typing. Windows 8 is loaded in 9s, from sleep mode it goes beyond 3. Due to the IceCool technology, the laptop does not heat up from the keyboard side and does not warm your hand. It is convenient to use and work on it, the price does not bite.
PS Included with a laptop without an optical drive, was a driver disk.
Characteristics of X401A-WX306D
- Screen: 14 ", 1366x768, glossy
- Weight: 1.85 kg
- Processor: Dual-core Intel Celeron B830 (1.8 GHz)
- Memory: 2048 MB DDR3
- Video: Intel HD Graphics 2000
- HDD: 320 GB
- Webcam, LAN, Wi-Fi, Bluetoth, no optical drive
Equipment
The laptop case is made of high quality plastic.
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It is recommended to remove the stickers from the inner panel, or to re-paste it on the bottom of the laptop (as here), since if you do not do it right away, then there will be traces. Even at the bottom of the laptop there are no removable panels for quick access to the insides of the laptop or for cleaning it.
The keyboard of the island type, without numpad, with a convenient location of all buttons, without a backlight, pressing soft, Ctrl located to the left of Fn.
The touchpad is large, holistic, the buttons are not separated, which is why there is a slight backlash. You can control gestures when drivers are installed.
Ports
Left side: Kensington lock, power, USB 2.0.
Right: VGA-out, SD-card reader, LAN, HDMI, USB 3.0, 3.5 mini-jack.
Performance
Evaluation of Windows 8:
Powerful games, of course, will not go, but Counter Strike Source goes without problems.
Conclusion
The laptop is well suited for work, web surfing, learning and simple games. The assembly of the laptop is good, the material is not bad, the keyboard is comfortable, the touchpad is large, but due to its small size, sometimes it touches your hand when typing, but you can turn it off when typing. Windows 8 is loaded in 9s, from sleep mode it goes beyond 3. Due to the IceCool technology, the laptop does not heat up from the keyboard side and does not warm your hand. It is convenient to use and work on it, the price does not bite.
PS Included with a laptop without an optical drive, was a driver disk.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/164289/
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