Asus UL30A-A1 Prons and Cons

Asus UL30A-A1

Asus UL30-A1 is an $799 ultraportable from Asus with 13-inch display with good looks and goods performance.

The Prons

Cheap
It's only $799! The ultraportable competitors is above $2000.

Ultraportable
It weighing less than 3,7-pound with 13-inch screens. The competitors only have 12.1-inch screens. The super slim screen supports a 16-to-9 aspect ratio.

Integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
With integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, you can connect to the Wi-Fi jungles around you.

Aluminium Casing
The casing is not a fingerprints magnet. Many competitors have glossy cases attract fingerprints, but not the UL30A-A1.

Excellent Sound
The UL30A-A1 have excellent sound quality.

Generous Ports Selection
They'll give you VGA and HDMI video output, SD-memory-card slot, headphone and microphone jacks, three USB ports, a LAN port, a power port, Kensington lock slot, triangular slot. The triangular slot is for attaching the notebook with a lanyard.

Comfortable Keyboard
The keyboard is comfortable and highly responsive.

Longer Battery Life
5 hours and 30 minutes for watching live video. The above $2000 competitors lasted only 5 hours. Asus promises 12 hours of battery life on light tasks.

Warranty
Asus offers two-year global warranty and one year of accidental-damage protection.


The Cons

No Optical Drive
You can't play dvd with this Asus. There's no optical drive.

Bad Webcam
The webcam is only 0.3-megapixel. It produced grainy and washed-out images. The competitors usually have 1.3 megapixels webcam.

Mistouches
The touch pad is higher than the keyboard and the spacebar sits so close to the touch pad so we often mistouches the touchpad while touching the spacebar.

Slow
Asus UL30A-A1 only have 1.3GHz CPu. But it's forgivable because the price is so low.


Specification
Processor: 1.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ULV SU7300
Memory: 4GB RAM
Storage: 500GB hard drive
Optical Drive: None
Screen: 13.3 inches (1,366x768 native resolution)
Graphics: Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD
Weight: 3.7 pounds
Dimensions (HWD): 1x12.7x8.8 inches
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)