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August 2010
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The editors liked
Stunning bamboo-clad design Great combo of performance and graphicsOver five hours of battery life
Well-executed
Elegant bamboo design. Fastest Core i3 processor yet. Two GPUs built-in. 500GB hard drive. Intel's WiDi present.
Webcam privacy switch
USB 3.0 and Wireless Display technology
Good battery life
Beautiful bamboo/aluminum design
Solid performance
Long battery life
Many connectivity options
Gorgeous bamboo and brushed aluminum design
Strong overall performance
Very good speakers
Equipped with Intel Wireless Display
Lightweight design with great battery life
NVidia Optimus auto-switching graphics
The compact Asus U31SD-A1 has surprisingly good graphics and robust battery life tucked into a 13-inch laptop
Nvidia Optimus graphics
Affordable
Excellent overall performance for its class
Unique design
The editors didn't like
Cheap feeling keyboardThicker than other 13-inch laptops No optical drive
Cursor jumps from time to time. Heat detectable in the base. Nvidia GPU didn't reach its full potential. Missing optical drive might be a deal breaker for some.
Average performance
Weak (mushy) keyboard
Lots of bloatware preinstalled
Keyboard isn't as "clicky"
Poor screen viewing angles
Extremely glossy display
Worse graphics performance than predecessor
Bottom left side runs hot
Keyboard a bit mushy
Not backlit
Terrible Webcam
Dim screen with poor viewing angles
The design is uninspiring and lacks common higher-end ports and features
And a laptop this size should have an optical drive
Abstract: Priced from $600 to $2,000 or more, ultraportables skimp on size and weight but not on horsepower and features. The best of the lot feature fast Intel Core CPUs, 4GB of RAM, accelerated graphics and video, hi-res displays, and even solid state drives...
Abstract: What's in an ultraportable? Think netbook on the outside, and real laptop on the inside. The small form factor means forgoing a DVD drive, and making due with a small screen and narrow keyboard. If that's a small price to pay for light weight (just 2...
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Published: 2010-10-19, Author: Alex , review by: techworld.com
If you're in the market for a lightweight ultra-portable laptop that can handle a wide range of tasks, you can't do much better than the Asus U33JC. It's competitively priced, comfortable to carry and handles spreadsheets and streaming movies with equ...
Warning: car analogy ahead. But I can't resist, because the dashboard of a Jaguar is the first thing that pops into my mind when I look at Asus' U33Jc novel blend of brushed metal and mahogany-stained bamboo. This wouldn't be an original design directi...
Webcam privacy switch, USB 3.0 and Wireless Display technology, Good battery life,
Average performance, Weak (mushy) keyboard, Lots of bloatware preinstalled,
The ASUS U33JC-A1 is an extremely attractive and extremely well built laptop with a few annoying little issues. First, the fact that ASUS weakened the Nvidia graphics in order to extend battery life means you don't get the best possible performance out of this laptop. Second, the keyboard is a mixture of nice keys with horribly mushy support/feedback underneath. Last, but certainly not least is t
Stunning bamboo-clad design Great combo of performance and graphicsOver five hours of battery life
Cheap feeling keyboardThicker than other 13-inch laptops No optical drive
The U33Jc may be on the bamboo list now, but it's much more than a bamboo laptop. The wood certainly makes you feel like you're buying a unique device, but the draw of the machine for most will be its superior blend of graphics, performance and battery li...
Well-executed, elegant bamboo design. Fastest Core i3 processor yet. Two GPUs built-in. 500GB hard drive. Intel's WiDi present.
Cursor jumps from time to time. Heat detectable in the base. Nvidia GPU didn't reach its full potential. Missing optical drive might be a deal breaker for some.
The Asus U33Jc-A1 is a mainstream laptop made out of bamboo, packed with an Intel Core i3 processor and Nvidia's Optimus technology....