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Asus U3 Series Notebook
Sneak Peek
Asus U3 series notebooks are very compact and stylish notebooks with 13.3 "display and a full-size keyboard. Even if it lacks an optical drive that it remains a solid choice and provides a variety of features rarely on notebooks in its class seen.
Design
On the looks front, the Asus U3 is a very refined and elegant. The top of the lid is covered with a glossy black finish, which gives it a stylish look. Due to its inside is covered with a silver keyboard, and ithas striking chrome highlights. The fingerprint reader and a leather-like material surrounding the touchpad to make the complete package of the laptop very attractive.
Core Information
The first thing that strikes Asus U3 is the dual graphics setup. With only tapping a small switch on the side of the notebook, the U3 offers you the possibility, under the integrated Intel graphics and a powerful 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G. This saves a lot of battery and selectYou do not have the battery hungry NVIDIA chip. But look up to this laptop as a game-board deceive you, this device is not made for games.
Cutting Edge Technology
Directly above the display, there is a 1.3-megapixel webcam with headphone and microphone ports on the left side of the frame to be found. The display is sharp and clear, and the LED backlighting looks great for multimedia, particularly video material. Contrast and color is excellent, and the brilliantSurface combined makes Asus U3 notebook must have.
For wireless connections are Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g and n are provided, in addition to Bluetooth 2.0. The U3 has all the usual ports, three USB 2.0 ports, an ExpressCard slot, S-video output, a memory card reader and FireWire. Amazingly, ASUS has continued to have a single HDMI port and an eSATA port, which are very useful.
A number of other programs in general, be kept aside for higher end notebooks are built-in HSDPA and a GPS installedRecipient is present in the Asus U3. However, you get an external multi-format DVD recorder included. Please note that you are only two USB ports, if this is connected to be left to consume battery life dramatically. The 6-cell battery is favorable, but still not outstanding 2h 57min. Th result note that the adaptation of power plant control panel of Windows Vista in a somewhat better statistics should.
Conclusion
The Asus U3 Series Notebook is a good buy, butGamers and multimedia enthusiasts are better advised to look at the other available models, before taking it to this Asus U3.
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