- Good: Instant boot • Includes number pad on keyboard • Good battery life
- Bad: Cheap plastic finish • Low screen resolution • Cramped keyboard
- RRP: AU$1,499.00
Features
The UL50Vt fits into the same thin and light ultra low power notebook family as products like Acer's Aspire Timeline 4810T. They're not meant to be heavy performance machines rather than long-term workhorses with good battery life. Asus' claims in this department are even more hyperbolic than Acer's, with a claimed "up to" 12 hours battery life from the 5600mAh 84Wh battery. Part of how the UL50Vt tries to achieve this lofty goal is with use of a low power Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 chip. By default that's a 1.3GHz part, but Asus allows for a mild modicum of overclocking through its in-built Power4Gear utility up to 1.7GHz. By default that's the state that the UL50Vt ships in, so if you do need a little extra battery life, stepping it down may be advisable.
Processor aside, the UL50Vt comes with 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, Windows 7 and a switchable graphics solution. You can either pick the low performance Intel GMA4500MHD chip, or the higher performance Nvidia NV G210M 512MB chip at the cost of some battery life.
The UL50Vt's display is a 15.6-inch 1366x769 LCD. That's not that great a resolution for a screen this size, although if you were keen on it from a business perspective it would perform acceptably.
On the networking side, the UL50Vt supports gigabit Ethernet and 802.11n wireless networking, as well as Bluetooth. A super-multi DVD burner sits on the right-hand side along with Ethernet and VGA out, while the left-hand side features a media card reader, HDMI, audio and two USB ports.
—-> sourced: http://www.cnet.com.au/asus-ul50vt-339299679.htm?omnRef=http…
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