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The thin and light ASUS UL30Vt is a harmonious blend of form and function. Powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo ultra-low voltage processor and a 8 cell 5600mAh battery, it boasts an impressive 12-hour battery life for all-day computing. It also sports user-centric features such as a multi-gesture touchpad and provides an impressive multimedia entertainment experience with Altec Lansing speakers and an NVidia G210M graphics engine (users can turn the graphics card off if longer battery life is needed). With Bluetooth, a 0.3MP Webcam, and Wireless b/g/n, the UL30Vt allows you to stay connected with ease. All of these features and more are shrouded in a robust brushed aluminum lid that not only looks magnificent, but also helps in maintaining the notebook’s stylish exterior day after day. ASUS notebooks come with a 2 year global warranty, one month zero bright dot guaranty, free two-way shipping and twenty-four hour tech support seven days a week. Plus it comes with a FREE One Year Accidental Damage Warranty protecting your notebook from drops, fire, spills and surges.
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Technical Details
- 1.3GHz Intel SU7300 Core 2 Duo Processor
- 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 2 slots, 4GB Max
- 500GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM); Wi-Fi 802.11 bgn; Bluetooth; 0.3M Webcam
- 13.3-Inch Widescreen HD LED LCD Display; NVidia G210M Graphics with 512MB DDR3 + Intel GMA 4500MHD (Switchable VGA)
- Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Operating System; 8 Cell 5600mAh Battery
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"Great Laptop, Good Performance, Great Looking, Some Flaws" 2010-03-29
By Cristian Toader (Forest Hills, NY United States)
This is a fantastic laptop. I have used it for two weeks now, loading up programs, playing games and just kicking it about to see what it can do. It can do a lot ! And I was happily surprised to see it perform adequate if not well in most areas. In turn for each consideration: Is it light and thin - Yes, at 3.74 it is both light thin, certainly lighter than a Macbook Pro (4.25lbs), but not lighter than a Vaio Z or Macbook Air, which are both 3 lbs flat. How is the scree? - A lot of complaints surfaced on the screen calling it horrible and lacking colour. The screen is just fine, full of color and certainly bright. Is it as nice as a Envy 13 or Macbook Pro 13, No, but it's not that far off to call it a deal breaker. People have made too much of this and I get the sense that ASUS has improved their LEDs in this version. The hard drive is slow, no question about it but large enough that if you don't absolutely pack it (75%+ usage), it is fast enough. Also keep in mind that a faster drive will also eat more battery, the conservation of which was important for this design. How is the processor? Very impressed with this little overclocking beast - I see the darn thing running at 2.1 sometimes, even though it's just a 1.3 - could be my imagination but it does overclock to 1.7 for sure. It's fast enough and I have Itunes, Photo Apps, Mail, multiple browsers open and everything still works just fine. The 4 gb of RAM I am sure has a lot to do with this. THEEE best part of the laptop is the video card. Holy Moly - for a machine this cheap, the discrete graphic card gives computers 2x as expensive a run for their money (before taking it all). It is good, a little too good for this machine. It runs games as well as my 512mb 8600M GT on my macbook pro - very impressive. The track pad is okay, not my favorite (yes, well inferior to macbook pros) but honestly, decent enough to use all day and once you get used to it, you'll get the hang of the multi touch. In summary, for $750, it's hard to get a better machine and since I have had a Dell and HP laptop die on me, I gave Asus a try. So far, I could not be happier.
"Bigger Battery and a Better Warranty on the A1 Variant!" 2010-03-29
By Simon Perkins (Santa Fe, NM United States)
I recently ordered this notebook after seeing all the great reviews of it online. I was looking for a good thin and light laptop with reasonable performance that could also handle streaming HD video. The UL30VT seemed to hit the performance / price sweet spot perfectly. There are two variants currently available on Amazon - the UL30VT-X1 in black, and the UL30VT-A1 in silver. I picked this black one and hit the "Order" button. Unfortunately, shortly afterwards, I re-read the technical specs and realized that these two models are NOT the same!
First, the X1 ships with a 4400mAh battery, while the A1 whips with a newer 5600mAh battery. That's 27% more batter life, which if you believe the manufacturer amounts to 2-3 extra hours runtime. On top of that, the A1 has a 2 year warranty, compared to the 1 year warranty offered with the X1. The two laptops sell for the same price within a couple of dollars at the time of writing. The only other difference between the machines is that the A1 is silver rather than black. So, unless you absolutely hate the silver color, the choice is pretty much a no-brainer...
I was a little too late to cancel and change my order, so I'm intending to send it back for a 100% refund as soon as it arrives. Meanwhile I've ordered the A1... Hoping to save someone else the same hassle!
"Good features, but cover is already worn after 1 week" 2010-03-25
By Eric A. Cutter (CA)
I like the specs for the price and it has performed as advertised. After 1 week the silver top is already showing scratches and wear. I've had a few blue screens of death apparently related to an external webcam driver. The glossy screen is impossible to view in any amount of sunlight, say on the bus. The cursor goes into some long hourglass modes occasionally for reasons I cannot determine. For corporate users the express mode startup is essentially useless, no outlook, VPN, contacts, password manager, etc. Handles my large spreadsheets fine, which is the main thing for me.
"Black Asus UL30VT-X1" 2010-03-22
By FAIL_DRUID (Marin, California)
If you want a portable notebook with the power of larger laptop and the battery power of a netbook, this is best price to performance ratio I have been able to find.
Pros
13" LED LCD display: granted the VIEWING ANGLES are limited, but with tweaking through nvidia's control panel the monitor is very crisp.
Intel SU7300: Awesome compromise between power and performance, can be overclocked well for gaming and underclocked for better battery performance. Windows 7 is very snappy and mutli-tasking (at least watching movies while working a word doc and surfing the web) is smooth.
4gb or RAM: Works well enough and I don't see the need for an expensive upgrade.
500gb drive at 5400RPM: Not the best, but certainly not the worst, I have heard that this drive excessively crackles but have not experienced it as of this writing. Wish it came with a 120 SSD but then the notebook would be as expensive as a macbook.
NVidia G210M Graphics: discrete graphics in a 13" body....HAWT. Again, cheapest price to performance, only other discrete graphics in a notebook form of this size is the Alienware M11X otherwise you get the ATI Radeon 3200 or Intel integrated graphics. The Nvidia G210M will play HD without stuttering and most current games on reasonable settings.
Keyboard:n Full island style keyboard is nice, some flex but overall very nice to work on coming from an eeepc 900ha
Heat: Unlike every other small foot print netbook or notebook, this ASUS runs cool and stable.
Weight: Just over 3.7 pounds, light for what it is but not as light as most would think. Coming from a netbook, this guy is a bit more unwieldy but still thin and light for most 13".
Trackpad: Interesting pad, pretty responsive and mutli-touch works very well with 3rd party synaptic drivers.
CONS
Bloatware: It probably would have just been worth it to do a fresh install of windows 7, but I have read that after a fresh install it takes even more tinkering to get all the hot keys working again and same with the ASUS power modes. Uninstalling the crap-ware takes about an hour and is frustrating when most of those programs are not used by anyone I know.
Viewing angles: pretty terrible, takes some tinkering with the nvidia control panel to truly get the colors crisp and sharp, but it can be done, but then you need to be directly in front of the monitor.
Build quality: And here is the trade off why we are not paying macbook prices for the internals of a macbook. The plastic casing is study, but everything has gloss, which adds gross fingerprints to everything and makes viewing even harder if you're close to a window on a sunny day or outside. There also is some separation between the two chassis halves in the front where the lights are for power and wifi and such.
Stickers: Took me about as long to get the stickers off as it did to uninstall bloatware, was not very happy with whoever glued them down or invented really great glue to terrorize new mobile computing owners.
Overall I can confidently give this product 4 stars, I am very happy with my purchase and the pro's far outweigh the con's in my book.
"Decent computer bogged down by its horrible display" 2010-03-21
By Rodrigo Landa
I couldn't wait to get this laptop. It's got good specs, great looks, and a long battery life. However, the computer suffers from a fatal flaw.
Pros:
Specs: This machine packs a 500 GB HDD (Not too fast though, I believe it's at 5200 RPM) 4 GB of RAM, an integrated and a discrete graphics card, and an Intel dual core processor. It also packs Windows 7. I didn't play any video games on it, but they are supposed to run very well.
Keyboard: The keyboard is full size, and responsive. I honestly had no trouble adjusting to it from my desktop keyboard. I was typing at a constant 90-100 WPM with minimal errors within 20 minutes of starting the computer for the first time. One little problem is that sometimes I would press the home key, since it's next to the backspace key but no problem. It would've been better if the keyboard was backlit.
Battery life: On power saving mode, I was able to browse the web and listen to music on iTunes for about 8 hours. That's excellent for a notebook, specially of this size. Even on full power mode, the advertised 4 hours (it's probably about 2 and a half) isn't bad.
Trackpad: Everyone hates the trackpad on this laptop but I personally loved it. It wasn't nearly as good as the brilliant trackpads Apple uses on their laptops but it was good for a PC laptop. Multitouch commands worked very well and I felt no need for an external mouse.
Cons:
The display: I don't know what happened but the display on this laptop is truly abysmal. I watch a lot of movies and it's impossible to get a decent viewing angle. The black levels are horrid and I constantly had to tilt the screen in order to get a decent picture. I configured the settings many times with no results. For a computer centered around power and multimedia capabilities, this is a big problem. The horizontal viewing angles are pretty bad too. It is not easy to get good picture quality with two people sitting side by side. On a friend's late 2009 polycarbonate MacBook, the display is fantastic.
Bloatware: There is an enormous amount of bloatware on this laptop. Not as much as my HP Pavilion I bought in 2006, or my brother's HP laptop, or two Compaq PCs in my household. Why can't PC manufacturers take a page out of Apple's book and only include essential programs. I'm never going to play their terrible games or use their mediocre anti virus programs.
GraphixBoost: GraphixBoost is a pain to deal with. I couldn't find settings so that it would stay in balance mode always. On power saving mode, it changes your wallpaper sometimes and other times it hides your taskbar. Sometimes I could not even change the brightness at all! The GraphixBoost settings, while a neat feature, are extremely glitchy.
Hard Drive Partitioning: I don't know what ASUS was thinking but why is the hard drive partitioned so oddly. There's a partition that holds your operating system and another for DATA. It's logical that a user would want to merge the partitions as soon as possible. Also, there is a hidden partition with about 14 gigabytes of space, that even when formatted, cannot be merged into your main partition. The only way to do so is to install Windows 7 from scratch using an actual installation disc, not the included recovery disc.
Overall, it's a decent computer. The pros are outweighed by the con, since display quality is a big deal. I paid $800 for this computer and I expected an excellent display. I returned it and only received about $627. I lost $172 on this computer. The terrible display is a big deal considering the power of this machine with things like HD video and computer games. I really regret buying this computer and will be saving up for a MacBook Pro.
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