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5 days old Asus U41SV with Logitech M510. I bought to use in college, at first just for assignment and presentation as I stay in college for almost 12 hours every day. If I didn't have laptop, I have to come back at night only can use my desktop and do work.

I bought this last Saturday at PC Fair KLCC. I had a budget of rm 3k and my criteria were : a) light and portable b) decent battery life c) good looking d) not an Acer, Toshiba or Sony

So in the end it was either a Dell Inspiron 14R or Asus A4x series but then I saw the new U series laptop. Instantly made up my mind based on the looks, didn't know it was such an imba laptop at the time.



Front view of the laptop. Full specs are in my signature below. The LCD screen is darn nice. Chiclet keyboard nice to type on, easy to clean also. The colour scheme is attractive (blue on black/ charcoal) and 'carbon fibre' near the LCD. Wrist area has matte texture, not glossy and comfortable for long periods.



Speakers are a bit soft but are made by Altec Lansing. I can't comment much as I normally use the Sennheisers I bought on the same day instead. nVidia Optimus technology saves battery.



Lid is aluminium alloy. This helps reduce the weight and since it isn't glossy, also easier to keep clean and presentable.



The laptop is only 2.2kg with the 8 cell battery. Pretty light and very portable. Profile is less than 1 inch as advertised. Very easy to store and carry around.



8 cell battery. This one is advertised to last around 10 hours.



Why do I call this laptop imba? Because it is very powerful for such a light portable laptop with a long lasting battery. With light usage (surfing web, listening to music, typing in Word or PowerPoint), this laptop can easily last >5 hours especially if you take advantage of the different energy profiles. For me, I use Power4Gear Entertainment and full brightness most of the time and the laptop still lasts at least 5 hours. Gaming on this laptop is very possible with the GT540M. So far I've run Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Mass Effect 2 and Bad Company 2 on either medium, medium-high or high and all are playable. While gaming today, I didn't realize the laptop wasn't charging. After 2 hours of Brotherhood, it had dropped from 70+% to 25% which was enough to last another 2 hours at least.

Build quality is solid I would say. The keyboard has little flex and is nice type on. Only problems I have are : a) SD card slot is exposed b) speakers underneath the laptop c) glossy surfaces are very easy to scratch  d) no USB 3.0

Overall a nice laptop. Original price is RM 2,999. Thunder Match was offering RM 2,899 but I managed to get it for RM 2,750 

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