Feels much more delicate and thinner than my last 300 euros notebook that I bought three years ago. Not easier, but more compact. For pure plastic perfectly finished. 2.5 kilograms of weight very pleasant handling.
The display can not Full HD, but for such purposes totally ok. Even for watching movies absolutely fine. Very pleasant contrast, brightness more than enough, is reflected of course, but in a closed room no problem.
The keyboard is more than fine, the speaker sound as well. In assessing the hardware you should probably be fair and keep in mind that this is a fairly unrivaled budget laptop of the consumer class.
Not present are USB 3.0 and Bluetooth, but you knew that. The mainboard can UEFI, but also knows a legacy, so BIOS mode, even comes with the Linpus Linux preinstalled here in BIOS mode.
We have pre-formatted partitions deleted from the disk, repartition, Ubuntu 13:10 Saucy Salamander installed - without any problems - and given a good piece of our mother for Christmas. My personal tip: Cinnamon desktop environment for Linux. My mother (69) is hardly notice a difference to Windows XP.
The battery lasts for up to 4.5 hours, in fact, but of course only when extensive use and operation. And it is precisely on Linux, the behavior under Windows I can not judge. So let's say: Battery Capacity normal.
Perfect for the described application in the mentioned facilities. Unfortunately, now probably no longer available at Amazon with Linux, but only for 400 Euro with Windows 8. But perhaps help my impressions yes still one or the other. In the case of: a lot of fun with it!
