Pro:
- Far better, perfect finish (silver hairline aluminum - slightly shiny, not matte), valent, stable
- Absolutely silent (with SSD)
- Perfect speaker sound (impressive!)
- Latest BIOS
- More sophisticated concept
- DVD drive, dedicated graphic card
- Installed touchpad perfectly
- Replaceable battery, accessible bottom
- Keyboard slightly recessed, comfortable
Cons:
- Back of the battery selbes (the display) as rough plastic underbody
- Bottom not quite as wertig as in s500ca (Fiberglass vs rough plastic - is not bad processed and thus ok)
- Touchpad matt, semi-gloss rest (matter of taste)
- Again, the touchpad has to be switched to Samsung so it can be used
- 600g more weight
The Atheros wifi chip seems to make no problem (unlike the s500ca)
Wifi / Bluetooth / WiDi adapter can be replaced, Ram be expanded to 8GB, SSD can be installed. Tip: Try anti-reflective display foil 17 "must be adjusted to display rounded corners).
When removing the hard drive to watch - a screw (DVD fixation) is under mini plastic sticker centered hidden).
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Tip to SSD: Absolutely reinstallation, both Samsung Clone Software as well as Acronis True Image 13 and Clonezilla have Alignement etc. (UEFI bios recovery partition) do not get -> Blue Screen.
Procedure: get Windows 8 Pro Upgrade DVD - installed thanks anchored in the BIOS Serial Windows 8 Core problems (does not work with the downloadable DVD of Microsoft Windows8 with Setup Tool!)
"E: Backup" delete etc. and as a NTFS disk with drive letters (eg name - 24GB SSD both partitions (OEM / restore) with G-Parted (Free Download Hiren's Boot CD 15.2) use - is slower than 1 SSD and 2.verschenkter Also put space the system partition to 100-180 GB and create 2 data partition (Goes with Windows onboard resources limited - no free size selection)..
I put on the thus obtained disc all drivers (folder on C :, or eSupport Download Asus) and a document created with Norton Ghost system image and the installed setup files of my software. Better than Asus recovery partition which is full of bloatware and McAffee can not completely uninstall etc.
Caution: The entire Bloatware (Asus Splendid etc.) is actually not necessary, I have not installed and easily modifizeieren the shortcut with Asus notebook Kesy 1.3 (exe file with hex editor - then läufts under Win 8, and exe file to the scheduler as Administartor to Add Anmelkdung = new startup) reassigned - perfect! Plus ViStart or start 8 and already you have a perfect-use Win 8!
Attention Bios case: Under boot menu you have to fastboot disablen, the command below it (CSM Launch and Launch PXE OpROM) enablen 2x and then again after restarting hinzukriegen into the bios to the Startreiehnfolge of DVD. Then again enablen fastboot.
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When i5 processor I could not notice any difference in performance (but is quieter and less warm than the i7 s500ca), bottleneck was the Hitachi 500GB 5400 disc.
General: This laptop is really very, very well done!
Only a keyboard light is missing, the display reflects without foil and bottom plastic could be a bit high - but at this price ...
With Samsung 840 SSD of the laptop is actually silently - I have the tool notebook Fan Control has not been installed (which was necessary during s500ca).
Conclusion: Unbeatable at 15.6 Touch Ultrabooks with DVD and Win8!
