-
Just FYI: I purchased the notebook as ASUS R505C in September in the media market, but the only differences between the two is the operating system, as well as Bluetooth.
-
The following key points were my personal requirements:
1. Good workmanship (little plastic)
2. very thin (yet dedicated GPU)
3. decent performance (not a gamer notebook)
4. chic design (I hate Apple)
5. acceptable price (I'm student)
1. Good quality:
The ASUS K56 (R505C) has a surface of aluminum (Unibody), the display lid is made of high quality plastic which is very stable and chic for the thin of the lid, because this was ground in a black aluminum look. The display bezel around the screen is also 'just' plastic, but even this is well made and not reflected. The bottom of the notebook is also in turn made of plastic, which is also well made.
On the whole: For the price you can not grumble at the processing one.
2. A Thin Notebook:
I like Ultrabooks really very good. They are very thin, and have partly still sufficient power. But with the price I am not satisfied and have not the money for it. Again, I found it. At just 21 mm it meets even the Ultrabook requirements from Intel. Very good, ASUS.
3. Enough power:
I am not a high-end gamers, but a few games I could not pass up. Also for movie and audio editing enough power should be available. So should be installed at least one Intel Core i5 processor and a good graphics card. Hmm .. actually there for the price a lot more power, but they are then almost 3 times as thick and have poorer processing. That's why I've been looking for a compromise, and I am once again arrived at the ASUS.
4. Attractive design:
Although I do not like Apple, I find the design of MacBooks, etc. not bad. But with MacOS I just can not do anything, and there is a lack of money. I have searched for notebooks, which mostly consist of shades of gray, so no bright colors. Furthermore, it should not be a high-gloss surface, as in 80% of all other laptops. Of course there were other notebooks in this category that would please me, but they have not then met my other requirements.
5. Reasonable price:
I would have liked for. As the new ASUS N56 notebook taken, but that kind of money I did not have available. There are a lot of notebooks, meeting my requirements exactly, but since everything fails because of the price. For this reason, I was looking for the cheaper alternative. Since ASUS has me completely agreed.
6. Excessive display:
Pity that almost no notebook in this price range has a decent display. The brightness is set to * almost * the bottom level and the reflection reinforced this again. Those looking for a good display in this notebook is wrong here.
7 .. more points:
- The notebook battery lasts depending on usage between 1 through 6 'hours.
- The laptop is really very quiet under normal operation. In load it is a bit loud.
- The keyboard is very chic, but the pressure point is not the best.
- The touchpad is very large, can be pressed on the entire surface and has meaningful gestures.
Positives:
- Processing
- Design
- Power
- Touchpad
- Volume
- Drive
Neutral:
- Keyboard
- Large display frame
Negatives:
- Display
__________
MASIYO2011
