Introduction
The reason to buy this netbook was a trip to Vietnam. In Vietnam, you have to practically every hotel / guesthouse (even the entire cost of a few dollars per night) free Wifi. Also in many other places is mostly free Wifi available. This netbook was meant in the first place for surfing and e-mailing and calling via VoipBuster (the price difference is enough to make the netbook in the few weeks back) and listen in second place for music and watching movies. An important criterion was that he was little, so he fitted easily into my backpack, and not too expensive (roughly € 200), because it was not inconceivable that he would be. damaged or stolen If you want to belong there, you can buy a better tablet. However, in this price range you'll be soon out in vague tablets, with some limitations and shortcomings. A cheap netbook is functionally little more to offer. Judging from what I could find on the internet, it made sense to expand to 2GB, the memory of this I have ever done immediately. Through eBay directly but bought a 6-cell battery as standard 3-cell battery still seemed a bit limited in terms of battery life. Out of the box in the little carton is not more than the netbook itself, an adapter and a tiny 'manual'. Not much else to tell. Achievements I have no benchmarks done, when you come to attach great value then this netbook is probably not for you. On the Internet, sat reviews and benchmarks to find out about the performance of the Atom processor in this netbook. In short: it is not a powerhouse on the contrary. The Atom is consistently at the bottom of the list. My expectations were therefore also not very high. , I must say that the performance is not disappointing me. Startup he does within a minute, and you can log on from hibernation within a second. After logging is in about one second on the desktop. Browsing (Google Chrome) just goes as smoothly as I'm used to. Watching movies is also, even HD video by default on Windows 7 is going to my surprise well. What does not have HD movies on flash (eg YouTube), this is more like a slide show than a movie. Personally, I think not a disaster, the screen has enough pixels for HD anyway. Screen in sunny areas is the only function of a reflective display a mirror. This was a Packard Bell netbook with similar price and better specs off. Because I do not like to look at my own head, I chose this netbook with a matte screen. To start with the positive points, this display is easy to read outside in the sun all the brightness has to be put on up. Unfortunately, this is also the only positive point of the screen. irritation The first is that the screen is only 600 pixels high. This is very little (especially if you're used to a screen of 1920x1200), and in the browser you quickly switch to full screen mode (F11). On this netbook is easy to use Alt + - turning so you could read what many websites would be a good solution the screen as a book a quarter turn> the screen were it not that the touchpad is not currently running so it still works awkward in practice. Another problem with this screen is the very limited viewing angle. Which is dramatically bad, move your head slightly up or down, and the colors change completely. In addition, this screen can display in the dark not black, far beyond light gray does not. Ie This makes the screen suitable for watching movies. At Sound Sound for most notebooks is not great, but this netbook is the sound just enough. Even with the volume all the way remains open sound very weak. It's just enough in a quiet room (something you will not find in Vietnam soon), but for a little music in the hotel room is not enough unless you are sitting right next to the netbook. Fortunately the netbook itself hardly any noise. connections on this netbook is clearly cut back on the number of connections. With VGA, 2x USB, card reader and a combined audio in / out jack you should do it. because I wanted to use for calling this netbook was the combined audio in / out jack quite a flaw, a standard headset can not handle this. Fortunately, the netbook also has a built in microphone that does good work, so that this end was all right to live. Battery & Adapter The standard 3-cell battery keeps it at a bit of browsing the roughly 3 to 4 hours. Are you going to watch movies, and certainly in flash (eg YouTube) than the battery life drops quickly in less than half. As expected, the 6-cell battery is about 2x as long (allow roughly 6 to 7 hours). If the netbook is disconnected from the network or out-of-the-box, the power consumption is reduced quite aggressive, within no time the screen goes off and soon he will go to hibernate. Charging an empty battery takes a few hours. Not really fast. Irritating is that when the battery is full manufactures adapter whistling sound when the battery is full and the netbook is turned off. Unfortunately, the adapter as one in which everything is in a relatively high power, rather than a block from the plug. This means that sometimes it may be even stopping. Full power strip into a tricky Software The netbook comes standard with Windows 7 Starter delivered. According to ASUS would Express Gate (a lightweight OS primarily for browsing) on this notebook should be, but i can not find anywhere. On the internet you often see people Windows 7 Starter, replaced by something else because it would be too limited . However, personally I have not felt this need, it does what it should do and the limitations of the Starter Edition, I had no problems. Fortunately ASUS did not need to install. too much bloatware There is however a thing of bloatware on, but that is easy to remove. Ergonomics & Keyboard This netbook is somewhat difficult to open, and the screen can not be completely flattened. The keyboard is workable, but not great. For understandable reasons, the number of keys is reduced to the minimum. The keys themselves wiggle a bit which is detrimental to the quality feel. Soundness The netbook feels cheap in finish but still solid. The finish is not great, for example, the function of the indicator LEDs are barely visible stamped in black plastic, in the dark, you can only guess. I have the impression that he can take a beating. Conclusion I am glad that I took on my trip, despite the fact that he has the necessary downsides. these netbook I find myself at home so often to grab this netbook instead of my 15 "laptop (which is more than 2x as large - see photo), simply because he is nice manageable (about the size of a book). did the netbook for browsing, e-mail and calls through Voip Buster. Due to the excessive screen and weak sound I recommend this netbook off for those who want to see here on movies or listen to music.
The reason to buy this netbook was a trip to Vietnam. In Vietnam, you have to practically every hotel / guesthouse (even the entire cost of a few dollars per night) free Wifi. Also in many other places is mostly free Wifi available. This netbook was meant in the first place for surfing and e-mailing and calling via VoipBuster (the price difference is enough to make the netbook in the few weeks back) and listen in second place for music and watching movies. An important criterion was that he was little, so he fitted easily into my backpack, and not too expensive (roughly € 200), because it was not inconceivable that he would be. damaged or stolen If you want to belong there, you can buy a better tablet. However, in this price range you'll be soon out in vague tablets, with some limitations and shortcomings. A cheap netbook is functionally little more to offer. Judging from what I could find on the internet, it made sense to expand to 2GB, the memory of this I have ever done immediately. Through eBay directly but bought a 6-cell battery as standard 3-cell battery still seemed a bit limited in terms of battery life. Out of the box in the little carton is not more than the netbook itself, an adapter and a tiny 'manual'. Not much else to tell. Achievements I have no benchmarks done, when you come to attach great value then this netbook is probably not for you. On the Internet, sat reviews and benchmarks to find out about the performance of the Atom processor in this netbook. In short: it is not a powerhouse on the contrary. The Atom is consistently at the bottom of the list. My expectations were therefore also not very high. , I must say that the performance is not disappointing me. Startup he does within a minute, and you can log on from hibernation within a second. After logging is in about one second on the desktop. Browsing (Google Chrome) just goes as smoothly as I'm used to. Watching movies is also, even HD video by default on Windows 7 is going to my surprise well. What does not have HD movies on flash (eg YouTube), this is more like a slide show than a movie. Personally, I think not a disaster, the screen has enough pixels for HD anyway. Screen in sunny areas is the only function of a reflective display a mirror. This was a Packard Bell netbook with similar price and better specs off. Because I do not like to look at my own head, I chose this netbook with a matte screen. To start with the positive points, this display is easy to read outside in the sun all the brightness has to be put on up. Unfortunately, this is also the only positive point of the screen. irritation The first is that the screen is only 600 pixels high. This is very little (especially if you're used to a screen of 1920x1200), and in the browser you quickly switch to full screen mode (F11). On this netbook is easy to use Alt + - turning so you could read what many websites would be a good solution the screen as a book a quarter turn> the screen were it not that the touchpad is not currently running so it still works awkward in practice. Another problem with this screen is the very limited viewing angle. Which is dramatically bad, move your head slightly up or down, and the colors change completely. In addition, this screen can display in the dark not black, far beyond light gray does not. Ie This makes the screen suitable for watching movies. At Sound Sound for most notebooks is not great, but this netbook is the sound just enough. Even with the volume all the way remains open sound very weak. It's just enough in a quiet room (something you will not find in Vietnam soon), but for a little music in the hotel room is not enough unless you are sitting right next to the netbook. Fortunately the netbook itself hardly any noise. connections on this netbook is clearly cut back on the number of connections. With VGA, 2x USB, card reader and a combined audio in / out jack you should do it. because I wanted to use for calling this netbook was the combined audio in / out jack quite a flaw, a standard headset can not handle this. Fortunately, the netbook also has a built in microphone that does good work, so that this end was all right to live. Battery & Adapter The standard 3-cell battery keeps it at a bit of browsing the roughly 3 to 4 hours. Are you going to watch movies, and certainly in flash (eg YouTube) than the battery life drops quickly in less than half. As expected, the 6-cell battery is about 2x as long (allow roughly 6 to 7 hours). If the netbook is disconnected from the network or out-of-the-box, the power consumption is reduced quite aggressive, within no time the screen goes off and soon he will go to hibernate. Charging an empty battery takes a few hours. Not really fast. Irritating is that when the battery is full manufactures adapter whistling sound when the battery is full and the netbook is turned off. Unfortunately, the adapter as one in which everything is in a relatively high power, rather than a block from the plug. This means that sometimes it may be even stopping. Full power strip into a tricky Software The netbook comes standard with Windows 7 Starter delivered. According to ASUS would Express Gate (a lightweight OS primarily for browsing) on this notebook should be, but i can not find anywhere. On the internet you often see people Windows 7 Starter, replaced by something else because it would be too limited . However, personally I have not felt this need, it does what it should do and the limitations of the Starter Edition, I had no problems. Fortunately ASUS did not need to install. too much bloatware There is however a thing of bloatware on, but that is easy to remove. Ergonomics & Keyboard This netbook is somewhat difficult to open, and the screen can not be completely flattened. The keyboard is workable, but not great. For understandable reasons, the number of keys is reduced to the minimum. The keys themselves wiggle a bit which is detrimental to the quality feel. Soundness The netbook feels cheap in finish but still solid. The finish is not great, for example, the function of the indicator LEDs are barely visible stamped in black plastic, in the dark, you can only guess. I have the impression that he can take a beating. Conclusion I am glad that I took on my trip, despite the fact that he has the necessary downsides. these netbook I find myself at home so often to grab this netbook instead of my 15 "laptop (which is more than 2x as large - see photo), simply because he is nice manageable (about the size of a book). did the netbook for browsing, e-mail and calls through Voip Buster. Due to the excessive screen and weak sound I recommend this netbook off for those who want to see here on movies or listen to music.
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