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General Review:nThe Flipkart service is awesome (as always) - 5/5 scorenI bought this netbook as soon as it became available here, and I'm just lovin it! Small, light, cute, value for money, does well what it's capable of, and of course, THE best for on-the-run jobs - 5/5nnnSpecs and Features Review:n- Battery backup is exceptionally good. 6-10 hours, as per your actual usage. Time will tell how well that lasts - 5/5nn- Keyboard - One of the best designs I've seen so far. They have managed to pack into it all the important keys and at the right places. However, because of the smaller chiclet key sizes typing takes a little getting used to. For better judgement anyway I would advise you to go to your nearest store and try it out yourself - 4/5nn- Touchpad - supports multi-touch gestures too. Nice!! - 5/5nn- Color, Looks and UI - most eye-catchy that I have found yet. Although, the UI that comes up on screen when using the Fn-keys (in Windows 7 OS) could've been better - 5/5nn- Operating System - You have to install it yourself (and the drivers). So that's a pain. But I assume you are aware of and ready for this one-time labour - 4/5nn- OS performance - Works well with Windows 7 Ultimate. The 2GB RAM overcomes the much-complained drawbacks of its predecesors - 4.5/5nn- Multimedia (audio/video) performance - well yeah you won't get the best of best output. But it's good enough, trust me - 4/5nn- The "Non-Glare Display" screen is actually very helpful (even against sun light) - 5/5nn- Heating Issues - It does get heated a tiny bit (all laptops do), but nothing to worry about particularly. Just make sure there's proper ventilation - 4/5nn- Online Support from Asus is also quite prompt - 4/5nn- Repair/Service Centres - don't know actually. Just check out on Asus' official website if your city has one. (Because as long as the device works fine, it's fine, but if something goes wrong, it will be hell finding and commuting to your service centres.)nnnPersonal choice: nGo for the white one. For a netbook, white really brings out the class AND cuteness in it. Black/Red looks better only on its bigger brothers.nnBe informed:nThis netbook works superbly for internet browsing, word processing, music, entertainment and other such low processing jobs. But if you expect it to do heavy computing (like photoshop, visual studio or gaming), I suggest you reconsider and search for a better config laptop, even if it costs more. nnAlso, (this is something I read in a lot of netbook reviews before that) the drivers come in a CD but netbooks dont have CD-drive, so blah blah... Well, OK, I value personal opinions but let me just tell you that this is no reason to NOT buy this netbook.nnOn the reassuring side, realize that this netbook is coming at a cost of a good-quality, middle-class Android phone, but has the ability to do much much more useful stuffs than to just keep swiping your screen left and right when you have nothing else to do.nnnIn conclusion:nIn our search for a "kaam-chalaau" laptop that lets us achieve our day-to-day life goals, this netbook, along with its surprisingly good features and ergonomics, is certainly among the top choices (maybe the best), and definitely has an edge over its competitor products.
It's the best amongst it's nearest competitors. Here goes the review-nnPros-: nn1. V.V. high battery back up., it has a 6 cell battery. nn+If I surf net (and don't listen audio or watch video), the battery lasts for approx 7 hrs.n+If I work offline (on MS office), I get a battery back up of 8 - 9 hrs.n+I could watch 2 English movies (both of 2 hrs. duration each, without headphones, with low speaker volume) and was still left with +12% of battery backup.nnAs claimed by ASUS regarding the 11 hrs. battery back up, that can be attainted only on standard test conditions. So better go by my practical experience as mentioned above....it still gives a tremendous battery back up as compared with any other mini laptop.nn2. It has a anti glare screen. So I can work in sunlight as well. Zero relection even if it's kept beneath the tube light. nn3. It delivers good wifi signal strength. I keep my router at ground floor and use this laptop at the first floor and still get a signal strength of 4 bars. My other laptop, Lenovo Mini gives me a signal strength of not more than 2 grains if kept at the first floor.nn4. It's of 2 GB RAM, the one being sold on Flipkart. A lot many other sites I observed were selling the older series of 1 GB RAM which of course was Rs. 1,000/- cheaper but I would recommed to go for this one (which is of 2GB RAM) nnnCons-: It doesn't have a light indicator of Caps Lock, though you get a prompt on the screen if it's switched on or off. nnAll in all, it's worth buying. Some users have mentioned in their reviews that at times they have experienced some jerks while watching HD 1080 p movies. I never experiened that...and those who have experienced these, I recommend you to download VLC media player (a freeware) from download.com to enjoy watching movies seamlessly, without any jerks. I have seen 6 HD movies without any jerks ever since I bought this mini laptop.nnIt's the best as compared to it's nearest competitors in the mini segment like that of Acer Aspire one, HP mini and Lenovo Mini series. Price is too a bit low than it's nearest competitior Acer AOD 270.
I ordered the product on 28th of November’12. Flipkart delivered it in exact 4 days. I was excited and a little scared about the laptop. And my excitement did not go waste. The product is really more than VALUE FOR MONEY. I got the laptop in ExpressGate Cloud operating system. It was very difficult to understand its functioning. However I installed WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE and it is really working Ultimate. Anyone who says that windows 7 won’t work or will make your laptop work slow, do not believe him. I did not counter with any problems using Windows 7. 1080p videos CAN be played (720p videos work very nicely). Bluetooth, wi fi, all are working very nicely. It is written that it has a battery life of 11 hours (this is too much), but the actual life is around 7 hours. Battery is really nice. Webcam and internet is also working very nicely. Key pad is very nice. Helps in typing fast. This laptop has all the possible keys and structure is very fashionable. The product looks very sexy. Design is lovable. This netbook can do all the work that a normal laptop can do except the work of a DVD drive. Hope this review will help you.
Before buying this, I went to checkout netbooks at Chroma & Vijay Sales. They were simply not interested in selling netbooks. Both has the same answer. "People are going for Tablets." So netbooks don't sell anymore. They just has 2 variants. One was for 18K & the other was for 22K. That's a serious price difference when compared to Flipkart. That's when I made up my mind to buy it from here.nnOrdered on 3rd Feb, got it on 5th. Flipkart you are awesome with your logistics!nnAs soon as I got it, I installed Windows 8 (32 bit) on it. I found most of the drivers via a third party driver tool but could'nt lay my hands on the wifi drivers. It was working on LAN. But that's not why you buy a netbook, do you?nnSo it formatted it & installed Windows 7 (32 bit), installed fine & loaded the drivers off the disk to start with. Then upgraded the wifi, audio & touch pad drivers from ASUS's website.nThen I decided to get more out of this baby, so I installed Ubuntu 12.04 as well. So now I have dual boot on this mini monster.nnI've used it to make skype video calls. Connected the HDMI out to my LCD & the image quality is gr8. Only downfall, the HDMI port is video out only. No sound from HDMI :(nBut I can live with that.nnThis netbook is great for content creation. Lets you type fast once you get used to hitting the chicklet keys hard enough to type. It misses letters if you type lightly.nnWifi is great. Webcam is okish. nnBattery back is awesome. I don't care if it doesn't give 11 hours as printed on it. I am good with 5-6 hours of continuous usage. Charges quickly. Charger gets hot though.nnIt wont heat up unless you cover the sides. Also, some heat dissipates from under the keys. So you can't use the rubbery keypad guard that would've helped protect the keyboard from dust & accidental spillage. I tried using it but that made the netbook heat up. So skipped this accessory.nnThe white color makes it look sassy & smart. Guaranteed to get second looks.nnRAM is 2 GB (no upgrades). HDD is 320 GB. Processor Atom 2nd gen dual core. This should last you for the next couple of years.nn2 words: BUY IT!!
I had purchased the white variant with 2 GB RAM. Did'nt tried to experiment with the bundled OS. Formatted and installed Windows 7 ultimate. 32 bit. Yes. I tried to install Windows 8 64 bit and also Windows 7 64 bit, but I got the error message that the system does not support 64 bit.nThe system is pretty fast with 2 GB RAM and the Atom processor. While working it does not create much heat as regular laptops. Battery back up is exceptionally good. It charges up very fast and last for 8 to 10 hours for my usage. I will give this product five star rating for its cost, performance and design.
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