Asus X200CA-KX072D Laptop (Celeron Dual Core/2 GB/500 GB/DOS)

Purchased this as a backup laptop and for carrying ease in short trips. Pros: - Matt finish body have a premium feel in this budget laptop. - One of the most lightweight/portable laptop in this segment - Came with FreeDOS, but fully supported Ubuntu 14.04 out of the box. - Boots in 15-20 seconds. - Crystal clear and loud sound. Cons: - Battery life ranged from 1.45 hrs (moderate use/download/install/videos/internet) to 2.45 hrs (document update) as against advertised life of 4 hrs. - 2GB RAM means that this laptop is suitable for internet and light multi-tasking, but not very heavy activities. But non-gamers can do with this. - Battery is non-replaceable. Charging time from 5% till 100% is 3:15 hrs. With just about 2.15hr on average battery backup, the portability advantage of this laptop is lost. Its a shame, because this laptop has excellent design and build decent specs for price. Would have really loved 4 GB RAM and slightly better battery life. 3.5 stars.

I bought this laptop from some other website since I was getting it a lot cheaper. The build quality is reasonably good but the bummer is that this laptop has the RAM soldered on to the motherboard and there is no vacant slot. This translates to "no up-gradation possible". Flipkart's description is not right so beware. It is mentioned that the RAM can be increased to 4GB but that is not the case. Though the laptop works fine with Windows 8.1, I would have preferred to have the RAM increased to 4GB. Also compared the the other similar sized Sony VAIO laptop, the display is dull and uninspiring. But for the money you are paying for this laptop, it does the job well. If I were given a chance, I'd probably buy the X201 instead for a little more.