Asus U2E 11 inch Notebook - Ultraportable Leather Fantasy Your Portable Leather Fantasy - Asus U2E
As we can see in electronic stores, notebook computers has recently seen a sharp decline in prices in the recent years, with many priced in the sub-USD$ 600 region. The market for small and elegant portables however, are still in demand by the sophisicated executives, especially our female counterparts.
When you pick up an expensive notebook that's something more than USD$ 1500 from the stores, it's usually a portable gaming monster, equipped with a 15" or bigger LCD with fantastic mobile graphics, or an ultra portable machine with a minute form factor and a >5 hour battery life. Asus' latest ultra portable baby, the U2E just arrived in our labs a couple of days ago. Equipped with an ULV U7500 Chip based on the Santa Rosa platform. Oh, did I forget to mention that the U2E displays at a WXGA resolution of 1366 x 768 pixel, which means that the 11 incher display on this tiny laptop runs at an aspect ratio of 16:9?
With a TDP of 10 watts, the U7500 Merom-2M ULV is arguably the most efficient energy-saving CPU available in the market today. The unit we received came equipped with 1GB of RAM, 120GB hard drive and Vista Ultimate. Battery Life is fantastic with a 4800mAh extended battery at a tad more than 5 hours, all thanks to the LED-based display panel.
Before we continue with the pictures and some basic benchmarks, here are some specifications.
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Processor & Cache Memory
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Intel® Core™ Duo Processor U7500 : 1.06 GHz FSB: 533MHz, 2MB L2 Cache;
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Operating System
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Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate,
Genuine Windows Vista® Business, Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium, Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic, |
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Chipset
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Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset + ICH8M
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Main Memory
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DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM, 2 x SODIMM socket for expansion up to 4GB SDRAM
*Up to 1GB may not be available with 32-bit operation systems depending on system configuration. |
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Display
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11.1" WXGA
LED backlight ColorShine,Color-Shine (Glare-type),Asus Splendid Video Intelligent Technology |
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Video Graphics & Memory
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Embedded Intel® GMA X3100
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Hard Drive
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1.8" 9.5mm SATA
80GB,4800rpm 100GB,4800rpm 120GB,4800rpm 32GB SSD |
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Optical Drive
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5.25" , 9.5 mm
Combo: DVD Super Multi Double Layer: |
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Card Reader
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8 in 1 card reader: SD,MMC,MS,MS-Pro,mini SD w/ adapter,MS-Duo,MS-Pro Duo via adapter
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Video Camera
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0.3 Mega Pixel web camera
(Optional) |
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Fax/Modem/LAN/WLAN
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Integrated Intel® High Definition Audio chip ( Azalia) compliant MDC fax/modem and 10/100/1000 Base T
Built-in Bluetooth™ V2.0+EDR(optional feature) Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN or Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection(optional) |
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LED Status Indicator
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Power-on/Suspend
Battery Charging/full/low Storage device access Capital / Scroll / Number Lock Wireless/Bluetooth on status indicator (optional) Bluetooth on status (optional feature) |
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Interface
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1 x Microphone-in jack
1 x Headphone-out jack (S/PDIF) 1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external monitor 3 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x RJ11 Modem jack for phone line 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert 1 x micro-DVI port |
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Hot Keys
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Instant launch Keys,2 buttons:
Wireless/Bluetooth Switch, Power4Gear eXtreme Function Keys: Fn+F1 Suspend switch Fn+F2 WLAN/Bluetooth switch Fn+F3 Access to the E-mail Fn+F4 Access to the Internet Fn+F5 Brightness down Fn+F6 Brightness up Fn+F7 LCD on/off Fn+F8 LCD/CRT switch display Fn+F9 TouchPad Lock Fn+F10 Volume on/mute Fn+F11 Volume down Fn+F12 Volume up Fn+Ins Numeric Key Pad on/off Fn+Del Scroll Lock on/off Fn+Space Power 4Gear eXtreme Fn+C Splendid Fn+T Power4Phone Fn+V Camera capture Fn+↑: Stop Fn+↓: Play/Pause Fn+ ←FSkip to Previous Track Fn+ →FSkip to Next Track |
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Audio
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Built-in Azalia compliant audio chip, with 3D effect & full duplex
Built-in speaker and microphone |
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Keyboard
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17.5mm full size 83 Key with MS Windows function keys
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Battery Pack & Life
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3/6/9 cells: 2400/4800/7800 mAh, 26.6/53/80 Whrs
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AC Adapter
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Output: 19 V DC, 3.42 A, 65W
Input: 100 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz universal |
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Dimension & Weight
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27.7 x 19.4 x 2.49 ~ 2.9 cm (W x D x H)
1.25 kg, with 3 cell battery, SSD |
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Security
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BIOS Booting / HDD User Password Protection and security lock
Kensington lock hole TPM(Trusted Platform Module) V1.2 Fingerprint |
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Supplied Accessories
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Bluetooth Mouse
Protection bag |
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Multimedia Software
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ASUSDVD V7.0 ( *For Basic & Business only)
Power Director V5.0 (*For Basic & Business only) Medi@Show V3.0 (*For Basic & Business only) * Premium & Ultimate are with MCE support from Windows Vista |
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Virus & Tool Software
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Norton™ Internet Security 2007
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 NERO 7 Essentials |
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ASUS Utility
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Asus Win flash for BIOS and Driver live Update
Asus Power4Gear eXtreme Asus Life Frame II Asus Live Update Asus Multi-Frame Asus NB Probe + ASUS Wireless Console ASUS Security Protect Manager(ASPM) Virtual Camera |
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Warranty & e-support
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2-year limited global hardware warranty
1-year battery pack warranty On-line problem resolution through web interface (BIOS, Driver update) OS (Microsoft Windows Vista) install/uninstall consultation Bundled software install/uninstall consultation ASUS software supporting |
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