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ASUS N10J-A2 10.2-Inch Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, NVidia 9300M 256MB, Vista Business+XPP Downgrade CD)

ASUS N10 offers you a full-function Notebook with vivid style. Plus, its simple, attractive design and brilliant outlook make it delicate but super light weight. At just 1.4 kg weightiness, with the largest 10.2-inch WXGA glare display, the ASUS N10 features a exquisite design with powerful 3D performance in multimedia, security and wireless capabilities during surfing. Plus full size keyboard and long battery life allow user to stay productive. ASUS exclusive “Express Gate” enables users to access the Internet, instant messenger, Skype, online games, music, photos and more in 10 seconds when the system is powered on. ASUS offers ASUS 360 service program with 2 year global warranty, one month zero bright dot guaranty, free two-way standard overnight shipping and twenty-four hour tech support seven days a week. Plus, one Year Accidental Damage Warranty protecting the notebook from drops, fire, spills and surge. The package contains 2 year warranty card, notebook, battery, carry bag.

Details

* Trendy Design: Sensual Simplicity: Streamline Shape, Touching on Light: High gloss on palm rest, Shadow and Transparency: Glossy with 3D lighting effect on LCD cover
* Portable Internet Device: Long Battery Life: 6.5 hr ,under power saving mode with normal battery(6 cell); 10 hr, under power saving mode with extend docking battery
* Lightest 10.2-Inch Notebook: 1.4Kg with mobile battery Seamless Internet Access and Wireless Connection: WLAN 802.11b/g , a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR
* The only notebook with a dedicated graphic card supports running Vista Aero function smoothly. Big HDD Capacity: Up to 320GB (2.5-Inch, 9.5mm HDD)
* ASUS 360 service program with 2yr global warranty one month 0 bright dot guaranty free 2 way standard overnight shipping and 24hr tech support 7 days a week 1Yr Accidental Damage Warranty protecting the notebook from drops fire spills and surge

Customer Reviews:

The gaming netbook, November28, 2008

Who cares if it’s a netbook or notebook. It’s freaking awesome!

The Intel Atom CPU is almost identical in performance to the Pentium M. My 2.0GHz Pentium M is just slightly faster than the Atom 1.6GHz.

The little Atom CPU works well for gaming if you switch Power4Gears (overclocking software from ASUS) to Turbo Mode, the CPU jumps to 1.75GHz. I tried overclocking it with a third party program but it kept turning off my network cards. (i know, right?)

With Turbo Mode, my Vista Performance index is 3.3. CPU: 3.3, RAM: 4.9, HDD: 5.4, AERO: 5.9, GAMES: 5.4

I have installed and played the following games on the N10J-A2:
Fallout 3, Gears of War (DX10), F.E.A.R., Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Unreal Tournament 2003, World of Goo, FakeNES, ZSNES, DooM 95. I simply let the game decide what settings are best and the frame-rate stays high.

My favorite feature is the HDMI port. One plug switches the computer to display 1080P 60Hz on my TV. Switching takes about 5 seconds after plugging it in. My last notebook required a VGA and minijack cable, yuck!

I play a lot of highly compressed DivX files with no stuttering. DVDShrink takes about 30 minutes to deep analyze and 30 minutes to encode a full DVD.

Netflix Movie Player plays flawlessly even with the highest quality setting.

The keyboard and mousepad are both large and feel expensive, although the mouse buttons produce somewhat loud clicking compared to others.

The screen is gorgeous by the way. Very good quality. The 1024×600 resolution isn’t a hassle with ASUS MultiFrame program. It helps arrange the windows to maximize your square-pixelage.

I recommend fresh installing Vista (not the restore CD, but just a Vista disc) and turning off the page file.

BIG HINT: Also purchase a 4GB 150X SD Memory Card for ReadyBoost! They’re about $40 and will make a HUGE difference for the better. Just pop it in, click “enable readyboost”, and forget about it. Everyone should have a readyboost drive on a vista machine.

The bottom line concerning this computer: This is a highly portable media machine. It will play modern games, watch compressed videos, and encode DVDs far better than I predicted. I thought the Atom CPU was a joke until I put it through the tests. Some would consider it underpowered, but can your Eee PC play Gears of War in DirectX 10 at 20-30fps on a 57″ LCD @ 1080P?

Hope this helps!

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