Asus N10E-A1 Netbook

Asus N10E-A1 Netbook

Published April 27, 2009 at 07:04:34 AM, by Thai Tan

Short Review: Beautiful Computing Device: Asus N10E-A1 Netbook

Netbooks are fast becoming the secondary – and for some, primary – computing device of choice for a lot of people. It then comes as no surprise to find out that there are a lot of great options out there – and one of those options include the Asus N10E-A1 netbook.

Design

Holding the Asus N10E-A1 netbook in your arms feels really great thanks to its smooth and polished exterior in shiny piano black. However, be mindful and up your cleanliness meter one notch because it can be a bit of a fingerprint magnet. Having a cloth handy to wipe it will allow you to maintain its pristine and elegant look. The interior of the Asus N10E-A1 netbook is silver-brushed on the wrist rest and matte black on the keyboard, with the same glossy piano black trim all around the LCD. One great thing about the interior of the Asus N10E-A1 netbook is the keyboard – the keys are widely spaced and spreads out from end to end, making it more comfortable to use compared to the keyboards of other netbooks out there. Aside from the great spacing, typing reveals smooth click sounds and very little keyboard flex.

The 10.2 inch Active Matrix WSVGA TFT display found on the Asus N10E-A1 netbook is quite beautiful as well. Pictures appear to be bright and crisp and resemble their true colors. There is no faint blue wash all over the screen, as is the tendency with some laptops and netbooks. Overall, the 10.2 inch display on the WSVGA TFT is nothing short of a sight to behold.

Other Specifications

The Asus N10E-A1 netbook is powered by the Intel Atom processor with 1.6 GHz. This is a very good processor suited and especially designed for netbooks and will allow you to do your computing tasks in a jiffy. Boot up time of the Asus N10E-A1 netbook takes around twenty to thirty seconds, a passable score for netbooks – considering that this one also comes pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. In some cases, having a Windows XP or any other Microsoft operating system on a netbook slows it down considerably. But in the case of the Asus N10E-A1 netbook, everything boots up quite satisfactorily. It also has one GB DDR2 SDRAM, a bit on the lacking side considering that most netbook owners are looking into the 2 GB size. But if you just have basic needs then 1 GB ought to do it for you.

Storage Space

Netbooks used to come with around four to eight gigabytes of hard disk, but we’ve come so far at the moment. In terms of storage space, the Asus N10E-A1 netbook meets the new standard of at least 160 GB of hard drive – possibly enough space for you to store your document files, music, audio and a bit of games thrown in the mix. It is safe to say that a 60 or an 80-gig storage space just might be filled up to the brim quickly, but the Asus N10E-A1 netbook has a bit more leeway than that. For as long as you do not plan to high-power it, you are pretty much ok with the 160 GB.

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Technical Specifications

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