Asus W5F

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Posted on 23 / 10 / 2006

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Currently priced around £1,500 Asus W5F is a high end laptop which is upgradeable and has lots of features. On a test run it ran almost anything thrown at it (exceptions being one of the more graphic intensive 3D games). There are not many other would similar priced laptops I would trade this for. I ran a range of operating systems on it like Linux, Windows NT, and XP Professional and it did a faultless job on each. The spec is top notch but the build quality was a little flimsy, the screen hinge cover broke off and need to be replaced (it was a simply job if still a pain). The DVD playback was also a little bit noisy and the speakers on the notebook are a little small for my liking. There was no noise however from the HDD as it was whisper quiet (which was a pleasant change from my desktop). Sadly like most CD/DVD drives it did emit a high pitched squeal when reading and writing on CD-R and CD-RWs. The fan like the HDD is also very quiet and doesn't bother you at all. This will increase when you are playing games continuously because of the extra heat produced by the onboard graphics cards. The wireless network also has its own on/off button which helps save a lot of power when not in use. At work I found the battery life was above average, running above 2 and a half hours. Overall an impressive notebook, well worth considering.

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User Name - Clive Pearson