ASUS UL20A Review – Best 12 Inch Laptop Ever?
Currently I use an Eee PC 1000HE, (as I write this blog post itself), and the 10-inch netbook is great but over the last 6 months of use, I have found that its Atom N280 CPU and 1024×600 resolution screen isn’t going to cut it for me to work with it on a daily basis.
For that, I have been searching for a slightly bigger netbook such as the ASUS 1101HA, which boasts an Atom Z520 1.33Ghz processor with 1366 x 768 pixel 11.6 inch screen. This one, I have actually tested it out at my local Best Buy. From what I can tell, the screen is much bigger than 1000HE but the problem lies in the processor and memory cannot be upgraded to more than 1GB, a limit on Atom Z520 processors.
So, I have opted to go slightly for a bigger netbook, perhaps a 12-inch laptop. But the number one feature is long battery life, at least 5 hours. My current Eee PC is rated at 9.5 hours but lasts about 7.5 hours with full-on blogging.
ASUS UL20A 12.1-inch laptop is probably the best 12″ laptop you can get these days with a battery-life of 7.5 hours. This laptop is actually not available now but available for pre-order.
The ASUS UL20A comes with a whopping 7.5 hours of battery life. (Well, I would expect at least 5.5 hours out of it. As a rule of thumb, always expect 2 hours less than actually advertised battery hours, this turrns out to be very true in most laptops I’ve tried.)
At 11.9 x 9.2 x 1.2 inches and 4.2 pounds it’s a tad bigger than my current 10″ netbook and 0.9 pounds heavier but I think I can deal with the extra weight gain for improved/faster performance.
The Intel SU7300 Core 2 Dual Processor should also be great for me to blog, run Photoshop, and watch YouTube videos simultaneously.
Other than that, this ASUS comes loaded with features found on most ASUS laptops such as touch-gesture touchpad plus it comes with 2GB of memory plus up to 4GB extendability.
Well, this is definitely the laptop to get if you are looking for high battery life and good performance.
I will have a video review on this ASUS UL20A as soon as my pre-order arrives.
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