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Asus A6Rp

Notebook Specifications

Notebook: Asus A6Rp
Processor: Intel Celeron M 420
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon Xpress 200M 128 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 3kg
Links: Asus homepage
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Average Score: 60% - poor
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)price: 80%, performance: 50%, features: 65%, display: 75%
mobility: - %, workmanship: 80%, ergonomy: 65%, emissions: - %

Reviews for the Asus A6Rp

60% Group test: Asus A6Rp-AP026H
Source: vnunet.com English
This notebook is fine for office tasks on the move but the battery won't go the distance with a DVD movie. An attractive and solidly built laptop but the battery life is a clear weakness.
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(von 5): 3, Preis/Leistung 4, Ausstattung 3, Ergonomie 3, Verarbeitung gut, Display attraktiv, Akkulaufzeit schwach
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/22/2006
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 80% features: 60% display: 80% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 60%

Foreign Reviews

Asus A6RP
Source: c't German
online available, Short, Date: 02/20/2007
Rating: performance: 50% features: 70% display: 70% ergonomy: 70%

Comment

ATI Radeon Xpress 200M: ATI Radeon Xpress 200M is the shared memory integrated graphic card from ATI based on a X300 core. In general it is a bit faster than the Intel GMA 950 graphic core.

Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.


>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Celeron M: It is a Pentium M with halved level 2 Cache and limited on FSB 400. The characteristic of this processor is the speed, which is hardly slower than an equivalent Pentium M. However it can change the speed not dynamically like the Pentium M and therefore needs without load more current.
It is also available as Low Voltage Version with very small current consumption.

420:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks.  15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

3 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.

Asus: Asus is an international manufacturer of medium size. In German and English speaking countries nowadays many notebooks of Asustec are reviewed. Nevertheless rather few laptop models achieve top-positions according total ranking and prize/value-rating.

Asus reviews

60%: Such a bad rating is rare. There exist hardly any notebooks, which are rated worse.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.


 

Author: Stefan Hinum, 2007-03-14 (Update: 2008-10-28)