Asus A8F

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Reviews for the Asus A8F

Asus A8F Notebook Review
Source: Notebookreview.com Archive.org version
The Asus A8F is an excellent choice for people on a relatively tight budget looking for a portable system to do general office tasks. Power users and gamers should avoid it, as should those looking for something to carry around constantly. This notebook computer is most comfortable with general computing tasks and flies through them all without a hitch. The long battery life and silence make it the perfect choice for students looking to work in a lecture or in the library. The included Asus carry bag and optical mouse are nice touches for first time users. There are certainly cheaper options for this specification, but as the saying goes, you get what you pay for.
umfangreicher Erfahrungsbericht eines Benutzers; online abrufbar

Preis/Leistung teuer, Mobilität gut, Verarbeitung gut, Emissionen gut
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 04/27/2007
Rating: price: 40% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80% emissions: 80%

A new workhorse in Asus’ stable
Source: Star Techcentral Archive.org version
The screen comes with Asus’ “Colour Shine” technology, and I found it to be bright, with sufficient contrast and vibrant colours. Its side viewing angles are good, though its vertical viewing angle could be better. If you’re not interested in new games, and can live without a PC Card slot, the A8F would be a good choice as a general-purpose notebook. It offers great performance, decent battery life of about five hours, a quality screen, and is quite affordable at under RM4,600. Pros: Great performance; quality screen; good specs. Cons: Mediocre graphics performance.
eher kurz gehaltener Test; online abrufbar

Leistung zufriedenstellend, Ausstattung gut, Display gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/20/2006
Rating: performance: 75% features: 85% display: 85%

Foreign Reviews

71% Office-Notebooks
Source: Chip.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/04/2006
Rating: Total score: 71% price: 85% performance: 64% features: 86% display: 52% mobility: 63% ergonomy: 81%

Asus A8F
Source: c't DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/10/2006
Rating: performance: 75% features: 75% display: 75% ergonomy: 75%

78% Einzel(kern)-Kämpfer: Im günstigen A8F setzt Asus den Core Solo ein, Intels neuen Einkern-Prozessor
Source: PC Welt DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/07/2006
Rating: Total score: 78% price: 82% performance: 71% features: 72% ergonomy: 90%

80% Schneller mit Doppel-CPU und UMTS
Source: PC Professionell DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/07/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 85% features: 71% ergonomy: 92%

76% Asus A8F-H006H
Source: Connect DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/14/2006
Rating: Total score: 76% performance: 74% features: 68% ergonomy: 82%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

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

Intel Core Solo: Single core version of the Core Duo and successor of the Intel Pentium M; Because of the 65nm reduced structure width also smaller current consumption than Pentium M (maximally 27 Watts); the performance is comparable with the equivalent clocked Pentium M (somewhat faster because of a few improvements).

T1300: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.