Asus B80 Series

Asus B80A

Specifications

60% ASUS B80A-B1
Source: PC Mag
Much like a staid business suit, business laptops tend to be low key. The new B80A-B1 ($970 street) from ASUS breaks out of that mold; it can do more than just send e-mails and run spreadsheets. Now, some corporate bean counters may balk at purchasing a laptop with all the bells and whistles of the B80A-B1, particularly when capable basic systems like the HP ProBook 4510s cost almost $300 less. The ASUS B80A-B1 is like your job interview suit, a solid investment but nothing too exciting. 
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/14/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%

79% Test Asus B80A (4G004E)
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/20/2009
Rating: Total score: 79% performance: 71% display: 75% mobility: 81% workmanship: 81% ergonomy: 78% emissions: 75%

90% Asus B80A-4G004E
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/17/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 70% performance: 50% features: 70% display: 30% mobility: 70% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 90%

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Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated, a Taiwanese multinational company, produces motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, PDAs, computer monitors, notebook computers, servers, networking products, mobile phones, computer cases, computer components, and computer cooling systems. The company's 2007 revenues reached US$6.9 billion. ASUS also produces components for other manufacturers. The Eee PC initiated the netbook boom in 2008.

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Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

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

Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

T5800: Entry level dual core processor based on the Merom core without Virtualization support and a low maximum temperature.

14.1: 14 inch display size is a mixture between the small formats of subnotebooks and the 15 inch standard display. 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 energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

2.5 kg:

This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

2.5 kg:

76.33%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.

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

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