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Asus P50IJ-SO036X

Notebook Specifications

Asus P50IJ-SO036XNotebook: Asus P50IJ-SO036X
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5870
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: no
Weight: 2.62kg
Price: 600 euro
Average Score: 85% - good
Average of 3 scores (from 3 reviews)
price: 90%, performance: 68%, features: 50%, display: 68% mobility: 83%, workmanship: 89%, ergonomy: 78%, emissions: 86%

Reviews for the Asus P50IJ-SO036X

Foreign Reviews

80% Asus P50IJ im Test: Zuverlässiges Office-Notebook mit mattem Display
Source: Netzwelt German DE→EN
online available, Medium, Date: 01/26/2010
Rating: Total score: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 80%
85% Test Asus P50IJ-SO036X Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck German DE→EN
online available, Long, Date: 12/17/2009
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 66% display: 84% mobility: 80% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 84% emissions: 92%
90% Asus P50IJ-SO036X
Source: Notebookjournal German DE→EN
online available, Long, Date: 12/16/2009
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 90% performance: 70% features: 50% display: 40% mobility: 90% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:

The graphics core of the Intel GL40 and GS40 chipset features a slower clocked GMA 4500MHD (400 versus 533 MHz). Because of the slower core speed, full Blu-Ray Logo support is not given and the gaming performance is a bit worse.

Lower end of Graphics Cards for users who want to play games. New games should run on these cards, but only with decreased details and mediocre resolution.


>> 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.

T5870:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.6": 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. However nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. 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.

2.62 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.

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.

Asus reviews

85%: This rating is to be considered as average, because the amount of notebooks with better ratings is about equal like the amount with worse ratings.

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

 

Author: Stefan Hinum, 2010-01- 8 (Update: 2010-03-18)