Asus U1
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus U1Processor: Intel Core Duo U2400
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 128 MB
Display: 11.1 inch, 16:10, 1366x768 pixels
Weight: 1.2kg
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Average Score: 67% - average
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
mobility: 80%, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: 70%, emissions: - %
Reviews for the Asus U1
67% Asus U1-3002E
Source: PC Pro 
The Asus does come very close to tripping up the Sony VAIO VGN-TX3XP, though. The Asus is smaller, lighter and cheaper, but the VAIO beats it on the grounds that it has a built-in optical drive and a stunning nine-hour single-battery life. If you need an ultraportable for work, the Dell D420 is the place to stop looking. If you simply want to save every last gram, there's plenty to recommend the U1. An incredibly light and practical notebook for frequent travellers, but not without its quirks.
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4 von 6, Mobilität gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/10/2007
Rating: Total score: 67% mobility: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Asus U1
Source: c't 
online available, Short, Date: 03/10/2007
Rating: performance: 40% features: 70% display: 90% ergonomy: 70%
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).
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 Core Duo: Double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used together by the double. The maximum capacity of 31 watts is only 4 watts more than with the Pentium M (predecessor). Both cores are lowered automatically and independently of each other by speed steps down to 1 GHz. In addition it now supports also SSE3 instructions. At least it is just as fast as a equivalent Pentium M. With applications, which were designed for multi-processors, the performance can be nearly twice as fast as with the Pentium M (e.g. CineBench around 86% fast)
U2400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
11.1": This is a quite small display format for subnotebooks, which is not very common.
The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs few current, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is very exhausting vor the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.2 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for 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.
67%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
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