Asus U5A
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus U5AProcessor: Intel Pentium M 750
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 128 MB
Display: 12.1 inch, 4:3, 1024x768 pixels
Weight: 1.5kg
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Average Score: 83.67% - good
Average of 3 scores (from 4 reviews)
mobility: 74%, workmanship: 95%, ergonomy: 87%, emissions: 85%
Reviews for the Asus U5A
Foreign Reviews
81% Subnotebooks
Source: Chip.de 
online available, Very Short, Date: 11/04/2006
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 75% performance: 75% features: 90% display: 94% mobility: 74% ergonomy: 79%
Asus U5A Subnotebook
Source: Minitechnet
online available, Short, Date: 05/08/2006
Rating: performance: 75% display: 85% workmanship: 95% emissions: 85%
85% Leicht und flott
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy
, Length Unknown, Date: 04/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 85% price: 85%
85% Business-Winzling
Source: PC Professionell
online available, Short, Date: 01/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 85% features: 95% ergonomy: 95%
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip with shared memory on Mobile Intel 915GM chipset. It is the predecessor of Graphics Media Accelerator 950. The performance can be compared with the Mobile Radeon 9000 (with a 64 bit memory bus).
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 Pentium M: With Intel chip set (855 or 915) and Intel WLAN also available with the name Centrino (name for the package).
In the comparison very fast per megahertz and very modest with weaknesses in floating point operations.
It is also available as a low voltage version with very small current consumption.
750:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
12.1": This is the most common display format for subnotebooks and an average size for subnotebooks.
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 less power, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that 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.
1.5 kg: This sub-notebook weighs less than the average of all notebooks and represents a medium class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 11 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.
83.67%: 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.
