Asus X401 Series
Processor: AMD E-Series E-450, Intel Celeron B830, Intel Pentium B950Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6320, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics 2000
Display: 14.0 inch
Weight: 1.8kg, 1.9kg
Price: 400, 500 euro
Average of 2 scores (from 5 reviews)
mobility: - %, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %
Asus X401A-WX115V
Specifications
Notebook: Asus X401A-WX115VProcessor: Intel Pentium B950
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Display: 14.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Price: 500 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section X401A-WX115V (Model)
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: Computer Active
It's easy to forgive the X401a's many faults given its very low price. If you want an inexpensive lightweight laptop though, the Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook is better in almost every respect. It's more expensive at just under £500, but it's better value and is our recommendation unless you're on a very tight budget.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/01/2012
Rating: Total score: 60%
Asus X401U-WX025V
Specifications
Notebook: Asus X401U-WX025VProcessor: AMD E-Series E-450
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6320
Display: 14.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels
Weight: 1.8kg
Price: 400 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: 01Net
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/14/2012
Rating: Total score: 40%
Asus X401A-WX411
Specifications
Notebook: Asus X401A-WX411Processor: Intel Celeron B830
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 2000
Display: 14.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Source: PC Store
BU→ENPositive: Compact size with a large screen; portable and easy to use; weight less than 2 kg with 6 cells battery.
Comparison, online available, Short, Date: 12/17/2012
Asus X401A-WX410
Specifications
Notebook: Asus X401A-WX410Processor: Intel Celeron B830
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 2000
Display: 14.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Source: PC Store
BU→ENPositive: Compact size with a large screen; portable and easy to use; weight less than 2 kg with 6 cell battery.
Comparison, online available, Short, Date: 12/17/2012
Asus X401A-WX412
Specifications
Notebook: Asus X401A-WX412Processor: Intel Celeron B830
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 2000
Display: 14.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Source: PC Store
BU→ENPositive: Compact size with a large screen; portable and easy to use; weight less than 2 kg with 6 cell battery.
Comparison, online available, Short, Date: 12/17/2012
Comment
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.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics: Onboard graphics card that is built in the new Arrandale CPUs (Core i3 / i5 / i7 Dual Cores). Depending on the model and Turbo Boost, the GMA HD is clocked between 166 and 766 MHz.
AMD Radeon HD 6320:
Integrated graphics card in the Zacate netbook processors (e.g. E-450) featuring an UVD3 video decoder and no dedicated memory. Thanks to TurboCore, it can automatically overclock to 600 MHz.
Intel HD Graphics 2000: Integrated graphics card in the Intel Sandy Bridge processors (Core ix-2xxx). The 2000 is the slower, internally GT1 called, version with 6 Execution Units (EUs).
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Pentium:
B950:
Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. Due to the Pentium brand, many features of the Sandy Bridge core are deactivated.
AMD E-Series:
E-450:
Dual Core low power processor with an integrated graphics cards. The processor is on a level with Celeron SU2300 (1.2 GHz) and the GPU part about as fast as an Nvidia ION (2).
Intel Celeron:
B830: Entry level dual core processor for laptops with integrated graphics card (Intel HD Graphics based on the HD Graphics 2000) and reduced features of the Sandy Bridge core (no Turbo Boost, AES, ...).
14.0: 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.
1.8 kg:
These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 12 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
1.9 kg:
50%: This average evaluation is exceptionally bad. There exist hardly any laptops, which are rated so negative.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
