Asus U46 Ultrathin Laptop Review

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Asus U46 laptop is a one-inch thick laptop featuring a 14″ display and powered by second generation Intel Core i5 processor. Despite its size, the battery lasts for 10 hours’ operation. The looks are also beautiful. Very thin, smooth and richness of black are the chief attractions. Asus U46 has an impressive line of predecessors – including the U36, which have appealed to the young band of laptop users.

This laptop clearly is aimed at people on the move. With its thin, yet sturdy design, the overall dimensions of this laptop are kept to a minimum. The body is of durable spun aluminium. You can also opt for a soft-touch palm rest. You can take this light weight laptop to anywhere you go. With its 14″ display, you can enjoy your movies while on the move. You can also catch up with your work, even if you are not inside the office or your home.

The Ultrathin Laptop

They call this the Asus U46 Ultrathin laptop because it is less than one-inch thick, a follow up of Asus U36 thin laptop. Like its ultra thin predecessors, Asus U46 also is of high build quality. The dimensions are reduced while maintaining decent graphics performance and long battery life.

Powerful Performance

Don’t be fooled by its appearance. In spite of its lower dimensions, Asus U46 is a powerful laptop, capable of running all the software you need. Work with graphics software or video editing software and it will stay up. All this is possible because of its configuration. The 2nd gen i5 processor powers the laptop, which comes with an impressive 8GB RAM and choice of hard drive from 320 GB to 750GB. With 7200 rpm (rotations per minute), data access is fast.

Graphics

The graphics support of this laptop Asus U46 comes equipped with Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics or nVidia GeForce GT450 graphics. It also has a whopping 1GB of GDDR3 video memory. It can bring so much of graphics into the volatile memory for fast access.

In other words, your movie watching and gaming experiences are going to become even more entertaining. Both the old and the new movies and video games will deliver the most exciting viewing and gaming experiences. If you play graphic intensive games or if you work with a lot of graphics, you can opt for the nVidia graphics card.

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Battery

Asus U46 laptop has an 8-cell 5900 battery, which can last for up to 10 hours. Charge it for less than two hours and you can keep working on the laptop of another 10 hours. You can continue working or viewing the movies while travelling. You can also choose to stay outdoors and complete your works there.

Other Features at a Glance

Asus U46 laptop has a lowly 0.3 megapixel webcam built-in. It also has a USB 3.0 port, an HDMI out and an optional Bluetooth 3.0. The webcam may be frustrating for some users. The USB 3.0 port signals that the standard is finally catching up.

Price and Availability

Asus has introduced Asus U46 Ultrathin laptop in the European markets only and is available at a price of £700, excluding taxes.

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