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Natural bind Technology
While many notebooks come with metal and plastic materials, this series tries to remind us of nature by incorporating natural elements are more alive. If you've ever noticed the car's interior luxury, consider the part of his dashboard. Usually this section using wood materials for a natural look as well as elegant. Well, touch wood is also manifested in the new Asus notebook series U43Jc included in the Bamboo series. In this case bamboo material used to cover and palmrest (back of the hand) which makes this notebook a unique look.
Although designed with the look of a friendly, U43Jc was prepared to work quite fierce. Because the computer is equipped with the latest processors Core class i. Especially we tried this using the Intel Core i7-M620 plus 4 GB of DDR3 memory is quite fast to run the computing activity. This notebook uses Super Hybrid Engine technology (SHE) for the battery was wearing did not quickly run out of power, then. This will determine the appropriate level of power consumption required activity. While working full-power will be provided with optimal. But if conditions are too relaxed CPU (idle), the power consumption be reduced. This is similar to Optimus technology from nVidia that govern work assignments onboard graphics (Intel GMA HD is more calm) and a separate graphics chip (GeForce 310M more powerful) automatically.
Facilities at Bamboo U43Jc itself fairly well balanced, with a HDMI port to replace the absence of FireWire ports. The USB port was only 3 pieces, but one of them already bertekenologi USB 3.0 (colored blue for a faster connection). As with other Asus models, features Instant-On for entertainment and Internet activity via Express Gate Cloud Express system remains available. This is suitable for you who want to open a browser with immediately or just play online games without having to go into the operating system.
Usage bamboo not only makes Asus U43JC look unique, but also more friendly to nature. Performance and sailing facilities notebook 14 "is also satisfactory. But all these advantages must be redeemed at more than U.S. $ 1000.
Testing Results
With specification of the CPU and the graphics are very similar between Byon M8340 and Asus U43Jc results are certainly not much different, and rightly so that we meet. Only 4 GB of memory on the Asus seems to give more than 2 GB on the increase Byon. PCMark Score prove this. More significant results obtained by Asus in 5600 mAh battery that can last even up to 7 hours.
Examination | Byon M8340 | Asus U43Jc |
Sysmark 2007 v1.06 | 165 | 177 |
Cinebench R11.5 | 2,39 | 2,37 |
PCMark Vantage | 5674 | 6162 |
3DMark Vantage | 1165 | 1038 |
Encoding video | 8 min 37 sec | 9 min 11 sec |
Encoding audio | 1 min 19 sec | 1 min 19 sec |
Battery Life | ||
Playing HD Video | 1 hr 24 min | 3 hr 4 min |
Battery Eater | 3 hr 17 min | 7 hr 46 min |
Specifications Asus U43JC Bamboo
Processor | Intel Core i7-M620 (2,66 GHz, 4 MB L3 cache) |
RAM | 4 GB, DDR3 PC3-10666 |
Chipset | Intel HM55 (Arrandale) |
Graphic Card | Intel GMA 4500HD + GeForce GT310M 1 GB |
HDD | 500 GB SATA II |
Optical drive | DVD±RW |
Other | WiFi b/g/n, LAN, card reader (4-in-1), Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0 (1), USB 3 (1), VGA-out, HDMI, Webcam. |
Display | 14” resolution 1366x768 px |
Sound Card | Realtek ALC269 |
OS | Windows 7 Ultimate |
Battery | 5600 mAh |
Dimention | 34,5x24,4x(3,2-3,6) cm |
Weight | 2,4 kg |
Guarantee | 2 year |
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Estimation Price | US$1209 |
Metal's Border
The edge of the notebook that was given aluminum casing, giving the impression of luxury and strong. It also protects the edge of the notebook when collisions.
Bamboo grounded
Palmrest part of which seem natural bamboo material is comfortable being touched and used. The color of the bamboo will become darker with age wear.
Fast Boot
One of the interesting applications is the Fast Boot to accelerate the boot process with the operating system to disable the application or service that run Windows.
(+) : Good design, high performance, full facilities, a hybrid system, the boot facility express, expressive audio.
(-) : No Express Card slot and FireWire, expensive price.
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