ASUS U35JC-A1 Review
Buying a laptop is always a kind of compromise between performance, mobility and especially price. Asus’ latest addition Asus U35JC-A1 to its series aimed at a balance between the three strikes, the combination of a portable 13.3in chassis, Nvidia graphics Optimus-switching technology and an Intel Core i3 processors.
The first trick the Asus’s sleeve is its specification. Where many would be a 13.3in laptop with a low-voltage processors from Intel have a partnership that has a full-fat Asus Core i3-370M fell. It skips along at 2.4 GHz with 4 GB of RAM and a 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium conducting proceedings, it is enough to get through our benchmarks with a respectable overall score of 1.42.

Not satisfied with that Asus has Intel Allied budget brawler with Optimus graphics switching technology from Nvidia. The Intel HD graphics integrated on the processor, take the reins, in most cases, the power consumption keeps as low as possible. Fire a CUDA-accelerated application or a game, however, and Nvidia GeForce 310M chipset throws himself into the fray in silence. There is a clear arrangement, certainly, but we still feel like a hardware switch to manually switch between the two – not least because sometimes do not recognize inexplicably not Optimus, the game in question, and completely forget that Nvidia chipset Action prod.
Quibbles aside, however, Nvidia Optimus helps squeeze the most out of the large 5800mAh battery in the rear. Light use U35JC-A1 saw the last for an impressive 7h 55min, while 2h 31min managed to withstand heavy use. Impressive in every way.

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Gaming performance is not as stellar as deceptively powerful run Alienware M11x, but the GeForce 310M enough juice to Crysis on a modest level of detail. We clocked the U35JC-A1 with an average of 43fps at low settings display on a dwindling unplayable 13fps at medium detail. Stick to modest settings, and light gaming should not give too many headaches.
Great battery life, nippy performance and even a certain level of gaming ability: Asus’ U35JC-A1 has the makings of an excellent all-rounder. It is even more reassuring to find, then, that it is also quite attractive and portable.

At 1.8kg, the ultra portable to rival U35JC-A1 not easy, but it is far from a dead weight in a pocket. It comes with a black, brushed aluminum cover and an attractive chain link weave pooling around the keyboard and smooth curves and a hint of gloss black make for a pretty, small portable. Importantly, though, it feels stable, but with the sleek, metallic lid prove a mite more flexible than we like.
The 13.3in screen is really pretty good. The gloss is reflective, but there are a lot of brightness to them, and the combination of good contrast and color reproduction firm made a good stab at reproducing our painfully tricky test images and movie clips. The biggest disappointment is its vertical viewing angle: the narrow sweet spot had us flip the screen back and forth to the image simply to get Sun.

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A fine selection of features rounds out the U35JC-A1 Credentials: three USB ports, VGA and HDMI, SD/MS/MMC memory card reader and Gigabit Ethernet are located along the laptop left and right, while Bluetooth and a single-band Atheros 802.11n chipset provide wireless connectivity. The only glaring deficiency is a DVD burner, Samsung Q330 managed as a squeeze in, we think Asus could have done the same.
The keyboard is a bit like a let-down, though. We have no complaints about the layout or the generous dimensions of the Scrabble-tile-key, but the action could be drastically improved. An obvious ripple was evident from the keyboard panel with buttons dipping slightly in the middle of the chassis and typing showed a clear, bounce that will feel a vague, unreassuring. It is not bad, but it is a severe disappointment to an otherwise fine laptop.

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have received if there were not that under-par keyboard, the Asus would be a full place in the A-list. It looks like it will only settle for a suggested retail price. It could cost more than anything Samsung Q330 but it is faster, has better battery life and has a dedicated Nvidia graphics chip in addition to the Optimus technology. Factor in the two-year warranty, and for only 571, which is pretty remarkable.































