This 11.6 inch celeron processor
powered mini laptop from ASUS comes
with good rigid body and plenty of
connectivity options. The processor is
not powerful enough to run graphics
intensive programs but well suitable for office related works and Internet
browsing. This particular ASUS X201E
model is powered by the Intel Celeron
1007 processor with clock speed of
1.5GHz, 2GB of DDR3 RAM and DOS
operating system. There is no dedicated graphics on this machine. The best part
of this mini-laptop is the weight which
is almost equal to most of the
Ulrabooks in the market. The weight is
only 1.25KG and the thickness is 3.6cm.
It has no Optical disk drive (No DVDRW drive) and there is no bluetooth support
on it. But is has WiFi 802.11b/g/n with
reasonable signal strength for your
Wireless connectivity. For external
monitor connections, there are HDMI
port and Mini-VGA ports on the sides of the netbook. For high speed data
transfer there is as USB 3.0 port. The
display on this mini-laptop is not of
superior quality. The brightness and
contrast is acceptable and the vertical
viewing angle in very narrow. It is not suitable for outside bright lighting
particularly under the sun works and
for that you may require a shading
area. There is a Media card slot on it
which supports SD,SDHC,SDXC and MMC
cards. The battery is 6 cell type. As the processor consumes very less power,
you may expect good enough battery
backup time on this mini-laptop. There
are 2 Nos of USB2.0 ports and 2 Combo
audio in and out ports for your
headphone, speaker out and Microphone in. The is one 10/100Mbps
Ethernet (RJ-45) port for wired internet
connectivity. The keyboard is a
standard one with chiklet keys provides
a good typing feel. The keys are not
cramped and provides comfortable typing feeling. It has in built web-cam. Pros Less weight and highly portable
Less power consuming processor
Good connectivity options
Available in four colors
Good construction Cons There is no optical disk drive ( It is
common on all mini laptops )
No bluetooth connectivity
No Gigabit Ethernet