* Good Price
* Perfect for students or people on the run
* Excellent performance for its class
* Keyboard nice to use
* Nice and light
* Crisp clear screen
* Good WLAN reception
* Small charger makes for better portability
* Good sturdy chassy
* Battery life could be better (but 6-cell battery will help that)
* WLAN switch is a returning switch, would prefer an actual two state switch
* Battery takes a while to charge (about the same time as it takes to be exhausted - 1 - 1.5 hours)
* Would like the option to disable WLAN in BIOS, good for when on an aeroplane (what if i bumb the WLAN switch?)
* Mouse buttons on track pad are on each side of the track pad not below it.
Excellent product, I was surprised at how capable the onboard graphics card is, it ran Wolfenstein: Return to Castle smoothly with all graphics settings set to full.
With the ability to connect an external monitor via a VGA port on the left side, you can turn this little wonder into a desktop replacement for the office with minimal discomfort.
The charger port is on the side, which means you dont have be careful when tipping the unit back.
Once i installed AVG Free 8 Antivirus, and cleaned out as much as i could from the programs loading on startup i got my boot time down to about 65 seconds, which i find adequate.
The only thing i dont like about the keyboard is the Home and End keys require that you hold the FN key and use the PgUp and PgDown keys, seperate keys for the Home and End would have been a much better choice.
All in all i would definitly recommend this unit for the following uses:
1) A portable enternainment unit, plays almost all games from 1 or 2 years ago. And will happily play popcap and Gamehouse games
2) Office replacement for people on the run. Take it with you anywhere, it will fit in your briefcase, when you get back to work, plug in a monitor, mouse and maybe a keyboard and you are set.
3) Student PC, this unit handles Office and web browsing like a breeze, perfect for the UNI or High School student (and nice on the wallet).
4) Techno junkies who want technology on the run (this category is mine)
5) People who fly around a lot, the unit fits perfectly on the small aeroplane tray tables that you have in Economy class flights.