Asus P52F-SO006X

Asus P52F review

Taiwanese company Asus is best known for its revolutionary Eee PC netbooks, but also produces full-sized laptops. The P52F-SO006X is a smart business model that's solidly built, with strong Intel Core performance. Our first reaction was highly positive, as the all-black chassis looks and feels reassuringly solid. The lid barely flexes at all, protecting the display within, while the shock protected hard drive helps to prevent damage to your data by resetting the read/write head if vibrations are detected. At 2.7kg this is quite a heavy laptop, though, so bear this in mind if you travel often. As with the Samsung R440, an Intel Core i3 370M processor provides the power. Anyone wishing to multitask with all their office applications will be pleased with the response, and only the Core i5 laptops showed better performance.BenchmarksBattery life: 238 minutesMobileMark 2007: 2243DMark 2003: 3250 Although the chassis is not particularly portable, we squeezed 238 minutes of battery life from a single charge, which was only beaten by the Toshiba Tecra A11. A basic Intel GMA HD integrated graphics are in place, which limits multimedia use.