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DigitalVersus

07/2010

8.0/10

Laptop Reviews: Compare Laptops and Notebooks

The arrival of the Intel Core i processors and NVIDIA Optimus technology is a real boon for the world of laptops. And Asus certainly wasn't going to be left out of the loop, giving us the high performance U30Jc which also offers very decent battery life. Brushed aluminium is the order of the day on this Asus U30Jc. It's used on the hood and the wrist rest, which gives the computer a certain elegance, also making it both nice to the touch and robust. The finish is also excellent. The has small keys (15 x 15 mm), separated and flat. It's comfortable to use and keying is supple and quiet. The keys are well-positioned and retain the same proportions as on a traditional keyboard. The multi-touch has a very nice, soft, precise glide. In spite of being respectably large (85 x 47 mm), you can't help comparing it adversely with the giant MacBook touchpads which are still a good notch up in terms of comfort of use. The chrome click bar is quiet and responsive. The is ok, but no more than. Colours are a little too warm, contrast sufficient. However, the very light areas of the image tend to be overexposed. The fan is and emits just a slight sound except during heavy processing (photo retouching, video editing/encoding, gaming and so on), when it accelerates.

DigitalTrends

05/2010

8.5/10

Asus U30Jc-A1 Review

We review Asus' powerful 13-inch U30Jc-A1 notebook which features Nvidia Optimus graphics and the Intel Core i3 CPU. Choosing a laptop is rife with compromises. Small and portable, or big and powerful? Cheap and chintzy, or spendy and sleek? Anemic battery miser, or brutal battery devourer? Asus promises the middle ground on all of the above with the U30Jc. It's one of the first notebooks from Asus to use Nvidia's Optimus technology for automatically switching between integrated Intel graphics to save battery and discrete Nvidia graphics for power. Neither too big or too cramped, too expensive or too flimsy, too powerful or too weak, Asus has carved out what may be one of the most practical and least objectionable laptops to come through our doors, and a great value to boot.Asus' marketing for the U30Jc makes an effort to shoehorn it into the popular thin-and-light class, but in truth the U30Jc packs a lot more muscle than its stripped-down competitors, and bears some of the bulk to show for it. At 1.2 inches thick and 4.8 pounds, it can't compete on specs with a token thin-and-light like Acer's Timeline 3810T, which measures only 0.9 inches thick and 3.6 pounds.

TechReport

04/2010

Asus' U30Jc 13.3-inch notebook

With the steady stream of consumer ultraportables flooding the market, regular laptops with reasonably powerful hardware and compact enclosures have become a whole lot less glamorous - and harder to come by. Step into your local electronics store, and you'll probably find multitudes of larger 14" and 15.6" systems, often with resolutions no higher than 1366x768, sitting alongside netbooks and mildly underpowered ultrathins. What happened to all the nice, vanilla 13" laptops? The system we're looking at today is part of this seemingly endangered breed. It has a 1366x768 display resolution, but married to a 13.3" panel where that number of pixels actually looks good. A Core i3 processor and discrete Nvidia graphics provide plenty of horsepower, but they're enclosed within a reasonably compact and eminently portable enclosure. And thanks in part to Nvidia's Optimus graphics switching technology, this thing has purportedly great battery life, too. We're talking, of course, about the Asus U30Jc, whose North American debut we covered only a couple weeks ago. On paper, the notebook ticks all the right boxes for a system just above the consumer ultraportable class yet below the desktop replacement category.

CNet

04/2010

8.0/10

Asus U30Jc-A1

We're fond of saying that the 13-inch laptop is so unique it deserves its own category in the laptop family tree. In general, a 13-inch system hits the sweet spot of being the biggest laptop we'd consider carrying around every day, and also the smallest we'd consider using on a daily basis for serious work. It may not be the perfect solution for either road warriors or desk jockeys, but it comes the closest to straddling that line and being universally useful. As typified by Apple's 13-inch MacBook and MacBook Pro, however, most 13-inch laptops require a certain amount of sacrifice on the horsepower front, especially when it comes to gaming. Hoping to add a little more oomph to a typical 13-incher, Asus has added an Nvidia GeForce 310M GPU to the Asus U30Jc. But the real bonus is that the system also uses Optimus, Nividia's new switchable graphics solution, which turns your GPU on and off on the fly. Previously, switchable graphics required you to actively turn off the discrete graphics card when you didn't need it. It's a seemingly simple concept, but according to Nvidia, engineering challenges have only recently made it possible. The upshot is that you get the benefit of a dedicated GPU for gaming, but the battery life of a typical 13-inch laptop the rest of the time, without having to remember to flip a switch.

PCMAG

04/2010

8.0/10

Asus U30Jc-1A

Three months after Intel launched its Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 processors, we still haven't seen modestly-priced lightweight and ultraportable laptops that don't sacrifice power for battery life. While the somewhat expensive Editors' Choice Sony VAIO VPC-Z116GXS ($1,800 direct, ) and Lenovo ThinkPad X201 ($1,625 direct, ) both come equipped with an Intel Core i5 CPU, affordable alternatives that run on these processors are woefully scarce. That's why the metal-clad Asus U30Jc-1A is a welcome addition to the market: It's 13 inches of pure muscle, running on a Core i3 processor and two GPUs - an Intel integrated chipset and an Nvidia GeForce 310M graphics card. And because it scored 8 hours of battery life and does all of this for a delectable price ($899 list), handing it the Editors' Choice in the mainstream laptop category is a no-brainer. What people probably don't realize is that Asus has more aluminum-clad laptops than Apple, including the UL30A-A1 ($775 street, ), UL80Vt-A1 ($823 street, ), and UL50VF-A1 ($850 street, ). The U30Jc-A1 is just one of many that uses attractive metals on the lid and all over the palm rests (the rest of the body is made of plastics), whereas the Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch ($1,199.00 Direct, ) is completely covered in them.

LaptopMag

04/2010

8.0/10

Asus U30Jc-1A

Gaming muscle meets long battery life in the the ASUS U30Jc-1A, a 13-inch notebook that can automatically switch between discrete grpahics mode (great for playing games and high-def video) and integrated grpahics mode for when you need more juice. How much juice? This $899 system, powered by a Core i3 CPU, lasts over 7 hours on a charge. The slightly heavy chassis may not be for everyone, but overall the U30Jc is a good value for those who want graphics oomph without sacrificing endurance. Both the lid and the deck of the U30Jc are covered in a brushed aluminum that resists fingerprints, and, under the right lighting, appears to have a lavender tint. The area around the keyboard is a metallic silver plastic, and the island-style keys are a matte black plastic. The bezel is a glossy black plastic, which picks up fingerprints, but not too much so. For a 13-inch system, the U30Jc feels rather bulky, weighing in at 4.8 pounds. Measuring 13.1 x 9.5 x 1.2 inches, it’s a bit larger and heavier than the UL30A (12.7 x 9.2 x 1 inches, 4 pounds), most likely owing to the inclusion of an optical drive as well as a discrete graphics chip. The Sony VAIO Y, by comparison, has nearly the same dimensions (12.8 x 8.9 x 1.3) inches, but weighs a full pound less. Even with its discrete graphics chip running, the U30Jc kept rather cool.

HotHardware

04/2010

Asus 13.3" U30Jc Laptop, Optimus-Enabled Mobility

It seems like just yesterday that we commented on how many new CULV notebooks had hit the scene, and how Intel had seemingly hit the proverbial sweet spot. These low-voltage Core processors fit perfectly between high-end netbooks and low-end mainstream laptops, offering enough power for most users in a package that would run for hours on end without a recharge. The price point was also good, with many CULV options listing for around $700 to $900. And then, the Core 2010 lineup of processors were launched, and Intel seemingly ate its own in a ploy to get even faster chips on the market. Today, we're taking a look at one of those very chips, a Core i3-350M that fits into the Arrandale platform. It's housed within a sleek and stunning new ultraportable from Asus, and it just might be the most classy and bold machine we've seen from the company in recent memory. The U30Jc combines the best in new mobile CPU technology with the best in new mobile GPU technology, and the result is a reasonably priced ($899.99; available today at Amazon and NewEgg), but extremely promising machine that will easily fit on a tray table in coach.

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