This review is from: ASUS U36SG-AS51 13.3-Inch Ultraportable Laptop (Black) (Personal Computers)
it satisfies every aspect of my requirement: 1. light..en..only 0.6lbs to my idea level 2. it is quiet… 3. it is i7..it is actually 2640m..not 2620.. 4. long battery hours…9 hours if just surf web or text editing 5. entry level GPU: 610M ..it is 1G ..not 2G 6. it is nanometer coating..look sexy…actually very close to apple in terms of design effect 7. not some many trash software preinstalled 8. it is 6G ram.. a little concern: no DVD drive..not know what will happen if need one..the price is fine..but the lower the better..lol..
I am very happy I bought this laptop
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This review is from: ASUS U36SG-AS51 13.3-Inch Ultraportable Laptop (Black) (Personal Computers)
I bought this laptop specifically to run Linux and it does a good job of it so far.
The upsides — fast processor and decent NVIDIA GPU, compact size and great battery life. The downsides — keyboard is not backlit and the stock hard drive is horribly slow. If you have the technical wherewithal, replace it with a Seagate Momentus XT 750 ($130) and you will be much happier. There are YouTube videos showing how to upgrade the U36SD and the U36SG is basically the same. It is a pain but well worth it. [...] Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 32 MB Cache 2.5 Inch Solid State Hybrid Drive ST750LX003
For those with an eye for detail here is what ‘lspci’ and ‘cat /proc/cpuinfo’ have to say: eherr@singularity:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce 610M] (rev ff) 03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) 04:00.0 USB controller: Fresco Logic FL1000G USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04) 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
Edit: Under light load (browsing and email), with my configuration (running Linux and with hybrid drive installed), it would appear that battery runtime is about 7 hours with NVIDIA GPU disabled. Awesome!
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Well i thought i was going to end up with the best laptop for this price.. but it ends up not having the 2gb overclocked nvidia card.. runs pretty smooth no cd drive i dident see that in the description.. all in all great looking laptop nice features compared to others around the same price.. there was only two other laptops around this price with better specs.. but none of them are ultra portable
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it satisfies every aspect of my requirement,
it satisfies every aspect of my requirement:
1. light..en..only 0.6lbs to my idea level
2. it is quiet…
3. it is i7..it is actually 2640m..not 2620..
4. long battery hours…9 hours if just surf web or text editing
5. entry level GPU: 610M ..it is 1G ..not 2G
6. it is nanometer coating..look sexy…actually very close to apple in terms of design effect
7. not some many trash software preinstalled
8. it is 6G ram..
a little concern:
no DVD drive..not know what will happen if need one..the price is fine..but the lower the better..lol..
I am very happy I bought this laptop
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|Add a Seagate Momentus XT 750 and it’s an ultrabook,
I bought this laptop specifically to run Linux and it does a good job of it so far.
The upsides — fast processor and decent NVIDIA GPU, compact size and great battery life.
The downsides — keyboard is not backlit and the stock hard drive is horribly slow. If you have the technical wherewithal, replace it with a Seagate Momentus XT 750 ($130) and you will be much happier. There are YouTube videos showing how to upgrade the U36SD and the U36SG is basically the same. It is a pain but well worth it.
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Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 32 MB Cache 2.5 Inch Solid State Hybrid Drive ST750LX003
For those with an eye for detail here is what ‘lspci’ and ‘cat /proc/cpuinfo’ have to say:
eherr@singularity:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce 610M] (rev ff)
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
04:00.0 USB controller: Fresco Logic FL1000G USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
eherr@singularity:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 42
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2640M CPU @ 2.80GHz
stepping : 7
microcode : 0x1a
cpu MHz : 800.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips : 5587.52
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
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Edit: Under light load (browsing and email), with my configuration (running Linux and with hybrid drive installed), it would appear that battery runtime is about 7 hours with NVIDIA GPU disabled. Awesome!
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|NVIDIA 1gb not 2gb…runs nice.. but…,
Well i thought i was going to end up with the best laptop for this price.. but it ends up not having the 2gb overclocked nvidia card.. runs pretty smooth no cd drive i dident see that in the description..
all in all great looking laptop nice features compared to others around the same price.. there was only two other laptops around this price with better specs.. but none of them are ultra portable
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