Asus UL30A unboxing

[loregonbatan]

THIS IS NOT A NETBOOK!!!! NETBOOKS 7" to 12"

NOTEBOOKS 13" to 17"

[arztodaycc]

is it pronounced "Ay Sus"?

[MonkeyG0D1]

that was terrible, its a notebook and its pronounced A sus, not asoos

[IndianaKatarn]

@MonkeyG0D1

No, it's not pronounced A sus.

If people bothered doing research about things before claiming what they are...

It's asus (uh suhs)

usa.asus(dot)com/About_ASUS/Or­igin_of_the_Name_ASUS/

[MonkeyG0D1]

@IndianaKatarn

Pegasus is pronounced peg a sus...

google it

[IndianaKatarn]

@MonkeyG0D1

Nope. Written phonetically it's Pehguhsus.

dictionary.reference(dot)com/b­rowse/Pegasus

Use the pronunciation function on that page.

[TheSlipKnot981]

@MonkeyG0D1 no, it's asoos. look it up. most americans (i'm an american too) pronounce it a sus

[basstard013]

got it for £350. Not really a netbook, just a thin and slim notebook.

Weak point is the screen (poor viewing angles), stiff mouse buttons, weird dimple trackpad that takes a while getting used to, and some flex around the edges.

Nonetheless I love it. Huge battery life, good wifi, plays HD videos fine (except I Player HD for some reason), does everything I require from it, and flies with an SSD (old Samsung PB-22J). It's like a netbook+.

Cant wait for the Zacate netbooks to come out as well.

[Kratosmurderer]

ohmigod

its A-SUS not Azooz A frikin SUS

[busterbdragon]

@Kratosmurderer he's pronouncing it right

[hks9900]

Asooose

[prototype00000]

3:36 when he says he doesnt know what that button does, it loads up a linux based operating system which lets you do things like go online, skype calls play music. its good if you want to quickly do something as it boots up within seconds

[skyline0511]

You got so many laptop lying around. Do you play with every single one of them? BTW it's a laptop as you've mentioned on your detailed description but you kept saying it's a netbook.

[Leanthesoccerplayer]

ur a fail

[Erotobot]

Why does this dork keep referring to the machine as a netbook? It's not a netbook.

[racketer]

it sort of is in a way but with the size of it it isnt. It doesnt come with a cd drive which no netbooks do and it is running one of the ultra low voltage processors that some netbooks have nowadays. But it is more of a laptop due to its size

[CanOfSpam]

I need a laptop with high battery life, and have been looking at this one. However, I need to be running several (up to 3-4) instances of Virtual PC on it, for network testing, school etc.

You think that the CPU on this can handle that?

[kwiiboy]

no, at 1.3, just no.

[hasho0o0m94]

@CanOfSpam then u should buy mini laptop

[onelovejahh]

wow so thin!

[sxcg]

got it, love it...

THAT's how laptops should be, small (12-14), and good battery life. i dont see the point having a laptop with 2 hours battery. THATS a laptop. after all the cpu doesnt define the speed, this has great chipset, ram and hard drive. dont let the clockspeed of 1.3 GHz foul you, it is still core2duo architecture and runs very good.

[basstard013]

@sxcg Yeah, it's a far cry from Atoms. CULVs are really good processors. imo, that's what netbooks should have been in the first place (or better, the UL20A).

Now with Zacate coming out, netbooks will finally fulfil their potential. HD enabled and proper 3D acceleration, and with a decent multitasking and good screen res. And cheap (eventually).

[mrwilliwizard]

looks nice

[Allaar90]

Wow.. Notice the flex when he opens the laptop @3.00. Like it's made out of plastic?!

[mrwilliwizard]

its the screen. every screen that skinny will flex.

[mota411]

Great review do you know how much the retail price is?

[ilovejedd]

Already available for pre-order from Amazon with Windows 7.

UL30A-X5 - $679 (7 Home Premium, 12.5 hours battery life)

UL30A-A2 - $779 (7 Home Premium, 16 hours battery life)

UL30A-A3B - $789 (7 Professional/XP Pro, 11 hours battery life)