Review: ASUS N50V

We remember when Asus' notebooks looked like they were planned by 5-year-olds with broken down crayons. The G2P gaming notebook was hideous. Fortunately the firm's got its act in concert and begun to whip out gorgeous notebook after stunning notebook. Its most recent stunner is the N50V -- a desktop replacement intended to handle all approach of hi-def content even though pricing and make public dates are yet to be definite. We'd gamble it will be out before the closing stages of the year.


Design

We've expressed it before, and we'll articulate it again -- the N50V is a nice-looking mechanism. The lid has fragile curved edges and a dark chocolate terminate that almost emerges purple in some lighting stipulations. Look intimately and you'll see dozens of vertical spotted lines that are evocative of the scrolling green code from the Matrix movies.


Performance

The N50V is a Centrino 2 notebook with a concrete core design. It comes with a Core 2 Duo T9400 with a core rate of recurrence of 2.53GHz, plus 4GB of RAM, and an NVidia Geforce 9650M GT graphics accelerator card and hence it's a very competent all-round machine.

The 320GB hard drive is reasonably middle-of-the-road by desktop PC norms, and even by notebook norms, Asus' M70 managed to transport with a 1TB drive, but this should only have an effect on pirate’s unrelenting file-sharers. Most notable, however, is the addition of a Blu-ray drive. With this, you'll be proficient to watch high-definition movies on the notebook, or on a large, exterior display.

Our mock-up of the N50V came with no operating system at all, but concluding accounts are predictable to ship with an edition of Windows Vista. The N50V has a fat, 15.4-inch exhibit, but we're not influenced by it. First of all, it's lustrous, so it's needlessly reflective, and poorer still, its vertical viewing angle is extremely limited. We had to slope it to a 145-degree angle, as far as it'll go, in order to acquire an even picture.


Overall

The N50V is a grand-looking, well-planted notebook. It's not ideal by any means, the storage space is restricted and the screen has issues, so the Asus M70 may be a superior bet. But if you desire a stylish desktop replacement with abundance of power and features, it's worth a glance.


Pros

+ Grand design
+ Speedy CPU and loads of memory


Cons

- Only 3 USB ports;
- Lustrous terminate gets filthy without difficulty


Value For Money


Our Rating