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Today’s notebook degree of homogenization is very serious now, random search is a lot of the notebook configuration GT540M graphics. Their configuration is almost the same, the whole design without the characteristics, it is difficult to meet the young with fashion personality appearance. However, Asus recently announced a U46SV With exquisite workmanship, personalized designs and mainstream game configuration, an injection of fresh blood to the notebook configuration GT540M graphics.

From the U46 series notebook configuration, the entire series GT540M graphics positioning in the end, the processor uses the second generation of Core i3 and i5, is currently the most widely used mix, regardless of the video game or a business office, it can easily do , the whole configuration there is no obvious defects.

In the selling price from the present, offer several configuration point of view, i3 version in about 5300 yuan, while the i5 version will have nearly 6,000 yuan, but from Taobao Mall price is relatively cheaper, i3 version in 5000 models equipped with i5 processors is about 5500 yuan. Although compared to other models of the same with a slightly higher price, but Asus U46 machine design more personalized, more solid body work materials used, and it is currently configured the GT540M level graphics card, the thinnest models, then the next we from the design, comfort and performance of the whole three aspects to look at the Asus U46.

Many configuration Asus U46, this time we tested the ASUS U46EI231SV-SL (3GB/750GB), it is equipped with a Core i3 2310M processor, GT540M graphics card, 750GB capacity hard drive and 3GB memory. And equipped with high capacity 74Wh battery, the official claims can achieve 10 hours of battery life, is this really? The mystery subsequently announced.

Champagne gold concentric solid top cover fashion personality

Asus U46 fuselage roof design is very unique, the use of metal materials, surface engraved with a three-dimensional texture of concentric circles, with the overall tone of the champagne, simple and stylish and full of personality.

Asus U46 Although the same 14-inch glossy display, but its narrow border of the screen designed to make the U46 14-inch is more compact than a laptop, similar to the size of the current 13-inch notebook. In addition, Asus U46 screen ultra-thin design, the 5.5mm thickness of the screen, so the whole look more slim. However, we do not have to worry about the intensity of its screen, although thinner, but thanks to the excellent screen roof design, the overall stability is good.

Since the screen borders become smaller, is bound to reduce the overall area, in order to ensure the comfort of the use of the touch pad and palm rest, the ASUS U46 above the keyboard and screen, screen borders the smaller distance, the voltage switch and the Express Gate button made a long strip. However, at the touch of a button, edit, touch there are some shortcomings, and each time the power switch when the need to push hard, because the power button is not good to give us a feedback, we do not know is not anymore.

Keyboard with Asus U46 equipped with a chocolate keyboard, although the intensity of its key process shorter rebound is small in general, feel very small, but the gap between the  keycaps and keyboard ground, so that effectively prevent pollution material into the cracks of the keyboard, to make routine maintenance easier.
The touchpad design, the Asus U46 ‘d done a good job, and its moderate size, surface frosted fingers touch smooth. And touchpad button with a separate design, reducing the chance of misuse.

To make us more comfortable in a small space using a laptop, Asus U46 using the forward shaft design, which makes us as much as possible within the limited space in the cabin or on the train, the increase of the opening and closing angle of the notebook, shorten the distance between the screen and the eyes.

Asus U46 interface configuration with the current mainstream 14-inch than gold is no different from, also has two USB 2.0 ports, a USB3.0 interface, an an HDMI interface, a VGA interface, and fully meet our daily use of demand. However, in actual use, we can see that the smaller spacing of the left side of the fuselage USB interface, insert two ordinary U disk volume will have some conflicts.

In the bottom of the fuselage design, the for us to set aside to upgrade memory and hard drive rapid disassembly baffle, the user can upgrade the memory and hard drive, but if the notebook cleaning operation, you will need the whole open order to reveal the thermal component, do not recommend users to handle their own.

7 hours long life machine cooling is generally

MobileMark is a test laptop battery life test software, we are using the laptop battery case to let MobileMark2007 simulate user to carry out day-to-day affairs in the notebook in the office environment under high load and record the battery from full power to the battery power consumption best time to assess the life of the notebook.

Thanks to the configuration 74Wh capacity battery, this test ASUS U46SV life of 7 hours, 14-inch notebook in the models of life a long time.

On the control of the whole heat, ASUS U46SV, keyboard surface heat distribution concentrated in the middle of the keyboard part and the left palm rest and touchpad, but the maximum temperature is 40.6 ℃, the actual touch warm. Compared with the keyboard surface, the ground temperature ASUS U46SV body is relatively high heat map from the point of view, the red region of the left side a small range of the maximum temperature reached 49.8 ℃, do not recommend that users on the lap or bed use.

The screen display effect, similar with the current about 80% of notebook. Inclined 45 degrees to watch the screen, the brightness of color declined. The screen brightness and color performance, the Asus U46 can cover 53% NTSC color gamut, screen brightness of 224cd/m2, slightly higher than the average notebook display, but with the ordinary display there is a certain gap.

i3 processor + GT540M graphics mainstream office game

We tested this in the machine configuration the ASUS U46EI231SV-SL (3GB/750GB) with i3 2310M processor, GT540M graphics, 2GB of RAM and a 750GB high-capacity hard drive, its SYSmark score 149 to reach the current level of mainstream notebooks, performance to fully meet the everyday applications such as Internet office.

In addition to the performance, ASUS U46SV, seven-hour life 14-inch notebook performance comparison outstanding. However, precisely because of the long life of 7 hours, ASUS U46SV equipped with a large capacity battery of 74Wh, which makes the weight has increased, the 2.325kg the bare metal weight, most of the 14-inch notebook at the same level.

Summary:

Personality of the ASUS U46SV performance of mainstream fashion, 7 hours battery life is outstanding in the 14-inch notebook
i3 2310M processor, GT540M graphics, 2GB of RAM and 750GB high-capacity hard disk, the hardware can be regarded as the most mainstream of the year all-around game this configuration, whether it is in very good office performance and game performance to meet the majority of ordinary users needs. However, in the machine design, Most of these notebooks are not any creativity. ASUS U46 battery release, compared with this type of configuration of the notebook into a fashion elements of personality, 5000 at a price that mainstream notebook ranks, suitable for fashion young users to select.

Advantages

thin body thickness than the other 14-inch notebook

7 hours battery life in a long time in the 14-inch notebook

Metal body, the higher the stability of the concentric roof wear

The touchpad feel smooth, separate touchpad buttons

Narrow screen frame design, compact body of 14-inch screen with 13-inch

Disadvantages

chocolatekeyboard key process shorter feel more rigid

Clean up the dust will need to disassemble the machine, the user operation is more difficult