Asus A6Va Notebook Review:
Specifications:
  • Intel Pentium M processor 750 1.86GHz
  • HD 100 GB
  • 15.4" (WXGA) Colour Shine
  • 128Mb ATI Mobility Radeon X700
  • Optical Drive 8x DVD-RW Dual
  • 1024Mb DDR2 533MHz (512x2)
  • Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g
  • 4x USB 2.0, 1xIEEE 1394
  • Video Camera built-in (1.3 million pixels) and Microphone
  • Built in Bluetooth
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home
  • Weight: 2.85kg

Keyboard:
It’s a very light typist, especially when it comes to laptops. And sometimes when typed, the solid keys on this solid keyboard don't get pushed in! Maybe it's just typing too light; it's the keyboard being too solid. One thing is for sure.

Mouse:
The touchpad is fine, but the buttons are definitely too solid. It actually takes some effort to push them in.

DVD drive:
Yes, even the eject button the DVD drive is firm. On the desktops have used, a gentle brush of the eject button is usually enough to make the CD tray fly out. On this laptop actually have to push the button in about 3 millimetres before the drive ejects.

Asus over-solidified their A6Va; or maybe a bit of both. Nevertheless the A6Va is a very solid feeling notebook and won't break down into bits after a month's usage like the Acer Travelmate machines discussed earlier.

Battery life:
In power saving mode managed to achieve around 2 hours and 50 minutes of continuous Microsoft Word typing, casual web browsing and installing the occasionally downloaded program before the battery died on me. This battery life seems to be shorter than the estimated battery life of the Acer 1690 series (3.5 hours), but longer than the Fujitsu M1437G (2 hours).
Download Drivers:
  1. ASUS ATK0100 UTILITY driver for Win XP
  2. Audio Diver for Win XP
  3. Nvdia VGA G72 driver for Win XP
  4. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter driver for Win XP
  5. HDAUDIO SoftV92 Data Fax Modem with SmartCP driver for Win XP
  6. RICOH card reader driver for Win XP
  7. Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad driver for Win XP
  8. Intel Wireless Lan Driver and Application (2200BG/2915ABG) Win XP
  9. 1.3Mega Primax Camera driver for Win XP/2K
 
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