ASUS K50IJ Review Discussion

by Jerry Jackson

The ASUS K50IJ series is one of the latest budget notebooks designed to provide better performance than a netbook and a larger screen for only a modest price increase. Every laptop manufacturer on the market offers a multimedia family PC with a 15-inch screen because these laptops make excellent desktop replacements. The real question is, does the ASUS K50IJ offer enough performance and features at its bargain price of $699? Keep reading to find out.

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Unless that battery runs at an unusually high voltage, that capacity is very low for a 6 cell. Can you please check the specs on the battery?

John

 

You're more or less getting what you paid for -- the components are uniformly cheap and so is the laptop... except:

Seriously? 4GB modules are not cheap. I wonder what possessed them to stuff one in a $700 machine.

 

http://asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ZWrNVPXEbNNTjJZg

 

lol, everytime i see this notebook, i keep thinking of the K51 with the 4860 that has never resurfaced since it was originally shown.....


Great review.

 

I'm tired of having to choose between a good CPU from intel or a good entry level video card from AMD.. why can't we have both? what is Intel's excuse for having such a mediocre integrated graphics performance? Intel is slowing the advancement of entry level notebooks, they are not even trying to improve their entry level graphics.. maybe because they feel no pressure from the forever struggling AMD? every notebook should score at least 2000 in 3DMark06 and every netbook should at least be able to play HD video.

 

^^ Yes, this is true.

By the looks of things though the X4500 looks like its here to stay for a long time.

Once dual Core Atoms drop The speed problem should be resolved.

 

a bad notebook imo

 

$700 isn't exactly cheap for notebooks these days. Especially like the Acer that Chaz reviewed a couple months ago for like $400, and had almost comparable specs to this one.

4gb of RAM is nice, but unless you like having EVERYTHING open at once, it doesn't matter all that much. I like to have EVERYTHING open as well and I am getting by just fine on my 3gb.

 

Keep in mind that this model, like all other ASUS notebooks, has a full 2-year Warranty AND 1-year Accidental Damage Protection! For $699, it has solid specs and an exceptional warranty!

 

What the hell was intel thinking ?

 

Solid review. I'd have also mentioned the unit's superhuman ability to pick up fingerprints - I'm surprised it's not used on CSI. They could just leave it at a crime scene and all the available fingerprints would migrate to it.

I've got the $480 version sold by Best Buy, which has 1GB less RAM (despite running Vista64, which could use the full 4GB) and 40GB more hard drive space, but doesn't come with the bag or mouse (I'm surprised the C1 has them - this isn't a laptop to take anywhere but from room-to-room). At that price, there's not much to beat it for a desktop replacement if you don't need the extra ports, which I don't.

I've mostly run ultraportables as a laptop owner (IBM 701, Sony 505G, C1 Picturebook, IBM X30, Sony TZ150) so this huge display is a change for me, and ever since the 701 I've been wanting a number pad on a laptop (the butterfly keyboard could have given us this 10 years ago), so that's nice.

If I were going mobile and still wanted this size display, I'd have gone with the Timeline 5810 (which does have HDMI, though I don't need it myself). They're around $530 at Wal-Mart.

 

Same.

Win.

 

I've been quite pleased with the K0IJ notebook, but ASUS customer service is a HUGE fail. The product design for the battery pack needs to be re-engineered as the plastic tabs that hold it in place snap off quite easily after moderate use. I tried returning the battery pack to ASUS for replacement, which they were willing to do, but required me to ship the ENTIRE notebook at my cost. Seriously? The entire notebook just to replace the battery pack! To make matters more frustrating they first told me to ship the notebook to their authorized service center in Southern Indiana, but after finding out hat I live in Indiana and could deliver it myself, they insisted that I send it all the way to California. Did I mention how rude and uncompromising their customer service reps were over the phone? When I asked to speak to a manager, I was told that I would have to call back during normal business hours and the rep disconnected the call. I was calling during normal business hours!

 

Nope. Arrandale is using Intel 5700MHD apparently. And I read it boasts an IMPRESSIVE 25% BETTER PERFORMANCE!! lol

No competition, why worry. Thought Larrabee could be promising.

 

Lol Still not as good as the 3400 series, heh.

 

So, a year on and I've got a couple of updates: the battery is near worthless now, lasting only 30 minutes or so. I'd replace it, but really it's not an issue since it never leaves the house. The hard drive is full now that I've added an iPad as its satellite machine, so I'm looking at upgrades right now. Aside from the battery, it's worked flawlessly since I bought it.