ASUS A52F-XA1 15.6-Inch Versatile Entertainment Laptop (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)I had previously ordered 2 other laptops and hated them, returning them both until I found this one. It was on super sale for pre-Black Friday and although it did not have a detailed description like most laptops on Amazon, I decided to take a chance and order it because of the nice price. I am pleasantly surprised. Firstly, let me give you the specs since Amazon doesn't tell you much...
Intel Pentium dual core P6100 2.0 Ghz (They completely left off the clock speed in their description. 2.0 is not bad.)
4GB DDR3 RAM
320 GB hard drive
VGA Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD
Altec Lansing SRS Premium sound speakers
15.6 HD display
802.11N+BT wireless
DVD-R Super Multi Drive
Windows 7 Home Premium 64
Facial Recognition
Built-in Webcam
Bluetooth
Energy Star Qualified
HDMI port
Ethernet port
3 USB ports
Monitor serial port
Media card reader -multiple formats
6 cell battery - Battery life is about 4 hours
Comes with Office Starter 2010, which is not a trial version. It is only Word and Excel, which is all I need or want anyway.
Now, onto my review. The laptop looks nice and worked perfectly fine, contrary to another review. It prompted me to make backup/boot disks when I first turned it on and I did. You need 5 blank DVD-R's. It was a smooth process and took 3 hours. The sound from the speakers is okay. I can hear it just fine and it's plenty loud. I've had laptops where even on the highest volume setting you have to strain to hear what is happening on videos etc. Not this one. I do wish the bass was better on it, but there is a control panel where you can adjust the sound and I was able to get it sounding decent, although not perfect. The fan is quiet and I don't think the laptop gets too hot. The keyboard is bouncy for my taste and the number pad is smaller than I am used to. (I had a 17" laptop and the keyboard on that is huge so moving to this one is a bit of an adjustment, but so far so good.) I love that this laptop has a 12 month warranty and is energy star qualified. It is speedy and a good deal for the price I paid with all the features you get. Overall I am satisfied and would purchase it again given the oppertunity.
Update 12/8/2010: I had mailed in the accidental damage warranty registration card they include in your package and it was returned to me today as undeliverable. I found out that you have register on their website and they make you print out a special form to mail in to an entirely different address than the one on the card from the package. So save yourself a stamp until you do this so it gets to the correct spot. You are not able to do it completely online unfortunately.

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