| I've been using a laptop for 3 or 4 years now. A | | | | options. I quickly find there are many many types of |
| pretty standard one, with a 15.4 inch screen, 1280 x | | | | notebook s on the market right now, from the small |
| 800 px resolution, decent hardware, not | | | | and compact devices called netbooks to the big, |
| extraordinary battery, etc. It was an Asus and I was | | | | bulky and expensive gaming laptops. Still, I rapidly |
| quite pleased with it... except the weight. The bloody | | | | narrowed my searches to 13.3 or 14 inch big mini |
| laptop, along with the charger, mouse and other tiny | | | | notebook laptops. Because these seem to be the |
| things made my bag weigh around 10 pounds. I hated | | | | only ones that could fit all the demands above. |
| that, I hated to the point I transformed my laptop in | | | | But the search was not yet over: I had to find a |
| to a desktop replacement: as in I didn't move it from | | | | particular model that could get into my budget and |
| my desk for months. | | | | have as many features as possible. I saw some HP |
| That's why I eventually bought this year a desktop | | | | devices, some interesting Dells and even the Lenovo |
| PC, with a big screen and all the needed accessories. | | | | Thinkpads. But in the ended I turned my attention to |
| But I also needed a mobile computer, one that could | | | | two 13.3 inch devices, considered by experts and |
| meet the following requirements: | | | | buyers also some of the best mini notebook |
| - Powerful enough to run all the applications I needed, | | | | computers at this hour: the Asus UL30A and the |
| like Dreamweaver, Photoshop and maybe some older | | | | Acer Aspire 3810T. |
| games from time to time, like Fifa or Need for Speed | | | | Both these devices run for around 700-800 bucks, |
| - Compact and light enough so I could carry it around | | | | offer dual core processor, lots of RAM and enough |
| easily | | | | storage. Both come with Wi-fi and Bluetooth. Both |
| - Not too small though, so I could use it properly for | | | | offer battery life above 6-7 hours. They also look |
| a longer period of time (I hate small screens with low | | | | more or less the same, but although the Acer is |
| resolutions and tiny keyboards) | | | | cheaper on similar specs, the Asus is more appealing |
| - With a good battery life, somewhere around 5 to 6 | | | | in terms of looks, at least for me. Also, the name |
| hours | | | | Asus inspires me more trust than Acer. And last but |
| - Good connectivity, preferably with 3G | | | | not least, the Asus comes with an integrated 3G |
| - Not that expensive, I don't afford to pay 2000 | | | | module that would really come in handy when |
| bucks for a laptop | | | | traveling. |
| With all these in mind, I started surfing the web for | | | | |