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ASUS W90vP. Size matters - First impression continued

Thursday, 02 July 2009 08:23 Mads D.

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Buttons/Diodes

There are two touch panels: one above and one left of the keyboard.

The first two buttons in this picture are for mute and deactivating the touchpad. The following “buttons” are used to regulate brightness.

In this picture the first button is used to configure the display with some pre-defined colour schemes, the second button is for a zoom function that follows the cursor, the third a shortcut to the camera software and the fourth and final for TurboGear Extreme, which is basically performance profiles.

This panel is at the left of the keyboard. At the bottom we have a rather clever volume control where all you have to do is slide your finger and the volume will follow. The buttons above are media buttons such as play, stop, next, previous and the like. The two at the very top are used to activate Asus’ own media center, called AI Multimedia, which can be seen in this picture:

The diodes are white and blue

The diodes are located above the keyboard on the display. The first four which can be seen in the picture show the status of the hard drives, numlock, capslock and screenlock.

The five at the right indicate notices, battery status, new e-mails via for example Windows Mail, whether Bluetooth is activated and whether WLAN is activated. The diodes shine with a white light, except the battery status which also shines with an orange light.

The five diodes can also be seen when the lid is closed, which is rather handy when you’re on the go.

Keyboard and Touchpad

The keyboard works really and there is plenty of space to rest your arms on. The keys react as they should and there is no flex in the keyboard. The keyboard is full size with numpads at the right, so it’s much like a normal keyboard for a desktop computer.

The touchpad seems to stop responding now and then for very brief periods of time. This can happen when the computer is loading a lot simultaneously. Otherwise it reacts swiftly enough and the sensitivity is fine. The buttons work just fine as well. The fingerprint reader is located between the buttons, but more on that later.

Noise & Heat

The computer makes quite a lot of noise compared to other laptops. The fans are constantly going at it, and while it’s not too loud during idle it does rise during load. You can easily drown out the noise with some music, though. The heat is not particularly noticeable on the keyboard itself, but a fair bit of heat is evolved at the rear around the cooling units. Most probably won’t notice it back there tough. There are also a lot of ventilation holes which really help out with the heat.

The display

The display is an 18.4 inch LCD display with an aspect ratio of 16:9 and a WUXGA resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The display suffers a lot from glare and is practically impossible to use if you’re out in the sun, but fine if you’re indoors. The brightness is just right, neither too dim nor too bright. At the top of the display we have the webcam and two microphones. The backlight is homogenous, meaning the brightness is the same everywhere on the display.

The angles of view are suitably wide, but the colours start to change if you view the display from too far above or below.

Speakers

The speakers play really well, both for movies and games. The volume is relatively nice and loud and the sound is not just the treble; thanks to the built-in subwoofer you get the bass as well. When volume is at max the sound might resonate a bit, which can get annoying after a while. The speakers are from Altec Lansing and use Dolby® Home Theater Audio Enhancement technology. There are 6 speakers in total, including the subwoofer.