The speaker of the laptop is designed above
the keyboard and integrated with SonicMaster audio tech, so it helps to improve
the audio quality significantly. When listening to music, the sound is clear
and sharp with better quality than of the laptops on the same segment. Besides,
Asus also install Audio Wizard software in companion that allows users to
switch between built-in music configurations suitable for needs like: listening
to music, watching movies, gaming and audio chatting. The audio quality also
drops significantly when the Audio Wizard software is deactivated.
Performance
Asus
Q200 offers pretty modest performance but suitable for a laptop with such
budget.
With the 1.4GHz 2nd-generation
Intel Core i3-2365M microprocessor, Intel integrated HD 3000 graphics and 5,400
rpm hard drive, Asus Q200 offers pretty modest performance but suitable for a
laptop with such budget. Basically, users can completely use this for daily
tasks such as watching HD videos, web surfing, running office apps… but not
gaming and video editing.
Evaluating the overall performance of the
laptop by PCMark 7, Asus Q200 only scores 1,567, less than half (3,436 points)
of the average level of the ultraportable laptops and far behind the Core i5
CPU of Acer Aspire V5-171-6867 (2,427 points) and Asus VivoBook X202E with Core
i3 CPU (2,040 points).
500GB, 5,400 rpm hard drive boots in
Windows 8 in 23 second, much faster than the average level of 30 seconds and
only 2-second lower than VivoBook X202E (21 second).
However, the drive needs 3 minutes 58
seconds to complete the Laptop File Transfer test when copying 4.97GB of data
including multimedia files (images, music and videos) with the
data-transferring speed of only 21.4 MBps, much slower than the average level
(82.9 MBps) of the ultraportable laptops, but still faster than Acer AspireV5-171-6867
(14.9 Mbps) and almost equal to VivoBookX202 (25 Mbps).
About
the ability of transcoding video, Asus Q200 only works at a moderate level
About the ability of transcoding video,
Asus Q200 only works at a moderate level with the time to transcode an
HD-formatted video file having running time of 5 minutes to video standard for
iPod touch by Cyberlink Media Espresso with the time of 1 minute. While the
ultraportable laptops only need 41.1 seconds to complete the same test, Acer
Aspire V5-171-6878 only takes 18 seconds.
Asus Q200 is absolutely able to play 1080p
videos smoothly without having any problem, as well as be able to handle any
games downloaded from Windows Store. However, users shouldn’t expect that the
device can run newer games.
Battery life
Though Asus Q200 is lightweight, its short
battery life cause many obstacles to its portability. The laptop can only work
consecutively in 4 hours 19 minutes when surfing web via Wi-Fi connection and
checked through Laptop Battery Test. The time above is 1 hour 43 minutes shorter
than the average level of the ultraportable laptops (6:02), but equal to Acer
Aspire V5-171-6867 (4:05) and Asus VivoBook X202 (04:20).
Conclusion
For an ultraportable laptop with the price
of only 500 USD, Asus Q200 has a bundle of advanced features from the 10-point
touchscreen to the speaker integrated with Sonic Master advanced audio tech.
However, users would want a laptop with better keyboard and more durable
design.
If you need a laptop with long battery life
and more spacious keyboard at this price range, you can have a look at Toshiba
Satellite P845-S4200 (549 USD). Though, if you want a portable laptop that
costs you less, has light weight and possess a touchscreen to optimize for
Windows 8, Asus Q200 is a right choice.
Colorful
touchscreen
Advantages
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Suitable price
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Lightweight
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Colorful touchscreen
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Good audio
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Webcam shooting well in lowlight condition
Drawbacks
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Short battery life
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The keyboard actually is not good.
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Technical
specs
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CPU: 1.4-GHz Core i3-2365M
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Operating System: Windows 8
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RAM: 4GB
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RAM Upgradable to: 8GB
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Hard Drive Size: 500GB
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Hard Drive Speed: 5,400rpm
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Hard Drive Type: SATA Hard Drive
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Display Size: 11.6
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Native Resolution: 1,366x768
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Optical Drive: Optical Drive Speed
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Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics 3000
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Video Memory: 32MB
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Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n
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Wi-Fi Model: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485
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Touchpad Size: 4.1x2.4 inches
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Ports (excluding USB): Ethernet; HDMI; USB
3.0; VGA
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USB Ports: 3
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Card Slots: SD memory reader
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Warranty/Support: 1 year limited
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Size: 11.9x7.9x0.9 inches
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Weight: 3 pounds
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