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GADGET GIZMO
SPECIAL
Asus A555LF
Part of the new A series laptops,
the A555 from Asus is well built and has
a tapered design. It has a
superglossy top lid which is a fingerprint magnet.
Instead of a single color, Asus
has chosen a subtle pattern design that lends
an element of style.Inside, the
palmrest has a brushed metal finish while the
area around the keyboard is
textured. The full size keyboard is comfortable
to use but we felt that at this
price, Asus should have offered a backlight.
The 15.6-inch display has a
resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels -good for most users.
We felt that the screen has good
viewing angles although brightness levels
could have been better. On the
left side of the notebook is the Ethernet port,
VGA, HDMI and dual USB 3.0 ports
while the right side has the optical drive,
USB 2.0 and a SD card slot. You
get an Intel Core i5 (5200U) processor,
8GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 930M
Graphics and a 1TB hard drive.
The laptop comes preloaded with
Windows 10 but we really wish there
wasn't so much bloatware.
Performance is good as expected.
Even though it is not a gaming
laptop, the hardware was good enough to
run games such like Call of Duty:
Ghosts on medium to high settings.
The laptop did not heat up much
even after 20 minutes of 3D gaming.
Volume output of the laptop is
excellent -loud enough to use as a music
player in a small room. We did
face an issue with the front camera -it
refused to work with the Windows
10 camera app, although with Skype
it had no issues. The image quality is noisy
as expected but for occasional
video calls it works well. Battery
life is the sore point of the laptop.
Even with just document use and
medium brightness, we got only three
and a half hours of battery life.
With heavy usage it dropped to two and
a half hours. Overall, if you are
looking at a multi-purpose powerful laptop,
the Asus A555 is a good
option.Otherwise you can consider the
Dell Inspiron 5000 that offers similar
specifications, a stylish design
and better battery life.
 
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Saturday, November 7, 2015
GADGET GIZMO SPECIAL Asus A555LF
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