Alienware m11x owners rejoice - your hinges will be fixed!

I am glad that I sent mine back. AT&T just tried to bill me for the 3G
today. Good to hear it will be taken care of though.

Look and Feel (4/5):
Besides the brushed aluminum lid (which is incredibly sensible trying by the way), the plastic body feels terribly durable. i am not the most important fan of shiny plastic (would like matte), however it does not build the laptop feel or look low cost like alternative laptops.

The keyboard is sweet to kind on, very like the newer generation macbook / macbook professionals. The trackpad is certainly uncommon with it being created out of an equivalent shiny plastic because the body, however once the initial shock of not having a usual trackpad surface is over with it is a pleasure to use. The multitouch is nearly as good as good} as you'll get on a non-apple laptop too (that's not saying much, however I commend asus for the addition of it).

Power and Performance (5/5):
This is the primary ultra transportable laptop that I've used that has little compromise in terms of power and performance. Out of the box the one.3ghz processor is truly overclocked by Asus to squeeze out even additional power. i'm a developer and may run multiple development environments / surf the net / run iTunes and therefore the laptop doesn't skip a beat.

I conjointly love the power to dial up the ability of the pc when i am not involved concerning battery life and dial it go into reverse when i am attempting to conserve. The Asus guys extremely designed an excellent machine here.

If youre wondering how the Nvidia dedicated graphics performs, I simply fired up decision of Duty trendy Warfare two and played it at 1280x768 while not a hitch! once more, no compromises there with dangerous gaming performance.


Durability (Initial thoughts: 4/5)
While it is not an aluminum unibody style, it feels quite durable. I've solely had this a number of days though, therefore we'll see how it holds up, however it feels alot higher than most Sony laptops I've employed in the past if that offers any indication. conjointly the aluminum lid feels fantastic and durable when gap / closing the laptop.

Value (5/5)
There is no reason to pay over $1000 for an ultra transportable anymore. Get this, and pay the money you saved on an SSD onerous drive to actually build this laptop scream. the ability / performance / worth ratio for this machine is rediculous. All alternative ultra transportable makers ought to step it up bigtime, as a result of Asus came to play with this laptop!
UL30A

The internets are all ablaze (if you follow M11x topics) about it so good to see they are doing something. Sometimes bad press is, well, bad press.

Outside of the hinge design/placement this is a great little system.