ASUS N10J-A1 10.2-Inch Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, NVidia 9300M 256MB, Vista Premium)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 3.2 x 4.5 inches ; 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001F83YC2
• Item model number: N10J-A1
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

It might be little but it is tremendous on mobility, usability, durability. Collected with impressive features, ASUS N10 offers you a full-function Notebook with vivid style. Plus, its simple, attractive design and brilliant outlook make it delicate but super light weight. At just 1.4 kg weightiness, with the largest 10.2-inch WXGA glare display, the ASUS N10 features a exquisite design with powerful 3D performance in multimedia, security and wireless capabilities during surfing. Plus full size keyboard and long battery life allow user to stay productive. ASUS exclusive "Express Gate" enables users to access the Internet, instant messenger, Skype, online games, music, photos and more in 10 seconds when the system is powered on. ASUS offers ASUS 360 service program with 2 year global warranty, one month zero bright dot guaranty, free two-way standard overnight shipping and twenty-four hour tech support seven days a week. Plus, one Year Accidental Damage Warranty protecting the notebook from drops, fire, spills and surge. The package contains 2 year warranty card, notebook, battery, carry bag

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Notebook has power graphics, January 2, 2009

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This review is from: ASUS N10J-A1 10.2-Inch Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, NVidia 9300M 256MB, Vista Premium) (Personal Computers)

This is a great netbook, basically the most powerfull one they make.

I am very happy with the purchase since this little netbook will do everything it is suppose to do. I have played games on it, along with hooking it up to my big screen tv for improved view. Additionally I can play games locally with a very nice easily viewing smaller 10.2 inch screen.

My only grip is that it comes with vista instead of xp. It loads fairly fast and seems to be able to do any notebook tasks like emails, word, basic office tasks. Very light weight and comes with a soft pad case.

Hope this helps it is worth the extra 200.00 above the other ones if you want more graphics power and battery performance.

Thanks,

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great computer, March 2, 2009

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Jameel Hutchins - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ASUS N10J-A1 10.2-Inch Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, NVidia 9300M 256MB, Vista Premium) (Personal Computers)

"I love this computer. It is small enough to be portable but have even more power than my Dell Latitude. I love how the screen changes with battery options. The express gate function is very handy but sometimes it will shut off when I am online for no reason so that is a problem occasionally. Going from that to the OS seems to not work I just shut down and start up though. I think I will continue to purchase only ASUS laptops from now on."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Notebook, Highly Recommended!, April 19, 2009

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Alex Green "alx779" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ASUS N10J-A1 10.2-Inch Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, NVidia 9300M 256MB, Vista Premium) (Personal Computers)

I was in the market for a netbook that can play 1080p video and has HDMI out port. Incredibly, it was very hard to find one that fits the bill... and then I bumped into Asus N10J...

I picked up a slightly more beefed up Canadian version off eBay -- it is the same as N10J-A1 but has a bigger 250 GB hard drive and a "bilingual" keyboard which has a few French symbols on it (makes no difference to my typing experience whatsoever).

The laptop looks great and feels sturdy. Keyboard is slightly cramped. Smaller shift keys bothered me at first, but I am now back to typing without even looking at the keyboard.

Vista runs fine. 2 GB Ram and dedicated video card can handle the glassy shiny Aero without any problems. The only occasional slowdowns occur under heavy multi-tasking... which is not what netbooks are intended for anyway. Overall, I'm very happy with the performance.

What I really like is the ability to use N10J as a media center PC. First, it can play 1080p video with no issues whatsoever given it is set up properly. Here's a very helpful tutorial on how to get smooth full HD playback on this little monster:

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Second, it delivers 5.1 sound via both HDMI port and a hybrid mini/SPDIF audio port. To get 5.1 audio via HDMI, you'll need to select nVidia Audio Output device via Control Panel => Sound.

Mini to SPDIF adapter is required for digital audio via the mini audio port. Actually, I recommend getting mini to SPDIF cable since there's signal loss with adapter + SPDIF cable combination.

Last, but not least, be sure to check out Asus N10 user community forums at [...] for helpful tips and tutorials.

I highly recommend this very portable yet very capable netbook. The price premium over less powerful machines is well worth it in my opinion.