ASUS U50Vg-AM1 Thin and Light 15.6-Inch Black Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium)

by Asus

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.4 x 10.7 x 1.3 inches ; 5.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002PAQXB8
• Item model number: U50Vg-AM1
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,583 in Computer & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computer & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 18, 2009

Product Description

Product Description

The ASUS U50Vg is a beautifully crafted, thin and lightweight notebook that is equally exquisite in terms of functionality. Powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, the ASUS U50Vg features a 15.6-inch widescreen HD display, which delivers stunning real-to-life visuals complemented by an NVidia G105M graphics engine. The U50Vg also comes equipped with ASUS AI light sensor technology, which monitors the surrounding light conditions to adjust the brightness of the illuminated keyboard, touch pad and display. A multi-touch touchpad allows users to intuitively browse web-pages, documents and even zoom in and out of images with simple finger gestures. With 4GB of memory and 500GB of hard drive storage, users don’t have to skimp on hardware to enjoy mobile computing. It also has ASUS exclusive "Express Gate" which allows users to access the internet, Skype, instant messaging, photos, music, and more within 8 seconds of boot up. The notebook comes with ASUS 360 service program with 2 year global warranty, one month zero bright dot guaranty, free two-way shipping and twenty-four hour tech support seven days a week. Plus it comes with FREE One Year Accidental Damage Warranty protecting the notebook from drops, fire, spills and surges.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY NICE FOR THE PRICE, January 30, 2010

By	pcxtreme - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ASUS U50Vg-AM1 Thin and Light 15.6-Inch Black Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

I have owned 4 laptops over the last 8 years, 1st one was an IBM, last 3 were HP. The last one was an HP dv9000, and for the most part was ok
after i rolled it back too windows xp, so i have no idea how similar win 7 is too vista, 7 seems a little cartoony but i will get used too it.
My old Hp had an amd turion 1.6 GHz dual core processor, 2 gigs of ram, 1mb cache, 120gb hd, and an nvidia geforce go 6150 video card, with no dedicated memory. I am not a hardcore gamer, but do enjoy playing WOW, sim city, madden nfl, fifa, couple 1st person shooters, and my HP was just killing me everything was choppy
and lagged. so far for the few hours that i have been using the asus i am impressed with the performance.

the keyboard is very nice, feels good, without too much noise. the touch pad works and feels great also.
The laptop boots up fast and runs real quiet even when i'm playing WOW, i don't hear it buzzing or crackling.

not sure how long the battery lasts, but for me that is not a big deal.

The color is a black metallic with blue, i thought it was going too be just a gloss black, but the metallic looks very sharp as far as i care.

wish the screen had a higher resolution but no biggie. and the finger prints, also no big deal for me.

all in all for the price i am very happy with what i got. great warranty, nice performance, looks great and feels like good quality, didn't have a ton of bloatware like my last HP, which will save you time uninstalling garbage. My desktop has an asus motherboard,(never an issue) and my son owns one of their gaming laptops, for about 8 months now (he pushes it atleast 4-7 hours gaming a day)still holding strong never a crash. customer service is excellent, and unless something major happens in the coming months, from my personal asus experiences i think i will keep buying their laptops. so far no complaints.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A desktop for your lap, January 2, 2010

By	Phil Hostetter (Sterling, VA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ASUS U50Vg-AM1 Thin and Light 15.6-Inch Black Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

Having held out to upgrade my home computer until Windows Vista went away, I'm very glad I did. It gave ASUS a chance to move beyond motherboard production into full-blown computer manufacturing. And a good move it was! I'm very happy with this unit. It's fast; it's loaded with features (some of which I didn't even know it had); it's got a two-year warranty; battery life is double anything I've experienced before; and I absolutely love the lighted keyboard.
As for Windows 7, it's taking me a while to get used to it. XP is still near and dear to my heart and ingrained in my brain. But the quick boot-up, and ASUS' ability to start up for certain purposes without even using Windows 7, are winning me over.
So far my only complaint is about the glossy black finish -- which probably is better than a police technician for collecting fingerprints. I prefer the black matte finish of my Lenovo. I was intending, in fact, to purchase another Lenovo, but the ASUS won me over. I would highly recommend this unit to anyone who needs a real work-horse for the home office.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Laptop annoying display, February 7, 2010

By	Tom (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ASUS U50Vg-AM1 Thin and Light 15.6-Inch Black Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

I like this laptop. Decent battery life, good performance and an above average amount of storage space on the harddrive. Consumer reports also ranks this as the #2 best laptop to get right now.

I have three annoyances with this laptop.
Display:
1. This might be personal preference but the display is great for widescreen but the height of the display is not proportional to the width (1366X768). Consequently, the documents will not automatically fit to the screen unless you tweak the document. Additionally, the display almost washes out the screen in white. This might be a quirk or I might be spoiled on my Mac but the brightness and lack of contrast is sort of annoying.
2. The VGA port does not have screws to tightly affix the vga cable to the laptop. I like to use multiple monitors.
Touchpad:
3. The touchpad buttons take a lot of getting used to.
Software:
4. It lacks a full copy of MS Office or Trend Antivirus.