ASUS UL30A-X3 Thin and Light 13.3-Inch Silver Laptop - Over 11 Hours of Battery Life

by Asus

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 9.3 x 1 inches ; 3.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002OEBIMO
• Item model number: UL30A-X3
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,560 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 6, 2009

Product Description

Weighing less than 4lbs and measuring less than an inch thin, the new ASUS UL30A is a harmonious blend of form and function. Powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo ultra-low voltage processor, it boasts an impressive 11-hour battery life for all-day computing. It also sports user-centric features such as a multi-gesture touchpad and provides an impressive multimedia entertainment experience with Altec Lansing speakers and SRS Premium Sound. All of these features and more are shrouded in a robust brushed aluminum lid that not only looks magnificent, but also helps in maintaining the notebook’s stylish exterior day after day. ASUS notebooks come with ASUS’ 360 service program that includes a 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 it comes with a FREE One Year Accidental Damage Warranty protecting your notebook from drops, fire, spills and surges. The package contains 2 year warranty card, notebook, carry bag, and optical mouse.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars UL30A - x3 - Nice but no bluetooth..., October 7, 2009

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This review is from: ASUS UL30A-X3 Thin and Light 13.3-Inch Silver Laptop - Over 11 Hours of Battery Life (Personal Computers)

Pretty cool so far -- popped Windows 7/64 on it, it was a pain to download all the 7/64 drivers individually from their site, though at least they were there.

Problem is -- no bluetooth! I chose this based on the Asus page for the product and then amazon gives like 5 bullet points of specs. I never thought a dual core, 4 gig, high end ulv would come without bluetooth! It took me a good 2 hours troubleshooting why my device won't connect to figure it out!

Also, I didn't receive the mouse and case that was advertised. Not sure what the story is with that, it says only 1 package to be delivered...

Oh, i ordered at 6pm and got the next day and it was in my hands 18 hours later. Gotta love that.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Ultra-Portable laptop, October 5, 2009

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D. Block (PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ASUS UL30A-X3 Thin and Light 13.3-Inch Silver Laptop - Over 11 Hours of Battery Life (Personal Computers)

I bought this laptop as a second computer for work and I am not disappointed.

Pros:
Great battery life
Good viewing angles
Solid construction
Nice design
Fast Core 2 Duo processor

Cons:
Keyboard could be better (but comfortable for typing)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great ulta-portable laptop, October 11, 2009

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D. Brown "D.Brown" (Los Gatos, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ASUS UL30A-X3 Thin and Light 13.3-Inch Silver Laptop - Over 11 Hours of Battery Life (Personal Computers)

I've had this laptop for about a week now and overall I'm very satisfied. I was considering this one, the ACER 3810 and the ASUS UL30A-A1. For about $170 less than the ACER and $100 less than the ASUS UL30A-A1, you get the same level of CPU performance and sacrifice on the drive size and Bluetooth (if you do your homework, you'll see that on the ASUS website, the X3 model does not have Bluetooth whilet the A1 one does). I bought a Cirago USB adapter off of Amazon for about $25 for the bluetooth functionality. I also bought the Samsung external USB optical drive, Microsoft Bluetooth mouse and a Case Logic Neoprene sleeve (13 inch in black). All work very well togther and the sleeve fits perfectly.

Relative to the keyboard, it's fine - not the best and not the worst. The trackpad issues was noted on some on-line magazine reviews and altogether it shouldn't be an issue after usng it for a while. As for other reviews identifying a "con" for a lack of an optical drive, my comment is - if you were buying this laptop for it's price, wright and thickness, isn't the lack of an optical drive a "Pro"?

Relative to the battery performance, if you leave it in high performance, the battery life will be abount half the advertised life which is still fantastic (as I type, the battery is 66% charged with 4 hours, 58 minutes remaining). Again, I rely on on-line magazine's review of a product and many view the battey life as extremely good testing at over 8 hours and certainly better than the ACER.

I am dissappointed with Amazon over the missing case and mouse but I am overlooking that in my rating of the product. Also, I did use 2 day shipping with Amazon Prime and the computer was delivered the next day.