Reviewers Liked
- Blistering performance, Improved Intel HD graphics, Smooth Blu-ray playback, Crisp and bright display
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Smudge-prone design, Mushy keyboard, Mediocre touchpad and mouse button
ASUS K42F - Intel Core i5
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One of the first Core i5 notebooks offers jaw-dropping speed and Blu-ray playback in a comfortably portable...
By LaptopMag onThe new Core i5 540M Mobile processor and its accompanying Asus K42F notebook, was significantly faster across the board versus Intel's legacy Core 2 Duo Mobile processor architecture, even something as high-end as a Core 2 Duo X9000 2.8GHz chip. ...
By HotHardware onThe ASUS K42F 14-inch notebook with the Intel Core i5 540M processor is the best mainstream everyday notebook that we have ever used and it was a pre-production sample! Get ready for some great notebooks based on Arrandale in the weeks and months to...
By Legit Reviews onOur Battery Life Testing Probably one of the most important selling points of a notebook of this type is the battery life in has in relation to its performance. For this review I wrote a custom script that we plan on reusing and expanding on for...
By PCPer onDon’t you hate it when you’re on a plane, three-quarters of the way through your favorite movie, when the notebook you’re watching on runs out of juice? It takes a miserly mobile platform to last an entire feature film and continue...
By Tom's Hardware UK onVous est-il déjà arrivé de prendre le train, de regarder un film pour passer le temps et, au trois-quarts de celui-ci, de voir votre ordinateur portable tomber à plat ? C’est un fait : seules les machines les plus mobiles...
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