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An equivalent model is the Asus U35jc (which I just bought) : http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-U35JC-A1-13-3-Inch-Laptop-Silver/dp/B003UNHGFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=

by norswap 16y ago

An equivalent model is the Asus U35jc (which I just bought) : http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-U35JC-A1-13-3-Inch-Laptop-Silver/dp/B003UNHGFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293377216&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-U35JC-A1-13-3-Inch-Laptop-Silver/... In particular, the 10h battery life is pretty neat, didn't saw the numbers for the Adamo.

adamt 16y ago
Am I missing something? That Asus is 1.9KG and 2.5cm thick. The current-gen 13" MBA is 1.3KG and 0.3-1.7cm thick? So the Asus is 50% heavier and twice the thickness. The Adamo is also considerably heavier than the MBA at 1.8KG (and 1.64cm thick)
liuhenry 16y ago
I've got a http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-UL80JT-A1-14-Inch-Laptop-Black/dp/B003UNMVRO http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-UL80JT-A1-14-Inch-Laptop-Black/dp..., which looks like equivalent specs but on a 14 inch screen. It's been great so far (had it for almost a year), and IMO what an ultralight really should be. The battery life really is phenomenal: 10 hrs vs. 7 hrs sounds like a moot difference, but after you look at "usable" numbers (8 and 5, in my experience), it boils down to pretty much a full day vs. not quite. As a student, I never have to worry about grabbing my power cord on the way out, compared to everyone else I know always having one on hand. On the other hand, OS X really is a big selling point. Windows simply isn't natively compatible with what I need, and Ubuntu is a pain with consumer apps (Office, Adobe CS5, Mathematica, etc.) My cheap solution? Virtualize Ubuntu under Windows with VMWare Player and VMWare Unity (which is free). I do all my coding and dev work in Ubuntu, and everything else in Windows.
e40 16y ago
From the comments on Amazon, it appears it has the usual issues with quality control that most ASUS laptops have. I was all set to buy a 1900x1200 ASUS laptop until I read the reviews of it on newegg. I just couldn't buy it after reading those. I ended up with a 17" Apple laptop, at $1000 more. I haven't regretted the decision, but the decision did hurt the pocketbook.

by norswap 16y ago

adamt 16y ago

Am I missing something? That Asus is 1.9KG and 2.5cm thick. The current-gen 13" MBA is 1.3KG and 0.3-1.7cm thick? So the Asus is 50% heavier and twice the thickness. The Adamo is also considerably heavier than the MBA at 1.8KG (and 1.64cm thick)

liuhenry 16y ago

I've got a http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-UL80JT-A1-14-Inch-Laptop-Black/dp/B003UNMVRO http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-UL80JT-A1-14-Inch-Laptop-Black/dp..., which looks like equivalent specs but on a 14 inch screen. It's been great so far (had it for almost a year), and IMO what an ultralight really should be. The battery life really is phenomenal: 10 hrs vs. 7 hrs sounds like a moot difference, but after you look at "usable" numbers (8 and 5, in my experience), it boils down to pretty much a full day vs. not quite. As a student, I never have to worry about grabbing my power cord on the way out, compared to everyone else I know always having one on hand. On the other hand, OS X really is a big selling point. Windows simply isn't natively compatible with what I need, and Ubuntu is a pain with consumer apps (Office, Adobe CS5, Mathematica, etc.) My cheap solution? Virtualize Ubuntu under Windows with VMWare Player and VMWare Unity (which is free). I do all my coding and dev work in Ubuntu, and everything else in Windows.

e40 16y ago

From the comments on Amazon, it appears it has the usual issues with quality control that most ASUS laptops have. I was all set to buy a 1900x1200 ASUS laptop until I read the reviews of it on newegg. I just couldn't buy it after reading those. I ended up with a 17" Apple laptop, at $1000 more. I haven't regretted the decision, but the decision did hurt the pocketbook.