Asus X73E 17.3-inch Laptop Review

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If you’re looking for a cheap 17.3 inch laptop, then the Asus X73E laptop may fit the bill. Read the full review below.

Design and build quality

Weighing 3.2 kg it’s not the lightest of laptops, however 17 inch laptops aren’t really designed with portability in mind. The textured aluminium effect is pleasant on the eye and also to touch. It makes the laptop look more expensive than what it is – always a plus point!

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Screen

The 17.3 inch screen boasts a native resolution of 1600×900 – this is one of the main benefits of the laptop. Having the extra screen space is great if you like to have more than one application on screen at once, or if you enjoy working with applications such as Photoshop. However, note that this is a budget laptop, so whilst the screen size is large, it’s not ideal for heavy graphical processing. Saying that, it’s fine for editing your holiday photos etc.

Keyboard

Being a large laptop, there is plenty of space for a full size keyboard. The quality is good and the X73E has a chiclet style keyboard. If you don’t know what a chiclet keyboard is, well it’s the same style you see on a Macbook Air. It’s comfortable to type on for a long period of time, and because of the chiclet style, any dropped crumbs of food can just be brushed off (hooray!)

Performance

The Asus X73E uses an Intel Core i3 2350 processor with a speed of 2.3 GHz and has 4GB of RAM, it won’t set the world on fire. The HDD capacity is 500GB. For the price it represents good value for money. I was able to watch full screen movies on it without a problem, and it’s great for browsing the internet, emails, writing documents and working on MS Excel.

Battery life

One of the main weak points of this laptop is the battery life – 3.5 hours. I think I’m getting too used to more expensive laptops and their 7 hours batteries! A couple of years back and 3.5 hours would’ve been a selling point.
As the laptop is one of the largest you can buy, it’s more suited for keeping in the home or office, and therefore battery life is less of an issue.

Ports

Being a budget laptop, the Asus X73E doesn’t have a wealth of ports. No USB 3.0 here. What it does have is:

• 1 x HDMI
• 1 x VGA
• Card Reader
• 3 x USB 2.0
• Ethernet
• Wi-Fi 802.11bg/g/n
• Headphone and Microphone jacks

There’s also a webcam and a DVD rewriter.

Operating System

The X73E comes with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit.

To read more, please read the full review here.

Reproduced here with permission from homecomputerbuyer.com