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ASUS K55N-DS81 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black) by ASUS. Best for individuals who seek a extremely dependable pocket book for work or play without breaking the financial institution, the ASUS K55N is the right choice. With unique options and technologies, the K55N offers an awesome solution in your productiveness and leisure needs whereas on the go. The K55N is constructed with highly sturdy premium aluminum development with texture across the keyboard to retain its appears to be like and high quality even during intensive, extended use.

 The K55N additionally options Chicklet type keyboard which uniquely-spaced layout and key protects from dust and crumb buildup and Easier to clean. his is a evaluate of the Asus laptop computer, not Home windows 8. I am a retired laptop professional and I've had over a dozen different laptops over the years, from economic system fashions to the top-of-the-line (so I have a large body of reference). 

I'm actually pleased with this laptop -- it is an important value and I actually do not need any extra power or options for what I do these days. I exploit it principally for internet browsing, Office apps (Phrase, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint), Photoshop, iTunes management of a huge music library, and email. I'm "on my computer" over eight hours a day. For these purposes, this laptop computer is serving me nicely at an ideal price. I looked at a number of others in the same price vary and selected this one for these reasons: a great processor (I don't assume I saw any sooner ones on this value vary), 500GB disk drive (I actually do not want more room and I've bigger exterior USB drives if I ever do), a good integrated graphics adapter, 3 USB ports together with USB 3.0, an HDMI port, VGA output for non-digital TVs and screens (not discovered on many current laptops but it's nonetheless helpful), DVD burner, a pretty lengthy battery life, and a 1-year guarantee on unintended drops and spills. Once I first started using the laptop computer, I used to be very impressed by the feel and the motion of the keyboard and the brightness and clarity of the 15.6" screen. I used to be also pleased that it wasn't pre-loaded with a bunch of free-trial crap software (all I got rid of was the 30-day(?) free-trial McAfee anti-virus, which I changed with AVG free edition). I added 4GB of Kingston reminiscence for a complete of 8GB RAM and thus far I have no complaints about performance. ( Some consumers may need to know that the disk drive is formatted with C and D partitions, 186 GB and 258 GB in measurement, respectively.

 That is good, however I wonder if non-technical users will ever even entry and use the massive D partition since all user information (My Paperwork, etc.), by default, are placed on the C partition. On the D drive, I put all my music files, my hundreds of digital photographs, and other massive knowledge collections which I needn't often entry through the convenient consumer folders (My Documents, My Footage, etc.). I feel there's an extra recovery partition, however it doesn't appear within the file manager.

 I have solely a pair complaints. The left/proper buttons on the backside of the touchpad take a lot of pressure to make them click (probably intentional to keep away from unintentional clicking) and I don't like the feel of their action. I believed perhaps I might stop using a mouse and swap to using the touchpad solely, but the feel of those buttons induced me to return to my mouse inside a few hours of use. The other grievance is that there is no LED indicator when Caps Lock or Numeric Lock is enabled on the keyboard, but that's a fairly minor issue. (UPDATE: I simply found there *are* LEDs for Caps and Numeric lock -- they are small inexperienced LEDs on the entrance left edge, subsequent to another LEDs like the disk exercise LED). So, I'm very pleased with this laptop computer and I think it is a super worth in its price range. No regrets on this buy! Home windows 8 is a unique story and I'm not crazy about it, however I'm learning to adjust. I would prefer to have Windows 7 which was the very best Home windows OS to date. Home windows eight isn't almost as bad as many reviewers would have you believe. By creating my consumer account as a 'local consumer', ignoring the Begin Display screen that looks like a sensible cellphone and only using the Windows desktop, it's extremely very like utilizing Home windows 7. 

You simply have to search out the place they hid some things just like the Start Menu (use Windows key + X mixture). And to date, all of the software I've (some of which is fairly old, like Office 2003), has put in with out compatibility problems. I almost paid far more to get a laptop computer with Windows 7 as an alternative of eight, based mostly on all of the damaging feedback, but I am glad I did not do that. The unfavorable comments are overblown.

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