Microsoft is moving quickly with its new operating system, Windows 8. Unlike the predecessor operating system, this time a technology company based in Redmond, Washington is directly holding the device makers to embed the Windows 8 operating system on various devices, from notebook to tablet.
ASUS also be one of the vendors is a mainstay of Microsoft to popularize Windows 8. One of the devices that run Windows 8 notebook is ASUS Vi voBook S400.
Typical characteristics of devices running Windows 8 is the intuitive touch screen experience. Of course this is a new user experience for touch screen devices running the notebook.
This Vivobook became a unique product, with a mix of third-generation Intel processor power Ivy Bridge, Windows 8 operating system, and the distinctive design elegant ASUS.
What kind of sophistication? Here's his explanation:
VivoBook S400 brings ultrabook concept, which emphasizes thinness and light weight. Highest thickness of only 2.1 cm in length and a width of 33.9 x 23.9 cm. and weighing 1.9 kg. Although the ultrabook category, but it weighs in at over Intel defined categories, namely between 1.2 to 1.36 kg.
This notebook is performed with a simple design, with a screen size of 14 inches. This makes a lot of wide space for the keyboard, palm rest area (palm area), as well touchpad.
VivoBook S400 14-inch screen comes with an intuitive touch screen frameless, with a resolution of 1366 x 768 p. This makes the image look sharp in this ultrabook.
With the new concept Windows 8 with the peculiarities of tile, of sharp images more satisfying to feel the new experience in Windows 8. Moreover, in addition to innovative touchscreen, the screen is also present in the solid material, which is resistant to scratches.
Thus while exploring this notebook screen, users can feel the sensation of touch tablet style.
Space keyboard keys almost evenly and fairly wide and padded. Spacing between keys is also well preserved, thus minimizing typos due to lack of space keyboard. However, this keyboard does not come with a backlit, so it is difficult to use in the dark.
If the user is bored with touch screen experience, there is still such a responsive touchpad when a finger touches the screen. Palm rest area is quite comfortable and spacious, not so slippery, enough to accommodate both hands.
Not only is the screen, the outside of the notebook is also made of a solid material. The front is made smooth and attractive eyes.
Though the design is simple, this device comes with full connectivity. The left side there are two USB ports, audio jacks and a SD card. Right side of the power input, VGA, HDMI ports, USB 3.0 and LAN.
In this notebook embedded processors from Intel, Ivy Bridge Dual Core i3, also support Intel HD Graphics 4000. So that the process of responsive performance, while trying to run games and applications, and does not arise lag when browsing used. Series Intel graphics also make the image sharper.
For ultrabook category, VivoBook S400 is certainly offering instant on speed. But when a few times trying to reach 4 seconds. To shutdown took 3.93 seconds. From sleep mode on the main menu to the time it took 3.98 seconds, and reaches 1 minute to restart.
In the Windows Experience Index measurement, the highest scale 9.9, the processor has a score of 6.3. Memory RAM has a score of 5.9 per second, 3D graphics for games and gaming graphics performance at 6.2 and the average hard disk data transfer reaches 5.9 score.
However, the performance of desktop graphics occupy the lowest score, with a score of 4.7.
Power management in battery can last 4 hours to supply browsing, streaming light and normal. While charging the battery enough for it takes 2 hours.
ASUS SonicMaster audio innovations produced quite satisfactory. Embedded audio to sound tinny and not shrill sounding, although the location of the sound is in the bottom left and right side of the notebook.
This new operating system providing a different experience. Interface design is present in the form of variation of tile, including tile is live and updates.
The live tile is on display tile such social networking accounts, search engines, news portals, email, until the stock movement. Tile can also be customized, changed layout and default as the user desires.
Fit the typical Windows 8 tile-tile to access the course better by doing touch. For these operating systems, users can swap to shift the interface. In addition, the navigation interface can also be done with a touchpad.
To start the main menu, users simply swap the screen light on the left or navigate the cursor, then you will see several options based search applications, settings files, and other woods. In this default option also appears to sharing options as well as a variety of devices and notification settings notebook. With just one touch.
For users of Windows 7, of course it will take a long time to get used to the adaptation of Windows 8. When you wish to go into desktop mode, you can click on one tile that is a shortcut to the desktop. But once into the desktop, there is usually a lot of changes, but no longer used in Windows 8. For example, the start menu.
To be able to access the application, you can browse through the search feature that emerges from the right side of the screen. However, if you browse a variety of tips and tricks about Windows 8 on various internet sites, then you will find how interesting the operating system, though the adaptation takes a long time.
Although innovative, but for multitasking users have to work hard. For example, if the user wants to type using the notepad application, but at the same time open a web page, the application will display a minimaze. But it turns out, this only applies to non-Microsoft browsers. Therefore, multitasking can be done when you open Internet Explorer, which is the default Microsoft browser.
Windows 8 also allows synchronization with different devices based on Windows 8. Simply plug in, after a notification will appear in the tile. Then, update the files will run automatically.
Of course this will be a mainstay of Microsoft to create Windows-based ecosystem. Moreover, if the user also uses Windows 8 Windows Phone 8 devices, then the ecosystem will be more useful, because the setting data will be easy to do.
Pros:
- Touch screen with intuitive touch experience Windows 8
- Sync to a variety of Windows-based devices
- Simple design and wide
- Inter-device ecosystem
- The battery only lasted 4 hours
- Fingerprints visible on the screen, especially when the screen is turned off
Dimension: 33.9 x23.9x 2.1 cm
Weight: 1.9 Kg
Operating system: Windows 8
Display: 14-inch, 1366x768 resolution, 111 PPI
Keyboard: Chiclet
Mouse: touchpad
Processor: Intel Ivy Bridge Core i3-3217U
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Memory: 1600 MHz DDR 3 4 GB, 24 GB SSD
Connectivity: 2 USB ports, 1 USB 3.0, WiFi
Source | VivaNews | VivoBook S400C Review, Notebook Windows 8 Sailing Touch
Typical characteristics of devices running Windows 8 is the intuitive touch screen experience. Of course this is a new user experience for touch screen devices running the notebook.
This Vivobook became a unique product, with a mix of third-generation Intel processor power Ivy Bridge, Windows 8 operating system, and the distinctive design elegant ASUS.
What kind of sophistication? Here's his explanation:
Design and Features
VivoBook S400 brings ultrabook concept, which emphasizes thinness and light weight. Highest thickness of only 2.1 cm in length and a width of 33.9 x 23.9 cm. and weighing 1.9 kg. Although the ultrabook category, but it weighs in at over Intel defined categories, namely between 1.2 to 1.36 kg.
This notebook is performed with a simple design, with a screen size of 14 inches. This makes a lot of wide space for the keyboard, palm rest area (palm area), as well touchpad.
VivoBook S400 14-inch screen comes with an intuitive touch screen frameless, with a resolution of 1366 x 768 p. This makes the image look sharp in this ultrabook.
With the new concept Windows 8 with the peculiarities of tile, of sharp images more satisfying to feel the new experience in Windows 8. Moreover, in addition to innovative touchscreen, the screen is also present in the solid material, which is resistant to scratches.
Thus while exploring this notebook screen, users can feel the sensation of touch tablet style.
Space keyboard keys almost evenly and fairly wide and padded. Spacing between keys is also well preserved, thus minimizing typos due to lack of space keyboard. However, this keyboard does not come with a backlit, so it is difficult to use in the dark.
If the user is bored with touch screen experience, there is still such a responsive touchpad when a finger touches the screen. Palm rest area is quite comfortable and spacious, not so slippery, enough to accommodate both hands.
Not only is the screen, the outside of the notebook is also made of a solid material. The front is made smooth and attractive eyes.
Though the design is simple, this device comes with full connectivity. The left side there are two USB ports, audio jacks and a SD card. Right side of the power input, VGA, HDMI ports, USB 3.0 and LAN.
Performance asus vivobook s400c:
In this notebook embedded processors from Intel, Ivy Bridge Dual Core i3, also support Intel HD Graphics 4000. So that the process of responsive performance, while trying to run games and applications, and does not arise lag when browsing used. Series Intel graphics also make the image sharper.
In the Windows Experience Index measurement, the highest scale 9.9, the processor has a score of 6.3. Memory RAM has a score of 5.9 per second, 3D graphics for games and gaming graphics performance at 6.2 and the average hard disk data transfer reaches 5.9 score.
However, the performance of desktop graphics occupy the lowest score, with a score of 4.7.
Power management in battery can last 4 hours to supply browsing, streaming light and normal. While charging the battery enough for it takes 2 hours.
ASUS SonicMaster audio innovations produced quite satisfactory. Embedded audio to sound tinny and not shrill sounding, although the location of the sound is in the bottom left and right side of the notebook.
Windows 8:
This new operating system providing a different experience. Interface design is present in the form of variation of tile, including tile is live and updates.
The live tile is on display tile such social networking accounts, search engines, news portals, email, until the stock movement. Tile can also be customized, changed layout and default as the user desires.
Fit the typical Windows 8 tile-tile to access the course better by doing touch. For these operating systems, users can swap to shift the interface. In addition, the navigation interface can also be done with a touchpad.
To start the main menu, users simply swap the screen light on the left or navigate the cursor, then you will see several options based search applications, settings files, and other woods. In this default option also appears to sharing options as well as a variety of devices and notification settings notebook. With just one touch.
For users of Windows 7, of course it will take a long time to get used to the adaptation of Windows 8. When you wish to go into desktop mode, you can click on one tile that is a shortcut to the desktop. But once into the desktop, there is usually a lot of changes, but no longer used in Windows 8. For example, the start menu.
To be able to access the application, you can browse through the search feature that emerges from the right side of the screen. However, if you browse a variety of tips and tricks about Windows 8 on various internet sites, then you will find how interesting the operating system, though the adaptation takes a long time.
Although innovative, but for multitasking users have to work hard. For example, if the user wants to type using the notepad application, but at the same time open a web page, the application will display a minimaze. But it turns out, this only applies to non-Microsoft browsers. Therefore, multitasking can be done when you open Internet Explorer, which is the default Microsoft browser.
Windows 8 also allows synchronization with different devices based on Windows 8. Simply plug in, after a notification will appear in the tile. Then, update the files will run automatically.
Of course this will be a mainstay of Microsoft to create Windows-based ecosystem. Moreover, if the user also uses Windows 8 Windows Phone 8 devices, then the ecosystem will be more useful, because the setting data will be easy to do.
Pros:
- Touch screen with intuitive touch experience Windows 8
- Sync to a variety of Windows-based devices
- Simple design and wide
- Inter-device ecosystem
Disadvantages:
- The battery only lasted 4 hours
- Fingerprints visible on the screen, especially when the screen is turned off
Specifications:
Dimension: 33.9 x23.9x 2.1 cm
Weight: 1.9 Kg
Operating system: Windows 8
Display: 14-inch, 1366x768 resolution, 111 PPI
Keyboard: Chiclet
Mouse: touchpad
Processor: Intel Ivy Bridge Core i3-3217U
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Memory: 1600 MHz DDR 3 4 GB, 24 GB SSD
Connectivity: 2 USB ports, 1 USB 3.0, WiFi
Source | VivaNews | VivoBook S400C Review, Notebook Windows 8 Sailing Touch
