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Publication date 2/2007 9 products on test |
Value for money: 4 out of 5 stars
"The Asus is expensive and outperformed by other laptops in this group test."
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Publication date 1/2007 14 products on test |
"Budget Buy"
"The F3F's design, two-year warranty and long battery life make it a great choice. Acer's Aspire has a bigger hard disk, but this is the better inexpensive notebook for most users."
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Publication date 10/2006 6 products on test |
Value for money: 4 out of 5 points,
"Editor's Choice"
"If you’re looking for something to take away from the desk and on the road, the Asus’ battery life is hard to ignore."
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In their review of the Asus F3F notebook Computer Shopper awarded the product 5 out of 5 stars. The review can be found in issue (1/2007) of the magazine.
The notebook was put through its paces in the test labs of 3 magazines and was, in general, positively received.
What a difference a month can make in the world of technology. Computer Shopper's January issue gives the Asus F3F a full five stars out of five and a budget buy award, whereas a mere month later in Computer Buyer and Upgrades' group test of budget laptops, it receives only three stars and some rather poor notices.
As a budget notebook, the F3F does not come with the latest Core 2 Duo processor but rather Intel's more budget Centrino Duo. This being a lower voltage CPU allows the system to post some truly impressive battery life stats, Computer Shopper achieving over six hours of light use despite the 15.4” widescreen LCD.
As stated at the beginning of this text, time kills all things, and in the world of technology it moves especially fast, and although the Asus F3F was an award winner in its day, as Computer Buyer puts it in its review from February 2007, the F3F is left 'looking just a little unimpressive'.