ASUS F50Sv-A2

October 17, 2009 | Posted by revy

ASUS F50Sv-A2

The ASUS F50Sv A2 is definitely a pretty good laptop to use for gaming excitement and fun, and the 16-inch screen size is definitely a big plus while doing so, but the overall style is certainly not one that stands out in the crowd as being one to have a large amount of appeal, and the battery life isn’t all that great either.

The ASUS F50 has a slick design that looks clean and very modern. In a way you could easily compare it to the look HP uses in their notebooks having most of the surfaces color-matched and glossy. The palmrest and touchpad surface share the same design, with the pattern flowing seamlessly through both surfaces. Above, the keyboard keys are matte black with glossy black trim bordering the keyboard. The F50 lacks touch-sensitive multimedia keys, instead having only quick access buttons for Instant-On, power switching mode, Web browser, touchpad disable, and power.

ASUS F50Sv-A2

The keyboard certainly can’t be faulted for not being large–it expands across the width of the laptop and includes a number pad, as well–but on extended usage, it felt a little too mushy and flat. The number pad area would have been better served by a series of dedicated media control buttons, which the F50SV lacks. A small, chrome button bar above the function keys launches a handful of programs, including Windows Media Center and an instant-on set of applications called ExpressGate that don’t require XP to start up and use. The ExpressGate instant-launch browser had spotty functionality, and while instant launch capability is a good idea, these apps didn’t shave much time off what it would have taken to wake the Windows OS up from sleep.

The ASUS F50Sv A2 features a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 processor, 4GB, 800 MHz DDR2 memory, 320 7200rpm hard drive, and Mobile Intel GM45 Express chipset.

With a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 and 4 GB of DDR2 RAM, the F50SV-A2 is a pretty powerful system. The Nvidia GeForce G 120M GPU is an intriguing new release that’s targeted as a mainstream video card for casual gaming, adding decent graphics power.

ASUS F50Sv-A2

The ASUS F50Sv A2 uses VGA-out, HDMI for video, it has a BD-ROM/DVD burner, has networking capabilities of Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, and it also includes Bluetooth 2.1. For those who want the convenience of plugging headphones in, there are both headphone and mic jacks included. Although it comes with stereo speakers, you will find the quality a disappointing factor. It certainly is not USB port poor, but it would have been nice to trade one of the 4 ports for a eSATA port.

Battery life was disappointing, running only 1 hour and 31 minutes in battery-drain test. For a system that will remain plugged in on a desk all the time, that would be fine, but we expect more from notebooks that are touted as portable.

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