With Omad, ASUSTEK Computer has recently introduced a new gaming laptop Lamborghini VX7. The design of this device was developed in conjunction with autoconyustess designers Automobilei Lamborghini. This is not the first collaboration of two giants. Earlier, we have already had the opportunity to get acquainted with the image laptops of the ASUS Lamborghini series. The latter was introduced by the ASUS EEE PC VX6 Lamborghini subnotebook. By the way, the design of VX6 and VX7 is very similar. It is not surprising, because the basis of the first form of both devices lay a sports car Murcielago LP640.

So, this fifteen-day laptop will delight you not only with its outstanding appearance, but also a stunning productivity. The device is equipped with a top quad-core processor Intel Core The Sandy Bridge family, the video card from NVIDIA, hard disks, the total volume of which is 1.5 TB (you can install HDD + SSD) and the RAM up to 16 GB. In Laptop, there may be an integrated Blu-ray drive. Everything is made according to the latest computer equipment. This is not surprising, because the laptop ASUS Lamborghini VX7 is the brainchild of great companies.

Design

Laptops with a powerful stuffing quite a lot, but not many can boast a truly interesting design. ASUS Lamborghini VX7 is a laptop that is hard to call "ordinary". The design of this device is designed together with representatives of Lamborghini - a manufacturer of expensive sports cars. Everyone was heard about this concern. The beauty and power of the auto Italian corporation fascinates all and all. The VX7 was based on Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 sports car. General features of this car and a new Asus laptop are traced in everything. By the way, the car itself was first introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 2006. Alas, but the Lamborghini Murciélago series at the end of 2010 was removed from production. We assume that ASUS Lamborghini VX7 is part of the glorious Murciélago history.

So, the ASUS Lamborghini VX7 cover is performed in the same style as the hood Murciélago LP640. It has an Automobili Lamborghini logo. The protrusions and curvedness of the lid resemble the features of the supercar, aggressiveness and severe model of the model can be seen with a naked eye. On the back, there are two ventilation grilles, two LED strips of red (imitation of a car signal stop) are located above them. In the same style, the back of the supercar is performed.

The general features of this laptop and auto are noticeable not only in the exterior. The internal decoration of the laptop also emphasizes the high status of the model. Thus, the ceiling area is covered with skin (like Murciélago LP640 salon). From above, above the keyboard, a decorative perforated lattice is located, under which the speakers of the audio system are hidden. The symmetry of the interior attaches a laptop of sophistication and elegance.

The quality of the assembly of this device is simply at the height. There will be no squeaks, deflection or backlash. ASUS Lamborghini VX7 can be performed in two colors. If you are a bright person and want to stand out profitably on the background of the "gray" mass, then you are more suitable for an orange color color. However, with VX7 you will not be unsubstituted anyway. Even if you get a black laptop.

Display and sound

Such a device cannot be equipped with a budget matrix. The display of this device is characterized by the highest brightness and clarity. The diagonal of the screen with LED backlight is 15.6 inches. The resolution of the matrix is \u200b\u200b1920x1080 pixels (FULL HD), aspect ratio of 16: 9. The image on ASUS Lamborghini VX7 seems deep and realistic. The heroes of modern computer games are that and looked off from the screen! And at leisure you can empathize with the characters of movies, because browsing HD content on a highly contrast widescreen matrix is \u200b\u200bso interesting and exciting!

Display viewing angles are absolutely standard. They horizontally, they are slightly larger, and vertically - less. Due to the design features, the cover with the display may deviate no more than 130 degrees. By the way, a little ridiculous looks a display frame. It looks like something wide.

The sound system of the laptop is represented by two built-in speakers and digital microphone. Azalia Sound Chip supports the so-called 3D effect (surround sound). By and large, it's just loud words. Of course, the ASUS Lamborghini VX7 will sound better than any average laptop, but the laptop audio system is not compared with the external acoustics.

Keyboard and touchpad

The laptop is equipped with a full-size island keyboard. Buttons are apart from each other at a distance of 2 mm. The keyboard substrate is made of black glossy plastic. This is not particularly practical, because such a surface is quickly swollen and covered with dust. Square matte keys have excellent mechanical properties, they are triggered clearly. Traditionally, for gamers, the W-A-S-D buttons are marked with arrows (to control the character in games).

The touchpad has an inverted trapezoid form. In the perimeter, the sensory playground is made of matte metal. The panel itself has matte surfaceThe side of the vertical scroll bar is highlighted. In addition, the touchpad recognizes a large number of Multi-traces. Two separate metal buttons have a clear point of operation, when pressed, a characteristic ringing sound is published.

Processor and productivity

Cooperation with the Lamborghini brand simply obliges this laptop to be as powerful as its "prototype". Equip the mediocre components of ASUS Lamborghini VX7 akin to a crime. Therefore, the Asustek concern equipped the device only with the most powerful components. The speed of the device will respond to the Intel Core i7-2630Qm processor with a frequency of 2 GHz. It is based on the architecture of Sandy Bridge and supports multithreading technologies Hyper-Threading and TURBO BOOST SAVORGON, thanks to which the frequency may increase 2.9 GHz.

Core i7-2630Qm is equipped with an integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 graphics card, which should be faster than older Intel HD Graphics cards in Arrandale design processors. In addition, the improved two-channel DDR3 memory controller is located on the same crystal as CPU, so it is used and the processor and video card. The third-level cache memory is 6 MB.

Discrete NVIDIA video card will be engaged in the laptop GeForce GTX. 460m with video memory of the GDDR5 standard. This adapter is among the top ten most powerful mobile graphics cards. Any modern computer game With GTX 460m will simply "fly." And Metro 2033, and Mafia 2 will go to the highest settings and details.

Two can be used for storage hard disk Total capacity of 1.5 TB. The official website of ASUS states that it can be hard drives of various volumes and different spindle rotation speeds: 500 GB (7200 rpm), 640 GB (5400 rpm), 750 GB (5400 rpm, 7200 rev / min). Information can also be stored on HDD + SSD hybrid. Volume solid-state drive Makes 4 GB.

The amount of RAM DDR3-1333 can reach 16 GB. This provides 4 memory slots.

Ports and communications

ASUS Lamborghini VX7 is a purely laptop, so the set of ports of this mobile PC looks quite expected. There is a microphone input, output under the outer acoustics (S / PDIF), VGA video output, HDMI interface, USB 3.0 port, three USB 2.0 ports and RJ-45 connector (LAN). The multi-format card reader is able to recognize 8 types of memory cards: SD, MINI-SD, MS, MS Pro, MS DUO, MS PRO DUO, XD, MMC. The laptop can be supplied with one of the three optical drives: Super-Multi DVD, Blu-ray Writer, Blu-ray Reader. The display of the display is located a two-steppixel webcam.

Adapters Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth V2.1 + EDR (optional) are responsible for accessing wireless networks.

The Lamborghini VX7 is supplied with an eight-section battery, the capacity of which is 5,200 mAh.

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Conclusion

ASUS Lamborghini VX7 is more than just a laptop. This device is designed for a real gamer. And it's not just a laptop filling. Summer itself suggests that the incredible power is hidden "under the hood" of this device. The design of the VX7 is designed by the Lamborghini concern. Murciélago LP640 was taken as the basis. So, top intel processor The core of the second generation, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M video card, 16 GB of RAM and a spacious hard disk - all confirms the seriousness and aggression of the model.

Effective or not in the "died up" stories - the case of everyone, but one of the legends, closely close to the topic of our today's narration, says: "Once upon a time the early summer morning of the hot 1962 at the entrance to the office of Enzo Ferrari, the Ferrari 365 GT car has stopped at Maransnelo. A man of middle-aged presentable appearance came out of him and headed with straight to the reception desk. The visitor who rushed into the bright red (Ferrari colors) with suspenders, explained the secretary that he wanted to talk to Ferrari about the shortcomings and weak places of his car, and discuss everything with the eye On the eye, as is customary in the circles of true entrepreneurs. Secretary, entering the chief, forgot to close the door behind him, so the visitor became an involuntary witness of the conversation. "Signor ... I would like to talk to you, - said the secretary, - he rides Ferrari and wanted Would take a few remarks about the car. "In response, the head already at that time, a famous company asked a loud and disgruntled voice:" ...? Who is it? Explain to him that there is no passing yard and I do not have time for each client. "" It was a real blow for me, "the later visitor confessed later," I immediately hurried home, drank a cup of wine to calm down, and in the same The day sold his Ferrari. Round Ferrari still recognizes me! "That's the whole parable, as you have already guessed, of course, it was no one like Ferrucco Lamborgini, at that time a very influential and rich man in Italy, whose name was known due to the production of competitive tractors, especially Actual agriculture in the post-war time.


It so happened that the decision to create a company was taken under the pressure of emotions, very simply "we start building cars" and Basta, "overboard" left economic calculations, the main goal to build a sports car, superior to the quality of the product of the famous "scudyri". In early 1963, the first swallow - Lamborghini 350 GT was presented at the Turin Motor Show - Lamborghini 350 GT. Further, the history of the company flowed with varying success, the models replaced each other, like the owners, since 1998 and to this moment "Automobili Lamborghini" belongs to Audi, in turn, which is the division of the Volkswagen AG concern. Thanks to the new owners made by the new owners, the legendary Diablo and Murcielago appeared, and in the Geneva Motor Show in 2003 the debut of the long-awaited and relatively miniature model Gallardo (capacity is 500 hp, the maximum speed exceeds the mark of 300 km / h, and the acceleration time Up to 100 km / h is only 4 seconds).

Lamborghini Gallardo.

Actually, this model and inspired by the designers and engineers of another famous brand only computer Asustek to produce on the "Light of God" together with their colleagues from the Lamborghini impregnated with racing spirit, creaky brakes, clubs of smoke from under the wheels and engineering engines. Laptop computer with pride name asus Lamborghini VX1, Whose debut took place in Bologna (Italy) directly in the territory of the legendary factory for the production of sports and racing cars. This event gave the start of the new laptop car racing phase, returning the relevance to the long-time confrontation of Ferrari - Lamborghini in the autoinadustria and continuing shifting from one scale of the scales to another between a little less long-standing competitors Acer and Asus.

ASUS Lamborghini VX1.

ASUS Lamborghini VX1 Like a sports compartment: Corrupt, bright, aggressive. Each detail is deposited to the smallest detail, a stylish upper lacquered cover, magnesium-aluminum inserts, strict and at the same time elegant lines. Under the hood, topped with an eminent logo "Automobili Lamborghini" in the form of a bull (in fact it is not a bull, and Taurus - a sign of the zodiac, under which Ferrucco Lamborgini was born), "Motor" of maximum power, a productive video card, as actually all the other high-tech " The insides are "so tormented that the laptop" left "from the start and in the blink of an eye turned into a point.

Of course, it would be more correct to compare "racing creations" Acer and Asus among themselves, but Acer Ferrari 4005Wlmi is built on a single-processor solution from AMD, the republic's dual-core "heart" at ASUS Lamborghini VX1. The new dual-core model Ferrari has not reached the domestic market. Therefore, opposing the car from Asustek today will be ASUS V6J, on the "chassis" and our present guest is installed. The interior of both laptops is very similar, a tangible difference is only the frequency of processors and the amount of RAM, ASUS V6J has both of these parameters below. By the way, with a raised top cover and exterior of mobile machines visually very close.

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Packaging and Supplies

ASUS Lamborghini VX1 packaging box is excellent on the budget version. On visible sides with a black background, a "capotic" part of a portable computer with a bull "Automobili Lamborghini", exactly the same logo is duplicated in the upper right corner. The name of the model and the name of the manufacturer's manufacturer of a portable computer is applied in white so that even with relatively small sizes of letters, they are perfectly visible. The principle of matryres, typical of products from Asustek, is also present. The box with the laptop itself and the most minor accessories are placed in a larger joint with a bag for the transfer of a "portable car".

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Packing Box

The appearance of the ASUS Lamborghini VX1 packaging is fully consistent with its content, nor give either the portable computers from Asustek have always been famous for the richness of the supply kit, and today's bright representative of the family, sharpened by "laptop racing", no exception. In addition to the most portable computer in the box, the following is found: the rechargeable battery with a capacity of 5200 mA / h; adapter alternating current with a light indicator; modem cable; guide fast start "Quick Installation Guide"; Warranty card for two years on a laptop; List of authorized service centers worldwide; user manual (in Russian); brochure to a monthly guarantee LCD ZBD; Little bluetooth mouse from Logitech with the inscription ASUS and Lamborghini in the middle together with the instructions for its installation; Bag and a laptop computer transfer case with Lamborghini symbols, a "Asus-Lamborghini VX1" booklet, a napkin for wiping the monitor (it seems not only it) and a set of disks that included:

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Delivery Set

Two recovery disks (recovery);
Driver & Utility Ver. 1.0;
Nero V. 6.6.0.15;
[Email Protected] SE 2.0;
PowerDirector DE V 3.0.1208;
ASUS DVD v.6.0.

"Rodent" with the Bluetooth interface, produced, as already mentioned, Logitech, eats from standard AA batteries. To replace the batteries, it is necessary to simply pull over the top cover in the opposite direction from the buttons. The wireless mouse is definitely convenient, but it obliges a timely to track the battery level in order not to go to work with the TouchPad-Ohm at the most inopportune moment.

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Bluetooth Mouse Mouse

In the course of the "plays" there was another question, why the ASUS Lamborghini VX1 arrived on the yellow laptop (for testing, it was in yellow) a black mouse applied. It should be assumed that this is probably a special order of ASUS and varies with flowers designers did not have the opportunity.

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Design and Ergonomics

Going from the packaging to the direct consideration of today's "hero", the eyes stop at the bright yellow cap-hood "portable car" (generally asus Lamborghini VX1 is produced in two color variations, in addition to yellow, the burning-black is not less polished and bright, thereby Asustek puts the potential owner before a complex choice, because both color solutions are really good). Lines strict and geometry in a compartment with color strongly resemble true Lamborghini. Both edges are decoratively lifted to the back of the narrow strips, forming a kind of "air intake", in the middle of which, when the upper lid is lowered, the duplicated system indicators clearly lightly light.

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Front view

In the middle, closer to the protruding detail of the lid intended for raising the display, the "Automobili Lamborghini" logo is located with a taurus inside. The inscription of the manufacturer of the laptop itself modestly found a place on the very edge of the "air intake" or a different "pseudo-locale".

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Logo on the lid

The group of indicators on the lid entered (from left to right):

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Status Indicators
on the top cover

Power Indicator (Lights, if the laptop is turned on; blinks when the PC is in standby mode; when the computer is turned off or in "Sleep" mode (STD), the indicator is not lit);

The display lock is missing, on the end of the top cover there is a small protrusion, while holding which to reveal the laptop is not difficult. Inside the color scheme changes dramatically with yellow on black, which is quite logical, because If the "hood" contained under the "hood" had such a bright color, it would be able to distract and simply tritely interfere with its owner, a militant in his eyes with its relatively "poisonous" color. Interior decoration very much resembles ASUS V6J, from which you can make a bold assumption that the "base" they have one, because and dimensions, With the exception of thickness due to the needed "air intake", the same. In the center of the frame around the display, the ASUS logo is shoved, rubber pads are beaten for greater mildness of adjacent to the bottom. At the bottom of the screen, between two hinges fits clearly, in full thickness of the lower part of the portable computer, the battery, which fits tightly to the second group of indicators in conjunction with the PC button and keys quickly launchLocated slightly closer to the keyboard, and form a small black "Cint".

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: in open state

From mentions about Lamborghini, only an inscription with a brand name is displayed in white color.

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: inscription under the keyboard

The display mechanism does not differ from ASUS V6J, the hinge bases are a continuation of the upper cover, such a way allows several centimeters to remove the screen from the user, but at the same time the maximum laptop opening angle is limited and relatively far from 180 degrees, which can be seen in the photo below:

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Disclosure Corner

ASUS Lamborghini VX1 is equipped with a 15.0-inch matrix with a maximum resolution of 1400x1050 points with a classical aspect ratio of 4: 3 (SXGA +). Subjectively, the viewing angles vertically and horizontally are quite decent, as it applies to non-cheat models. "Glass" The display of the display is present, adding compatibility with the image on the one hand and with another displaying any well-lit subject or a light source that are behind. For this reason, the potential winner of the "racing car" is ensured by finding the most favorable fall of light.

The nature of "glass" is hidden in the use of branded ASUS aSUS technology Color Shine (special polymer coating) is the production of "glass" liquid crystal displays, which provides exceptional picture quality and colors saturation, creating a more lively and colorful image.

ASUS Color Shine Technology

In addition to the Color Shine on the "board" ASUS Lamborghini VX1, there is another branded technology from Asustek - ASUS Splendid Video Enhancement.

ASUS SPLENDID Video Enhancement is an intelligent image management that allows you to configure a picture on the screen using predetermined modes (control is performed by the FN + C key combination).

ASUS SPLENDID Video Enhancement Technology

On the Lamborghini VX1 laptop series, as well as on the V6J, the manufacturer provides once a thirty-day LCD Zero Bright Dot warranty, which gives the right to win the laptop in case of bright dot detects, replace the display in support service. This requires a trading check or any other document confirming the fact of purchase.

WARRANTY LCD ZERO BRIGHT DOT

The number of gradation of brightness at ASUS Lamborghini VX1 is traditionally sixteen, when installing the lowest levels, the visible on the screen is rapidly approaching "zero".

ASUS Lamborghini VX1:
brightness levels

Using a special Pantone ColorVision Spyder device and an Optical Ver installed under it. 3.7.8 The brightness and contrast of the monitor were made. When nutrition from the network and battery, the brightness value was set to the maximum position, after which the test was launched. When changing nutrition to the battery, its performance fell significantly, thanks to the ASUS portable computers with energy saving systems, triggering by default. The values \u200b\u200bof brightness are quite impressive, which cannot be said about contrast:

Values \u200b\u200bfrom the network:

contrast: 40: 1;
brightness: 132.3 KD / sq.m.

Battery Values:

contrast: 41: 1;
brightness: 104.7 cd / sq. M.

The laptop computer is equipped with a 87th keyboard keyboard. "Enter" classic M-shaped. The cursor control buttons are on the same line with the bottom of the keyboard, which increases the likelihood of them. random press. The "Fn" key is typically by ASUS-ki in the lower left corner, which is not entirely convenient for those who often use the combinations "Ctrl + C", "Ctrl + V", because It increases the risk of erroneous presses, instead of Ctrl. There are built-in numeric keypad And two special buttons Microsoft Windows. One of them is located in the lower row of the keyboard, the right of the key through the key and starts the "Properties" menu or works similarly to clicking the right mouse button on any object. The second "Windows", opening the "Start" menu, is located there, symmetrically to the left of the space. Function keys are somewhat reduced. HOME, PGUP, PGDN and END are built on the right vertically in a row; Pause, Print SCRN, INS and DEL are located in the same line along with the function keys. Latin letters are isolated as white, Russians pale green, the function keys are painted in blue (using functions broken under them possible after pressing and holding Fn).

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Keyboard

TouchPad ASUS Lamborghini VX1 is a twin-brother of his "colleagues" at ASUS V6J. The color and "metallized" structure coincides with its surrounding surface. The touch panel is as close as possible to a black shade and has the dedicated scrolling zone on the right side. Additional jostyk scroll of text is missing. A distinctive feature of this touchpad is the presence between the keys that replace the right and left buttons of the usual mouse, when the portable computer is enabled and the untouched block, the original blue backlight.

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Touchpad

Lock TouchPad-A is performed by pressing a special key, the location of which will be described below. On the screen this process will be displayed as follows:

Touchpad panel lock

The entire front edge of the lower part of the portable computer is literally extruded with tiny decorative holes with "smooth" envelope "TouchPad-A, hiding two relatively loud stereo speakers, thereby bringing the sound as close as possible to the user and simultaneously letting the ability to overlap stereo-caskets with hands. Changing the volume settings is made with The "FN" and "F10", "F11", "F12", "F11", "F12", "F11", "F12", "FN", "F12", is displayed in the form of the following images.

Changing the volume settings

In the left side of the "exhaust" holes of the strip are the status indicators, duplicated on the upper lid, plus one, the meaning of which was absolutely no meaning (left to right):

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Status Indicators

Touch panel shutdown indicator (lit when the corresponding button is pressed);
Power indicator (on blue, if the laptop is turned on; blinks when the PC is in standby mode; when the computer is turned off or in "Sleep" mode (STD), the indicator is not lit);
Battery Charging Indicator (Lights when the battery is charging; does not burn - the battery is charged or completely discharged);
Bluetooth indicator (lit when the activated Bluetooth function);
Wireless Wireless Network Indicator (Flashing when transmitting or receiving packets using the built-in wireless adapter).

The visibility of this group of indicators is small, because The light penetrates everything into the same tiny holes, though a little more diameter than those surrounding them. You can care only in close proximity and then not under all angles.

Another group of status indicators in conjunction with the key to turn on the portable computer (highlighted by two blue LEDs) sheltered next to the right hinges and dragged along rechargeable battery To the left, including in its composition:

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Status Indicators over the keyboard

Activity indicator (shows a computer access to data storage devices: hard disk or optical drive);
Numeric keypad indicator Num Lock. (Lit, if the numeric keypad is activated);
Caps Lock Lock fixation indicator (lit, if the scored letters are translated into the upper case);
The SCROLL LOCK arrow key indicator (on the activation of the SCR LK mode is activated, which allows some letter keys to use to move the cursor).

Symmetrically to this group of status indicators, only at the left hinge, the quick launch keys are located (from left to right):

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Quick Launch Keys

TouchPad panel lock key (blocks the touch panel when using an external mouse and helps to avoid accidental movement of the cursor during the text set, the corresponding indicator lights up, and the backlight between the left and right keys touchpad-a goes out);
The launch key of the branded ASUS-OVOBER POWER4 Gear + energy saving utility (makes it possible to switch between different energy saving modes that allow you to manage many aspects of the functioning of a laptop computer to enhance performance or battery life, such as: changes the frequency of the processor, screen brightness, and power management schemes Windows). When using nutrition from the network, three modes of operation are available, when nutrition from the battery - seven;

BLUETOOTH key (pressing includes or disables the built-in Bluetooth function, the indicator lights up when turning on);
The login key (pressing leads to an Internet browser activation);
The Wireless LAN key, clicking on which the wireless network is activated.

The left end of the portable computer is loaded with the following components (from left to right):

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Left view

Port for Kensington Castle;
15-pin port for connecting an external D-Sub Standard Monitor;
The four-pin IEEE1394 port (FireWire) has a "DV" label (digital video) and can be used in the High-End Digital Equipment;
Infrared module port (IRDA);
26-pin EXPRESSCARD / 54 connector;

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: ExpressCard Slot

Optical drive drive, with an indicator of the activity, and an emergency opening key and opening.

On the right side of ASUS Lamborghini VX1 are:

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: View of the right

High-speed USB port (USB 2.0);
Card reader 4-in-1 (Memory Stick / Memory Stick Pro / Multimedia Card / Secure Digital);

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Flash Memory Nest

S / PDIF digital output connector (headphone socket);
Microphone connector (mic-input);
Modem port (RJ-11);
Two high-speed USB ports (USB 2.0);
Connector for connecting a laptop to a local network (LAN RJ-45 port);
Connector for connecting the power source.

From the back of the portable computer, there is only a battery that has begun in the accuracy between hinges. Its height is absolutely identical to the thickness of the lower part of the laptop, which is quite harmoniously closes a holistic picture.

ASUS Lamborghini VX1: Rear View

The "new racing car" is equipped with a battery with a capacity of 5200 m / h. At the bottom of the battery, two rubber legs are fixed, which lies a partial load of the back of the laptop.

Asus Lamborghini VX1: Rechargeable Battery

Turning the laptop computer Detect the following: Caps Covers central processor and RAM modules, hard disk and mini-PCI connector; battery pack with two locks (manual and spring); holder of the owner's personal card; hole reload (in case the CTRL + ALT + DEL key combination is triggered); Stickers with data on the model and the serial number of the operating system.

ASUS LAMBORGHINI VX1: Lower Part

The cover of the combined compartment of the central processor and the RAM hides under itself two slots engaged in memory modules of 1024 MB each. This fact means to improve, namely, it is impossible to add more RAM, because 2048 And there is a maximum size.

What is inside

The "engine" ASUS Lamborghini VX1 is the Intel Core Duo dual-core processor with a T2500 rating and a 2.00 GHz clock frequency, which is based on the Yonah core, produced by the 65 Nm process, which has a second-level co-memory kesh.

Intel Core Duo T2500 in different energy

In addition to the traditionally used energy saving technology, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep, due to which the software and BIOS laptop controls the factor of the CPU clock frequency, reducing it in the moments of incomplete loading, on the "board" there is a Dynamic Power Coordination technology, with which the kernel independently can be Change power consumption depending on the current load on the processor, in the flesh before the second kernel in the DEEP SLEEP state, in other words, the minimum energy consumption. Dynamic Cache Sizing technology is also used - "dynamic change of cache size", disconnecting idle blocks. For a more detailed acquaintance with the Intel Core Duo processor device, contact the following material - " CENTRINO DUO Mobile Platform Overview".

Also, the NAPA platform includes the Intel Pro / Wireless 3945ABG wireless network adapter and the Intel Calistoga 945PM chipset. The NMS of the 945th family has the ability to work with SODIMM high-speed modules, thus increasing the memory bandwidth and reduce energy consumption. The i945PM logic set is equipped with a PCI Express X16 bus to connect an external video card. The ICH7-M chip is used as a southern bridge, the connection of the northern bridge with which is carried out using the DIRECT MEDIA INTERFACE (DMI) specialized tire. The South Bridge supports one Parallel ATA port, two Serial ATA ports, eight USB 2.0 ports and has integrated integrated sound solution Intel High Definition Audio. In addition, they are supported by six PCI EXPRESS X1 lines, which are supposed to be used to connect external devices. More detailed technical characteristics of the platform can be found on website manufacturer.

Intel 945PM chipset

In addition to the powerful computing "engine" in ASUS Lamborghini VX1, a discrete NVIDIA GeForce GO 7400VX video adapter was installed with support for the TURBOCACHE function and 128 MB of hardware video memory, made according to the process of 0.09 microns, which significantly reduces the energy consumption level designed specifically for thin, lungs and ultra-portable solutions. . TurboCache allows graphic processor Sharely use the volume and bandwidth of the allocated video memory and dynamically available system memory, thus increasing the performance and scope of graphics memory for PC. Due to the fact that there are two modules for 1 GB in a laptop computer. Each GeForce GO 7400VX can take up to 512 MB. NVIDIA PureVideo technology is used in the NVIDIA video adapter, which provides high-quality HD video. Another power management technology PowerMizer 6.0 optimizes power supply, and also reduces the amount of heat released. More detailed technical characteristics of the NVIDIA GeForce GO 7400 are reduced to the table, as well as you can look at website manufacturer:

The laptop has a seagate momentus ST9160821A 2.5 "form factor with a spindle speed of 5400 rpm. / Min. And a volume of 160 GB. Also, a laptop computer is equipped with a writer optical DVD-drive Matshita UJ-832S with the following speed characteristics:

Recording:

CD-R / RW (24X / 10X);
DVD-R / RW (4X / 2X);
DVD + R / RW (4X / 2.4X);
DVD + R DL (2,4x);
DVD-RAM (2x).

Reading:

CD-R / RW (24X / 10X);
DVD-ROM (8x);
DVD-R / RW (4X / 4X);
DVD + R / RW (4x / 4x);
DVD + R DL (4X);
DVD-RAM (2x).

The ASUS Lamborghini VX1 uses the most fast DDR2 RAM with a frequency of 667 MHz. Both slots are easily accessible, but this availability is irrelevant due to the fact that the two modules installed in the amount exhaust the entire possible limit of memory. "RAM" works in two-channel mode, which you can make sure to look at the next screenshot:

Double memory mode

In the process of passing the Battery Eater Pro 2.60 test, after 30 minutes of operation in the "classic" mode, the temperature values \u200b\u200bfrom the surface of the laptop infrared thermometer were removed (the temperature in the room was maintained at 22 degrees). At each of the surfaces, a point with a maximum temperature was searched. As a result, the following values \u200b\u200bwere obtained:

LCD panel - 35 degrees;
Keyboard - 36 degrees;
Lower surface - 39 degrees.

And because The "base" of ASUS Lamborghini VX1 and ASUS V6J is one, then for funny clarity below shows a comparative diagram of heating of individual elements of laptops, from which it can be seen that laptops are very close to these indicators, the minimum difference can be attributed to measurement errors.

Below is a comparative table with detailed technical characteristics of the "mobile coupe" and ASUS V6J:

Testing technique

Before proceeding with testing, the ASUS Lamborghini VX1 was formatted a hard disk for the NTFS file system, then operating microsoft system Windows XP Professional SP2 (English version) with DirectX 9.0C package and drivers from the supplied disc supplied disc. Also, Windows Media Encoder 9.0 was installed in conjunction with Windows Media Player 9.0 video players (for some tests, such as PCMark 2005 and Sysmark 2004 SE, the Windows Media Player 10.0) was separately delivered separately.

In the process of testing, the following parameters were set:

Energy saving services - disabled;
Sound card - disabled;
Network services - disabled;
The brightness of the screen is given to the maximum possible position;
The resolution of the liquid crystal matrix is \u200b\u200bthe maximum, 1400x1050;
"Fastening the taskbar" (in the properties of the taskbar) - disabled;
"Automatic hiding taskbar" - included;
The theme of the desktop is "classic";
Background drawing - disabled;
Screen keeper - disabled;
Set low security;
Blocking pop-up windows is disabled.

An exception is two tests: When working with PCMark 2005, the theme of the desktop "Windows XP" was returned, and for normal operation of SYSMARK 2004 SE, all parameters were returned to the default state.

Tests were conducted in two modes by changing the settings of the power consumption control circuit. The first part was passed during the nutrition from the network ("ALWAYS ON" configuration ("enabled" - in the Russian-language version of Windows), in which the maximum performance of the portable computer is ensured, and the battery life is minimally). The second part - when nutrition from the battery (setting up "Max Battery" ("saving batteries" - in the Russian-language version of Windows), in this case the battery life is maximum).

Two test groups were used:

Group 1 - Tests for measuring the performance of the system consisting in turn from three subgroups:

Synthetic tests (Sanoftware Sandra 2005, Sisoftware Sandra 2007, PCMark 2004 1.3.0, PCMark 2005 1.1.0);
Performance tests in office and multimedia applications (SYSMARK 2004 SE, Business Winstone 2004, Multimedia Content Creation Winstone 2004);
Performance tests in games (3DMark 2003 3.6.0, 3DMark 2005 1.2.0, 3DMark 2006 1.0.2, Quake3, Quake4, Unreal Tournament 2003).

The 2nd group consisting of a single indicative test to determine the duration of the battery life of the portable computer from the Battery Eater Pro 2.60 battery.

The Battery Eater Pro 2.60 test contains three modes of operation:

Classic mode - uniform maximum load on the system (Classic);

And idle mode.

The first two perform the basic manipulations provided by the program. In "idle mode", in which the duration of the battery life of the portable computer is measured with the complete absence of a load from the Battery Eater Pro 2.60, a DVD film was launched.

Those who follow the reviews of laptops on our site immediately will be noticeable changes in the "test stand". The first thing that has changed is the use of a new Sisoftware Sandra 2007 diagnostic package (the program is intended for remote analysis, testing and diagnostics of computers, servers, PDAs, smartphones, small home and office networks, as well as for enterprise networks). Utility version 2007 has an updated interface with improved functionality. The main features look like this:

Support 3 platforms (Win32 x86, Win64 x64, WinCE ARM) in a single installation program;
13 reference tests designed separately for each platform;
34 modules with detailed information about system components;
Official support for a huge number of different devices, thanks to direct cooperation with Intel, AMD, ATI, SIS and VIA;
Version 6 languages \u200b\u200b(Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Dutch) in a single installation program;
Lite version (free for personal and educational purposes).

The Sanoftware Sandra 2005 program version will be used yet, but with the ongoing statistics on the fresh version will be excluded from testing.

The SYSMARK 2004 SE benchmark was also added, aimed at identifying the complex system performance with a different type of load. It simulates the work of the user aimed at solving specific tasks in several of the most common applications, given the possibilities of multi-threaded work. At the outlet, the benchmark gives several indices showing the performance of systems demonstrated in various scenarios. SYSMARK 2004 SE is primarily positioned as a test application for determining desktop performance. For this reason, the package includes applications that are not entirely characteristic as a typical load for mobile computers. That is why the benchmark results will be given in "deployed" form, focusing separately on each type of load created by them.

A synthetic PCMark 2005 package is added, which continues the traditions of complex benchmarks of this line, as well as PCMark04, it uses elements of real applications as tests, which increases its value compared to "fully synthetic" benchmarks. A series of eleven mandatory performance tests of different components of the system leads to a computation of a general result in some conventional units ("PCMarks"), based on the well-known cartoon traditionally referred to in the countries of the former "union" by the parrots. PCMark 2005 has the functions of the load testing functions when working with HD video, audio information encoding and enhanced multi-threaded load testing capabilities and hard disk. The general result of the benchmarck is obtained by the formula: PCMark Score \u003d 87 x (average geometric value of major tests)where the average geometric is calculated as (result 1 x result 2 x ...) / number of results.

The update also touched another product of Futuremark Corporation - 3DMark. Now 3DMark 2005 and 3DMark 2006 will take part in the testing of laptops with discrete video events. What changes occurred in 3DMark 2005 compared with the previous version - this is: a refusal to use Shader Model 1.x, use exclusively Shader Model 2.0x / 3.0; full compatibility with Shader Model 2.0; increased complexity of game tests (more than a million polygons in the frame); Use of normal cards. New in 3DMark 2006: Support HDR, Uniform Shadow Maps, support for multi-core CPUs and a focus on the use of Shader Model 3.0, the truth is not completely - 2 graphic tests from four work within Shader Model 2.0. 3DMark 2001SE Pro will be used, as before, only for integrated video.

And in top of the test, the new version of the game Quake4 on a par with old will be involved in testing. Because The special demonstration roller at the time of the start of the tests did not exist in nature, then it was made personally and will be used in each subsequent testing of laptops, thereby allowing the ability to compare the performance of various systems in absolutely equal conditions.

Testing

According to the current tradition, testing opens Sisoftware Sandra synthetic tests only now in two versions of 2005 and 2007 and two PCMark-A 2004 and 2005.
Sisoftware Sandra displays information about the computer and tests both the system as a whole and its separate components. PCMark is designed to measure computer performance when working with office and close to them applications, including tests for the definition of overall performance and performance of individual subsystems (CPU, memory, graphic capabilities, disk subsystem).

First, let's talk about the old Good Sisoftware Sandra 2005 and PcMark 2004. The results of processor tests are completely natural and predictable, they are completely proportional to the frequencies installed in the portable computers "Hearts". When moving to a battery, thanks to artificial trottling when using the battery saving mode and plus under the action of the included energy saving systems, processor frequencies are falling to the lowest possible level in 1 GHz, as a result of which values \u200b\u200bwith a meager error also become equal. The file system in both laptops is actually at the same level, because Hard drives have close characteristics, except for volume. Memory system at ASUS Lamborghini VX1 slightly wins thanks to the use more "RAM" operating in two-channel mode. This fact, in addition to the more frequency of the video adapter, also played in Plus and in PCMark 2004 in testing the graphics subsystem, giving a great opportunity to fully use TurboCache at NVIDIA GeForce GO 7400VX.

As for the Sisoftware Sandra 2007 and PCMark 2005, the test results are very decent in both cases and behave like previous versions of the programs, so it does not make sense to repeat the above above, but because Data statistics on these applications are not accomplished, then they are a "starting point" system for subsequent testing.

Test Business WINSTONE 2004 is designed to determine the performance of the computer when working with office applications (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Front Page, Winzip, Norton Antivirus Professional Editional). Business Winstone launches several tasks at once, thereby implementing multitasking. Multimedia Content Creation Winstone 2004 test is designed to determine the performance of a computer when working with multimedia applications (Microsoft Windows Media Encoder, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Newtek Lightwave 3D, Steinberg Wavelab, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia Director MX).

The results obtained in the process of passing the tests of Business Winstone 2004 and Multimedia Content Creation Winstone 2004 are reduced to the table and for greater clarity are presented in diagrams:

Due to the fact that the ASUS Lamborghini VX1 and ASUS V6J systems are very similar, then the obtained values \u200b\u200bare predictable and directly close to their configurations. Due to the fact that a more powerful "engine" is installed in the test "car", together with a two-digit memory and a little more powerful GPU, it wins a little when nutrition from the network. The results obtained by changing the battery on the battery are falling in accordance with the frequency drop and become almost the same minus the same measurement errors.

Now we will test our "racing" laptop in the Sysmark 2004 SE benchmark, as already mentioned above that simulates the user's work in popular applications and actively using multitasking. And because SYSMARK 2004 SE is primarily positioned as a test application to determine the performance of desktop systems, for this reason the benchmark results will be given in the "deployment" form, focusing separately on each type of load created by them.

In this case, the user's work is simulated, which in the 3DS MAX 5.1 package rendering in the BMP file image and at the same time prepares Web pages in Dreamweaver MX. After the end of these operations, the creation of 3D animation in the vector graphic format is performed.

Because The system is loaded sufficiently "hard" tasks, demanding to computing processor resources, and in ASUS Lamborghini VX1 installed 2.0 GHz-"Stone" Intel Core Duo T2500, the result obtained during the test is fully justified and directly corresponds to the CPU level. When a power change to the battery, B for the same reasons that in previous tests, values \u200b\u200bfall almost half, exactly as the kernel frequency.

In 2D CREATION, the user is simulated in Premiere 6.5, which creates a video from several rollers in RAW-format and individual sound tracks. Waiting for the end of the operation, the user also prepares an image in Photoshop 7.01, modifying an existing picture and keeping it on the disk. After completing the creation of a video clip, the user edits it and adds special effects in After Effects 5.5.

All three applications used are optimized for multithreading. And, consequently, the result shown by dual-core architecture, with his head satisfies the tasks assigned to it.

In this benchmark, the work of professional webmaster is simulated. The pseudual user unzipped the content of the website from the archive in the ZIP format, while using Flash MX to open the exported 3D vector graphic roller. Then the same user modifies it by incorporating other pictures and optimizes for a faster animation. The final roller with special effects is compressed using Windows Media Encoder 9 to broadcast via the Internet. Then the website being created is composed of Dreamweaver MX, and parallel the system is scanned for viruses using VirusScan 7.0.

We again get values \u200b\u200bproportional to the frequency installed under the "hood" "engine".

In this case, when measuring performance is used quite typical of the usual user script. A person receives a letter to Outlook 2002, which contains a set of documents in the ZIP archive. While the received files are scanned to viruses using VirusScan 7.0, the user browsing email and makes a margin in the Outlook calendar, then opens a corporate website and some documents using Internet Explorer 6.0.

The result is quite high, even if the drop in the power supply scheme is changed, it does not occur by one simple reason, in this benchmark, the processor frequency is not so urgent as in previous applications.

In this benchmark, the hypothetical user edits the text in Word 2002, and also uses Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6 to convert an audio file to a text document that is already converted to PDF format using Acrobat 5.0.5. Then, when using a formed document, a presentation is created in PowerPoint 2002.

Here again is justified by the high result when eating from the network, when switching to the battery, the drop in the frequency of the processor is affected.

The model of operation of the final SYSMARK 2004 SE application is as follows: the user opens a database in Access 2002 and executes a number of requests. Documents are archived using WinZip 8.1. Request results are exported to Excel 2002, and a diagram is built on their basis.

However, in this test, the result is somewhat underestimated. When nutrition from the battery, the values \u200b\u200bacquire their true size.

For the reason that both laptop computer came to us are equipped with discrete graphic solutions NVIDIA GeForce GO 7400 only with different GPU frequency, then testing in 3DMark was held in three versions: 3DMark 2003 3.6.0, 3DMark 2005 1.2.0 and 3DMARK 2006 1.0 .2.

The 3DMark test program is a set of three-dimensional scenes on the basis of its own graphics engine loading with video specimen in various ways.

The results shown in 3DMark 2003, where we can compare two videos from NVIDIA with a difference in the name in two letters VX, talking about a small transcend towards ASUS Lamborghini VX1. But it is impossible to definitely give all awards to a more productive NVIDIA GeForce GO 7400 VX. We should not forget that our today's hero is twice as many RAM, and even working in two-channel mode, which is definitely also affected by the values \u200b\u200bobtained.

As for the 3DMark 2005 and 3DMark 2006, the results are quite acceptable and they can also be considered a "point of reference" for future comparisons and analyzes. It is also worth noting that the parameters of graphic solutions were set to the level of maximum performance and for this reason the noticeable decline, when changing the power mode, was not observed in the performance.

Testing a laptop computer in Quake3 was carried out in two image quality setup modes:

The first mode settings are 640x480; 16 bit; Lighting: Vertex; Detail: Low; TEXTURE QUALITY: 16 BIT; Texture Filter: Bilinear;
Secure mode settings - 1024x768; 32 bit; Lighting: Lightmap; Detail: High; TEXTURE QUALITY: 32 BIT; Texture Filter: Trilinear.

QUAKE4 scheme was one - general quality: high; Resolution: 1024x768; Format 4: 3; Multicerial optimization: Yes. All other settings were set by default.

As in the previous game tests in Quake3, the victory for NVIDIA GeForce GO 7400 with additive VX. Estimated and compare the results obtained in Quake4 is simply impossible, because Demo-roller, due to the lack of the latter today in nature, was created independently, and, therefore, to compare a high or low level of values \u200b\u200bcan be only followed by subsequent testing, i.e. The current results are nothing more than the "basis". However, we immediately note that the difference in the values \u200b\u200bof the network and the battery is not large, the reason for this is the installed maximum performance of the video card.

In the latter today, the test is aimed at the performance of the graphics subsystem when nutrition from the network, on a halfway ahead of ASUS Lamborghini VX1. The frequency of the processor in a coupe with a two-channel "RAM" and a little better video card is confidently doing their job. However, it was worth removing the plug from the outlet, as the results were practically equal to what was not surprising, because Systems practically leveled among themselves. As a resume to a series of higher tests, one thing can be said that the ASUS Lamborghini VX1 fully justifies the status of a "racing coupe", even if not the fastest in the world, but not the last.

In conclusion of testing, we use the Battery Eater Pro 2.60 program, showing the maximum distance in kilometers (hours and minutes of course), which is capable of driving our Lamborghini with the tank filled to edges.

Testing was performed at the maximum screen brightness in the following modes:

Classic mode - uniform maximum load on the system;
Reading Mode - Emulation of Reading Book (In the Reader Test mode, the test is rewinded on page every 15 seconds);
Movie View Mode (Film Run was performed in IDLE mode).

It is necessary to say a very impressive result for such a "sports" configuration. All other things being equal, even a slightly more "weak", and theoretically, respectively, the less voracious "rival" ASUS V6J remains behind. Fuel from our "car" was enough for greater distances, almost four hours of non-stop measured movement or 2.5, but at maximum speed.

Below are the battery discharge diagrams when different modes Works:

Advantages and Disadvantages of ASUS Lamborghini VX1

Advantages:

Bright design of a "racing" laptop;
Good performance in any applications;
Abundance of wireless interfaces and the presence of Bluetooth- "rodent" with symbols of Lamborghini;
Rich equipment;
Use of a number of branded technologies from Asustek to improve the image;
For a long time of autonomous work.

Disadvantages:

"Mirror" display;
Marking lid;
Poor visibility of the system indicators with an open top cover;
High cost, and are there cheap Lamborghini. ;about)

Conclusion

The ASUS-Lamborghini team has something to oppose the already cooled several years of joint titanic work on the field of "Royal Racing" Acer-Ferrari. Furrucco Lamborghini would be happy now from one thought that a racing car, even in the appearance of a laptop computer with his name on the "hood", says little nerves, makes a worthy competition with his long-time enemy in the face of Scuderia Ferrari, surpassing him, even on laptop Popritis.

The joint efforts of the designers and engineers of the computer giant Asustek and one of the leaders of the sports car industry by AUTOMOBILI Lamborghini managed to implement a very adventurous idea - to create a racing laptop. ASUS Lamborghini VX1, with all the bright and aggressive elements of the exterior, turned out to be a completely balanced "machine" premium-segment, with a rich "inner world" and, as a result, with excellent performance. Plus, a pleasant bonus, Laptop turned out to be one of the most "long-playing" autonomously in its class. A serious minus, definitely, is the price, but who has ever been to meet a cheap Lamborghini. ; o)

ASUS Lamborghini VX1 has already been on sale with a "bothered engine", namely with the updated dual-core platform Napa. This means that it is based on the Merom kernel, and not Yonah, like today's guest "guest". It remains only to wait for the response step from Acer-Ferrari, made already in the form of presentations and announcements of the new "Red Car", which will not leave the borders of the Boxes, forcing the nervous of their potential owners. All this suggests that the opposition "Automobili Lamborghini" and "Scuderia Ferrari" is only gaining momentum, and we will be the involuntary spectators of these "racing" laptops.

The first two models from the ASUS Lamboghini family had 15-inch ecanas, and this year the world saw the baby Lamborghini Gallardo L-140 in the world of laptops - 12-inch ASUS Lamboghini VX3. Mal, yes delete! The characteristics of the laptop are impressive: 3 GB of RAM, the Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 processor, the GeForce 9300M G video card (such a double 9300 ") and a 320 GB hard disk. And besides, the HDMI port is also provided. Such a stuffing can envy even the laptops of the Class "Replacement PC" (DTR).

Specifications stated by the manufacturer

OS.	Windows Vista Ultimate.
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.5 GHz, 6-MB Cache L2)
Motherboard	ASUS VX3000 SERIES.
Chipset	Intel PM965 + ICH8-DO
Video	NVIDIA GeForce 9300m G, 256 MB
Sound	Realtek Alc888.
LCD display	12.1 inches, 1280x800
Oz	3 GB (GU332G0AJERPR8H2L and GU331G0AJERPR8H2L)
HDD	320 GB (WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0)
Optical drive	LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-U10N
Interfaces	4 USB 2.0 1x HDMI 1x VGA. 1x FireWire (IEEE 1394A) 1x RJ-45 1x memory card installation socket 1x ExpressCard / 54 mm 1x headphone connector (S / PDIF) 1x microphone (linear stereo)
Wireless interfaces	802.11a / B / G / N (Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN), Bluetooth + EDR USB
Network adapter	100/1000 MB / s (Realtek 8186/8111)
Web-camera	2 mp.
Battery	Li-ion: Three element (2400 mAh), nine-element (7800 mAh)
Safety	BIOS BOOTING / HDD User Password Cancel Kensington TPM (Trusted Platform Module) v1.2 (optional) Fingerprint reader
Gabarites, mm.	305x220x31
Mass, kg.	1.68 (with 3-element battery)
Cost, rub.	85 000

Contents of delivery

The laboratory hit a test copy of the laptop, so the delivery kit can be somewhat different from commercial samples:

• charger;
• velvet case;
• user's manual;
• system recovery disk (Windows Vista Ultimate 32 Bit);
• drivers with drivers;
• disk with Nero V7.9.6.2;
• disk S. additional programs and utilities;
• modem cable RJ-11;
• screed for wires;
• Bluetooth manipulator "Mouse";
• two power sources of AA type;
• two lithium batteries;
• mouse rug made of genuine leather with a soft roller under the wrist.

Design and ergonomics

For testing, as in the case of the VX2S model, a modification with a yellow body has come. From a subjective point of view, it is the yellow modification that will be the best solution for users who want to stand out. And the black "Lambo" looks stylish, but too strictly. In the folded state, the laptop cover is like a hood of the car, for complete similarity lacks some indicators stylized under headlight headlights, as was done in some old models of LG phones. The yellow lid quickly collects prints, but they are noticeable only when inspected at an acute angle.

Scratches are also "glued" to the body reluctantly, and if they appear, it is also practically invisible. On the side panels there are decorative plastic inserts with a chrome-plated surface. The lower panel is made of smooth black plastic. Unlike the VX2, there is no emulation of the wheel disk above the ventilation grille. But the lining in the form of wheel drives is installed in the corners of the body, in the area of \u200b\u200bthe connecting loops.

The workspace is decorated with metal inserts and a lining of genuine leather, staring with yellow threads, which so reminds the front panel and the seat of the sports car. Unfortunately, the stakes are plugged quickly, and their cleaning is quite thin and painstaking work.

The quality of the assembly is magnificent, there is no single defect, even the battery sits in its compartment as a glove, without the slightest backlash. When trying to twist and squeezing the case, the body shares only in the area of \u200b\u200bthe installation of the optical disk drive - due to the low thickness of the bottom.

On the display cover under the grill, imitating the air intake of the sports car, are hidden several indicators of the system status (network, battery status, Bluetooth state and Wi-Fi adapter state), which are invisible in the off state. At the top edge, in the center, the embossed logo with a bull - the Lamborghini brand sign.

In the front end, only one speaker is installed, protected by a grid.

Rear, left of the battery, arranged communication ports RJ-11 and RJ-45, to the right - the VGA port.

On the right, the memory card reader is also placed, as well as the optical drive drive cover, a pair of standard audio connections, one USB port and a Kensington security lock lock.

On the left panel there is a ventilation grille, three USB ports, an HDMI port, an ExpressCard / 54 connector and a wireless interface slide switch.

Two compartments are available on the bottom - to install a hard disk and a shared compartment for installing memory modules, processor and extension boards.

Most of the standard width keys (17.5 mm), but the width of the multiple letter keys on the right side and the arrow keys are reduced to 13.5 mm, which creates some inconvenience when typing text, as well as in the games and air simmulants. Pressing the keys is pretty soft and clear, and the sound of the trigger is very quiet.

The touch panel has not a traditional rectangular, but a trapezoidal shape, the upper part of it is slightly wider. The manipulator keys are also a very specific form. Between the keys there is a fingerprint scanning sensor. It is planted quite deeply, so random touch, accompanied by messages of the incorrect imprint, are almost excluded.

On the attachment of the laptop cover, shutdown buttons are symmetrically located and an additional key cyclic change in power saving modes. The center is installed in the system status indicators - power charge, battery charge, wireless interface mode, hard disk activity and key indicator. A little left of the shutdown key is the hole of the built-in microphone.

The camera is located on the top edge of the display - unlike the VX2S, not swivel.

Display

The laptop has a 12.1-inch LCD matrix with a WXGA resolution (1280x800 pixels), glossy coating and LED backlight. Thanks to the use of LEDs, the thickness of the cover is small, and the uniformity of the backlight is good - only the upper and lower edge of the matrix is \u200b\u200bslightly bred. Horizontal viewing angles are large, and the vertical is not always sufficient, and for correct flows of colors, the display has to be adjusted. When viewing at the right angle, the color reproduction, the contrast and clarity do not cause complaints. The level of illumination power changes in large redistribution, but stepwise. Too sharp change in brightness occurs during the transition from the first to the second level, the change in the change is more evenly. Total gradations 15, this is more than enough to select the optimal level of brightness. With bright sunlight, the image is a little dull, but remains easy to read due to the fact that the matrix can work on reflected rays. Connect external displays to the standard Analog VGA port or digital HDMI - the latter is very rarely found in laptops with a screen diagonal of less than 14 inches.

Sound subsystem

The sound subsystem is based on the REALTEK ALC 888 codec. The characteristic of the sound controller has declared the manufacturer - 24 bits / 192 kHz, the possibility of connecting eight-channel acoustic systems, in parallel with stereo. The signal / noise ratio of the DAC is up to 97 dB, ADCs - up to 90 dB. Also stated compatibility with EAX / DIRECT SOUND 3D / I3DL2 / A3D and DTS. With a more detailed description of the codec, you can find a single speaker on the manufacturer's website in the laptop. The developers considered that to reduce weight and dimensions, the second speaker can be sacrificed, because for listening to music, most users will choose headphones or outer acoustics in any case. The built-in speaker is suitable only for sounding system signals. Its frequency range is narrow, the sound is empty. Although it is worth noting that even if there are bass in the melody and at the maximum volume, the speaker does not "chop out." In the headphones or on an external speaker system, the sound is quite better, and the Test Package Rightmark Audio Analyzer 6.0.6 (hereinafter RMAA) AudioTrakt rated as "Good". But still connoisseurs of high quality sounding costs to the third "Lambo" to purchase an external audio card with a USB or ExpressCard interface. GENERAL RESULTS RMAA Mode of operation: 16-bit, 44 kHz

Wireless interfaces

ASUS VX3 is equipped with an Intel Wireless Pro 4965AGN wireless network adapter and a Bluetooth-module with EDR support. To manage wireless interfaces, standard OS means are used as well as the selected control keys. Setting the parameters of local (including wireless) network is possible using the ASUS NetSwitch branded utility that supports the set of independent profiles. This makes it easier to work if the PC is used in various networks, with different settings.

Noise and thermal level

The cooling system is equipped with a fan with five fixed speeds of rotation, but when changing the mode, the rotational speed varies smoothly without creating acoustic discomfort. During testing, the following noise levels were recorded - 33.1, 35.1, 38.5, 40.2 and 42.1 dB. That is, an average levels differ in 2 dB. The last two modes are extremely rarely used, for example, in the process of video editing, when you start demanding to the resources of games or archiving a large package of the Falov. The optical drive LG is very quiet, and even the "curve" disk did not make it "shout" the cooling system - 40 dB smoothly. Measurements were carried out at a distance of 20 cm from the center of the front edge of the laptop. The temperature of the velocked air cooling system for any loads is always almost the same - 46.2-48.3 degrees, only the speed of the air flow changes. The maximum temperature of the keys is 29.1 degrees, the bottoms are from 27 to 32 degrees. Only in the area of \u200b\u200bmemory modules (and not a processor, as expected), the temperature exceeded the mark of 37 degrees. Measurements were performed at ambient temperature 21 degrees Celsius.

Performance

Due to the lack of direct competitors, the samsung R700 laptop was selected as an opponent, as well as ASUS VX3, which is equipped with a more powerful video cure.

		SAMSUNG R700.	ASUS Lamborghini VX2S.
PCMark05	5376	4313	4025
CPU.	6477	4562	5600
Memory.	5023	3597	4558
Graphics.	3088	3056	3679
HDD.	4232	3585	2914
SYSTEM TEST.
HDD XP Startup, MB / S	7,963	5,867	5,74
Physics and 3D, FPS	193,123	152,129	199,33
2D TranspareBT Windows, Windows / S	4632,82	3903,12	240,49
3D Pixel Shader, FPS	64,484	53,041	101,87
Web Page Rendering, Pages / S	2,829	1,474	1,601
File Decryption, MB / S	72,142	49,852	61,57
Graphics Memory - 64 Lines, FPS	517,696	595,895	950,43
HDD - GENERAL USAGE, MB / S	4,474	3,943	3,62
Audio Compression, KB / S	2475,93	1758,5	2181,27
Video Encoding, KB / S	471,635	322,981	396,83
Text Edit, Pages / S	146,488	101,203	126,74
	34,706	24,901	29,19
File Compression, MB / S	6,056	4,003	4,95
File Encryption, MB / S	31,875	21,25	27,73
HDD - Virus Scan, MB / S	19,721	43,203	12,07
Memory Latency - Random 16 MB, Maccesses / S	9,912	7,918	8,797
CPU TEST.
File Compression, MB / S	11,609	8,085	10,079
File Decompression, MB / S	171,482	120,736	150,514
File Encryption, MB / S	71,85	49,815	61,302
File Decryption, MB / S	72,292	49,556	64,02
Image Decompression, MPIXEL / S	37,25	25,858	32,42
Audio Compression, KB / S	3500,78	2321,82	2889,08
MultithReaded Test 1.
File Compression, MB / S	10,975	7,984	9,445
File Encryption, MB / S	65,693	47,459	58,205
MultithReaded Test 2.
File Encryption, MB / S	81,445	59,686	70,036
File Decryption, MB / S	32,846	23,802	29,225
Audio Decompression, KB / S	1335,06	915,326	1108,3
Image Decompression, MPIXEL / S	17,001	12,34	15,214

3DMark 2006.		SAMSUNG R700.	ASUS Lamborghini VX2S.
3DMark Score, 3DMarks	1643	1671	2958
GT1 - RETURN TO PROXYCON, FPS	5,346	5,378	9,718
GT2 - Firefly Forest, FPS	4,289	5,096	10,188
CPU SCORE, CPUMARKS	2263	1456	1877
CPU Test 1, FPS	0,717	0,458	0,592
CPU TEST 2.	1,144	0.741 S.	0,952
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing), MTEXELS / S	702,241	812,268	1303,67
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing), MTEXELS / S	1924,55	1958,59	4589,39
Pixel Shader, FPS	49,346	48,095	76,531
VERTEX SHADER - SIMPLE, MVERTICES / S	120,58	121,302	172,585
VERTEX SHADER - COMPLEX, MVERTICES / S	28,446	38,094	45,192

Due to the fact that the "Benchmark" series Vantage from Futuremark appeared not so long ago, and the base of the results of our measurements in these packages is still small, as an opponent in these tests, a laptop was selected, which visited the laboratory at the same time as a review hero - Sony Vaio. Sz7.

PcMark Vantage.		Sony Vaio SZ7
PcMarksuite.	3407	2939
Memories Suite.	1939	1610
TV and Movies Suite	2199	989
Gaming Suite.	2481	2218
Music Suite.	3566	2973
Communications Suite.	3418	2902
Productivity Suite.	3456	2729
HDD Test Suite.	2384	2255

Power supply and offline work

Asustek has always balung its customers with chic supplies sets, and even with the most accessible laptop models, the user always gets a bag and a "mouse". The supply kit VX3, among other things, includes an additional lithium nine-element battery of an impressive capacity of 7800 mAh. The main battery is a three-element, and its container is 2400 mAh. An additional battery is quite large and stands for the rear wall of the housing by 39 mm, while the main is on the same level with the laptop housing. Testing both batteries was conducted in the Battery Eater Pro 2.7 package in the "Classic" mode.

conclusions

Laptops of the ASUS-Lamborghini series, like Lamborghini supercars, do not leave anyone indifferent. In the cafe, in the office, just on the street - everywhere, where I had to work with the VX3, he attracted the views of others. Everyone wants to consider the laptop itself and see what the logo is in the center of its lid. Often you have to hear the chips in the style "yes it is ASUS" LAMBO "!" What to criticize the soul is nice when your laptop is so interesting not only to you yourself, but also others. This costs to stop the enthusiastic reviews and clearly list - what is good, and what is not very good (the hand will not climb the "bad" to characterize VX3) ASUS Lamborghini VX3 laptop. Minuses: The only speaker with low sound quality, a slight illumination of the upper and lower edge of the matrix, several narrow keys. Pros: Stylish and bright design, good quality build, four USB ports, HDMI connector, neon lights The screen, low temperature of the housing, a relatively low noise level, high performance, a chic package of delivery (including two batteries of total capacity 10 200 mAh) and ... Price. Yes, yes, his considerable cost is also plus, because the powerful "kids" is usually worth very expensive, and often more expensive than the hero of the review. Among the 12-inch models for ASUS Lamborghini VX3 is difficult to find a worthy competitor in terms of performance, so the laptop rightly deserves a sign of distinction from 3DNews. We thank the representative office of ASUS in Ukraine for the provided equipment.

Two heads, hundreds of hands and a thousand eyes

The fact that laptops are a popular thing and in demand, five years have not been surprised even in Russia (in Europe, this is, as always, they understood earlier, but what to do, we all know, in which direction we have while the planet spinning). Laptops are bought - and will buy, because they are comfortable and functional: you do not pay a regular computer, the PDA on functionality to the desired still do not yet reach, and the UMPC is even really folped and are not invented, only a vague idea is in the air, periodically Something pretty container is embodied ... In general, laptops lived, alive and continue in the same vein. But the "work horses" all the time can be bored by manufacturers. Yes, and users want something more interesting, alternating. In our time, it is generally fashionable to be original - we are so tired of school uniforms and identical jeans in the Vietnamese market, you have to have something new. That is not like everyone else. And it is even desirable to look more likely - with some famous, dear brand, one only by a combination of letters of causing respect. So, about brands. In 2003, somewhere in the minds of the management of Acer, a bright idea was born that one head is good, and two are already better. And I became Acer to cooperate with Ferrari, and made the first "car" laptop - red one. Lamborghini, historically always turned to the future face, and to Ferrari Nostrils (in which it is necessary to breathe on the run on the run), not to notice such an impudence simply - and since December 2005 another joint brand appeared on the market. Created by the Italian car concern AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI and the leader of the Taiwanese computer industry Asustek Computer. The result of their joint activity was a whole series of spectacular laptops ASUS Lamborghini: VX1, VX2, and now more - VX3.

Go, do our tractors ...

It all started in Italy, in the sixties of the last century. And it began with the fact that the famous manufacturer of tractors Ferrucio Lamborgini suddenly showed interest in high-speed cars. He has already had machines produced by OSCA, Maserati and Ferrari, but no car sat on all the indicators - well, what will you do, there is no perfection in the life ... there are rumors that one even Lamborgini came to the factory for Enzo Ferrari complain about the quality Clutch in your car Ferrari. And Enzo sent him back with a friendly wish and continue to engage in tractors - because in cars, and even more so in sports cars, Lamborghini, they say, nothing is seal. He, of course, was upset, set up with grief transmissia in his Ferrari 250 GT and found that the details were used there the same as in his tractors ... On their own warehouses, he found a suitable replacement - and after assembly, the problem was solved. It would be stupid to stop on the achieved - and the nose losing an arrogant friend Enzo wanted scary. Therefore, after a couple of months, Ferrucio lies out of Ferrari one of the leading engineers of the company, the young and talented Giotto Bidzarini - and they together come up with the first sports car Lamborghini. Model 350GTV. In 1963, he was submitted to the public at the auto show in Turin, had a huge success and the VMIG made a new brand widely known in narrow circles. Behind the first success followed the second, named Lamborghini 400GT, and then the third - Lamborghini Miura. In 1971, the company, who has already managed to become the market leader, creates a revolutionary model of Lamborghini Countach - it is to be sold, however, it will begin only in 1974, but it will bring world fame to its creators. Born under the sign of Taurus, Ferrucio Lamborghini decorated the logo by the image of the bull - and now this bull knows the whole planet.

The beast machine! Rod, view, class

But back to laptops. So, in front of the engineers and designers of the United team, there was a difficult task - to create not just another mobile computer in the "automotive wrapper", and the mobile computer is chic, the image and powerful, different from its modest "fellow" is so much different as distinguished by Lamborghini from ordinary foreign cars. To not be bored as, and the real alloy of technology and mad energy - in the end, the cars have Lamborghini sports, speed and expensive, so the laptop was supposed to go into the style. Well, not to disappoin the glorious name in general and the gold bull in particular.

Happened. The housing of the laptop was made of shiny metal and expensive yellow plastic, covered the skin panel on both sides of the touchpad (and the skin battery was covered, too, by the way), and the keyboard added special blue sparkles, which are not even noticeable in the dark, and in the dark slightly shine. To print at night it was more convenient.

The first two versions of "Lamborgini-Bukov" were big and heavy - looked luxuriously, but you don't pay such a thing with you, it's hard, it's hard after all. This time, the manufacturers decided to reduce the sizes (and with them) to draw the attention of very busy businessmen and girls: the diagonal of the laptop screen turned out only 12 ", but with WXGA-resolution, road variant. The newest processor Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 (Penryn), 320 GB SATA Hard Drive, video Card NVIDIA GeForce 9300m g, 4 GB of RAM. There is also a Bluetooth module and Wi-Fi of all stripes, and its own, built-in, modem. Weigh all this together with the battery slightly more than one and a half kilograms - you can wear with you, not particularly straining.

Laptop manufacturers have not been sentenced to connectors: only USB 2.0 four pieces. Still available HDMI, exit to the external monitor, two network connector - LAN and modem, PCI Express slot, 5-B-1 card reader (of course, writing and supporting Lightscribe technologies), headphone and microphone connectors ... and Even the Kensington lock slot is available. To a laptop, God forbid, no one caught you.

Premium laptop - premium accessories. There is a bag with leather finish, two batteries (main and high capacity), a wireless mouse, a manual for its use, a leather rug and a mouse cover, a tissue napkin for display, user manual in Russian, brochure with Lamborghini car history on English, and another scratch with software.

We will go, we will seem ...

If you need a powerful laptop (such that it certainly does not slow down), then Lamborghini VX3 is your choice. Because the games are flying on it, the programs are loaded and unloaded instantly, and the RAM does not end and does not erect ...

When you turn on the laptop makes the sound of a start-up car - and begins to cheat Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. Makes it quickly, clearly, once or twice or three. To enter the system, you can use a password - but you can simply make a finger to a fingerstone sensor: a MiG computer recognizes the host in you and let it into the system.

New wireless communication format

In the modern world there are two problems: time and money. And the time is the problem much more serious, because you can still get money, accumulate and increase, and over time, such things do not pass. There are few people in humans (especially if these people are businessmen), and it is necessary to have all, so I don't want to spend a minute, and we have a business negotiation through the Internet conference, our entire important correspondence is electronic, news we read with News sites, and weather shows us Google-Desktop in the corner of the computer screen. In general, without the Internet today is completely nowhere. Therefore, all laptops have long been equipped with a whole range of wired and wireless communication modules: from LAN connector to Wi-Fi of all alphabet letters. However, in order to use GPRS, you have to connect to a laptop mobile phone - via USB cable or bluetooth. Rather, I had to connect. Because it is not necessary to connect anything to Lamborghini VX3 - it has its own HSDPA-model that supports third-generation networks. SIM slot is hidden on the rear panel, under the battery - therefore it is better to start a separate card for a modem connection. Insert it there once and never already remove.

To control the modem, a special program is invented, easy to disgrace. It is called 3G Watcher and is engaged in what drives your connection: it is called to the operator, installs the connection and keeps it, displays the packet transmission statistics and so on. You can still put a "dialing on a schedule" - say to download the news twice a day, to breakfast and dinner. You can set a list of programs that can and cannot independently use the HSDPA connection (so that, for example, the antivirus does not start without your knowledge to download updates to GPRS), configure access rights to the SIM card for different users (if you are a computer administrator , of course), and so on. The program, unfortunately, only in English - but, believe me, it is really very simple to figure it out.

Verdict ions

This device is essentially an exclusive, since it accommodates all the best that there is in the world of laptops - and at the same time it is still clothed in the "car wrap". The concept of "speed" has become decisive for Lamborghini VX3. Like his relatives with the "automotive" side, it is powerful, strong and very, very stylish. The "Computer" side added performance and newest technologiesBy expanding the mobility of the "Machines" to the limit - now you can go online and on the GPRS protocol without connecting additional modems to the computer.

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Image products are allocated for a variety of key characteristics. For example, them key feature Is an intentionally degraded ratio "Price / Functionality". As a rule, they are expensive, despite the fact that they do not have functional advantages over the goods of the average price group (and sometimes behind them). Therefore, the purchase of such a product characterizes not so much a product as I buying: they say, he has enough money to choose a high-quality and stylish goods. And the person who wants to get the maximum return for invested money will never buy an image product - as it is too expensive for the functionality provided.

The most important, the main feature of any image product is its appearance. He must look stylish, attractive and expensive. But at the same time - not screaming (this difference, by the way, is well manifested when comparing truly expensive and quality things from the "Asian analogs").

Finally, the third important component is the perception of the goods and its manufacturer, brand. Before selling an image product, you need to make the market to receive the manufacturer, agreed that its quality and style is impeccable, and that he deserved the right to satisfy the tastes of the richest users.

Today we have at testing the image model ASUS: ASUS Lamborghini VX3. The series in which the logo of the most famous manufacturer of sports cars is used (which, by the way, also play a crucial role in the owner's image) is the top-down ASUS.

By the way, in one of the discussions, the representative of ASUS explained that the company has no separate image line, there is a business segment, within which image models are made. Therefore, talking about the "image segment" is not entirely correct. And this is close to the truth: ASUS models really combine characteristics and image, and business segment. This should be considered when evaluating the model.

ASUS Lamborghini VX3 matches these three characteristics. It costs quite expensive (although, as it seemed to us, he is cheaper than analog), it looks attractive and stylish (maybe a bit bright, but the Italian Lamborghini also does not differ in the modesty of appearance), and as for the third aspect, the VX3 borrows the charisma of the legendary manufacturer Supercars - and this should be enough.

Before switching to the functional part of the review, we want to remind you that we have been removed that you can see in the video reviews section. We recommend familiar with it, there is a clearly visible appearance of the laptop, and its excellent packaging.

Objective testing

Finding Lamborghini VX3 in the Russian site is simple enough - it is in the "Style" section (in fact, for the design of the entire section, the photo is used with a yellow lid).

So characterizes the ASUS Lamborghini VX3 manufacturer:

Impeccable style and excellent performance. Inspiration in every detail.

Read more Description of the main functional features can be viewed on the ASUS website. Especially emphasized exquisite style and the highest quality, the use of quality materials (titanium and genuine leather), information protection (fingerprint scanner).

From the description it is impossible to directly go to the specifications, you need to return to a common page, it is a big minus navigation. But directly from the "Products" section you can proceed to download drivers and utilities.

Recall that ASUS commented on the situation with its websites.

The official website of ASUS in Russia is. On the site you will find information about all product rules manufactured by ASUS in the world.

The site is a Russified version of the Official World Site
ASUS companies.

The ASUS representative office in Russia has a specialized laptop resource -. It is on it a maximum of useful
Information, so necessary for proper decision-making (news page, product segmentation, models specification, model reviews, recommended prices, service policies and support) when choosing a laptop model, and all this information concerns exactly those models that are shipped to the Russian market .

Specifications ASUS Lamborghini VX3

On the manufacturer's website, a table with characteristics can be viewed (for some reason the specification is in English). The data in the table is taken from the official website.

CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo T9300: 2.6 GHz - 2.1 GHz, 6 / 3MB on-Die L2 Cache;
Chipset	Mobile Intel PM965 Express ChipSet + Ich8m
RAM	DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM, 2 × sodimm, up to 4GB SDRAM (in the case of using 4 GB of memory, you need a 64-bit OS. According to the ASUS representative, the VX3 is set to 64-bit Vista to ensure compatibility with 4 GB of memory).
Display	12.1 "WXGA COLOR-SHINE (Glare-Type), ASUS Splendid Video Intelligent TECHNOLOGY
Video System	NVIDIA GeForce 9300m G, External 256MB VRAM
HDD	2.5 "9.5 mm SATA, 320 GB, 5400 RPM
Optic devices	5.25 ", 9.5 mm, DVD Super Multi Double Layer
Sound system	Built-in audio care, compatible with Azalia, with support for 3D effects Built-in speaker and microphone
Communication interfaces	built-in fax modem. wired network of 10/100/1000 Base T built-in Bluetooth V2.0 + EDR (optional) wireless Wi-Fi Intel Wireless 4965AGN
I / O ports	1 × microphone-in jack; 1 × Headphone-Out Jack (S / PDIF); 4 × USB 2.0 Ports; 1 × RJ11 Modem Jack for Phone Line; 1 × RJ45 LAN JACK FOR LAN INSERT.
Power subsystem	Parameters BP: 19 V DC, 4,7 A, 90W Battery Parameters: 3 Cells: 2400 Mach and 9 Cells: 7200 Mach, 80 WHRS
Additionally	Cartoon 8-1: SD, MMC, MS, MS-PRO, XD, MINI SD (via adapter), MS-DUO, MS-PRO DUO (via adapter) 1.3 MP webcam with turning
Software	ASUS 3G Networking; 2-year Limited Global Hardware Warranty; ASUS CopyProtect; ASUS SmartLogon; ASUS LIVE UPDATE; ASUS MULTI-FRAME; Bundled Software Install / Uninstall Consultation; ASUS Software Supporting; Power 4 Gear Extreme; ASUS LIFE FRAME 3; On-Line Problem Resolution Through Web Interface; (BIOS, DRIVER UPDATE); ASUS Security Protect Manager 2.0; ASUS Data Security Management; Virtual Camera; ASUS 3G Watcher.
Dimensions and weight	30.5 × 22.0 × 3.1 Cm (W × D × H), 1.68 kg, (with 3 em. Battery)
Guarantee	2 years (1 year per battery)

The configuration is very powerful, where the best of the available components can be used, including the processor, RAM, hard disk. The configuration attracts attention to the use of external video from NVIDIA.

The laptop weight measured by us was 1855 grams, 2335 grams with a power supply.

Contents of delivery

Delivery set is impressive.

First, the laptop itself comes in a large saffiano box, and even packed in a soft case.

The laptop comes black and yellow, under the colors of Lamborghini wireless mouse, as well as a leather (!) Mouse pad with a roller under the palm and also Lamborghini logo.

All accessories are very stylish and produce an excellent impression.

Results of tests for battery life

Testing during battery life was conducted. All power saving parameters were installed by default. Testing was carried out in the mode of maximum battery savings (the text of the book was opened in the reader) and in "Optimized" (watching the DivX movie) in windows system Vista. The system turned off at 5% of the battery balance. All wireless interfaces are disabled. Battery capacity according to the test data was 50380 MWH.

With a three-element battery (capacity, according to the test, 24805 MWH) laptop lasted in reader mode for 1 hour 15 minutes.

By the way, it's amazing when watching a video laptop lasted almost the same time.

It seems to us that two and a half hours are not enough for an overall laptop, although from a laptop with such a powerful configuration should not be waiting for a lot of battery life. The little battery showed a predictably low result, it is worth using it in short-term trips when the laptop will not work for a long time.

Subjective characteristics

Keyboard and positioning devices

The keyboard left a good impression.

A significant complaint to the layout is the horrible letter keys in the right-hand side. We have repeatedly mentioned that changing the size of the keys with letters is that it means to hardly make the blind printing, because for it the distance and sizes of keys should be the same. So it turned out - when printing on these keys, constantly miss. It seems to us, it was necessary to recycle the layout, remove the right vertical row and carry these keys to another place.

The cursor keys are also very horrified vertically, when working with them constantly taking the adjacent keys. Sometimes, when working with the keys of the extreme right row, taking care of the neighboring. Otherwise, there is no complaints to the layout: Ctrl is located in the corner, just like DEL, when editing to use it and the right-hand keys conveniently.

Feels like printing keyboard liked. Pressing the keys is good - soft, but clear, there is protection against false press. The keys when pressing are not fighting about the substrate, so the print is quiet enough. The keyboard is entirely running slightly in the body up and down the center, but for this you need to apply a sufficiently much effort, so when printing the backlash almost does not affect.

The touchpad in Lamborghini is large and with a very smooth surface, something resembles the glass. Sensitivity and acceleration parameters are well customized. To move the cursor through the entire screen, it is required to approximately a half of the edge to the edge of the touchpad (it depends on what speed to lead a finger).

Touchpad has two keys, the fingerprint scanner is located between them. The keys are pressed from the middle force, with a hearing click.

Additional keys and indicators

Vx3 has only one additional key, in addition to the power button. Both keys are located in a cylindrical insert in the housing between the matrix and the main part.

The power key is located on the right, the extra key is left. The keys are large and slightly protruding over the housing, press easily. Additional key is configured to quickly switch power saving modes.

Indicators in VX3 - bright blue and red luminescence LEDs. All indicators are divided into two groups. One is in the cylindrical insert of the housing between the additional keys, it can be seen when the lid is open.

From left to right: Laptop operation indicator (lights up with a laptop, blinks in sleep mode), battery performance (blue, red), The glow is purple), an indicator of accessing the hard disk, the CAPS LOCK indicator. Under the indicators are very clearly visible icons. The glow of the indicators is bright, in the dark a little beats in the eyes.

The second group of indicators is in the lid, under the black grid, symbolizing the air intake, they shine directly through the grille. Indicators are only four: laptop status indicator, battery status indicator, operation indicator wireless networks, Indicator access to the hard disk.

Housing

The appearance of the image laptop should be given primary attention, especially considering the use of such a famous brand like Lamborghini. And, I must say, the designers tried. The design of ASUS Lamborghini VX3 is made in the same vein as the previous models of this series. However, the laptop itself is much smaller than Vx1 and VX2, and it seemed to us that it went to his advantage - he looks greatly elegant predecessors.

The hull is made of very high quality and well-looking materials. The finish is actively used and metal (from it is made of a laptop cover, edging around the keyboard), and the titanium alloy "under carbon" (from it the main elements of the case are made). It was not without such a favorite ASUS genuine leather, in this model it looks especially appropriate. The lower panel plastic and looks rustic, it attracts attention when you give the laptop in your hands.

The design of the housing is also at the height.

The lid is two lamborghini branded colors - black and yellow. It is stylized under the hood of a sports car with an air intake grille, and the Lamborghini emblem is banging on it. In the VX3 model, designers abandoned the "under carbon" cover, now both covers are painted and covered with varnish. On testing there was a model with a yellow lid, such a laptop looks very bright and attracts attention. We can't say anything about the black model, but we think it looks calmer.

An open laptop looks great: stylish and expensive, just as the laptop of this class should look like. The combination of the skin, blond metal around the keyboard and carbon produces a very advantageous impression. By the way, the VX3 keys are not ordinary black, but black and gray "with spark". The keyboard looks much better than the usual black plastic and very well harmonizes with the laptop housing.

Take a look at the location of the connectors.

There are no connectors on the front edges. Please note that the leather coating goes for the front edge and is rounded, so when the wrist prints, it is convenient for the leather coating.

On the left face left to the right - the power plug connector (the corner plug itself, and the wire from it is due to the matrix), the ventilation grille, as many as three USB ports (usually models of this USB port class) and a unique digital output of HDMI for this segment. Here is the wireless interface switch. Pay attention to the design of the metal insert in the middle of the case. The end of the cylindrical insert is decorated as a car wheel drive.

The rear panel is almost completely occupied by the battery. We remind you from the VX3 two batteries - a three-element (it is small and not issued from the housing) and nine-element, it protrudes from the body. Batteries from the back and below are also separated by the skin, apparently, the laptop is more convenient to keep in hand.

Finally, there is an optical drive on the right side (as far as we remember, only Super-Multi, Blu-ray support is not due to limitations in size), the cardboard is located on it in the metal insert. To the right - audio connections and another USB 2.0 port. In the corner there is a port of Kensington Castle.

The bottom of the VX3 looks rustic compared to the magnificence of the rest of the laptop.

Screen and sound

In the VX3, a widescreen matrix with a diagonal 12 "and a resolution of 1280 × 800 points is installed. The magnitis is glossy, so under certain conditions it is very glare enough. Vertical angles are small, but when working, especially in applications with a bright background, it almost does not affect.

In the VX3 used LED backlight of the matrix. The backlight at the maximum level is bright, adjustable widely.

The sound is normal for this class of laptops: one small speaker suitable for sounding system events is possible for use in telephony. By the way, the VX3 starts with a powerful Lamborghini Motor River. In the performance of the standard dynamics, this roar somehow ... does not sound.

Positioning

Nevertheless, it seems to us that Asus-Lamborghini VX3 is the "top-end model of a business segment with an elements of the imagery", and not an image product.

Laptop costs about $ 3200-3500. Expensive? On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, the ASUS M70 costs as much, and this is just a universal home laptop. And in this segment now there are many laptops from world manufacturers of the first echelon. This is undoubtedly the top in the ASUS line, but it is in the upper market segment, not higher.

Style? And here the situation is the same. The laptop is very beautiful, it looks great in itself. But this is not his own style, it is a stylization under Lamborghini.

Finally, reputation. ASUS has its own reputation - this is a manufacturer of reliable productive laptops for both home and for office. But these are working laptops, not image. Accordingly, this laptop is unlikely to be selected, based on the considerations of style and image. Rather, his buyer is a person who needs a functional convenient laptop, and this model also "liked."

Output

Very attractive, beautiful and stylish laptop. Good performance, pleasant functionality, a couple of good little things - and configuration, and the convenience of work are at a good level.

And at the same time very beautiful, and stylish, and even with a lot of pleasant little things caressing the heart of an amateur of Italian sports cars. It is expensive, if you look from the point of view of only a functional filling, but beautiful appearance and style are more money. Your fans of VX3, we think will find.