Asus B43J-B1B 14-Inch Business Laptop Black

Product Features

• Intel Core i7-640M (2.8GHz); 4GB of DDR3 1066MHz DRAM, 2 slots, 8GB Max
• Windows 7 Professional (64 bit) Operating System; 320GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
• Fingerprint Reader; TPM; SmartCard Reader; Intel VPRO; Docking Port; HDMI and VGA Port
• Boston Power Battery; ATI 5470 512MB Graphics; Super Multi Optical Disk Drive; Wireless 802.11bgn; Bluetooth
• 14-Inch HD LED Widescreen Display; 2.0MP Webcam; 3yr battery warranty; 3 cell battery

Price from $599.00

Processor, Memory, and Motherboard

• Hardware Platform: Unknown
• Processor: 2.8 hertz Intel Core i7
• Number of Processors: 1
• RAM: 4 GB
• RAM Type: Unknown
• Memory Slots: 2

I don't know yet what the battery life is like, but I suspect it might disappoint some people. It is not an issue for me, since over 95% of the time I will be using this as a desktop replacement PC (wall power and hard-wired networking). The battery life certainly is sufficient for the couple of hour stretches in airports here and there.

This laptop is one zippy machine. The ExpressCard slot and SD slot come in very handy, too.

Here are the out of box Windows Experience numbers for my specific copy of this laptop:

1. Processor: 4.3
2. Memory: 5.9
3. Graphics: 5.1
4. Gaming Graphics: 6.3
5. Primary Hard Disk: 5.9

The current Experience numbers are:

1. Processor: 7.0
2. Memory: 7.0
3. Graphics: 5.1
4. Gaming Graphics: 6.3
5. Primary Hard Disk: 7.7

The processor score seemed low, so I disabled virtualization (used for the "instant-on" functionality).

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