About Asus, perhaps many people first think of the motherboard. Indeed, as the first-tier manufacturers ASUS, the board design and manufacturing is indeed second to none. An "ASUS quality, rock-solid" slogan to symbolize the confidence of its own products, and this confidence extended to the Asustek's notebook computers.
ASUS launched in the face of a variety of application-level notebook, Z99 can be said that one of the most cost-effective campaigns. This product uses the same mold with the A8 series, in order to further highlight its cost-effective, Z99 cancel some unusual configurations, and unique part of the notebook more in-depth of the excavation.
The current popularity of notebook industry is set off a hot, in a number of manufacturers have introduced low-cost notebooks are at the same time, ASUS will also be their rock-solid concepts into a low-cost pen than this, while editing recently received This Z99H notebook is such a product.
Appearance of mold and the screen hinge design
As a result of the A8 series of the same mold, so the appearance of this notebook from ASUS A8 series notebook with exactly the same, but the roof coating metal into the deep tones of gray. Because the relationship between the paint, so the notebook cover part of the delicate touch, plating effect "ASUS" LOGO is also coordinated with the surrounding colors. And also cover the edge of four weeks with a sleek cutting angle design, the machine did not seem to sense that unexpected corners. Body using the traditional silver waist, better separation of the roof with the same dark-colored base coating.
The notebook does not use non-locking design, choosing instead to more secure double-locking, it is worth mentioning that the lock button on the base of the machine part of the design will not damage the integrity of the top part.
Asus Z99H interior with black and dark gray with a metal, the display in its use of a 14-inch glossy widescreen LCD, resolution can reach 1280 800. Mirror can display video playback, gaming and other entertainment to show good results, coupled with the exclusive ASUS Splendid technology can further enhance the display. The whole black screen frame, four-week average distribution of six rubber pads, can effectively prevent access to the keyboard and the screen surface friction of the situation. Sleeve border at the bottom of the screen texture "ASUS" is also the border color match.
Part of the screen hinge to use the traditional two-stage, and the waist to the color matched, and all of the department's use of the silver coating. Also benefited from this design, the notebook's screen to open the perspective of more than 180 degrees, and the moderate strength of the shaft damping allows the freedom of the screen lid will not stay in every point of shaking or generate abnormal sound and so on.
Keyboard part of the design base
Keyboard with the top part of the base with the same metal gray paint, only use the mouse touchpad significant portion of silver, its separation of left and right palm rest. Above the keyboard, the screen hinge area extending down the silver, the design of the five corresponding shortcut keys, and then plating the effect of switching power supply design in the bottom left of the screen hinge does not allow users to misuse in the dark the situation.
Asus Z99H 84-key keyboard with a standard key-face design, the key process design is moderate, but the intensity of soft percussion, but each key of the key from the design is reasonable, in the editor for a long time after the test did not hit the feeling of fatigue. Cap and surface design ASUS has some curve to meet the ergonomic design. Keycap surface using a white screen-printed text, and function keys are used blue-violet, can be expressed by the users of its features at a glance.
Use the mouse touchpad large differences with the surrounding color silver, giving a mosaic up feeling. The left and right mouse buttons and touchpad are used between a seamless connection methods, the sliding zone only by a groove with the key distinction will be left to the left and right buttons below the touch pad is activated only by long of the ends to be. But two key process design of a good key, and press efforts in place, there is no discomfort.
Palm rest, ASUS Z99H using the approximate "square" design, giving users a large lounge area with both hands. Enables users to work during the long entry, hands placed on the palm rest, reduce arm fatigue caused by hanging. The bottom edge of the left palm rest is a set of status indicators, corresponding to the "Power", "Battery", "Bluetooth" and "wireless network" several states, edge design also enables users to turn off the screen cover when the current system status at a glance.
Expansion interface with the bottom of the battery part of the design
Although the main cost-effective model, but also to adapt to a variety of application needs a feature of this notebook. The most obvious manifestation of this feature is set in the interface, reasonable and comprehensive.
In order not to impede the operation of the mouse right, left right only distributed in the body, two USB2.0 ports and one infrared interface; in the left side of the machine body design of the Combo burner, multi card reader, a USB2. 0 interface, an IEEE1394 interface, audio input and output interfaces, and an ExpressCard slot, this more extended interface.
Because thanks to the traditional two-stage screen hinge, back in the body also leaves more free position. Posterior distribution of the whole power connector, two above and below USB2.0 interface, S-Video video output terminal, D-Sub video output port and RJ45/RJ11 interface. The front of the body is not designed to interface to any of the available extensions, only the lock button and a Built-in a symmetrical set of speakers.
Overall, the interface design, the ASUS Z99 series is doing a great job, especially for the owners of five USB2.0 and S-Video terminal, allowing users to get much use in everyday convenience, rich expansion interface also designed to improve the usefulness of this laptop.
The machine comes standard with a 11.1V 4800mAh 6-cell lithium-ion battery. And in the bottom of the body, ASUS design two scalable replacement region, corresponding to a hard disk, memory and processors. Allows users to own their own needs in the future in accordance with the appropriate accessories to upgrade the laptop replaced.
Asus Z99H performance evaluation system configuration and Vista
Asus Z99H notebook with a frequency of 1.86GHz Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2130 processor, front side bus frequency of 533MHz; the chipset North Bridge is selected Intel i943GML + ICH7-M southbridge. Due to the chipset factors, the notebook graphics chips using its built-in GMA950
ASUS Z99 battery integrated graphics chip. Other aspects, the machine comes standard with 512MB DDR2 533 system memory, 120GB SerialATA hard disk, etc.
Heat some of the test
Heat is often a need to focus on the issue, but in the summer and more obvious the problem was shown. A well-designed notebook products, its ability to win the heat balance of the distribution in the machine, so that all parts of the temperature can not be exaggerated. The elegant design of the wind tunnel can be quickly removed from the notebook of excess temperature. Edit the test methods are: the laptop running PCMark05 30 minutes after the use of infrared thermometers for temperature testing.
Identified by the above temperature chart can be seen, Asus Z99H the keyboard surface temperature distribution is the average, maximum 33 degrees Celsius in some mouse touchpad, which is due to hard disk from its close of reasons. Body temperature and the bottom surface similar, only hard part of the
ASUS Z99H battery temperature rose to 38 degrees Celsius, showing the current hard drive operating temperature has been almost more than the processor. Out of the premises measured outlet temperature of 37 degrees Celsius.
Overall, Asus Z99H heat in the machine has done a very good job of. Promote cost-effective in this notebook, the maximum operating temperature of the surface does not exceed 33 degrees Celsius, to the user will not cause discomfort due to high temperature.
Summary
Perhaps for the ASUS brand we most impressive skill or the motherboard design. But as the ultimate manifestation of one of the board of the notebook, ASUS designed is remarkable. And Z99 Series notebooks also meet consumer requirements has always been based on the configuration in front of people. The entire series, the dual-core, discrete graphics, integrated graphics, and so the combination of a variety of configurations to give the consumer freedom of choice in the supermarket-like. Rock-solid slogan for people to lay the confidence to buy.
Asus Z99H notebook although the configuration is not luxurious, but reasonable in the overall design in terms of practicality and are doing more in place. It is worth mentioning that the notebook's
ASUS Z99J battery price closer to the user, so that people can lower the price in exchange for more benefits. For those starting from a pragmatic consumer or student friends, so perhaps it is a notebook that can be close to the actual needs of the choice.
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