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While the design leaves something to be desired, Asus hasn’t skimped on connectivity, offering Wi-Fi wireless (in 802.11b/g/n flavors), an Ethernet jack, and a Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR radio. Apart from the standard netbook ports and connectors (VGA, three USB, a three-format flash-card slot, headphone and mic jacks, an Ethernet jack, and a lock slot), Asus has also included an HDMI-out port, something you don’t often see on a netbook.
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Once you hit the Windows desktop, you’ll find an unfortunate gaggle of clutter including the obligatory eBay shortcut, TimesReader from the New York Times (which you need a subscription to actually use), and Norton antivirus trying to worm its way into your heart from the first boot. It’s nothing a little time in the uninstaller won’t clean up, but having to scrub a brand new PC still disappoints us.
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The notebook’s beauty is just not chassis-deep: inside there are components that should keep any road warrior happy, as long as they aren’t engaging in specialised tasks (like 3D design) or playing high-end games (stick to Solitaire). The notebook is equipped with an Intel Core i5-540M CPU that runs at 2.53 GHz and 2GB of DDR3 RAM.
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