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$699.00
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Product Details
- 500G 5400RPM HDD; Super-Multi Combo Drive; 802.11 b/g/n
- Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit)
- 15.6" HD LED Display (1366x768); ATI 5145 512MB DDR2 Graphics Card
- 2.3GHz AMD M520 Processor
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Product Description
The new K50AF-X1 is the put fit for work and play. Powered by the AMD M520 (2.3GHz) processor, and 4GB of RAM, the K50AF-X1 supplies the horsepower for your all-round computing needs.The ATI 5145 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics engine, a feature not typically found in laptop in this assess range, enables smooth playback of videos and enables robust PC gaming.The K50AF-X1 comes with a 1 year pandemic warranty, one month zero bright dot guaranty, free two-way standard shipping, twenty-four hour tech keep seven days a week, and a one year accidental damage warranty, protecting the pad from drops, fire, spills and surge.
The New Jack-of-all-trades The 15.6-inch K50AF-X1 pad features intelligent performance on the go with the AMD Vision Premium technologies enhancing productivity and enabling HD extravaganza. The compact K50AF-X1 notebook will keep you connected longer with the exclusive intelligent ASUS Power4 Panoply power management utility and delivers smart multitasking and multimedia show powered by the AMD Turion II Dual Core Mobile M520 processor and the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 graphics mechanism. With its brilliant 15.6-inch LED-backlit HD widescreen you can indulge yourself with crystal unimpeded visuals and HD cinema. Plus, you get on-the-go comfort & convenience with a multi-touch trackpad and full-measure chocolate style keyboard with numeric keypad for easy input.
With the 64-bit manifestation of the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system pre-installed, you'll be able to smoothly create a home network that lets you share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. Windows 7 is meant for faster and more reliable performance, so your PC just works the way you want it to.
Experience ASUS FastBoot Technology, the corresponding exactly performance boost for Windows 7 made possible by ASUS' close partnership with Microsoft. With eliminating ASUS FastBoot Technology, this Windows 7-enabled ASUS notebook starts up in a staggering 30 seconds.
The K50AF-X1 also boasts ASUS IceCool technology that keeps the keyboard and palm tea cool so you stay comfortable over long sessions. It also features 4GB DDR2 system RAM, Built-in webcam and Mic, 500GB rough drive, high-speed wireless N connectivity, and a host of other features that all add up to an unreal value for an enhanced user experience.
Key Features
- AMD Turion II Dual Sum Mobile M520 processor for versatile multitasking intelligent performance (Learn more)
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 graphics with 512MB VRAM for an immersive multimedia knowledge on the go (Learn more)
- Vivid 15.6-inch HD Color Shine LED-backlit widescreen (16:9) for an immersive cinematic be familiar with (Learn more)
- ASUS FastBoot technology for faster start-up (Learn more)
- ASUS Power4Mat technology for smart power and battery saving on demand (Learn more)
- 4GB of DDR2 RAM for bland computing with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit installed (Learn more)
- 500GB calculating disk drive for convenient storage and access to all your documents and entertainment (Learn more)
- Built-in 802.11n wireless connectivity & built-in webcam and microphone enables loyal-time video conferencing and Internet browsing (Learn more)
- Full chocolate rage keyboard with numeric pad for a comfortable typing experience (Learn more)
- ASUS IceCool Technology for a purposeful-to-the-touch palm rest (Learn more)
- ASUS 360: 1 year global pledge2 and ASUS ADW: 1 year accidental damage warranty3 (Learn more)
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 | Increase your productivity and enjoy HD entertainment with the the AMD Vision Premium enabled ASUS K50AF-X1. The K50AF-X1’s AMD Turion II Dual Middle Mobile M520 processor features built-in AMD PowerNow! Technology that optimizes mobile life and instantly responds to increased workloads to deliver superior scene on-demand when you need it so you can stay online longer and be more productive.
Whether you're creating multimedia, closely playing games, or simply kicking back and enjoying a HD movie, the ASUS K50AF-X1, with AMD Turion II Dual Pit Mobile M520 processor and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 graphic apparatus, will change the way you do everything.
Achieve intelligent multi-tasking performance with ASUS Power4 Mat technology that gives you exclusive control and performance that no one else can offer. With ASUS Power4 Gearbox, you can push the hot key for “High Performance Mode” –immediately scenery up all aspects of your system for top performance –or enable a host of other power profiles that improve it for the task at hand. Power4 Gear gives you power when you want it, and saves energy when you don’t. |
 | You'll enjoy a brighter standard of HD cinematic viewing with the ASUS K50AF-X1, featuring a next-formulation, thin, light and energy efficient 15.6-inch LED-backlit HD Color-Glow widescreen LCD. The ASUS K50AF-X1 notebook is built from the ground up with the AMD Turion II Dual Core Versatile M520 processor delivering intelligent multi-tasking performance and forcefulness saving immersive HD entertainment experience on the go.
You can experience superior HD performance and optimized multimedia faculty wherever you are with the K50AF-X1’s ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 512MB graphic engine that adjusts effectuation based on your needs. With 4GB of ram and DirectX 10.1 compatibility, you can experience high-attribute entertainment on the go.
Plus, for home theatre quality acoustics, the K50AF-X1 features high-priced Altec Lansing speakers enhanced with SRS Premium Sound. |
 | With smooth lines and sweeping curves, the compact and light K50AF-X1 has eye-infectious style and durable good looks. Upon opening this mobile wonder, you will tout de suite notice its elegant yet subtly patterned design and comfortable and ergonomic chocolate vogue keyboard.
Enhanced with ASUS IceCool Technology, the K50AF-X1's keyboard and palm-rest territory stay consistently cool for a comfortable computing experience for hours on end whether you're at travail or at play.
And you can type in comfort with the K50AF-X1’s stylish and ergonomic concave-key keyboard and oversized palm-rest area and be more productive with its mult-touch touchpad. Creating and editing spreadsheets will be a puff with the K50AF-X1’s full keyboard with number pad that makes entering numbers simple and productive. |
 | Connect with friends and family wherever you may be with an integrated 0.3 megapixel webcam and built-in wireless N internet connectivity that capacitate ‘real-time’ video conferencing and Internet browsing.
With a bounteous 500GB of hard disk drive storage, you can quickly and conveniently hold and access your documents, music, videos, and photos on the go with ease with the K50AF-X1 so you’ll always have your favorite media at your fingertips.
The knowing multimedia K50AF-X1 is the smart choice to enrich your digital life when you’re on the move. |
 | Recently rated as #1 in consumer reliability for Windows-based PCs by SquareTrade, you get the compatible of mind you deserve every time you start your K50AF.4 ASUS worked with Microsoft to develop beat-saving features like FastBoot technology –reducing the tempo needed for startup and shutdown –and LocalMe –a GPS-like claim. Plus, you can enjoy unplugged gaming longer thanks to Windows 7’s enhanced power government.
Windows 7 Home Premium makes it easy to create a home network and portion all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. And you can watch, pause, rewind, and information TV.† Get the best entertainment experience with Windows 7 Home Premium.
Incident FastBoot by ASUS, the unique performance boost for Windows 7 made possible by ASUS’ attentive partnership with Microsoft. With ASUS exclusive FastBoot technology, Windows 7 64-bit-enabled ASUS notebooks start up in a staggering 30 seconds. That is 40% faster than 32-bit operating systems. |
 | Offers a level of coverage that would add hundreds of dollars to the assay of competing laptops: 2
1 Year Global Warranty
30-Day Flawless Display Word of honour: If you discover one defective bright dot within 30 days of purchase, ASUS will replace the panel at no outlay.
Two way free standard shipping
24/7 tech support |
 | You have extra protection when accidents happen to your ASUS notebook purchased in the US or Canada. ASUS will fix or substitute for your notebook for you at no charge during the first year after purchase in the event of damage from accidental spills, drops, electrical surges, or fire.3
Undertaking covering accidental drops, spills, power surges, and fire damage
Goal 3 business day turnaround time for repair / replacement
Free one-way shipping from ASUS to you
24 hour impost-free phone support |
What's in the Box
The entire ASUS K50AF-X1 package contains a warranty word card, notebook, AC Adapter, and 6-cell battery pack
K50AF-X1 AC Adapter 6-cubicle Battery Pack Warranty Information Card Specifications
Operating System: Windows 7 Profoundly Premium (64-bit) Display: 15.6-inch 16:9 Wide Format 1366x768 HD LED-backlit Pageant CPU: AMD Turion II Dual Core Mobile M520 (2.3GHz) Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 512MB DDR2 VRAM Wireless:802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN LAN:10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Tribute: 4GB DDR2, 2 x SODIMM Sockets Storage: 500GB 5,400RPM hard drive Visual Disc Drive: DVD Super Multi Double Layer Drive Camera: 0.3 Megapixel Audio: Built-in Azalia meeting the requirements audio chip, with 3D effect & full duplex Speakers: Altec Lansing featuring SRS Bonus Sound Microphone: Built-in microphone Card Reader: : 3 in 1 card reader (SD/MMC/MS) Input/Put out: 1 x Microphone-in jack, 1 x Headphone-out jack (S/PDIF) 4 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x RJ45 LAN jack for LAN Video Result: 1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin Keyboard: Full size keyboard with numpad Battery-operated Pack: 6 Cell (2900mAh) Dimensions: 14.82 x 9.95 x 1.39 –inches (W x D x H) Pressure: 5.73 lbs (with 6 cell battery pack) Color: Brown and Grey 2 For notebooks purchased on or after Sept. 10, 2007. The ASUS 360 Pad Service Program and Accidental Damage Warranty covers “ASUS” manufacturer notebooks only, and does NOT extend to: “Built on ASUS,” “ASMobile,” “Powered by ASUS,” the Eee PC, or some other models. These retailers are currently among the companies that do NOT participate in the ASUS 360 Pad Service Program and Accidental Damage Warranty: Best Buy, MicroCenter, and The Documentation by CircuitCity in Canada. Limit of one claim per notebook for Accidental Damage Guarantee. ASUS reserves the right to discontinue this program and to modify the terms and conditions thereof at any measure. ASUS Accidental Damage Warranty Program starts from the date of your ASUS notebook acquire, when all the requirements are met.
3One incident covered per notebook.
4Rated number 1 PC brand according to SquareTrade, the outstanding direct-to-consumer warranty company (for more information visit http://www.squaretrade.com/pages/laptop-reliability-1109/ ).
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Customer Reviews
Peerless computer... Versatile, just like the title says!
I received this computer not too extended ago, and have been very happy with my purchase. There are a good amount of features on the computer, especially for the price. I particularly like the versatility and rest of specs, the Altec Lansing speakers (more on these in the edit), and that it has an actual graphics be forthright. The one-year accidental damage warranty and the "IceCool" technology that keeps your hands/ wrists composed as they rest on the computer while you type or use the touchpad are certainly nice, too. Speaking of the touchpad, it is a unbelievably good one in my opinion, and I am fairly picky with these... It doesn't have the scroll pad on the side, but it has a "multitouch" aim that allows you to scroll by touching the pad with two fingers. These are the features that stand out to me the most.
I don't have strong cons to the computer absolutely... The hard drive is only 5,400 RPM, and of course I would have like to heave seen 7,200 RPM rather than. I honestly don't perceive any real delay, though. If I did intense 3D graphics, there may be a noticeable one, but I put faith that just partitioning the drive to have a small, quickly searchable sector will originate just about and hard drive work reasonably fast. The keyboard will take a bit of getting second-hand to and Windows 7 has some odd quirks (My screen saver would not come on when I purchased the computer; checking the box to ask for a shibboleth upon awakening apparently solved the problem). This is obviously a problem with Windows 7 and not the computer.) The keyboard takes a bit of getting tolerant of to but is actually pretty good... Certainly a bit different, though.
The Turion II is another substance of discussion with this computer, because many people are discrediting it for the reported clock speeds from independent reviews. This whittle has a lot of features that make it a quality processor though, like the integrated memory director. The Turion II certainly handles the GPU in this computer better than a comparable Intel (...I would rather have this Turion II in this system than many others, including some Heart 2s, though a Turion II Ultra with double the cache carainly would have been nice. I give this computer 4.5 stars all-inclusive... Bottom line: the features are great for the price. I haven't seen another computer that has this mix of features in the ~$600 range.
****EDIT Notes**** I have used this computer much longer now and got to practice the problem with the low Audio. The speakers, even if you get SRS Premium Audio Sandbox (SRS's own software) to utilize these SRS speakers, is still tolerable at best. I played with it for a little while and was satisfied, but came back with some Jazz tunes and they sounded shocking if the effects were turned up enough to hear. If the effects weren't turned up, then hearing more than a muzzy melody would be near-impossible. For this reason, I knock this computer down another half star to 4 blanket. It is a great computer, but the speakers are not as good as advertised, even if you buy software to utilize the speakers better; Also, throwing in a Turion II Ultra or triple-nucleus Phenom II for a higher-end AMD based system would have been really nice, in my opinion.
The computer I traded this in for: Toshiba Aide L645D-S4036 LED TruBrite 14.0-Inch Laptop (Black)... It is compare favourably with, has a slightly worse graphics unit, but the M880 shipset with the Phenom II processor square for a decent GPU that actually ranks a bit better than the one in this ASUS. The Phenom II or the Turion II Ultra were my two pick processors for this replacement, and I decided to go with the 1.8ghz Phenom II. I am definitely happy so far!
2010-06-18
| Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4
The candy spot on price vs performance
The Asus K50AF-X1 is a sensible performing laptop with a very reasonable price tag. The dual core AMD processor and 4 gigs of ram go windows 7 perform well, even in the Aero environment. Additionally, the ATI dedicated video likely enables this laptop to perform decently on modern games such as Left 4 Unemotional 2, Split/Second, etc. However, it's not a miracle machine, so bear in mind you will have to run some of these games on milieu/low graphics settings. However, it certainly runs rings around any laptop using intel's onboard graphics. Burnout City of God runs flawlessly at maximum settings with high framerate. To get any better gaming acting out of a laptop, you would have to break the $1000 barrier, possibly even going into the 1200-1500 dollar sort. When I bought this laptop, it was on sale here at amazon for $550, and it has proven itself an astoundingly real deal.
Win7 boots pleasingly fast, and the install is relatively clean. It does blow in with some proprietary asus software loaded, but very little of it is memory resident, and what little IS is truly pretty useful, such as the on-the-fly ability to change between four power useage settings. The laptop also has the opportunity to use facial recognition software as a login alternative (via the built-in webcam), but this is mostly good a cool convenience gimmick and adds no real security features. I am at a bit of a dying as to why Asus decided to partition the 500 gig hard drive into two logical drives, but that's a minor pang I suppose. The built in microphone performs acceptably for voice chat. The knob on the optical drive is protected by a protrusion just above and below the button, which I suppose helps abort accidental pressing of the eject button, but it also means you pretty much have to get in there between the protrusions with a fingernail to Fleet Street the button in far enough for the computer to realize you want to eject the disk.
I also don't particularly care for 16x9 facet ratio displays (I prefer 16x10), but I suppose that's what all the laptops are going to these life.
Pros:
Very competitively priced
Good graphics performance for the price cooker
Decent sound for a laptop
Large hard drive
Good keyboard, with moral layout
4 USB ports, two on each side
No plugs in back
Wireless N and ethernet jack both
Cons:
Turned on reflectivity on display
High gloss case gathers fingerprints/smudges like mad as a March hare
touchpad uses "multiple finger touch" to scroll instead of having a scroll zone at the sides of the touchpad, which can be a particle slow to respond
No HDMI out (does have VGA out, however)
Minor gripes:
A little frustrating to push the button to eject optical drive
16x9 aspect ratio (1344x768)
Whole, I am very satisfied with this purchase.
2010-06-15
(Bryan, TX United States) | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 4
Suitable combo for the money
Pros
adequate sound (altec lansing speakers with SRS)
best CPU-GPU combo under $600
bright separate
Cons
cheap keyboard
*update: idle temps: windows 7 61C
ubuntu 10.04 47C
anxiety: 80C
2010-06-09
| Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 4
A Firm Purchase
i unhesitating to get this laptop since the price seems pretty good after the $150 off.
Pros
- Keyboard is well-made
- Home screen. Bright and easy to read.
- Asus FastBoot Program - lets you choose which programs shipment during startup and which load after. Speeds up the boot quite a bit.
- Speaker audio blue blood is pretty good for a laptop
Cons
- Case is a fingerprint magnet.
- Web cam is low res and has jam in low light (haven't tried different drivers yet).
I've also been playing games on it. so far the frames i get (with fraps on) are as follows:
StarCraftII Beta - 30-32 fps on med-peak settings
World of Warcraft - 35-60 fps on high (depending on what you're doing)
In collusion with of Legends - 25 fps on high, 33 on med
CoD Modern Warfare 2 - 25-26 fps on med
F.E.A.R. 2 - 35 fps on med
Nautical port 4 Dead 2 - 33 fps on med-high
Overall recommended for the price point. wasnt in the family way it to be able to play games so well but i was pleasantly surprised. I'd give it a 4.5/5.
2010-06-04
| Helpful Votes: 8 | Rating: 4
ASUS fellow service sucks
I bought an ASUS laptop and 2 weeks later the "Z" key falls off. Contacted bloke service who stated I would have to send the computer in or replace the whole keyboard. To send it in I would need to get a box and call it a day it, they won't send you one. If I want them to send me a replacement keyboard I have to fax them my credit card report, which they will charge if I don't send back the broken one. They will not just send you a replacement key. I couldn't construe the first person I talked to on the phone, but I definitely got the idea she had a bad attitude. She never followed through with sending me the mailing mark she was suppose to, so I could mail it in. Another interesting fact is when I sent in my warranty card, it cams back as undeliverable, giving me the take-off this company is not very reliable. This is definitely a customer no-service company. I have just well-versed to live without my "Z" key, since I hate to think of all that can go wrong if I sent my computer in to these clowns.
2010-04-16
| Helpful Votes: 20 | Rating: 1
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