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Pros: Comfortable Keyboard, Fast, Lightweight, Powerful, Quality Display, Quiet

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Pros: Super Picture

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Pros: 12 USB Ports, Adequate Storage, Easy To Setup, Easy To Use, Fast, Gig ethernet port, Great Tech Support, N Wifi 24Mhz included, Reliable Performance

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Pros: Comfortable Keyboard, Fast, Lightweight, Long Battery Life, Powerful, Quality Display, Quiet

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Pros: Reliable

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Pros: Comfortable Keyboard, Fast, Lightweight, Quality Display, Quiet

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Pros: Fast, Reliable Performance

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Pros: Huge performance increase, Large Capacity, Reliable Performance

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Pros: Attractive design, Comfortable Keyboard, Fast, Lightweight, Long Battery Life, Quiet, Stays cool

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a similar Apple product. Contrary to others criticisms, I have not found the fingerprints on the top of the laptop to be all that bad. They are certainly present, but not very conspicuous. The laptop feels sturdy and is refreshingly light. The screen is at the threshold of being too small (at least for me), but is just large enough to prevent one from having to squint too much. One of the main reasons I purchased this particular laptop is for reading. I'm in a PhD program and get 150-250 pages of text to read a week, as well as ancillary reading I complete on my own, and was tired of having humongous stacks of peer-reviewed journal articles laying all over my apartment. Since most professors now offer the option of a digital copy, I slowly started to read/edit texts on my Compaq laptop. The problem was that it was too heavy to haul around in my messenger bag all of the time and the durability was in serious question. This ultralight laptop has a nice screen (kind of glossy, but I got used to it real quick) and, with Acrobat Professional, reading and annotating pdf files has become effortless--as well as beneficial to the many trees I've saved. A couple more comments on the physical features: The chiclet keyboard looks awesome and is really comfortable to type on; the touchpad (Elan Smart-Pad) is also integrated nicely into the silver aesthetic. It blends almost seamlessly into this attractive laptop. My only complaint about the touchpad is that it can be a bit glitchy and too sensitive sometimes (even with the personalization settings via the keyboard control panel). However, this is more of a software complaint than a visual one. The laptop is really cool looking and certainly won't be a disappointment.As far as software, my main gripe is with all of the bloatware, but that's a given with any laptop you buy from a store or third-party website. I love Windows 7 (have been using it for almost 8 months now) and this product certainly does the 64 bit version some justice. Now you have to remember that this is an ultralight laptop and therefore not as heavy on the internal features. It's unfair to compare this to a 15" laptop that weighs 6 pounds but has 8 gigs of ram and a terabyte of hard drive space. Asus did a great job of giving this puppy some power without the weight. The battery life is also noteworthy. I don't see the 12.5 hours (perhaps on the most frugal power settings you'll get 11 or so), but have consistently gotten around 7 with little in the way of battery management. On Turbo Mode, a cool little overclocking feature, you'll get quite a bit less. I turned it off a few days ago and have definitely noticed a difference, but it's still relatively fast. What else? Yes, the camera is cool, but does not work very well in a room that's not well lit. The speakers? Surprisingly good! They're located just underneath the front of the laptop and get loud enough to make them useful for the user. There are 3 USB ports and a card reader, which was a nice touch. The HDMI port is awesome, and it also look great on my 40" LCD, but both times I've used the port it required a restart in order to recognize that something was plugged into it. That, coupled with my belief that 5 stars should be reserved for the superlative of superlatives, led to a 4 star rating (I'd give 4.5 if I could). Movies play well on it, as do all of the basic programs in most peoples arsenal (e.g., Office, Photoshop). I definitely recommend this laptop to anyone who needs something portable but does not want to seriously compromise on productivity.

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Pros: Comfortable Keyboard, Fast, Lightweight, Quiet

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a similar Apple product. Contrary to others criticisms, I have not found the fingerprints on the top of the laptop to be all that bad. They are certainly present, but not very conspicuous. The laptop feels sturdy and is refreshingly light. The screen is at the threshold of being too small (at least for me), but is just large enough to prevent one from having to squint too much. One of the main reasons I purchased this particular laptop is for reading. I'm in a PhD program and get 150-250 pages of text to read a week, as well as ancillary reading I complete on my own, and was tired of having humongous stacks of peer-reviewed journal articles laying all over my apartment. Since most professors now offer the option of a digital copy, I slowly started to read/edit texts on my Compaq laptop. The problem was that it was too heavy to haul around in my messenger bag all of the time and the durability was in serious question. This ultralight laptop has a nice screen (kind of glossy, but I got used to it real quick) and, with Acrobat Professional, reading and annotating pdf files has become effortless--as well as beneficial to the many trees I've saved. A couple more comments on the physical features: The chiclet keyboard looks awesome and is really comfortable to type on; the touchpad (Elan Smart-Pad) is also integrated nicely into the silver aesthetic. It blends almost seamlessly into this attractive laptop. My only complaint about the touchpad is that it can be a bit glitchy and too sensitive sometimes (even with the personalization settings via the keyboard control panel). However, this is more of a software complaint than a visual one. The laptop is really cool looking and certainly won't be a disappointment.As far as software, my main gripe is with all of the bloatware, but that's a given with any laptop you buy from a store or third-party website. I love Windows 7 (have been using it for almost 8 months now) and this product certainly does the 64 bit version some justice. Now you have to remember that this is an ultralight laptop and therefore not as heavy on the internal features. It's unfair to compare this to a 15" laptop that weighs 6 pounds but has 8 gigs of ram and a terabyte of hard drive space. Asus did a great job of giving this puppy some power without the weight. The battery life is also noteworthy. I don't see the 12.5 hours (perhaps on the most frugal power settings you'll get 11 or so), but have consistently gotten around 7 with little in the way of battery management. On Turbo Mode, a cool little overclocking feature, you'll get quite a bit less. I turned it off a few days ago and have definitely noticed a difference, but it's still relatively fast. What else? Yes, the camera is cool, but does not work very well in a room that's not well lit. The speakers? Surprisingly good! They're located just underneath the front of the laptop and get loud enough to make them useful for the user. There are 3 USB ports and a card reader, which was a nice touch. The HDMI port is awesome, and it also look great on my 40" LCD, but both times I've used the port it required a restart in order to recognize that something was plugged into it. That, coupled with my belief that 5 stars should be reserved for the superlative of superlatives, led to a 4 star rating (I'd give 4.5 if I could). Movies play well on it, as do all of the basic programs in most peoples arsenal (e.g., Office, Photoshop). I definitely recommend this laptop to anyone who needs something portable but does not want to seriously compromise on productivity.

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Pros: Adequate Storage, Comfortable Keyboard, Fast

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a similar Apple product. Contrary to others criticisms, I have not found the fingerprints on the top of the laptop to be all that bad. They are certainly present, but not very conspicuous. The laptop feels sturdy and is refreshingly light. The screen is at the threshold of being too small (at least for me), but is just large enough to prevent one from having to squint too much. One of the main reasons I purchased this particular laptop is for reading. I'm in a PhD program and get 150-250 pages of text to read a week, as well as ancillary reading I complete on my own, and was tired of having humongous stacks of peer-reviewed journal articles laying all over my apartment. Since most professors now offer the option of a digital copy, I slowly started to read/edit texts on my Compaq laptop. The problem was that it was too heavy to haul around in my messenger bag all of the time and the durability was in serious question. This ultralight laptop has a nice screen (kind of glossy, but I got used to it real quick) and, with Acrobat Professional, reading and annotating pdf files has become effortless--as well as beneficial to the many trees I've saved. A couple more comments on the physical features: The chiclet keyboard looks awesome and is really comfortable to type on; the touchpad (Elan Smart-Pad) is also integrated nicely into the silver aesthetic. It blends almost seamlessly into this attractive laptop. My only complaint about the touchpad is that it can be a bit glitchy and too sensitive sometimes (even with the personalization settings via the keyboard control panel). However, this is more of a software complaint than a visual one. The laptop is really cool looking and certainly won't be a disappointment.As far as software, my main gripe is with all of the bloatware, but that's a given with any laptop you buy from a store or third-party website. I love Windows 7 (have been using it for almost 8 months now) and this product certainly does the 64 bit version some justice. Now you have to remember that this is an ultralight laptop and therefore not as heavy on the internal features. It's unfair to compare this to a 15" laptop that weighs 6 pounds but has 8 gigs of ram and a terabyte of hard drive space. Asus did a great job of giving this puppy some power without the weight. The battery life is also noteworthy. I don't see the 12.5 hours (perhaps on the most frugal power settings you'll get 11 or so), but have consistently gotten around 7 with little in the way of battery management. On Turbo Mode, a cool little overclocking feature, you'll get quite a bit less. I turned it off a few days ago and have definitely noticed a difference, but it's still relatively fast. What else? Yes, the camera is cool, but does not work very well in a room that's not well lit. The speakers? Surprisingly good! They're located just underneath the front of the laptop and get loud enough to make them useful for the user. There are 3 USB ports and a card reader, which was a nice touch. The HDMI port is awesome, and it also look great on my 40" LCD, but both times I've used the port it required a restart in order to recognize that something was plugged into it. That, coupled with my belief that 5 stars should be reserved for the superlative of superlatives, led to a 4 star rating (I'd give 4.5 if I could). Movies play well on it, as do all of the basic programs in most peoples arsenal (e.g., Office, Photoshop). I definitely recommend this laptop to anyone who needs something portable but does not want to seriously compromise on productivity.

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Pros: Comfortable Keyboard, Fast, Lightweight, Powerful, Quality Display, Quiet

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a similar Apple product. Contrary to others criticisms, I have not found the fingerprints on the top of the laptop to be all that bad. They are certainly present, but not very conspicuous. The laptop feels sturdy and is refreshingly light. The screen is at the threshold of being too small (at least for me), but is just large enough to prevent one from having to squint too much. One of the main reasons I purchased this particular laptop is for reading. I'm in a PhD program and get 150-250 pages of text to read a week, as well as ancillary reading I complete on my own, and was tired of having humongous stacks of peer-reviewed journal articles laying all over my apartment. Since most professors now offer the option of a digital copy, I slowly started to read/edit texts on my Compaq laptop. The problem was that it was too heavy to haul around in my messenger bag all of the time and the durability was in serious question. This ultralight laptop has a nice screen (kind of glossy, but I got used to it real quick) and, with Acrobat Professional, reading and annotating pdf files has become effortless--as well as beneficial to the many trees I've saved. A couple more comments on the physical features: The chiclet keyboard looks awesome and is really comfortable to type on; the touchpad (Elan Smart-Pad) is also integrated nicely into the silver aesthetic. It blends almost seamlessly into this attractive laptop. My only complaint about the touchpad is that it can be a bit glitchy and too sensitive sometimes (even with the personalization settings via the keyboard control panel). However, this is more of a software complaint than a visual one. The laptop is really cool looking and certainly won't be a disappointment.As far as software, my main gripe is with all of the bloatware, but that's a given with any laptop you buy from a store or third-party website. I love Windows 7 (have been using it for almost 8 months now) and this product certainly does the 64 bit version some justice. Now you have to remember that this is an ultralight laptop and therefore not as heavy on the internal features. It's unfair to compare this to a 15" laptop that weighs 6 pounds but has 8 gigs of ram and a terabyte of hard drive space. Asus did a great job of giving this puppy some power without the weight. The battery life is also noteworthy. I don't see the 12.5 hours (perhaps on the most frugal power settings you'll get 11 or so), but have consistently gotten around 7 with little in the way of battery management. On Turbo Mode, a cool little overclocking feature, you'll get quite a bit less. I turned it off a few days ago and have definitely noticed a difference, but it's still relatively fast. What else? Yes, the camera is cool, but does not work very well in a room that's not well lit. The speakers? Surprisingly good! They're located just underneath the front of the laptop and get loud enough to make them useful for the user. There are 3 USB ports and a card reader, which was a nice touch. The HDMI port is awesome, and it also look great on my 40" LCD, but both times I've used the port it required a restart in order to recognize that something was plugged into it. That, coupled with my belief that 5 stars should be reserved for the superlative of superlatives, led to a 4 star rating (I'd give 4.5 if I could). Movies play well on it, as do all of the basic programs in most peoples arsenal (e.g., Office, Photoshop). I definitely recommend this laptop to anyone who needs something portable but does not want to seriously compromise on productivity.

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Pros: Great Design, Great Features, Highly Compatible

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a similar Apple product. Contrary to others criticisms, I have not found the fingerprints on the top of the laptop to be all that bad. They are certainly present, but not very conspicuous. The laptop feels sturdy and is refreshingly light. The screen is at the threshold of being too small (at least for me), but is just large enough to prevent one from having to squint too much. One of the main reasons I purchased this particular laptop is for reading. I'm in a PhD program and get 150-250 pages of text to read a week, as well as ancillary reading I complete on my own, and was tired of having humongous stacks of peer-reviewed journal articles laying all over my apartment. Since most professors now offer the option of a digital copy, I slowly started to read/edit texts on my Compaq laptop. The problem was that it was too heavy to haul around in my messenger bag all of the time and the durability was in serious question. This ultralight laptop has a nice screen (kind of glossy, but I got used to it real quick) and, with Acrobat Professional, reading and annotating pdf files has become effortless--as well as beneficial to the many trees I've saved. A couple more comments on the physical features: The chiclet keyboard looks awesome and is really comfortable to type on; the touchpad (Elan Smart-Pad) is also integrated nicely into the silver aesthetic. It blends almost seamlessly into this attractive laptop. My only complaint about the touchpad is that it can be a bit glitchy and too sensitive sometimes (even with the personalization settings via the keyboard control panel). However, this is more of a software complaint than a visual one. The laptop is really cool looking and certainly won't be a disappointment.As far as software, my main gripe is with all of the bloatware, but that's a given with any laptop you buy from a store or third-party website. I love Windows 7 (have been using it for almost 8 months now) and this product certainly does the 64 bit version some justice. Now you have to remember that this is an ultralight laptop and therefore not as heavy on the internal features. It's unfair to compare this to a 15" laptop that weighs 6 pounds but has 8 gigs of ram and a terabyte of hard drive space. Asus did a great job of giving this puppy some power without the weight. The battery life is also noteworthy. I don't see the 12.5 hours (perhaps on the most frugal power settings you'll get 11 or so), but have consistently gotten around 7 with little in the way of battery management. On Turbo Mode, a cool little overclocking feature, you'll get quite a bit less. I turned it off a few days ago and have definitely noticed a difference, but it's still relatively fast. What else? Yes, the camera is cool, but does not work very well in a room that's not well lit. The speakers? Surprisingly good! They're located just underneath the front of the laptop and get loud enough to make them useful for the user. There are 3 USB ports and a card reader, which was a nice touch. The HDMI port is awesome, and it also look great on my 40" LCD, but both times I've used the port it required a restart in order to recognize that something was plugged into it. That, coupled with my belief that 5 stars should be reserved for the superlative of superlatives, led to a 4 star rating (I'd give 4.5 if I could). Movies play well on it, as do all of the basic programs in most peoples arsenal (e.g., Office, Photoshop). I definitely recommend this laptop to anyone who needs something portable but does not want to seriously compromise on productivity.

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Pros: Easy To Set Up, Fast, Highly Compatible

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a similar Apple product. Contrary to others criticisms, I have not found the fingerprints on the top of the laptop to be all that bad. They are certainly present, but not very conspicuous. The laptop feels sturdy and is refreshingly light. The screen is at the threshold of being too small (at least for me), but is just large enough to prevent one from having to squint too much. One of the main reasons I purchased this particular laptop is for reading. I'm in a PhD program and get 150-250 pages of text to read a week, as well as ancillary reading I complete on my own, and was tired of having humongous stacks of peer-reviewed journal articles laying all over my apartment. Since most professors now offer the option of a digital copy, I slowly started to read/edit texts on my Compaq laptop. The problem was that it was too heavy to haul around in my messenger bag all of the time and the durability was in serious question. This ultralight laptop has a nice screen (kind of glossy, but I got used to it real quick) and, with Acrobat Professional, reading and annotating pdf files has become effortless--as well as beneficial to the many trees I've saved. A couple more comments on the physical features: The chiclet keyboard looks awesome and is really comfortable to type on; the touchpad (Elan Smart-Pad) is also integrated nicely into the silver aesthetic. It blends almost seamlessly into this attractive laptop. My only complaint about the touchpad is that it can be a bit glitchy and too sensitive sometimes (even with the personalization settings via the keyboard control panel). However, this is more of a software complaint than a visual one. The laptop is really cool looking and certainly won't be a disappointment.As far as software, my main gripe is with all of the bloatware, but that's a given with any laptop you buy from a store or third-party website. I love Windows 7 (have been using it for almost 8 months now) and this product certainly does the 64 bit version some justice. Now you have to remember that this is an ultralight laptop and therefore not as heavy on the internal features. It's unfair to compare this to a 15" laptop that weighs 6 pounds but has 8 gigs of ram and a terabyte of hard drive space. Asus did a great job of giving this puppy some power without the weight. The battery life is also noteworthy. I don't see the 12.5 hours (perhaps on the most frugal power settings you'll get 11 or so), but have consistently gotten around 7 with little in the way of battery management. On Turbo Mode, a cool little overclocking feature, you'll get quite a bit less. I turned it off a few days ago and have definitely noticed a difference, but it's still relatively fast. What else? Yes, the camera is cool, but does not work very well in a room that's not well lit. The speakers? Surprisingly good! They're located just underneath the front of the laptop and get loud enough to make them useful for the user. There are 3 USB ports and a card reader, which was a nice touch. The HDMI port is awesome, and it also look great on my 40" LCD, but both times I've used the port it required a restart in order to recognize that something was plugged into it. That, coupled with my belief that 5 stars should be reserved for the superlative of superlatives, led to a 4 star rating (I'd give 4.5 if I could). Movies play well on it, as do all of the basic programs in most peoples arsenal (e.g., Office, Photoshop). I definitely recommend this laptop to anyone who needs something portable but does not want to seriously compromise on productivity.

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Pros: Compact Design, Fast Print Time, Sharp tones & colors

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look excellent.

So, now I feel that I have it all - a quick, quiet, reasonably compact color printer that does it all. I'm thrilled and definitely recommend it. This has replaced an aging HP LaserJet 4000 and an always troublesome HP OfficeJet 7140.

Oh yes, and other than the calibration - which would have been easy if I had thought about earlier - the setup was simple. I just downloaded the software from the Canon website, it found the printer on the network, and I was printing within minutes.

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Pros: Comfortable Keyboard, Fast, Lightweight, Quiet

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look excellent.

So, now I feel that I have it all - a quick, quiet, reasonably compact color printer that does it all. I'm thrilled and definitely recommend it. This has replaced an aging HP LaserJet 4000 and an always troublesome HP OfficeJet 7140.

Oh yes, and other than the calibration - which would have been easy if I had thought about earlier - the setup was simple. I just downloaded the software from the Canon website, it found the printer on the network, and I was printing within minutes.

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Pros: Fast, Fast Connection Speed, Reliable connection, Secure Connection

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look excellent.

So, now I feel that I have it all - a quick, quiet, reasonably compact color printer that does it all. I'm thrilled and definitely recommend it. This has replaced an aging HP LaserJet 4000 and an always troublesome HP OfficeJet 7140.

Oh yes, and other than the calibration - which would have been easy if I had thought about earlier - the setup was simple. I just downloaded the software from the Canon website, it found the printer on the network, and I was printing within minutes.

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Pros: Compact Design, Easy Setup, Easy To Use, Fast Operation, Great Print Quality, Reliable

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look excellent.

So, now I feel that I have it all - a quick, quiet, reasonably compact color printer that does it all. I'm thrilled and definitely recommend it. This has replaced an aging HP LaserJet 4000 and an always troublesome HP OfficeJet 7140.

Oh yes, and other than the calibration - which would have been easy if I had thought about earlier - the setup was simple. I just downloaded the software from the Canon website, it found the printer on the network, and I was printing within minutes.

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Pros: Durable Construction, Easy Setup, Easy To Use, Fast Print Time, Sharp tones & colors

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look excellent.

So, now I feel that I have it all - a quick, quiet, reasonably compact color printer that does it all. I'm thrilled and definitely recommend it. This has replaced an aging HP LaserJet 4000 and an always troublesome HP OfficeJet 7140.

Oh yes, and other than the calibration - which would have been easy if I had thought about earlier - the setup was simple. I just downloaded the software from the Canon website, it found the printer on the network, and I was printing within minutes.

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Pros: Easy To Use, Great Value, Large Capacity, Reliable Performance, Writes/Reads fast

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look excellent.

So, now I feel that I have it all - a quick, quiet, reasonably compact color printer that does it all. I'm thrilled and definitely recommend it. This has replaced an aging HP LaserJet 4000 and an always troublesome HP OfficeJet 7140.

Oh yes, and other than the calibration - which would have been easy if I had thought about earlier - the setup was simple. I just downloaded the software from the Canon website, it found the printer on the network, and I was printing within minutes.