One of our readers pointed UL30A as the Asus laptop that could compete with the HP Probook 5310m we discussed recently. And she was right. In fact we knew and we thought now comment.

And the Asus has also UL30A passed through our hands and left us the same good feelings that the HP model. Attractive price (also 700 euros), very light (also 1.7 kg), 13.3-inch screen and enough power to work in most everyday tasks, although he is more lazy when it comes to work than their rivals. However, it has a great virtue above all: his 10 hours of real autonomy.

Asus UL30A, get to choose if you want performance or autonomy

Some manufacturers are playing the letter rightly left to the user what type of computer they want. But before taking only a model.

The UL30A Asus makes a little magic in this aspect with the help of technology Power4Gear. With this software can tell the system if we want power at the expense of consumption or we had better work with the processor at minimum power and increase the use of laptop time.

The processor incorporates this Asus is a model UL30A ULV Intel SU7300 specifically with dual core 1.3 Ghz speed, which wraps 4GB of RAM and GMA 4500HD chip. The hard drive is 500 GB , a large figure for a laptop with this weight and thickness.

With Power4Gear can achieve maximum performance of the laptop from Asus and if autonomy is left in some 3.5-4 hours. It seems a fact that does not impress, but say that this software from Asus let us have more than one computer on the same computer.

If we are going to be surfing the Internet or performing tasks that could maintain the minimum power of the processor, for example, autonomy can be increased to more than nine hours. In our tests we touch within 10 hours of autonomy. We stayed less than 15 minutes to get it.

What we liked most of this solution is incorporated into the Asus UL30A we need not restart the computer or anything to change from one configuration to another. We could consider it as an evolution of the power management of laptops but controlling the processor. He misses this option as it is usual to save battery power only with the screen brightness and connectivity.

To control this functionality as well as ExpressGate (a good idea that has to improve interface, because sometimes looks like a toy), we find a similar button on and off in a corner near the screen. Please quickly memorize what each control can confuse us several times, as happened to us.

We put as UL30A paste this performance gives us just the processor when we demand a lot, being a bit lower than other similar models we've tested.

Keyboard and outstanding design, display too bright
As Probook Asus and Acer Timeline of which will soon tell you, the keyboard of the Asus model also has separate keys. It is quite comfortable, but does not reach the magnificent touch HP.

Yes which greatly improves the trackpad that Asus UL30A, with a nice touch and good control of movements. It also supports gestures.

As for the screen (LED), with resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels, is too bright, a trend that manufacturers have adopted the usual way and that goes when we play video in good lighting conditions, but annoying enough to strong natural light.

Regarding the connections, but we miss an eSATA port that already incorporate direct rivals, because with three USB, card reader, HDMI and VGA we are satisfied.

The opinion of Gizmodo
There was plenty to choose from with 13-inch laptops and good design, keyboard and light weight, but we have a good run in recent months.

Asus UL30A This is a recommended purchase for less than 700 euros we got a laptop that meets in everyday tasks, which has great design, is thin, with good workmanship and keyboard, and on top of a brutal 10-hour autonomy. And all with just 1.7 kg.