Asus N80VC review

A portable laptop offering lots of style, but it's let down by a poor keyboard

Our Score 3.5

Last reviewed: 2008-12-30December 30th 2008

Price at launch	£699.00
MPN	N80VCGP008C
Features	Processor: Intel 2GHz Core 2 Duo T5800 / Graphics: nVidia GeForce 9300M GS / Express Gate / Facial Recognition / Dolby Surround systems and Altec Lansing Speakers / RF Biometric Fingerprint Reader
64 Bit Computing	Yes
Additional Information	Also supports 802.11n (draft)
Bluetooth	Yes
Colour	Black
Data Link Protocol	Ethernet/Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.11b/a/g
Databus Speed	800
Dedicated/Shared Graphics Memory	Dedicated
Dimensions	341 x 250 x 41
Display Resolution	1280 x 800
Drive Speed	5400
Graphics Memory (Mb)	512
HDD Capacity (GB)	320
Installed Cache Memory (MB)	2
Installed RAM (GB)	3
Memory Speed	800
No of Firewire Connectors	1
No of HDMI Connectors	1
No. of USB Ports	5
Operating System	Windows Vista Home Premium
Optical Storage	Tri-Format DVD/DL
Processor Speed (GHz)	2
RAM Type	DDR2 SDRAM
Software Provided	ASUSDVD 6-in-1 / Norton™ Internet Security 2008 / Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 / Power2Go
Speaker Details	Altec Lansing® co-brand speakers / Built-in Azalia compliant audio chip
Warranty Length	2 Years
Weight (kg)	2.6
Built-in devices	8 in 1 card reader / 1.3 Mega Pixel web camera / Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 ABGN / Bluetooth
Display Standard	WXGA
Laptop Display Size	15.4
Laptop Form Factor	Laptop
No of Processing Cores	2
Pointing Device	TP