Pros

  • Lightweight, with a nice widescreen

Cons

  • Sluggish WorldBench performance

At A Glance

Lightweight ultraportable offers a comfy keyboard and excellent battery life, but sluggish WorldBench performance.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number EN178UT
Inventory Number 25091
UPC Code 00882780601918
Processor
Processor type Intel Core Solo U1400
Processor speed 1200.0 MHz
Memory
Memory size 500.0 MB
Memory type DDR2 SDRAM
Memory speed 533.0 MHz
Display
Display size 12.1 inches
Resolution 1280 x 800 pixels
Vertical Resolution 800
Graphics
Primary Graphics Chipset Intel GMA 950
Storage
Drive size 40.0 GB
Floppy Drive No
Other storage None
Battery
Battery Type Lithium ion
Vendor Rated Battery life 452.0 hours
Standard Number of Batteries 1
Number of Included Batteries 1
Dimensions
Width 11.1 inches
Depth 9.4 inches
Height 1.3 inches
Weight with Accessories 4.5 pounds
Weight 4.5 pounds
Sound
Speakers Mono
Included Software
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Other Features
Docking Station Port Yes
Devices AC Adapter
Input devices Eraserhead
Pointing Device Eraserhead
Other Hardware Docking station
Hardware List Notebook
Ports and Connections
Ethernet Type 10/100/1000 Mbps
Microphone input Yes
Firewire 1
Headphone Jack Yes
Available Interfaces
  • Audio - Microphone In (1/8" Mini)
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus Port (x2)
  • Audio - Headphone Out (1/8" Mini)
  • FireWire Port
Wireless connection 802.11 a/b/g
Bluetooth Yes
Slots None
PC Card Slots 1

Performance

Battery
Battery Life (Office Applications) 4:52  (hh:mm)
Multitasking
World Bench 6 Multitasking 1122
Gaming
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 5.94  Frames per second (higher is better)
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 6  Frames per second (higher is better)
Performance
World Bench 5 Score 58
World Bench 5 Rating Poor
Number of Included Batteries 1
Mozilla 611
ACD Systems ACDSee 1233
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL 939
Adobe Photoshop 540
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX 560
Windows Media Encoder 680
Ahead Nero 1540
Musicmatch Jukebox 818
Adobe Premiere 842
Roxio VideoWave 499
WinZip 734
Microsoft Office XP 686