The BenQ Joybook S42 is Classic Victorian style with a blue vine pattern on the cover, it looks elegant and perfect.  The BenQ Joybook S42 is excellent with strong performance  such as 14.1-inch LED screen, full size keyboard,Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology and Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT graphics card etc.

BenQ Joybook S42 specs:

14.1″ LED-backlit, widescreen LCD (1280 x 800)
5.5 hours battery life
2.40GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
nVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT and Intel GMA X4500HD
512MB – 4GB RAM
120/160/250/320GB hard drive
4-in-1 card reader
Noise-cancelling microphone
Built-in 2.0-megapixel webcam
4 USB 2.0 ports
RJ-45 Ethernet port
RJ-11 Modem port
HDMI output
D-Sub port
ExpressCard slot

As the BenQ Joybook S42 is equipped with the LED screen, so the BenQ Joybook S42 just weighs 3.33 kg with standard 6-cell battery, which is a little lighter than the average laptop with 14.1 inches screen. The BenQ Joybook S42 is thick 1.52 inches which is thicker 38.7mm than the average 14.1 inches notebook in order to ensure proper ventilation.

BenQ Joybook S42 comes with a 14.1-inch LED screen with the resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. With the LED backlight, the BenQ Joybook S42 will save more power and brighter than the laptop with CCFL-backlit.

The keyboard of the BenQ Joybook S42 is in full size. With the large keyboard of the BenQ Joybook S42, we can type quickly and comfortably. While the function key  is on the lower left corner, which is not very convenient for people to use it, and we should spend some time in adapting it.

The traction of the BenQ  S42 touchpad is good, while the single piece of metal that acts as both the left- and right-click buttons was problematic. The result is a higher-than-usual rate of mistaken clicking that would be easy to avoid by properly marking the two buttons out.

The BenQ Joybook S42 comes with a 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery, 52 Whr (4800 mAh). In the performance code of BenQ Joybook S42, the battery life can last 3.5 hours, while the battery life can last for 5.5 hours in power-saving mode.

BenQ Joybook S42 notebook is powered by a Core 2 Duo P8400 processor (2.26GHz) with GM45 chipset (integrated GMA X4500 graphics), a 2GB DDR2-667 memory and 320GB 5400rpm hard drive, DVD burner machines and 5300AGN wireless module, ExpressCard/54 slot and 4 USB ports, a 4-in-1 card reader. The BenQ Joybook S42 notebook also features a 2.0MP webcam with noise-cancelling microphone for VoIP applications.

The BenQ Joybook S42 is with Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology‘s 1080p video decoder, you can enjoy a wonderful image with good quality and can enjoy full HD movies, and you can expect a longer-lasting battery life.

The BenQ Joybook S42 features not only GMA X4500 integrated graphics but also 256MB Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT graphics card (GDDR3).  When you activate discrete GPU, BenQ Joybook S42 enables strong performance in most games and other demanding applications; the BenQ Joybook S42 offers the clearest and most vivid color and special effects. And when your laptop is at an iGPU mode,the BenQ  S42 will save 50% of the total power.

The BenQ Joybook S42 supports the switch between its two graphics card without turning off the laptop thanks to the new Centrino 2 platform with Hybrid Graphics technology.  When you charge the laptop with AC adapter, the laptop can switches automatically to the Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT graphics card, and when you run the laptop with the battery, it will activate the integrated Intel video processor.

The nice laptop, you can not miss it!

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BenQ U101 Netbook Review

With the rapiq development of the technology, people can get vast amounts of content with the laptop. And when you want to purchase a netbook, the hard disk’s storage capacity will become an important element. The 160G hard drive is no longer attractive, 320G or 500G hard drive will be strong enough to use! BenQ Joybook Lite U101 is one of the few fashion brands which with the large-capacity hard drive with 320G.

The outlook of the BenQ U101 is very personal, which is designed with the inspiration of web linguistic symbols. It is a cute style with the color options of white, black, blue and pink. And the BenQ U101 is with a more rugged case design, it comes with better plastic raw materials to protect it from wear and tear.

BenQ Joybook Lite U101 comes with a 10.1 inch TFT LCD display with the resolution of 1024 x 576 pixels, which is less than the standard resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. With the glossy screen and LED back light, it can be easily viewed directly in sunlight. What you should know is that the BenQ U101 is the first netbook with an aspect ratio screen of 16:9 instead of the 16:10. You can enjoy watching movies without those ugly black bars that you see on the other screens!

The keyboard of BenQ U101 is 90 percent that of a full-size keyboard. The keys are 16mm wide and have a 1mm gap between them. You can use the keys comfortably, and it is easy for you to typing. While we wish that the right Shift key is in its usual location next to the question mark key instead be placed to the right of the Up arrow.

The keypad on the BenQ U101 is good, it gives us the felling that we were navigating the cursor around the desktop, while the trackpad is below the mouse buttons, the left- and right-click buttons are just one long piece of plastic rather than two individual buttons.

The BenQ U101 is very light, it still just weighs 1.1kg with the containing of 3 cell battery. With a 3-cell battery, the BenQ U101 just supports up to three hours. However, BenQ U101 provides 6-cell lithium-ion battery which can last up to eight hours of continuous use.

The speakers are in front of the BenQ Joybook Lite U101, the volume is loud enough and the voice is in good quality, it can competent enough for the casual movie experience.

The BenQ U101 is powered by the Intel ATOM N270 (1.6GHz) processor, with Intel 945GSE + ICH7-M chipset, integrated with Intel GMA950 graphics core. In other aspects, the u101 is featuring 1G DDR2 RAM, 320G 5400rpm HDD, Ethernet, and built-in Bluetooth.

With the reference to the interfaces of the BenQ U101, it contains three USB ports, a VGA port, 4-in-1 card reader, audio input / output port, RJ45 LAN port, DC power supply interface and kensington security key, headphone, and a microphone jack, etc. It is good enough for people who are used it with office works and entertainment.

BenQ U101 left side:power jack,VGA port,USB port

BenQ U101 right side:4-in-1 card reader, audio input / output port,2 USB ports,RJ45 LAN port,kensington key lock,

The BenQ U101 has the SSD + HDD design, so we can use the SSD as a bootable system disk, and HDD as a storage hard drive. With them, we can have a short boot time and a larger storage. So the SSD + HDD are the perfect design.
the hard drive in the Joybook Lite U101 is the loudest we have heard in a netbook. The hard drive is a 5400 RPM one and offers decent data read / write speeds.

BenQ U101 has another feature which is proprietary QData Trove 3.1 application. This program simplifies data backup and restore with a user-friendly interface. Resetting the machine back to its factory settings is no problem with the QData Trove.

Pros: the BenQ U101 is very light, it has four color options with fashion design, 16:9 aspect ratio bright widescreen, large HDD, the SSD + HDD design, QData Trove 3.1 application.
Cons: keyboard is cramped; battery life is comparably short, mouse button.