Asus F6A / F6V Reviews (Laptops)

The ASUS F6VE-B1 is a 13.3" desktop replacement notebook. Not content with making just another small form factor notebook, ASUS crammed in an Intel T9550 Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of RAM, and an ATI Radeon Mobility 4570 graphics card into this 13.3"...

Great performance for a 13.3” notebook ; Keyboard is comfortable to type on ; Snappy Synaptics touchpad

Design feels dated ; Quality is not what you would expect on $1,299 notebook ; Tiny speakers

The ASUS F6Ve-B1 is a performance king among 13-inch notebooks, but there is room for improvement

The F6Ve-B1 performs extremely well for a thin-and-light notebook, but we wish its battery life were a little better.

Excellent performance; sleek style; light weight

Short battery life; a bit thick for a thin-and-light; no FireWire port

For a thin-and-light notebook, the F6Ve-B1 offers excellent performance and sleek style. This system is perfect for those who want to take their systems home on the commute: It's powerful enough to be your primary PC and light enough to tote daily.The...

The 13.3in ASUS F6V-3P182E has an arty lid design, a great variety of ports and could have been a strong choice for non-business users on the move. Ho...

Wide array of expansion ports, looks attractive

Has an unpleasant smell (at least we thought so), speakers are too quiet

Even though we respect ASUS for being innovative with its notebook designs, the ASUS F6V-3P182E with its "musk" scent is too whiffy. But if you can get past the smell, a decent 13.3in notebook can be yours for $1599.

The F6V is a very good laptop, but don't believe the hype about the smell. Unless you're a dog, you can hardly smell anything. Thankfully, it's very good-looking, fairly quick and quite affordable. Laptops such as the Dell XPS M1330 give it a good run...

Pretty design ; Reasonable price

Has Centrino, not Centrino 2 architecture ; Stiff mouse selector buttons ; Doesn't smell enough

Conclusion The F6V is a very good laptop, but don't believe the hype about the smell. Unless you're a dog, you can hardly smell anything. Thankfully, it's very good-looking, fairly quick and quite affordable. Laptops such as the Dell XPS M1330 give it...

Asus has had a great deal of press lately, thanks to the success of its Eee PC Netbook. The F6V (£749 inc. VAT) is equally unique, as it is the first scented laptop on the market. Thankfully, it also delivers style, performance and mobility.

Powerful erformance ; Individual designs ; Lightweight ; Great battery life ; Shar screen

No software included

The scent is a complete gimmick, but look past that and it's a pretty good laptop.

Pretty design; reasonable price

Our review unit is a Centrino, not Centrino 2 architecture; stiff mouse selector buttons; doesn't smell enough

The F6V is a very good laptop, but don't believe the hype about the smell. Unless you're a dog, you can hardly smell anything. Thankfully, it's very good-looking, fairly quick and quite affordable. Laptops such as the Dell XPS M1330 give it a good run...

Smells like green spirit, and offers performance at a budget price. The ASUS F6V Green is a laptop with something a little different

Overall, it's got a decent amount of power for the price, and the features are solid, but the build quality isn't as good as we'd like and we'd suggest it's best used at home for basic entertainment needs.

The F6V has a glossy 13.3'' screen with a native resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, which, as it's relatively small, makes it more suited to games than it does serious office use. With so few pixels, it's hard to cram much information on the screen at...

Reasonable for gaming ; Under 2 kilos ; Lots of inputs and outputs ; Optical sound output ; Express Card 34 slot

Very loud when working hard ; Average CPU power ; 2 hours of battery life ; Screen too small for office use

Forget about the 'scented computer'--it's marketing guff with no real value. Taking the rest of this laptop, it's pretty average, with good gaming performance compensating for the short two-hour battery life. The only real thing to look out for is the...

LET your nose guide you to this innovative, attractive and musky ASUS notebook.

Wide array of expansion ports, looks attractive

Has an unpleasant smell, speakers are too quiet

Even though we respect ASUS for being innovative with its notebook designs, the ASUS F6V-3P182E with its "musk" scent is too whiffy. But if you can get past the smell, a decent 13.3in notebook can be yours for $1599.

As we open the box it hits us, the unmistakable wafting scent of a pine forest, floating on the summer breeze and carrying away our troubles . . .