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Asus VivoBook X200CA review

Our Rating :
Price when reviewed : £299
inc VAT

Battery life could be better, but this budget touchscreen laptop is great value

When Asus launched its first 11in VivoBook last year, it was one of the cheapest and best touchscreen laptops around. Now there’s a lot more competition to contend with, but Asus’s new VivoBook, the X200CA, proves that it’s still the king of affordable touchscreen ultra-portables. While it may be cheap, the laptop’s lightly textured surface gives it a little more character and personality than the bland plastic cases of other budget models.

Asus VivoBook X200CA

It’s well made, too, as we couldn’t see any signs of flex in its chassis. Even though it’s relatively small, at just 21mm thick and weighing 1.4kg, it’s small and light enough to carry around everywhere and you don’t lose out on any ports. The X200CA comes with three USB ports, one of which is USB3, HDMI and VGA video outputs, a multi-format card reader, a fast Ethernet port and a combined headphone and microphone jack.

The X200CA is a very pleasant laptop to use day-to-day, as its bouncy keyboard was well laid out and gave plenty of feedback. The large all-in-one touchpad was also a joy to use, as Windows 8 shortcuts and multi-touch gestures such as two-finger scrolling and pinch-zooming all worked perfectly.

There’s enough space to move the cursor comfortably round the desktop as well and the lower half gave a good amount of feedback when we clicked on it to open apps and files. The only minor annoyance we encountered was how many fingerprints it picked up, which detracted from its otherwise smart design.

Asus VivoBook X200CA

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Basic Specifications

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ProcessorIntel Celeron 1007U
Processor clock speed1.4GHz
Memory4.00GB
Memory slots1
Memory slots free0
Maximum memory4GB
Size21x303x200mm
Weight1.4kg
SoundIntel HD Audio
Pointing devicetouchpad and touchscreen

Display

Viewable size11.6 in
Native resolution1,366×768
Graphics ProcessorIntel HD Graphics
Graphics/video portsVGA, HDMI
Graphics Memory128MB

Storage

Total storage capacity500GB
Optical drive typenone

Ports and Expansion

USB ports3
Bluetoothyes
Wired network ports1x 10/100
Wireless networking support802.11n
PC Card slotsN/A
Supported memory cardsSD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC
Other portsheadphone, microphone

Miscellaneous

Carrying caseNo
Operating systemWindows 8
Operating system restore optionrestore partition
Software includedN/A
Optional extrasN/A

Buying Information

Warrantytwo years RTB
Price£299
Detailswww.asus.com
Supplierhttp://www.pcworld.co.uk