Asus S56CA-XX056H Ultrabook (3rd Gen Ci5/ 4GB/ 750GB 24GB SSD/ Win8)(15.6 inch, Black, 2.3 kg)
Ultrabooks are great for those always on the go, requiring a machine that is super portable as well as being extremely durable due to the constant lugging around it will be subjected to. The main purpose of having an Ultrabook is to experience the power of a full fledged laptop while still having the mobility of a netbook. Ultrabooks are generally powerful and perform much better than a normal netbook. This however does not mean that they are any less portable than a conventional device. Ultrabooks are powerhouses that can easily and efficiently be shifted around and carried with you wherever you may wish to go. Optical Drive You do not generally hear of many Ultrabooks that come with Optical Drives, and certainly not with Ultrabooks that are just about 21 mm. The Asus S56CA Ultrabook is one of the first such devices to sport a fully functional Optical Drive. Sound Quality The Ultrabook comes with superior sound quality thanks to the in-built SonicMaster Lite sound enhancement for devices in this class. The enhancement provides for a much more powerful sound experience and overall media performance. Stamina The Ultrabook comes with a standby time that far exceeds other devices in its class. This is possible due to the efficiency of the Super Hybrid Engine II power saving technology. Intelligent Gestures The Asus Ultrabook is equipped with a highly responsive touchpad that can deliver smart gestures for a seamless navigation experience. The responses are so fine that precision fingertip movements are enough to make it navigate to where you want. Super Speed SSDs are the next step in storage technology. You can boot up much faster with the help of a Solid State Drive than with conventional SATA disks. For this reason, the Asus laptop comes loaded with high performing SSD drives to assist is performance, along with the conventional HDDs. SSD disks are also special as they have no moving parts; this is one of the major reasons why they are leages ahead of conventional HDDs in terms of data transfer speeds and reliability. They rarely break down during operation.