Just like a luxury sports car that doesn't get too many kilometres to the litre, the VX3 is also a guzzler when it comes to battery life. The default 3-cell battery gave us only 1 hour 7 minutes of battery life on our DVD playback test -- well short of what we'd expect from an ultraportable laptop.
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However, in anecdotal use, we got closer to 2 hours when surfing the Web and working on office documents. Still, the poor battery life was a major disappointment for a laptop you'll want to take down to the local coffee shop to show off.
Conclusion
If you're a fan of the car company founded by
Ferruccio Lamborghini, you'll find a nicely put-together laptop, with
excellent build quality and upscale touches such as a leather-clad
wrist rest. Under the hood, it lacks that sports car DNA, eliciting
middling performance.
Additional editing by Shannon Doubleday
System configurations:
Asus Lamborghini VX3
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition; 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9300; 3072MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB Nvidia Geforce 9300M G; 320GB Western Digital 5,400rpm
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (64-bit); 2.3GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-66; 4,096MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB ATI Radeon X1270; 250GB Western Digital 5,400rpm
Windows XP Professional SP2; 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo L7100; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 384MB Mobile Intel 965GM Express; 64GB Samsung Solid State Drive
OS X 10.5.1 Leopard; Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6GHz; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 144MB Intel GMA X3100; 80GB Samsung 4,200rpm
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h.akbar13 8 June 2008
Good: The name "lamborghini" attached to it
Bad: The name "Asus" attached to lamborghini
Comment: My one reason to buy this laptop was just beause i am a die hard fan of Lamborghini and one thing that i can afford which says lamborghini on it is this laptop.
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