Think of it as the best of both worlds. ASUS’ UL80Vt, the latest member of the company UL Series, matches Intel’s budget- and endurance-minded Ultra-Low Voltage processor with a powerful Nvidia graphics chip, giving this $849 14-inch thin-and-light notebook strong performance at a reasonable price. More importantly, ASUS also incorporated integrated graphics—and the software that tells the system when to switch—so that this notebook can last a whole workday away from an outlet. While it’s held back slightly by a mushy keyboard and limited viewing angles, the UL80Vt-A1 is an attractive choice.
Design
The UL80Vt is all black, with an attractive brushed metal lid. Inside, the tastefully-appointed deck and screen bezel are made of glossy black plastic, while the bottom is simply matte plastic. This uniformity of color and design gives the system a sleek yet understated look, but tends to pick up fingerprints.
At 4.8 pounds and 13.5 x 9.6 x 1.1 inches, the UL80Vt is not the thinnest and lightest 14-inch notebook on the block: the Dell Studio 14z is only 0.8 inches thick and 4.4 pounds, and the HP Pavilion dm3 is only 4.2 pounds and 1.0 inches thick. Unlike the UL80Vt, however, these other two systems lack an optical drive. The 4.6-pound, inch-thick Dell Inspiron 14z also has an optical drive, but its design is more plain.
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