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Inside the W5A, ASUS' Sonoma-class Combatant
Foreword
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On January 18
Intel officially released the Gen 2 Centrino platform (codename: Sonoma),
which had been followed very quickly by the Sonoma platform notebooks. The ASUS W5A
was one of them.
The W5A is 100% consistent with Intel's definition of the 2
Intel's latest Pentium M (533 FSB, 2MB L2 Cache) processor, 915GM, and Intel Pro/Wireless
2200BG WLAN card. The standout specifications include DDR II memory, a 12 inch
widescreen TFT LCD, and an integrated 1.3 megapixel camera.
Black W5A
White W5A
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Gen Centrino platform, i.e.
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- Page 1 Inside the W5A, ASUS’ Sonoma-class Combatant Foreword On January 18 Intel officially released the Gen 2 Centrino platform (codename: Sonoma), which had been followed very quickly by the Sonoma platform notebooks. The ASUS W5A was one of them. Black W5A White W5A The W5A is 100% consistent with Intel’s definition of the 2...
- Page 2 W5A specifications: Model # ASUS W5A Intel Pentium M 745 (1.86GHz,533 FSB,2MB L2 CACHA) Northbridge Intel 915GM Southbridge Intel ICH6-M Memory 512MB DDR II 400 (256MB onboard +256MB) 60GB Graphics Intel GMA900 (integrated on 915GM) Optical drive 8X DVD/CDRW COMBO...
- Page 3 More on this in testing below. The 12 inch widescreen TFT LCD is the first of its kind to come out of ASUS. The 1.3 megapixel camera is also very rare in notebooks of this type.
- Page 4 Lighting up in cool blue after power-on is the notebook power button (also taken from the S5/M5) located on the upper right hand corner of the keyboard. The outer ring bearing the text “WWW.ASUS.COM”. At the left lower edge of the wrist rest are a set of status indicators that also illuminate in cool...
- Page 5 On the cover ASUS engineers have added two indicator lights for the power status and the battery. The power indicator light is illuminated constantly when the system is fully active, and flashes during system standby. The battery indicator, on the other hand, illuminates when the battery is charging, and is dark when the battery is fully charged.
- Page 6 Ports This is the front end view of the W5A with nothing excessive here. On the left are the 56K modem port, 100M Ethernet port, a 4-pin IEEE 1394 port, a USB 2.0 port, a 9.5mm DVD/CDRW combo drive, and a flash card reader supporting SD, MMC, MS,...
- Page 7 On the right are the PCMCIA slot, volume adjustor, earphone & microphone jacks, a USB 2.0 port, cooling vent, and VGA-out port. At the back we see the power adapter jack, an S-Video out connector, the battery, one USB 2.0 port, and the notebook lock. Display Two words describe the most important aspects of the 12 inch display: widescreen, mirror surface.
- Page 8 It certainly isn’t ugly, don’t get us wrong. In fact, it is a very attractive design. Thanks to the bezels, the notebook has room for 4 quick keys and a full-size keyboard. The W5A also uses the popular latchless design that allows the notebook to be opened with a minimum of effort.
- Page 9 ASUS wasn’t the first to fit a camera onto a notebook, but it is one of the very few manufacturers to offer notebooks that do. The others though, most incorporate 350K pixel digital cameras, which aren’t known to produce very impressive images. Here’s where the ASUS W5A rocks.
- Page 10 640 x 480 standard image 1280 x 960 standard image...
- Page 11 640 x 480 image of color palette On the software side, the W5A comes with a very easy to operate image/video shooting title called LifeFrame, and the ASUS Video Security application, which operates as a monitoring and warning system. Any movement that is detected immediately triggers a warning.
- Page 12 ASUS Video Security Battery ASUS W5A is powered by a 6 cell, 4400mAH battery. Using MobileMark 2002, we established the 6-cell battery’s running time to be 229 minutes (3 hours 49 minutes) using screen brightness of 50%. Performance Tests We went into testing expecting a whole lot from the 533 FSB Pentium M processor, and we are happy to announce that we were not let down.
- Page 13 For the performance of subsystems we use Sisoft Sandra 2005:...
- Page 14 The notebook’s graphics performance was tested using 3DMark01 and 3DMark03 (1024x768, 32bit). The W5A scored 5046 3DMarks in 01 and 849 in 03. Intel’s previous 855GME chipset achieved only 2300 3DMarks in 3DMark01, so the improvement is obvious. The GMA900 graphics processor’s ability to break through the 5000 point level places it on equal footing with...
- Page 15 Summary The ASUS W5A’s weight and size are both marginally above average as far as 12 inch widescreen notebooks go, but don’t forget for one second that that body contains an integrated optical drive when most 12 inch widescreen notebooks do not; and the full-size keyboard that goes a long way towards guaranteeing a pleasurable typing experience.