When competitors choosing the size of 15.6 inch screen, Asus is slightly deviated from the grip by providing M60J with a 16-inch notebook into this. Not significantly different, but at least give a broader view of the area. Unfortunately larger size is not accompanied by higher resolutions. This notebook is using the 16:9 widescreen format, but limited to a resolution of 1366×768 pixels; or equal to the Acer Aspire 5942G.

The combination of hardware in this notebook also felt less optimum. This notebook weighs 3.3 kg and using the Intel Core i7-820QM (1.73 GHz), which collaborated with DDR3-1066 memory capacity of 4GB. With that combination, Asus M60J beat all notebook on processors-based test (Sysmark 2007 and encoding video/audio).

However, this notebook only uses the graphics card nVidia GeForce GT240. Actually GT240 still belong to middle class VGA, but still less powerful than GTX260M and GForce GTX 280M used by Alienware and Forsa. As a result, in the graphics card-based test (3DMark Vantage and Stalker), Asus M60J lagging performance and behind the last two notebooks.

This combination seems to show that the Asus M60J targeting multimedia segment more than gamers. This impression is stronger when we see on the multimedia facilities embedded in this notebook. Above the keyboard, we will find the Touch Media that contains a button to adjust the playback of multimedia files. We see its design as too grand, but the blue color that appears when the panel is touched to give its own aura. In addition to the lively panel, Asus also installed speakers from leading manufacturers, Altec Lansing. The quality of the resulting sound pretty crisp, but since there is no subwoofer, the bass still feels less bite.

From the facility side, Asus M60J performed slightly above average. In addition to standard facilities such as WiFi, Bluetooth, FireWire, and USB, the notebook is providing HDMI and eSATA. Other facilities which are not available in other notebooks is a fingerprint scanner, which is located between the touchpad buttons. Other unique facility is the Express Gate, which is a mini operating system that allows us to quickly access the computer. When you choose Express Gate entrance, the system will turn on in about 10 seconds, and available operating system contains standard applications such as browsers and instant messengers. There was not much can be done in the Express Gate, but at least we can email or chat though pressed for time.

Our test with this notebook is spelled out pretty good, though not all satisfactory. We do not like the glossy coating covering the hand rest palm which so easily left behind fingerprints. In addition, the voice sounded fairly strong fan when the computer is working in maximal performance. But its keyboard feels soft and feels good when pressed, while its touchpad is responsive.

All in all, we see it as a good performing and well-equipped multimedia facility piece of technology. If only the provided graphic card is more powerful, this notebook can be a serious competitor for the like of Alienware M15x gaming notebook.

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