ASUS Notebook (Lightweight, A4 size, strong)?

patrick295767 · 03-26-2016, 04:51 AM

Hello,

I own a Notebook ASUS X200M (herewith a pic). It is a awesome machine. Furthermore, you can buy it without Windows!! I bought it with preinstalled FREEDOS, and then installing Linux was very simple. No windozed uefi/boot locking.
ASUS is a very nice company. Furthermore ASUS supports opensource.

The X200M is about 120-140 gramms only. I ordered it with two power supplies, one for work and one for on-trips.

I am looking for a quite similar replacement from the same producer ASUS. I would be happy to have a NVIDIA rather than HD Intel graphics, but it seems that it is not possible. Which one would you recommend?

The lightweight, strong build and A4 (21cm x 29cm) would be ideal.

I dont want a movable screen to make it as a tablet, because I will loose of the rocky strong and antishock features.

herewith the today's specs:

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Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium N3520 2.166GHz Quad Core

Operating System Linux Debian

Memory (RAM) 4GB DDR3

Storage (HDD) 500GB SATA 5400RPM

Optical Drive None

Screen 11.6" LED Touch Screen

Graphic Integrated

Card Reader SD

Camera HD Web Camera

Networking 802.11bgn Wireless

Ethernet Bluetooth 4.0

Audio Built-in Speakers and Microphone

Interface 1 x Microphone-in jack / Headphone-out jack
1 x VGA External Display Port
1 x HDMI External Display Port
1 x RJ45 LAN Ethernet Port
2 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0

Warranty New with 1 year Manufacturer Warranty

1 Year ASUS Accidental Damage Protection (1 Claim)

The installation of WLAN is also very simple, and it is working well on Debian.

Code:

lscpu
lscpu 
Architecture:          i686
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                2
On-line CPU(s) list:   0,1
Thread(s) per core:    1
Core(s) per socket:    2
Socket(s):             1
Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
CPU family:            6
Model:                 55
Stepping:              3
CPU MHz:               1866.531
BogoMIPS:              3733.57
Virtualization:        VT-x
L1d cache:             24K
L1i cache:             32K
L2 cache:              1024K

Code:

lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
vmnet                  41805  13 
fuse                   52144  2 
vsock                  37705  0 
vmci                   54772  1 vsock
vmmon                  55844  0 
parport_pc             22036  0 
ppdev                  12651  0 
lp                     12797  0 
parport                31254  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
cryptd                 14125  0 
aes_i586               16647  1 
aes_generic            32970  1 aes_i586
nfsd                  173890  2 
nfs                   265953  0 
nfs_acl                12463  2 nfs,nfsd
auth_rpcgss            32143  2 nfs,nfsd
fscache                31978  1 nfs
lockd                  61373  2 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc                143904  6 lockd,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl,nfs,nfsd
ext2                   49826  0 
nls_utf8               12416  1 
nls_cp437              12417  1 
ext4                  306996  1 
crc16                  12327  1 ext4
jbd2                   52330  1 ext4
vfat                   17116  1 
fat                    44497  1 vfat
isofs                  30576  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   142267  0 
arc4                   12418  2 
ath9k                  58983  0 
uvcvideo               56896  0 
ath9k_common           12648  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              311433  2 ath9k_common,ath9k
snd_hda_intel          21786  0 
snd_hda_codec          63477  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
ath                    17114  3 ath9k_hw,ath9k_common,ath9k
videodev               61658  1 uvcvideo
mac80211              171389  1 ath9k
media                  13692  2 videodev,uvcvideo
snd_hwdep              12943  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                53461  2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc         12867  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
coretemp               12770  0 
snd_seq                39512  0 
snd_seq_device         13016  1 snd_seq
snd_timer              22356  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    42722  8 snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_seq,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
i2c_core               19116  1 videodev
cfg80211              113445  3 mac80211,ath,ath9k
rts_bpp               189311  0 
crc32c_intel           12659  0 
joydev                 17010  0 
rfkill                 18516  2 cfg80211
soundcore              12921  1 snd
pcspkr                 12515  0 
evdev                  17225  6 
ext3                  134152  1 
mbcache                12938  3 ext3,ext4,ext2
jbd                    47281  1 ext3
usbhid                 31554  0 
hid                    64284  1 usbhid
sg                     21476  0 
sd_mod                 35425  5 
crc_t10dif             12332  1 sd_mod
xhci_hcd               67893  0 
ahci                   24917  4 
libahci                18373  1 ahci
libata                125014  2 libahci,ahci
scsi_mod              135037  4 libata,sd_mod,sg,rts_bpp
usbcore               104555  4 xhci_hcd,usbhid,uvcvideo
r8169                  41830  0 
mii                    12595  1 r8169
usb_common             12338  1 usbcore

Code:

lspci 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView SSA-CUnit (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView Gen7 (rev 0c)
00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 0c)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView SEC (rev 0c)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation ValleyView High Definition Audio Controller (rev 0c)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView Power Control Unit (rev 0c)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation ValleyView SMBus Controller (rev 0c)
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5286 (rev 01)
03:00.2 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 06)

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yooy · 03-26-2016, 01:11 PM

I always go for "free os" when buying laptop. Secondary requsite is kernel compatible wifi and graphics that you can check on your friend laptop or physical store with bootable usb flash. Investing money in graphics is useful when one would play 3d accelerated games. Best buy may depend on your usage plan so if possible, make it and post it here.
Limiting choices to one manufacturer? Mostly choose about case quality&design. Logo on monitor back? -it is all the same.

maples · 03-27-2016, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrick295767

I bought it with preinstalled FREEDOS

Out of curiosity, is FreeDOS usable as a "normal" everyday operating system? Or do they just throw it on their computers so they can say "Hey, here's a free OS" without having to actually configure something like Ubuntu to work on it?

yooy · 03-28-2016, 06:36 AM

When i worked in computers store we sold linux laptop. Guy wanted to have GUI Linux, but get cli linux that was not able to boot in to cli! I installed PinguyOS (OS with non-free drivers) and heck! wifi card was kernel incompatible. Sad story, if you want linux laptop, ask here, don't go to store, I have free shipping worldwide!

patrick295767 · 03-28-2016, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yooy

I always go for "free os" when buying laptop. Secondary requsite is kernel compatible wifi and graphics that you can check on your friend laptop or physical store with bootable usb flash. Investing money in graphics is useful when one would play 3d accelerated games. Best buy may depend on your usage plan so if possible, make it and post it here.
Limiting choices to one manufacturer? Mostly choose about case quality&design. Logo on monitor back? -it is all the same.

bootable usb pendrive:
Unetbootin is really an highly awful method to install/put linux on a pendrive.
Furthermore unetbootin is likely not to work.

I like the booting of antix since it works on any machines.

Ubuntu booting is not reliable, and mostly never work on modern machines.

patrick295767 · 03-28-2016, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yooy

When i worked in computers store we sold linux laptop. Guy wanted to have GUI Linux, but get cli linux that was not able to boot in to cli! I installed PinguyOS (OS with non-free drivers) and heck! wifi card was kernel incompatible. Sad story, if you want linux laptop, ask here, don't go to store, I have free shipping worldwide!

I believe that yes. Anyone using Freedos?

Me I use mostly my own ncurse environment for remaning highly efficient. Dont you see that MS Office killed the productivity ?

patrick295767 · 04-16-2016, 02:24 AM

I believe that ASUS could have more models.

ASUS 11" notebooks could have a wider range of perfs

X200 is quite nice in terms of size and perfs.

patrick295767 · 04-16-2016, 02:41 AM

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LIST OF NOTEBOOKS 11.6" Zoll
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The Asus EeeBook X205TA offers excellent battery life, a solid display ... (2.16-GHz Intel N2840 CPU) <-- loosy cpu one!
Lenovo's S21e is more of a large netbook than a small laptop—but it also ... Inside, we have an Intel Celeron processor (the N2840, <-- loosy cpu one!

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lenovo helix 1500$ core m
hp elite x2 1011
hp EliteBook Revolve 8100 1000-1500$ icore5
http://www.ultrabookreview.com/2375-...ch-ultrabooks/
ASUS?

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The new Braswell-based N3150 is a much slower on the CPU side, at 1.6GHz / 2.08GHz, but offers faster RAM, significantly improved graphics hardware (ameliorated somewhat by lower base and turbo clocks on the GPU side) and a 6W TDP. That’s a 20% reduction on Bay Trail’s previous — we picked chips at the top of Intel’s TDP range because the high-end cores are the most likely to hit those figures. 1.5W may not sound like much, but in a 30Whr battery that’s the difference between four and five hours of runtime.

the best is probably:
Asus F200LA-CT022H 29,4 cm (11,6 Zoll) Netbook (Intel Core i3 4010U, 1,7GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Intel HD, Win 8, Touchscreen) schwarz