ASUSPRO B9440UA Ultrabook Favorite Professional and Lightest Business Laptop in the World
ASUSPRO B9440UA
Ultrabook Favorite Professional and Lightest Business Laptop in the World
Professionals or businesspeople usually crave laptops whose performance will never be slow and present a combination of thin design and light weight. ASUS is also aware of the segment, one of the staunya by presenting the line ASUSPRO B9440UA.
Design
From the design side, ASUSPRO B9440UA is clearly classified into ultrabook. This laptop has a square design that is really simple rather than a laptop generally, but still presents an elegant impression.
The most important thing of this laptop design is the weight and thickness of super light and thin. ASUSPRO B9440UA has a weight of only 1.05 kg and a thickness of only 1.5 cm. When gripped with one hand the weight of this laptop still feels light.
Keep in mind this laptop when released a few months ago, won the title of the lightest laptop in the world.
Indeed, the thickness of the very tips that made me worry about his endurance. Moreover, I also always carry a bag full of content and must be crowded on the commuter train.
So far I found this laptop quite powerful, considering the magnesium alloy material used not only makes the weight light but also strong because ASUS called the ASUSPRO B9440UA already pocketed the US MIL-STD 810G certification that the material has been tested.
Looking at the inside, I found a keyboard with a size that is still very relieved with the trackpad area and palm rest is still spacious. Standard-carried standard keyboard size without numpad on the right side.
In addition, this keyboard has backlight and spill resistant features that support users when in low light conditions or when using it in cafes while eating snacks.
Unique Hinge Structure and Flexible Keyboard
Asuspro B9440U features a unique hinge structure that not only serves to open the screen cap but also lifts the keyboard surface 7 degrees upwards. In this way, you can get a more natural typing position for the wrist. This method is quite effective to reduce sore complaints on the wrist, arms, and shoulders after you type long enough. The full 19.05 Key Pitch gives enough space between the fingers while typing. Coupled with 0.15mm key dish and 1.5mm key travel improves response and accuracy when typing fast.
Screen
ASUSPRO B9440UA screen is also an attraction, behind the laptop body design that carries the screen size of 13 inches precisely the screen that measures 14 inches. This design is obtained by making the bezel on the right, left, and top of the screen becomes very thin.
ASUSPRO B9440UA screen brings Full HD resolution with a hinge that can be rotated up to 180 degree angle. This design allows users to type with various positions both on the table and on their lap.
In some positions, sometimes the laptop screen reflects light from around the user alias glare. Lucky ASUSPRO B9440UA is smart enough to immerse the anti-glare screen in its features.
Features and Connectivity
In addition to some of the features mentioned above, ASUSPRO as a professional laptop line from ASUS still carries a complete security feature as its selling point.
First you will find the fingerprint scanner in the top right corner of the keyboard, then the BIOS key feature and the laptop HDD by using a password. This kind of feature is a compulsory feature that is always present in professional laptops or aimed at enterprise circles.
Audio features ASUSPRO B9440UA still equipped with quality audio support from Harman Kardon which I think his voice is quite loud but not broken even play music with maximum volume.
I've used it for the needs of conference calls and audio generated speakers quite well. For connectivity ASUSPRO B9440UA supported features Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1.
Unfortunately, designing the ASUSPRO B9440UA is not much available, including optical disk drives that never exist on ultrabook laptops. You can only find two Type-C USB ports on the right and left sides of the screen and 3.5 mm audio jack hole.
However, ASUSPRO B9440UA comes with a port connector that provides some ordinary USB port holes.
Performance
ASUS promises that this laptop only needs to boot a few seconds when activated before use and the claim was proven ASUSPRO B9440UA. This laptop can be turned on and off in seconds.
As a result, while waiting for the plane at the airport I can quickly activate ASUSPRO B9440UA to use it and immediately turn it off when airplane boarding calls are heard.
The ASUSPRO B9440UA runway kitchen consists of Intel Core i7-7500U 2.70Ghz and Intel HD Graphics 620 graphics cards. Looking at the graphics card used does look less resilient to professional needs such as visual design.
Even if you still want to play the game with this laptop then certainly this laptop is not suitable to play the current AAA category games that really need the performance of separate graphics card.
The CPU and GPU are powered by an LPDDR3 8GB RAM of Onboard Memory SDRAM and 512GB PCIE Gen3 SSD memory storage. During using it I opened several applications simultaneously and ASUSPRO B9440UA apparently still able to run smoothly without lag.
I also do not feel the temperature of a hot laptop when used for long periods on the lap of the thigh. The fan hole facing upwards just below the screen makes not a hint of hot wind from a laptop device regarding the thighs.
For battery life, ASUS claims ASUSPRO B9440UA can last up to 10 hours but unfortunately it is not obtained.
In testing using PCMark software with power-saving feature disabled and maximum brightness of the ASUSPRO B9440UA can only last up to 3 hours and 15 minutes.
These results are indeed battery life that is commonly found on ultrabook laptops that we have tested. At least the durability is still supported with the features of its quick charging
Reliable Resistance
To survive even in harsh environments, Asuspro B9440U laptops are tested by standard MIL-STD 810G military tests. The product testing sequence includes: endurance testing when dropped twice, 20% greater pressure test, screen hinge test up to 50,000 times open cap, and Keyboard buttons tested for durability from fast typing and high emphasis. Not only physical durability is proud of the Asuspro B9440U, but also battery life that can last long up to 10 hours thanks to 48 Wh battery support. Fast battery charging allows the battery to charge up to 50% within 30 minutes.
Conclusion
ASUSPRO B9440UA is a must-have for those of you who long for a light and thin laptop so you can carry it every day without fearing your back and shoulders hurt for carrying it all day.
With the selling price is quite expensive, ultrabook is equipped with anti-slow performance. There are features that are missing even if the function is not too vital, webcam that actually used by professionals.
ASUSPRO B9440UA is priced starting from $ 1816 [USD]
Advantages
The design is thin and light
Screen of relief
Performance is guaranteed anti-bed
Boot and fast shutdown process
Deficiency
Loss of webcam
