Although the ASUS W1B00Na isn’t intended for extensive work in field conditions, I measured its battery run-down time with the help of Battery Eater Pro 2.30 at the maximum and minimal screen brightness settings in several test modes:

• Classic – the system bears the maximum load;
• Reader’s test;
• DVD watch test.

The results are tabled below:

You can get a nice battery life bonus by reducing the brightness of the notebook’s screen. At the minimal brightness it is even possible to read text, for example. However, this mode doesn’t suit for watching DVD movies since the colors and the contrast worsen too much.

So, by dropping the brightness to the minimum, you gain the following time bonus:

• 26 minutes in the classic mode;
• 44 minutes in the reader’s mode.

The results of the Battery Eater Pro 2.30 test are presented in the following diagram:

Conclusion

The ASUS W1B00Na notebook I’ve been testing today features good performance, functionality and ergonomics as well as excellent design. Minor drawbacks include the plastic magnetic gag that covers the connectors at the left panel (it’s inconvenient when you use the card-reader), and too low volume level during DVD playback (although this may be a defect of our particular sample).

This model surely deserves your attention, and its integrated TV-tuner makes it an all-purpose digital center for work and entertainment. However, the W1B00Na is somewhat worse than the competing models without a tuner as concerns the price/performance ratio.