Advan strongly continues to penetrates the market with entry-level all-round economic products for various needs. After last year’s series brings Intel-based Soulmate, Advan again presents the same series based on AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) processors through Soulmate model M4. Through this collaboration with AMD, Advan expand its portfolio to delivered affordable notebook for users with limited budgets. Although relatively inexpensive, Soulmate M4 which is sold at Rp 3 million of this has turned out pretty features and abilities for entry-level class.
Actually AMD also has the fusion product line. This product was successfully hit by a landslide Atom, the entry-level segmentation with economical price. However, more feature-based notebooks APU series Radeon HD6000 graphics capabilities, while the performance of the processor itself is not too fast. For this reason, AMD raises Athlon II N330 CPU that is faster than the ranks of the early model APU (E-350). N330 processor is embedded in the notebook Soulmate M4.As with previous models, Advan bring in Soulmate M4 design that looks simple. This can be seen from plastic materials and finishes which tend to mediocre on the keyboard and surrounding area. The only thing that draw only on the cover of the screen that looks glossy. Available
in 4 attractive colors (red, blue, silver, and black). Advan manufacturer that has an assembly plant in Semarang, Indonesia so they can reduce the production cost and certainly the output is cheaper price products.
Because there are no very special features in this notebook, let’s talk about the performance.Athlon II used N330 2.3 GHz speed. A middle-class mobile processor with enough performance equivalent to Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13 GHz. Basically, this processor is faster than Intel’s Ultra Low-Voltage model (such as series-380UM i3 i5 1.33 GHz and 1.07 GHz-520UM). With a price range Rp 3, 6 million, Soulmate M4 quite tempting for those who need standard mobile computing. At least, this notebook can be matched with an Intel Pentium-based notebook P6000 (who also entered the low-budget). With the position in the ranking of 6 in the best-selling brand in Indonesia (based on research by IDC (International Data). Local brands are able to compete with products from other famous International brands.
Deatiled Specifications:
Processors : AMD Athlon II N330 (2.3 GHz, 1 MB cache, 533 MHz FSB)
RAM : 1 GB, DDR3 667 MHz
Chipset : AMD 785GX
Graphics card : Radeon HD 4250 (256MB)
Harddrive : Toshiba 250GB SATA II
Optical drives : DVD ± R
Facilities : WiFi b / g, LAN, card reader (4-in-1), USB (3), HDMI, VGA- out, Webcam.
Screen : 14-inch, 1366×768 pixel resolution
Sound Card : IDT 92HD
Operating System : Free DOS
Battery : 4400 mAh
Dimensions : 34.6 x23, 8×3, 5 cm
Weight : 2.2 kg
Warranty : 1 year
Website : http://www.advandigital.com
Interesting Facts:
Air Flow
As the notebook realese heat from it’s machine, the Advan provides air holes for the air flows out. But unfortunately, the discharge of hot air flow near the back of the hand (palmrest). This is sometimes annoying because of the hot air blast that hit the left hand.
Plain Design
The touchpad and palm rest area comes with a flat plain design.
Comprehensive Casing
Casing at the bottom to cover all sections. Consequently, to replace the RAM or hard drive, you must open the whole casing installed..
Pros:
• Average performance
• Affordable price.
Cons:
• Rough finishing
• Little bit heavy
• Without Bluetooth and FireWire.
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