ASUS E410 review – battles the impracticality of affordable notebooks

Design and construction

Surprise, surprise – the entire laptop is made out of plastic. It has a profile of 18-18.4mm and weighs 1.30 kg. This makes it pretty portable, and almost unnoticeable when you hold it around.

Unfortunately, the build quality is not great. We find flex in both the lid and the base. Yes, it is expected, considering the price point.
However, we found almost no structural support on the inside.

As expected, the lid cannot be opened with one hand. On the bright side, the side bezels are thin, while the top one features a VGA Web camera.

Moving to the base, we find a keyboard that sports a backlight. We don’t need to mention how rare this is at this price point. In addition, the key travel is pretty average, while the feedback is clicky, but not very even. Overall, we give the keyboard a pass.

The touchpad, on the other hand, is very interesting. It has decent tracking, and pretty responsive input, but what makes it stand out is the NumberPad functionality. Unlike the Vivobooks and the Zenbooks that sport the same feature, the ASUS E410 has the numbers and symbols printed, instead of backlight-activated.

Turn the laptop upside down, and you will only find a couple of speaker grills. There is practically no ventilation, because of the passive cooling solution inside.

Ports

On the left side, there is the power plug, followed by an HDMI 1.4 connector, a USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port, a USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 1) port, and an Audio jack. Then, on the right, you only get a USB Type-A 2.0 port.

Author: Alex Iliev

Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.

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