It's only got 4GB of RAM though so don't try and run too much at once or you'll quickly find it shedding tears. Performance was swift and pleasant with general computing tasks - we experienced quick loading times and very little lag when switching between browser windows and tabs during intense multitasking.

That's really not good enough to allow you to do much by way of gaming - unless you consider Solitaire and Minesweeper to be games - but the graphics power it does have will lend a hand when it comes to processing high-definition video and editing photos. To see how it handles 3D graphics, we booted up the 3DMark06 benchmark and received a score of 3,684. Of course, some of that extra cash for the P770 pays for the 17-inch screen, which will suit those of you wanting a media machine with a bigger screen than the K53E's 15-inch display. The P770 comes in at £730 so you're getting a lot of bang for your buck with the K53E. You can find similar performance in bigger, more expensive machines such as the Toshiba Satellite P770. That's about what we would expect from a machine with these specs so we're satisfied. We booted up the PCMark05 benchmark test and were given a score of 7,467. Those are the specs you'd see on a higher priced machine so we were hoping for a decent performance for the money. The K53E has an Intel Core i5-2410M processor, running at 2.3GHz and backed up by 4GB RAM. If you do want a more special movie-watching experience, you can simply connect it to a TV using the HDMI port. It has a resolution of 1,366x768 pixels, which isn't great, but it's fine for most computing tasks and web browsing. Do I select the most recent or is a step up update where I need to install first update first and work my way through. Just want to know how to go about updating. The 1,366x768-pixel screen is good enough for everyday use. I've run the update from asus website and its given loads of updates for the notebook with some not even sure the devices are on the notebook.

Asus live update for k53e laptop