Asus 14" U43F Bamboo Core i5 Notebook Review
Software and Accessories
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On the software front, Asus is a little more giving. A 64-bit copy of Windows 7 Home Premium is included (thankfully, because there is 4GB of RAM in here) as well as Adobe Reader 9, Intel's Wireless Display app, a trial of Microsoft Office 2010, Windows Media Center, a set of Asus utilities, Best Buy's Software Installer (which we aren't a fan of; it feels like bloatware and dominates your screen upon the first boot-up), CyberLink's Blu-ray Disc Suite (despite the lack of a Blu-ray optical drive), Trend Micro Internet Security trial (another piece of bloatware; the full version we'd be kinder about), and NEC's USB 3.0 Host Driver (for the solo USB 3.0 port). Overall, the boot-up time isn't hindered too much by bloatware, but we'd recommend getting rid of the Trend Micro suite as soon as possible; the annoying alerts pop up far too often and impede every day work and program installation.
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