Click to enlarge |
BenQ is a company which manufactures products for the likes of Dell, HP and several other leading notebook brands.
After several days of putting this notebook through its paces it is in my opinion that this is the best value for money notebook I have ever reviewed. It is rich in functionality with HDMI input capability and a stunningly bright screen. But above all it is the design of the notebook that stands out.
BenQ is a company which is a bit like Asus. They built their early brand reputation on great design and functionality. But unfortunately the early success of BenQ went to the heads of the directors and they decided to take on the likes of Nokia and Sony Ericsson in the European phone market. The end result was that the company nearly went broke.
Rich in capital from their OEM manufacturing operations BenQ have now gone back to the drawing board and their design studios and if their new BenQ Joybook S41 notebook is any indication of what is to come we are in for some great products.
The S41 arrived in my office late one afternoon so I took it home and loaded it with several applications including the new Microsoft Office and the Adobe CS3 suite of applications.
