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October 2012
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195 Reviews
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Abstract: After having reviewed and handled nearly a dozen Ultrabooks during the past year, the flaws with the platform have become glaringly obvious. The requirements for Ultrabooks are that they need to be very thin, they need to use an Intel ULV CPU, they ...
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Published: 2012-08-25, Author: Andrew , review by: arstechnica.com
1920x1080 matte IPS display with excellent color and viewing angles, Solid construction, Great keyboard with a trackpad that has largely made up for the previous Zenbook's sins, Good performance thanks to Ivy Bridge and the included SATA 3.0 SSD
Speaker isn't very loud and sounds pretty tinny, Bloatware, of course, Our review unit had some issues with uneven lighting around the edge of the screen
The Zenbook Prime is an attractive, well-built Ultrabook with a really great screen and pretty good "everything else." The sheer number of terrible 1366x768 displays on the market makes the screen difficult to overemphasize—in a world where a $200 tablet ...
robust, high quality aluminum unibody case, pleasant keyboard with back light, excellent display, blazing application performance thanks to a fast SSD, very quiet during every day use, good sound, good battery runtime
no DisplayPort connector, no Gigabit LAN, max. 4GB RAM, different SSDs installed
The Asus Zenbook Prime UX31AThe last generation UX31E was a well-designed laptop which had very few faults that included the glossy display and low contrast. We are extremely happy with the successor. The UX31A improves on all the gripes we had with the d...
The Asus Zenbook UX31A represents an incremental evolution over the original UX31E, but the improvements are welcome. The Ivy Bridge CPU and high resolution panel finally realises the potential of the sleek chassis. The touchpad is much improved, thou...
As with many Ultrabooks, RAM and hard drive aren't upgradable. Some light bleed in display edges, As with many Ultrabooks, RAM and hard drive aren't upgradable. Some light bleed in display edges, As with many Ultrabooks
Do we like the Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A? Oh yes, in fact we love it. It has superb build quality, one of the most elegant and attractive designs on the market and that 1080p IPS display will spoil you. The MacBook Air's display will be a let down, and...
Bottom Line, Although it has its shortcomings, the Asus UX31A-DB51 (Zenbook Prime) is worthy of consideration by everyday users looking to jump into the ultrabook foray thanks to its gorgeous design, portability, and eye-popping display
Although it has its shortcomings, the Asus UX31A-DB51 (Zenbook Prime) is worthy of consideration by everyday users looking to jump into the ultrabook foray thanks to its gorgeous design, portability, and eye-popping display....
