Asus Zenbook UX31 notebook
Lately, Ultrabook market has been concerned by notebook manufacturers. Right after Acer released its first Ultra thin laptop called Aspire S3, Asus also thrown its device, the Zenbook series. This review will talk about one of the Zenbook line, the UX31 notebook that has been released at October 2011.
Asus UX31 Spesifications
The 13.3-inch UX31 packs a 1.7GHz Core i5-2557M with Turbo Boost up to 2.4GHz for both cores, integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 GPU, 4GB DDR3 RAM which is unupgradeable, 128GB SATA III SSD and a max of 1600×900 resolution display. For the connectivity options it includes a USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 port, a 3.5mm audio jack, Card Reader: 2-in-1 (SD/MMC), Wlan and bluetooth. The UX31 Zenbook includes a built-in 6840mAh which has up to 7 hours 30 min on one charge. Overall it weighs about 1.3 kg and only 3mm thick on its front edge and 9mm thick on its rear.
Asus UX31 Review
The Asus UX31 has the good construction of its aluminum alloy as well as the comfortable keyboard. The screen is quite bright and has high enough resolution. Unfortunately, a matte screen will be a better option if available and the touchpad driver need to be updated to improve its precision and usability.
The Storage which uses the SATA III SSD is really impressive because of the speed. Still the competing Acer Ultrabook has more attractive option of its hybrid SSD and HDD setup.
Asus UX31 Price
So, how much money we should grab to get the Asus UX31? The tested model above has $1099 price tag. The buyers can get another model with the 256GB SSD, but costs around $300 more.