The Touch model is almost a half pound heavier than the non-touch due to the increased weight of the touch panel and associated hardware. The days of miserable Asus Ultrabook trackpads is behind us: the Asus-branded trackpad works predictably with no cursor jumps, and the two mouse buttons feel just right.
There's a basic control panel for multi-touch settings and we found that two finger gestures like pinch zoom worked fine. The trackpad is overly sensitive to edge swipes, and all too often we triggered a left edge swipe that sent us back to our last used app. Maddening, but the Zenbook isn't the only Windows 8 laptop with this problem.
The keyboard has good tactile feel, laudable key travel by Ultrabook standards and a nice damped feel. It's a pleasure to type on at length. Sharpness and clarity are excellent and the display almost completely covers the Adobe sRGB spectrum for much better than average color gamut. Contrast isn't as high compared to its non-touch cousin the UX31A, though contrast levels are still good at over , and are a wee bit higher than the Samsung Series 7 Ultra with touch screen. This is a glossy display like all touch screens these days , so graphics professionals may favor the non-touch version.
But non-graphics pros will likely adore this bright, colorful and sharp Despite the glare and gloss, it has less glare than the competing Samsung Series 7 Ultra with p touch screen: in our comparison video, you'll note the Samsung looks a little washed out vs. Light bleed is Asus' middle name, and though our Touch model has less than our UX31A non-touch and Asus Transformer Android tablets, there is still some light bleed here.
The bottom edge and right lower side do indeed glow faint white when displaying a black background. It's not terribly noticeable unless backlight is set near max and the room is dark, so I'm not deducting points from our final score.
The touchscreen is responsive, and the display hinge is still up to the 90 degree mark. Push it back beyond 90 degrees and it has a slight tendency to flop back too easily. The 3 lb. We hear that some customers are getting units with Sandisk SSDs as well, but Sandisk has improved their SSD performance so we don't expect the large performance divide we saw with older Zenbook Prime models.
Interestingly, Asus chose not to take advantage of the newer and slightly faster 1. As with other Zenbook Prime This is a typical, non-upgradable Ultrabook. The laptop gets warm on the bottom but not hot, even when playing BioShock Infinite on the lowest settings and x resolution for 30 minutes. The fan is silent to almost silent during productivity use and is quite audible but not annoying when 3D gaming.
Windows Experience Index: Processor: 6. There's no NFC or 3G. It's still the poster child for what Intel imagined when they coined the Ultrabook term: thin, light, extremely stylish and quick.
Among Windows machines, it's still hard to It was a good performer, and it had a MacBook Air-esque, wedge-shaped aluminum body. Now Asus has updated its successful Zenbook design by adding a At the beginning, we posed the question whether the Zenbook Prime UX31A with touchscreen is better than the previously-tested and praise-worthy Non-Touch model.
Its closest Windows competitors are the Samsung Series 9 and Acer Aspire S7, and I guess it boils down to which kind of body asthetics you prefer since they are all specced similarly.
Honestly though, the Retina Macbook Pro 13 is looking like the better This ultraportable has the same solid build quality of its Zenbook brethren. The metal chassis won't buckle under pressure, but it still feels refreshingly light. And it's nice to see that the touchscreen didn't detract from the UX31A's famously thin frame. It also shares dimensions with its predecessor: Along the left edge, there's a USB 3. The right side is home to the power port, another USB 3.
We'll never say no to an extra layer of protection for our gadgets, and the same goes for free peripherals. Like the metal chassis, the backlit keyboard on this ultraportable is an old friend.
We've seen the slightly recessed, island-style layout on other Zenbooks -- most recently the UX51Vz -- and it's as comfortable as ever. You'll pick up your usual pace quickly, as the chiclets offer plenty of travel and are spaced far enough to prevent hitting adjacent keys. We notched our usual score on a typing test, with a very low error rate. Historically, we've had mixed experiences with Zenbook touchpads, but they're winners as of late. We had no problem executing typical Windows 8 gestures like swiping in from the right to bring up the Charms Bar, and two-finger scrolling in web pages was fluid as well.
The touchpad feels a bit sticky when you navigate with just one finger; you may occasionally have to press a field more than once for your click to register. Even with brightness set to about 70 percent, the screen kicked back bright and accurate colors. Viewing angles are very wide, but the display's glossy finish doesn't eliminate all glare -- you'll want to find an optimal, reflection-free position before settling into a Netflix marathon.
That When we took a look at the Zenbook UX51Vz, we weren't terribly bothered by the absence of a touch display although the price certainly warranted its inclusion! After reviewing all types of Win 8 devices, we've instinctively poked at non-touch displays more times than we'd like to admit -- it's just an intuitive way to navigate the Live Tile-based OS. When we kicked back with a few Arrested Development episodes, dialogue came through loud and clear.
When we streamed a Spotify playlist, though, music sounded rather tinny and harsh. With volume maxed out, you'll be able to fill a medium-sized room, but a pair of external speakers will go a long way toward a better party.
The UX31A Touch's specs are the makings of a high-end laptop: a 1. You'll notice that same snappiness in everyday use. Cold-booting into Windows 8 takes just eight seconds, and we didn't notice any lag when switching between apps and running Internet Explorer with several tabs open.
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