Originally Posted by Razor Ramon HG
(Post 7999771)
So after using the laptop for a few days, here's my take on the Zenbook Prime.
Design-wise, it's a very beautiful laptop. Thin and light, it's a perfect notebook for school (which I am primarily using it for). There are two USB 3.0 ports (one on each side), a headphone jack, a SD card reader, and two miniUSB ports for the HDMI/VGA adapters.
The 13.3" inch screen is the best size IMO for a notebook. It's not too big, not too small. The UX31A-DB51 model that I have comes with the IPS panel with a display resolution of 1920x1080. Because the pixel density is hig (I would've preferred a native resolution of 1600x900), it's hard to read text sometimes. Of course, I can run the laptop at a smaller resolution, but it looks off. You can increase the Windows DPI setting, but that doesn't help too much as some applications don't support it.
The keyboard is nice. Resembles the ones in current-gen Macbooks, but with a matte finish instead. It's even backlit! But because the laptop is so thin, the keyboard depth is very shallow. I often find the laptop not registering presses.
Speakers and touchpad are standard, no real complaints. The touchpad supposedly has palm detection technology, but I haven't really paid close attention to it.
Specwise, it's pretty snippy, but mostly due to the ADATA XM11 mSATA SDD on it. It's Sandforce based, so it registers very high read/writes. From the moment I press the power button, it takes about 18-20s to reach the desktop. Very fucking fast.
WEI index for reference:
Processor - 6.9
Memory - 5.9
Graphics - 5.9
Gaming Graphics - 6.4
Primary Hard Disk - 7.9
So overall, great laptop. I would recommend it if you don't mind shelling out extra dough for it.. quite pricey at $1200 after taxes.
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