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Even when streaming Crackle video for 45 minutes, the hottest surface (bottom) never rose above 81F. Impressive and unusual for a very slim metal notebook, since these tend to transfer heat. Neither do the keyboard or wrist rest area. Run it for an hour, and the bottom doesn't get hot. In a cold room, the UX31 is very cold to the touch. The MacBook Air looks understated in comparison, though we wouldn't call the Zenbook gaudy or even flashy. The Zenbook looks like a prop for an ultramodern operating room or seriously upscale home of the future.

The lid looks more like stainless steel, while the wrist rest area and bottom panel are lighter brushed aluminum. Here it diverges from the Air: though they both share unibody aluminum designs, Asus went with a darker metal lid that has concentric rings that refract light in interesting ways.

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The Zenbook just might one-up Apple's best selling portable when it comes to esthetic design and materials. If Apple has a patent on razor thin silvery notebooks, we could see yet another lawsuit. Lenovo's sticking with their unique and attractive library-themed journal book look that hails back to the Lenovo IdeaPad U260.

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At any rate, it's no longer a disaster and I find it more pleasant to use than many Windows machines' trackpads (disclaimer: my main work machine is a 2011 MacBook Air 13' running Mac OS X Lion).Ĭlearly both the Asus Zenbook and Acer Aspire S3 go after the MacBook Air's design. Is it nearly as good as a MacBook Air running Windows? Yes. Is it as good as the MacBook Air running Lion? Not quite.

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Why wasn't this wasn't pushed via the update service? We updated the bios to version 206 and what a difference a firmware makes: the trackpad is now a well-mannered beast with predictable and controlled cursor movement and solid multi-touch for features like two-finger scrolling and pinch zooming. So we visited Asus' support website and voila, there's a bios update that addresses trackpad bugs. That helped things but it still wasn't ideal. When we booted our retail purchased Zenbook UX31, Asus' update utility prompted us to download an updated trackpad driver. We've seen a lot of this in 2011 from tablets to smartphones where the ship date precedes the final, or working, software. Fast forward a few weeks and it's another case of 'release it now, fix it later'. Pre-release reviews of the UX21 (the 11.6' version) and UX31 lamented the very roomy but wonky capacitive trackpad. So out of the gate, it looks like the Zenbook will be the ultrabook to beat. It's thinner than Lenovo's U300s ultrabook and starts with a faster Intel Core i5 ULV CPU vs. Asus, never a stranger to aggressive pricing, came in pretty close at $1,099 for the Core i5 with 4 gigs of RAM and a 128 gig SSD.

Acer brought their Aspire S3 in at $899, but it skimped on some Intel requirements like an SSD drive (it has a 320 gig spinning hard drive and a 20 gig flash drive to speed hibernate and resume) and they went with plastics and a lower quality display. Hmmm, there's a reason the MacBook Air isn't cheap. Their target price was $1,000 or under, but manufacturers haven't been able to produce these high end ultraportables for that little on average.

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Intel knows this, so they started the 'ultrabook' initiative to get Windows PC makers on board to make ultraportables that are under 0.8' thick, are fast, have an SSD drive and quick boot/resume times. We're not Mac obsessed, but the 2011 Air has become the ultraportable to beat thanks to its high quality, performance, supreme thinness and portability. Is it the best Ultrabook? That depends on your needs, but as one of the earliest, it did earn our Editor's Choice award, and that still stands. The machines are available with ULV Intel Core i5 and i7 CPUs, 4 gigs of RAM and a SATA III SSD drive. Asus makes both an 11.6' UX21 and the 13.3' UX31 we look at in this review. And it's $200 less than the 13' MacBook Air entry level model. Want MacBook Air size, weight and even looks along with a Windows style keyboard, USB 3.0, HDMI and a higher resolution display that's bright enough to combat the great outdoors? The UX31 has you covered.

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It has a 1080p matte display and Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs.įor Windows-loving road warriors and coffee shop live-ins, the Asus Zenbook UX31 is ambrosia. In Chief (twitter: Update, July 2012: Read our review of the Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A that replaces this model. What's not: Keyboard requires a firm touch and has low travel: not our choice for writers. What's hot: Very fast, super-thin and light, all metal design, high res display. Home > Notebook Reviews and Ultrabook Reviews > Asus Zenbook UX31