First Looks: Asus Zenbook
about 5 months ago on 13 December, 2011
Asus launched the Intel Ultrabook platform, the delicious looking Zenbook recently. Available in 11″ and 13″ form factors, Asus demonstrated that they understand efficiency and beauty in their sweet packaging. We take a first looks on the UX31 with special mention on the difference with UX21.
Specifications:
| Model | ASUS ZENBOOK™ UX21 (Ultrabook™) | ASUS ZENBOOK™ UX31 (Ultrabook™) |
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7 2677M Processor Intel® Core™ i5 2467M Processor Intel® Core™ i3 2367M Processor |
Intel® Core™ i7 2677M Processor Intel® Core™ i5 2557M Processor |
| Operating System | Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64bit Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 bit Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic 64 bit This version contains all product updates (SP1) |
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64bit Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 bit Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic 64 bit This version contains all product updates (SP1) |
| Z-height | 3mm at the front; 9mm at the rear | 3mm at the front; 9mm at the rear |
| Main Memory | DDR3 1333MHz 2GB/4GB (on board) | DDR3 1333MHz 4GB (on board) |
| Screen | 11.6 (16:9) | 13.3 (16:9) |
| Backlight/ Resolution | 450 nits HD 1366×768 | 450 nits HD+ 1600X900 |
| Instant on | Always resume in 2 seconds | Always resume in 2 seconds |
| USB charger+ | Y | Y |
| I/O port | 6 (USB2.0 / USB3.0 / audio jack / DC jack / microHDMI / miniVGA) | 7 (USB2.0 / USB3.0 / audio jack / DC jack / microHDMI / miniVGA / SD card reader) |
| USB3.0 | 1 Port | 1 Port |
| SSD Generation | SATAIII SSD (64G/128G/256G) | SATAIII SSD (128G/256G) |
| BT | Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| Battery | 35W (5+ hrs) | 50W (7+hrs) |
| Mic | MEMS MIC (Digital MIC) | MEMS MIC (Digital MIC) |
| Keyboard | 268 Chiclit KB | 286 Chiclit KB |
| Camera | 0.3M | 0.3M |
| Audio | Bang & Olufsen ICEpower® SonicMaster | Bang & Olufsen ICEpower® SonicMaster |
The installed SSD has 128GB of physical storage, but due to operating system and back up reserve some of it may not be accessible or visible.
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Mohd Hisham
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