ASUS Zenbook Prime review (UX51Vz): a blazing 15-inch Ultrabook with a lofty price
Engadget
25 December 2012
Summary: The Zenbook Prime UX51Vz is easily the most powerful Ultrabook available, but underwhelming battery life -- and a sky-high price tag -- temper our enthusiasm somewhat.
Conclusion: The Asus ZenBook UX51Vz-DH71 is a power users' ultraportable, with a quad-core CPU and high-end 3D graphics.
Pros: 1080p IPS screen. Quad-core i7 processor. Nvidia GT 650M graphics. Twin SSDs in a RAID array. Subwoofer. Good sound for a laptop. Additional damage and screen warranty...
Cons: Mini-VGA, not Mini-DisplayPort. No touch screen. Middling battery life.
Conclusion: There are few competitors that can match this laptop. Overall, it’s among the best laptops we’ve tested. Only the MacBook Pro 15-inch with Retina might stand toe-to-toe.
Pros: Great build quality, Attractive, Excellent touchpad, Class-leading 1080p display, Superb audio quality, Above-average battery life, Solid performance in every benchmark
Cons: Fan is louder than average at load, Expensive
Summary: The ASUS Zenbook UX51Vz delivers strong graphics performance and a full HD screen in a sleek design, making it an excellent 15-inch Windows 8 Ultrabook.
Pros: Attractive brushed aluminum design; Comfortable keyboard and touchpad; Excellent audio; Full HD display with wide viewing angles; Good graphics performance; Long batte...
Asus Zenbook UX51VZ review / Asus U500 – top notch 15 inch ultraportable
ultrabookreview.com
14 September 2012
Summary: The Asus Zenbook U500 is a premium thin and light 15 inch laptop, one of the best in its class and for sure one of the most popular in the months to come.
Pros: sleek looks and sturdy build quality; thin and light for a 15 incher; excellent display, audio system and performances; good keyboard; plenty of ports; includes extern...
Cons: gets hot; trackpad is sometimes jumpy (also noticed on this sample: potential throttling problems)
Excerpt: Tweet The Asus Zenbook has impressed us time and again, first with the Zenbook ultrabook, and then with the Windows 8 version, the Zenbook Prime.
Summary: ASUS ist mit dem Zenbook UX51VZ ein Premium-Notebook der Superlative gelungen, das sehr vieles richtig macht und vom Käufer nur kleine Kompromisse abverlangt.
Pros: flaches und toll verarbeitetes Gehäuse, vergleichsweise leicht, hohe CPU-Leistung, SSD-RAID, sehr gutes und helles IPS-Display