The Asus Zenbook UX31-RSL8 is a 13.3 inch ultrabook with an Intel Core i5 Ivy Bridge processor, 128GB solid state disk, and Windows 7 Home Premium. It’s not exactly a state-of-the-art ultrabook, but it’s still one of the thinnest and lightest notebooks around, measuring 0.7 inches thick and weighing 2.9 pounds. Newegg is selling refurbished […]
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Asus Zenbook UX31 ultrabook review
The Asus Zenbook UX31 was one of the first ultrabooks to hit the market in late 2011. Four months later, there’s plenty of competition in the thin and light laptop space, but the UX31 is still one of the most impressive specimens of the ultrabook species. It’s thin, light and attractive. It boots quickly and […]
The first Asus Zenbooks are now available for purchase
Just a day after Asus introduced its new Zenbook ultraportable laptops, the first few models are available for purchase. The Zenbook line of laptops feature thin and light case designs, solid state storage, and software designed to offer long battery life and quick resume from standby. Intel calls these ultrabooks, but Asus uses the Zenbook […]
Asus introduces the Zenbook ultraportable laptop line for $999 and up
Asus has introduced a new line of thin and light laptops which will go on sale October 12th for $999 and up. These are the Asus UX21 and Asus UX31 laptops the company first introduced in June, but Asus is giving the laptops a new name: Zenbook. The Asus Zenbook line will come in 5 […]
Will Asus rebrand its ultrabooks as “Zenbooks?”
This summer Intel rolled out a new platform for thin and light computers called ultrabooks. Basically an ultrabook is a notebook that weighs less than 3 pounds, measures less than 0.8 inches thick, and costs less than $1000. Oh yeah, and since Intel came up with the idea, they pretty much have to have the […]
Asus to launch UX series ultrabooks October 11th
An ultrabook is a thin and light laptop which weighs less than three pounds, measures less than 0.8 inches thick, and has a starting price of under $1000. Intel coined the term this summer and also wants ultrabooks to have solid state disks and the latest Intel processors, although not every manufacturer seems to be on […]
Here are the first 5 “ultrabooks”
Ultrabooks are a new class of thin and light laptop which measure less than 0.8 inches thick, typically have solid state disks, and offer long battery life and the kind of overall performance you’d expect from a full sized laptop. Intel coined the word “ultrabook” this summer and started pushing a reference platform for laptop […]
Asus to launch 5 or more ultrabooks for $799 and up in October
Intel is pushing ultrabooks as a new category of thin, light, and affordable laptops with fast processors and fanless case designs. Imagine a computer that weighs about as much as a netbook but which packs as much power as a full-sized laptop and has a larger display and keyboard to boot. That’s an ultrabook. While […]