Toward the end of 2012 I was in the market for an ultraportable notebook with a 1600 x 900 pixel or higher resolution display, and at the time the best options around seemed to be the Asus Zenbook UX31 and the Samsung Series 9. Both laptops tended to sell for close to $1000, so when […]
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Deals of the Day (4-03-2013)
Tired of notebooks with 1366 x 768 pixel displays? There are a growing number of laptops with higher-resolution screens. While they usually also carry higher prices, the difference is getting smaller all the time. Today’s daily deals roundup includes a few ultrabooks with high resolution displays including Asus Zenbook UX31 and Samsung Series 9 models […]
Deals of the Day (11-29-2012)
Asus sells a number of ultrabooks under the Zenbook name, but the refurbished Zenbook UX31-RSL8 is one of the cheapest you’ll find. It’s a thin and light notebook with 4GB of RAM, a 128GB solid state disk, and a 13.3 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display. Newegg is selling the notebook for $650. While it […]
Deals of the Day (3-12-2012)
The Asus Zenbook UX31E is one of the only 13.3 inch notebooks available with a high resolution 1600 x 900 pixel display… and right now it’s also one of the cheapest thanks to a $150 instant rebate at Office Depot which brings the price down to $899.99. Here are some of today’s best deals on […]
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 […]
CES 2012: PC makers really want you to like ultrabooks
Ultrabooks are big news at CES this year. Acer, Samsung, Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba all introduced new models. The Intel booth looks like ultrabook Central this year, with tablets and netbooks relegated to a tiny corner of the show floor, and other devices virtually non-existent. And Intel kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show with a […]