Asus has had to respect the strict conditions laid down by Intel to qualify its Zenbook UX31E for the 'ultrabook' category: 2 cm thick, decent battery life and powerful processor. Sold at a little more than the Acer S3, does the UX31E also have the edge when it comes to performance?
In contrast to the S3, here the casing hasn’t been designed to create the impression of being in aluminium. Rather, it is in aluminium, from top to tail! The only bits of plastic (matte) are the frames for screen and keyboard. The UX31E therefore doesn't pick up too many marks from your fingers. There are no issues with the finish and the different parts of the chassis all fit in nicely with each other.
At first sight, the keyboard seems perfect. Once you start using it however, you find the chiclet keys are a bit shallow and if you tend to type with force when word processing, you’ll soon feel as if you’re typing on a touchscreen tablet. Nevertheless all the keys are in their usual positions, are a decent size and don't make too much keying noise.
The multitouch touchpad is much nicer to use, has plenty of surface area and the glide is fluid. We do however advise you to push the cursor speed up as far as you can (within the limitations of the Windows settings) as the default speed seems incredibly slow.
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