Good companion as an alternative to MacBook Air

Good companion as an alternative to MacBook Air

Asus UX31LA-C4048H 33.78 cm (13.3-inch) notebook (Intel Core i5 4200U 1.6GHz, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Intel HD 4400, Win 8, touch screen) silver (Personal Computers)

Customer Review

The Asus UX31LA belongs to the category of ultrabooks and must inevitably by its 13 inch Formfaktur with the Apple MacBook Air are comparable. When unpacking and initial start you realize that the Asus Ultrabook acts processed very valuable and massive, with solely the touchpad this very good impression slightly diminishes. This may seem just "good" processes and integrated click is not really well done. However, one has the FullHD touchscreen for navigation, the up to ten points (finger) register in time and can process. The keyboard is also OK. For such a slim Ultrabook, but also not to MacBook level Even her I would give a "good-satisfactory". The performance and especially the battery life is very good imo. The battery lasts like through 7-8h, if need be are certainly 10h there. Overall, this laptop is a really acceptable companion for Uni / work / on the Move.

Positives:
- "Good" FullHD touch display (sharp, very bright colors, bright enough, but somewhat uneven illumination)
- "Good" battery life of loose 7-8h
- "Very good" processing, absolutely top
- "Very good" hinges, display does not wind back, but can be opened with one hand
- "Good" keyboard backlight not perfect but ok
- Connections for me sufficient (2x USB 3.0, DisplayPort VGA adapter, micro HDMI, Audio, Multi Card Reader, USB Ethernet Adapter)
- "Very good" is the weight of negative:
- Touchpad Although responds well, but the clicks are really bad and uneven hard trigger
- Uneven brightness, but falls only in dark movie scenes
- Keypad illumination appears strongly between the keys out and is very irregular ... total rather disturbing

Conclusion:
For me, as a Windows user, it was nice to finally have really yet found an alternative to the MacBook Air. Who really wants to Windows, you should consider purchasing here. All others I would recommend MB Air, because it is simply weaken a more rounded package without real and price is now even cheaper. (August 2014)

Very satisfied 5 Rank: 5/5
November 4
Very useful 14 Rank: 5/5
October 8
Product unsatisfactory Rank: 2/5
March 23
reliability foremost Rank: 5/5
June 3

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