Bought was the jewel on Amazon. The delivery was as always fast and reliable. The Zenbook was good and securely packaged (The actual packaging of Zenbooks with "Styrofoam edge protection" in separate box which was glued with stamps and seals from Asus. This box was again in an Amazon carton with filler).
Housing, keypad, gen. Verabreitung
After unpacking so the first visual inspection. No scratches noticeable, nothing knartzt - found no damage except union - looks really chic part.
The keyboard is very good for my taste. Pleasant tactile feedback. The ClickPad is always clean back to the starting position and thereby generates annoying incorrect entries. One reviewer had complained a crooked and wavy keyboard and poor backlight. This at least I can not find in my unit - the processing is super, no housing deficiencies detected.
The same applies to the display:
no halos, no dead pixels, bold and rich colors. Nothing negative detectable.
Win 8
Here I have to confirm the previous reviews. The Win 8 Image is "ancient". After 93 updates nor the 3, x GB update for Win 8.1 (free) to download and install. That's better - Why Win 8.1 was not immediately provided here?
Partitions
The denomination to 5 (after update 6 partitions) I can not confirm with my device. Ausliefrungszustand were 2 partitions:
OS: approximately 95GB (50 GB used)
Data: approx 121GB (121 GB free)
Even after upgrading to Win 8.1 No change.
Graphics Performance
For casual games quite sufficient. Civ 5 and 3 AoW very playable at high resolutions.
Wireless
At least with my router I have no problems. The connection is constant and good. Other wireless access points I have not tried yet.
Conclusion:
I am completely satisfied with this device! Would buy again!