Ivy Bridge Zenbook with FHD IPS screen UX21A UX31A UX32A UX32VD

[Alchemist]

oh dayum! which type of card did you used?

perhaps we could get a microsd card & do some modification so that it wont be sticking out? Provided it can read a microsd card in the first place...

Earlier in this thread there is a post about a MicroSD adapter kickstarter project that makes a 1/2 height sd card that holds a microsd card so you can get a flush mount on an macbook air. The same thing should probably work fairly well with the asus.

[reddd123]

They got the UX31A i5 with 256gb ssd for $1070?!?! But no returns after opening it!

Asus 13.3" IPS Full HD Ultrabook Computer - Silver Aluminum; Intel i5-3317 (1.7Ghz) 4G DDR3 256GB SSD + TPM W7 Professional 64bit (Upgradeable to win 8 pro)

[fantik]

My result is 3DMark7: 3665
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3517U CPU @ 1.90GHz,ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. UX32VD score: 3665 PCMarks
My WEI result is: 5.9 http://oi46.tinypic.com/1z52glj.jpg
ASUS ux32wd: i7-3517u, 256GB crucial m4 slim, g.skill 8gb (ddr3-1600 cl10)

How to get better?

[Don1]

I have seen the touchscreen notebooks, but can't see how it would be usefull - touchscreen is awesome on a tablet device. How would touchscreen benefit you on a notebook?

Because the notebooks will have removable screens and become tablets on the go. However instead of the comical specs associated with the tablets today they will have all the power of modern laptops.

Asus Transformer Books announced - powerful ultrabooks with detachable displays

The difference is that a tablet is half the weight, and can be comfortably held. On an ultrabook, it would likely be sitting on a surface, and would thus be easier to just use the touchpad/mouse - Less movement, less fatigue.

It's not half the weight when the keyboard is removed. An ipad weighs 1.5 pounds, a 13 inch ultrabook can weigh as little as 2.4. Imagine what an 11 inch will weigh without the keyboard and that will have 50 times the power on an tablet in existence. MS is betting their future on it and all of the laptop maker are jumping on that bandwagon.

[laidback]

Asus UX31a vs Samsung S9 - Comparison Review

For those on the fence as to whether to buy the UX31a or Samsung S9.

[Don1]

They got the UX31A i5 with 256gb ssd for $1070?!?! But no returns after opening it!

Asus 13.3" IPS Full HD Ultrabook Computer - Silver Aluminum; Intel i5-3317 (1.7Ghz) 4G DDR3 256GB SSD + TPM W7 Professional 64bit (Upgradeable to win 8 pro)

I guess they know and you should what to expect once you do although that is a great price. That also has a TPM chip and Professional...it must be a mistake.

[fantik]

Don1
i recommend to take ux32vd with i7 and IPS/FullHD... And put inside whatever slim (7mm) SSD you like 128-512GB... Also you will get extra 32GB ssd on motherboard from Sandisk.
And I also recommend to put 8GBx1 memory inside...
With the same price you will get extra nvidia 620m gt graphics...

[bhavint007]

Hey, for those who have wiped out bloatware and all the other stuff that consumes space on the asus zenbook ux31a-db51 (like on instant on thing), how much space do you guys have left? I have 74 gb left when turning on my laptop for the first time and

should i do clean install?

[reddd123]

Don1
i recommend to take ux32vd with i7 and IPS/FullHD... And put inside whatever slim (7mm) SSD you like 128-512GB... Also you will get extra 32GB ssd on motherboard from Sandisk.
And I also recommend to put 8GBx1 memory inside...
With the same price you will get extra nvidia 620m gt graphics...

What exactly is on the iSSD? Is there system files we need on it if we put in our own ssd and install windows on that full size ssd?

[fantik]

What exactly is on the iSSD? Is there system files we need on it if we put in our own ssd and install windows on that full size ssd?

[GUIDE] UX32VD - How to install Windows 7 on the integrated 32GB SSD
I don't know what was there. I formatted it firstly and put there windows7 installation disk files for installing windows to another SSD

Now I use it as secondary SSD for backups and clone other important data from another primary SSD