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Note: This article was first published on 17th March 2016.Now that Intel's sixth-generation Skylake processors are out, manufacturers have begun to roll out the latest convertibles and ultrabooks packed with the latest hardware in full force. Thanks to Sk...
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ozlaptopreviews.com Updated:
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It is rare to see a Taiwanese computer and electronics company such as Asus accomplish so much within a few years. From powering motherboards to creating premium grade laptops, Asus has been at the forefront of the technological market for quite some time...
Fantastic design and solid aluminium build material, Fairly lightweight and easy to carry around, Priced reasonably lower than the competing Ultrabooks, Impressive 8GB RAM for smooth and optimized performance, The fan-less design makes the Ultrabook s...
Absence of the keyboard backlight deters from typing in low light conditions, The fan-less design makes the laptop heat up when used for a longer period, The processor is mediocre and may slow down during heavy operation...
Asus does a fine job of making the Zenbook UX305FA-FC004P look as elite and cutting-edge as the models developed by the top players in the industry. With several upsides in terms of design, prolonged battery life and satisfactory performance, the UX305FA...
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But now the decidedly less schizophrenic Windows 10 has arrived, this semi-premium Ultrabook suddenly makes so much more sense. Let's get one thing out of the way. The ZenBook UX305 is a machine you buy as much for style and portability as outright perfo...
Asus is pitching the UX305 as a Windows competitor to the admittedly more powerful MacBook Air. And it's done a good job. The Asus machine is cheaper, slimmer, lighter, more stylish and has more in the way of ports. Even if you set those qualities at noug...
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chip.com.my Updated:
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A mobile office is something that is needed by many in the fast paced world we live in. Of course the days of lugging around heavy notebooks is a thing of the past, in the day of tablets and lightweight machines. But then what if you really want the form...
Thin design, Full HD Screen, Full complement of ports...
Stiff buttons on touchpad, Core M is enough just for productivity...
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The ZenBook UX305 is the latest Ultrabook offering from Asus. When I last reviewed one of their products – the hybrid T300 Chi – it greatly impressed me. The UX305 is a similar device, with a Core M processor, 8GB RAM and another SanDisk M.2 SSD. This tim...
Incredibly thin and light, Core M and an SSD work well together, Silent operation, Impressive battery life...
Lafité is available for £150 less, No Ethernet port, Only 80GB SSD storage after Windows is installed...
Taken on its own, the Asus UX305 is a superb Ultrabook. It offers fantastic build quality, with the 1.2kg weight and 12mm thickness being the clear standout aspects of the design. It is simply a gorgeous laptop. The UX305 is not just about appearances, th...
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More and more manufacturers are jumping at the chance to integrate the Intel Core M processor in their laptops. Lenovo has the sexy and slim Yoga 3 Pro , while Asus has the Transformer Book T300 Chi and this, the ZenBook UX305. Boasting a thickness of onl...
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The ASUS ZenBook is a piece of super-thin ultrabook that is set directly to the portable-yet-decent-performance market, particularly the MacBook Air's segment in the market, though on Windows. In short though, I have to say that ASUS did a very good job.T...
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Theinquirer.net Updated:
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THE ZENBOOK UX305 starts at £649 and is one of the more affordable models in Asus' ZenBook series that has made the Taiwanese firm a four-year veteran of producing slim but strong ultrabooks...
Thin and lightweight, great keyboard, lots of ports, cheap for an ultrabook...
Uninspiring performance, small SSD...
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theaustralian.com.au Updated:
2016-12-30 15:17:05
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Listen really closely, and you can hear the cries of Windows laptop users.Windows 10 is truly great, but it doesn't put an end to the affliction caused by inferior screens, carpal-tunnel-inducing trackpads, Tupperware-like plastic, short-lived batteries...
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apcmag.com Updated:
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What's still clear is just how portable this ZenBook is, with its 12.3mm girth and a 1.2kg total weight, the UX305 looks and feels like an impressively-built Windows counterpart to the MacBook Air. But peer a little harder and that initial impression does...
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The mid-range notebook PC is usually more about compromise and price than spec or quality. Engineering a notebook to a specific price point isn't an easy task and some concessions to spec and build are inevitable.I was, however, pleasantly surprised by As...
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v3.co.uk Updated:
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The ZenBook UX305 starts at £649 and is one of the more affordable models in Asus' ZenBook series that has made the Taiwanese firm a four-year veteran of producing slim but strong ultrabooks. Competing devices commonly nudge the £1,000 mark, including th...
Thin and lightweight, great keyboard, lots of ports, cheap for an ultrabook...
Uninspiring performance, small SSD, ugly anti-glare coating...
Well-built, affordable and boasting a long battery life, the ZenBook UX305 has a lot to offer casual users. However, limited processing power and a general lack of enterprise-friendly features cause it to fall just short of its potential...
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hungrygeeks.ph Updated:
2016-12-30 15:17:05
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This is a notebook that you can expect to get quite a lot of attention in the near future and currently has a bit of buzz because it is firing shots directly at Apple's current MacBook Air and the upcoming Macbook. It is similar in specs but almost half t...
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The Asus Zenbook UX305 just arrived in the Philippines last month, and it's a really an interesting device as it's beautiful, fairly affordable, and running on Intel's recently released Core M CPU.We were given around a few days to a week to play around w...
Beautiful and lightweight design, Sharp and vibrant 1080p matte display, Complete with ports, Trackpad gestures, Affordable, Decent to great performance, Great battery life...
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The UX305 is ASUS' latest offering in their Zenbook range of Ultrabook, one that is of a very slim form factor that quite resembles that of the Apple Macbook 2015. The UX305 carries the signature silver circular brushed metal finish that's the common trai...
The ASUS Zenbook UX305 Ultrabook's retail price starts from RM 2,399.The RM 2,399 variant uses a Intel Core M-5Y10 processor, has 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD.Take a step up to RM 2,799 and you get the same specs with 8GB RAM anad 256GB SSD.There are 2 models av...
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Finding the right laptop should be about feel and comfort as much as it is about specs. For many of us, the specs don't matter that much. What we value most in a Windows-based laptop is easy portability, good keys, connectivity features, and something tha...
Slim, light, and attractive build, Three USB 3.0 ports and micro-HDMI built in, Fast SSD write speed...
Touchpad not great, Power button location takes time to get used to, Keyboard not backlit...
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The mid-range laptop market tends to be a sea of nondescript plastic. Who knows, perhaps that's an incentive to spend more cash for something a little more luxe. Not so with the Acer Zenbook UX305, however, which could well be the new poster boy for the m...
Metal build quality, super-slim design (more so than a MacBook Air), decent screen for a balanced price point, ample performance for the price...
No backlit keyboard, no touchscreen, fiddly to open, lacks power of pricier models (as expected), no MS Office...
The Asus Zenbook UX305 is certainly in the running for king of the mid-range laptops. Of course there are more powerful and feature-heavy laptops out there, but at this £649 price point, with its Full HD 13.3-inch screen, metal build, full size keyb...
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Finding the right laptop should be about feel and comfort as much as it is about specs. For many of us, the specs don't matter that much. What we value most in a Windows-based laptop is easy portability, good keys, connectivity features, and something tha...
Slim, light, and attractive build, Three USB 3.0 ports and micro-HDMI built in, Fast SSD write speed...
Touchpad not great, Power button location takes time to get used to, Keyboard not backlit...
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A simple, beautiful, seamless design. An incredibly thin chassis, crafted from metal and finished in a high quality dark grey paint. A fanless, low-power Intel Core M processor and oodles of battery life hidden away underneath a big trackpad and great key...
Beautifully slim design, Excellent battery life, Accessible ports...
Mediocre trackpad drivers, Core M not as gutsy as an i7, Higher spec models get expensive...
I'm a huge fan of the $1199-plus Asus ZenBook UX305. It is, like the Apple MacBook, just some laptop, and that's what it does so well. It doesn't have any incredibly fancy features or flourish, it doesn't try to pretend to have any gaming potential, it do...
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For a lot of people, when they hear the term “ultrabook” they think of Asus's ZenBook line. When the ZenBook UX301 launched it joined the ranks of Windows alternatives to compete with Apple's MacBook Air . Although Asus recently released a true successor...
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This stunningly thin laptop takes full advantage of the low power consumption and low thermal footprint of its 0.8GHz Intel Core M-5Y10c processor. 800MHz may sound pathetically slow, but keep in mind that it can Turbo Boost to an impressive 2GHz when the...
The premium-feeling yet affordably-priced Zenbook UX305 is a great success in my book. While it doesn't tick every box, and you can't expect it given the price with the imperfect screen and couple of rough edges. However, if you're looking for a nippy lit...
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Asus knows what it's doing. It knows that the Apple MacBook Air laptops are old news, deliberately left to tread water to make way for the all-singing, (mostly) all-dancing 12in MacBook .Asus thinks there's life left for a 13in 'ultrabook' still. The Asus...
Great screen, Top value, Good battery life, Fetching design...
Weak speakers, No keyboard backlight, Not terribly powerful...
Asus has hit it out of the park with the ZenBook UX305. It's as slim and good-looking as a 13in Apple MacBook Air, possesses as good a display as any £1000 laptop and even sports a good array of connections. Somehow Asus has produced a laptop that feels...
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Asus knows what it's doing. It knows that the Apple MacBook Air laptops are old news, deliberately left to tread water to make way for the all-singing, (mostly) all-dancing 12in MacBook .Asus thinks there's life left for a 13in 'ultrabook' still. The Asus...
Great screen, Top value, Good battery life, Fetching design...
Weak speakers, No keyboard backlight, Not terribly powerful...
Asus has hit it out of the park with the ZenBook UX305. It's as slim and good-looking as a 13in Apple MacBook Air, possesses as good a display as any high-end laptop and even sports a good array of connections.Somehow Asus has produced a laptop that feels...
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The Asus Zenbook was the notebook to buy when ultrabooks were first introduced, and over the intervening years it has remained one of the most impressive options available. Subsequent updates weren't always been outstanding, but most were at least better...
Featherweight and super slim, Outstanding keyboard, High contrast, glare-free 1080p display, Very affordable...
Modest performance...
Asus' Zenbook UX305 reaffirms the brand's position as the premier building of budget ultrabooks. A mere $700 will snag you a lightweight system with a solid 1080p display, class-leading keyboard and twice the hard drive capacity found in most competitors...
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tbreak.ae Updated:
2016-12-30 15:17:05
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All of us want laptops that combine good looks with great performance, and it's rare that a manufacturer can get this just right. However ASUS are stepping up their game and teasing us with their latest offering, the UX305 – a lightweight Ultrabook that c...
Lightweight and slim design, Completely silent operation, Bright matte display...
Poor quality speakers, Difficult to open at times...
The ASUS UX305 is a well-performing Ultrabook that is easy to grab and tote around for most of the day. It does have some minor design flaws and the speakers are just unacceptable, but if you're willing to look past that, you've got yourself a pretty li...
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With the ever shrinking size of 13-inch laptops, the line that separates small laptops and Ultrabooks gets thinner every day. Laptop makers are pushing the envelope on compact systems: Dell unveiled a new XPS 13, which crams a 13-inch laptop into an 11-in...
Solid performance (mostly), Incredibly thin and light, Vibrant and glare free screen, Excellent keyboard and trackpad...
Wonky video driver, Tinny speakers...
Call it a MacBook Air knockoff all you want, the Asus ZenBook UX305 is one of the best and most affordable Ultrabooks available now...
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This is my detailed review of the Asus Zenbook UX305 series (UX305FA model), one of the few available ultraportables built on Intel's Core M platform that you can buy at the time of this articleThere are several reasons why this laptop should spark your i...
beautiful and sturdy built, packs a great matte display, fanless hardware, fast enough for basic everyday use, EXCELLENT price...
the keyboard is not backlit, can get hot, somewhat slow WiFi when not in close proximity of a router, only average battery life...
If you're looking for a sleek and well built 13 inch ultraportable for light everyday activities, the Asus Zenbook UX305 could be the one for you. It's extremely competitive priced, as it starts at $699 for a solid configuration, it's very sleek, packs an...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated:
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With the ever shrinking size of 13-inch laptops, the line that separates small laptops and Ultrabooks gets thinner every day. Laptop makers are pushing the envelope on compact systems: Dell unveiled a new XPS 13, which crams a 13-inch laptop into an 11-in...
Solid performance (mostly), Incredibly thin and light, Vibrant and glare free screen, Excellent keyboard and trackpad...
Wonky video driver, Tinny speakers...
Call it a MacBook Air knockoff all you want, the Asus ZenBook UX305 is one of the best and most affordable Ultrabooks available now...
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Asus pipped Apple to the post with its attractive Intel Core M ultraportable laptop . Read our Asus ZenBook UX305F review. (Also see: Best ultraportable laptops 2015 .) Asus may have copied the MacBook Air wholesale with its ZenBook range, first launched...
The new ZenBook is a great home for Intel's new Core M processor, which proved up to basic daily tasks in Windows with no obvious lag in the interface. Good battery life and decent screen quality are further plus points to a well-made case with a familiar...
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What is the Asus ZenBook UX305? The Asus UX305 is quite simply one of the most exciting laptops we've seen in years. It continues Asus' long line of Zenbook ultrabooks, but really sets itself apart by bringing the same level of build quality and design we...
Incredibly thin and light, Phenomenal battery life, Good 1080p screen, Exceptional value, Beautifully made...
Performance is compromised, Trackpad isn't the best, No keyboard backlighting...
The Asus UX305 is almost perfection in affordable ultra-portable laptops. Its stylish, well built, incredibly light and has a screen, keybaord and battery life to rival the best. All for under £650. A tiny slip-up with the trackpad and a definite comprom...
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digitalversus.com Updated:
2016-12-30 15:17:05
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The Zenbook UX305 from Asus is constructed tip to toe in aluminium, in a light shade of mauve. It manages to be understated and elegant, while exuding quality and sturdiness, and with a faultless finish to match. The hinges seemed solid, if a little too s...
Finish, Matte screen, SSD, Weight, Doesn't generate heat...
GPU is too weak, Keyboard could be better, We expected more from the audio...
The Acer UX305 will suit anyone looking for a transportable laptop, especially users who favour endurance over power. We particularly liked its design, speed and value for money...
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It's one more bloody nose for the Macbook Air Asus has always the taken the challenge to Apple's MacBooks harder than most. The ZenBook X305 is it's latest effort. It's 13-inches, as thin as low-calorie bread and has a glorious QHD resolution screen. The...
It's not coming out until next year, and has no price as yet, so the question is should you be excited by this? Yes, but expect rivals. We're bound to see more Intel Core M laptops in the coming months, and we wager Apple can't be far away from a similar...
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If there is one thing ASUS is good at, there is without a doubt the fact that they really know how to design aesthetically pleasing yet quality-built ultrabooks. The ASUS ZenBook UX305F is no exception and it is one of the most elegant notebook PCs I have...
Highly portable, solid build, beautiful screen, decent performance...
Gets a bit hot, soft sound system, lags at high loads, All in all, the ASUS ZenBook UX305F ultrabook is clearly built for individuals who like to have their laptops on the go with its lightweight portability and its great battery life. The beautiful scr...
I will be honest, when I first laid my hands on this device I thought it would be around RM3600 because of how great it looks in terms of finishing and build quality. So for around RM2999 this is quite a bargain, but for a home/work environment of course...
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The Zenbook UX305FA-ASM1 ($699 as tested) is the latest midrange ultraportable from Asus, and boy is it slim. Thin and light have been the watchwords of the laptop industry for years now, but the Zenbook UX305FA-ASM1 takes it to new extremes. Unfortunatel...
Thin and light, Aluminum construction, Fanless design, thanks to Intel Core M processor, Full HD-resolution display, Comfortable keyboard and touchpad, All-day battery life in our tests...
Middling performance in testing, No touch screen, Speakers are disappointing...
With its ultraslim profile, the Asus Zenbook UX305FA-ASM1 midrange ultraportable certainly redefines the concept of thin. Unfortunately, its performance isn't as impressive...
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Last year we declared the Asus ZenBook UX305 the best budget ultrabook of 2015, for delivering performance and quality that belied its price. It's no surprise Asus has barely altered the blueprint for the 2016 model.The most notable difference is the CPU...
Great specs for the price, Core m offers reasonable office performance...
No USB-C port for charging or external display, Keys aren't backlit...
If 2015 was a break-out year for many laptop makers, 2016 so far appears to be steady as she goes. Some vendors have chosen to make tiny changes to bring laptops more in line with newer technologies such as USB-C, while others aren't making any change...
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To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the death of laptops is greatly exaggerated. When tablets first appeared they seemed to be everything a laptop wasn't. Mainly light and user friendly. However, the demand for ever greater performance and a wider array...
Usually we'd have filled the intervening pages with our usual array of graphs, but there are two sensible reasons why we haven't done so here. Firstly the Zenbook UX305 doesn't really match up to anything we've previously tested, and results in a vacuum a...
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beststuff.com Updated:
2016-12-30 15:17:05
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The Asus ZenBook UX501 has been out for a few months now, offering Window's users a powerhouse of a laptop with the modern styling and an ultrathin design that helps it stand out in a crowd. As one of the best Windows alternatives to a MacBook Air it's po...
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Silent. With the Zenbook UX305FA, Asus offers a slim, light, silent 13.3-inch subnotebook with very good battery life. A price of just under 800 Euros (~$875) also makes it affordable...
Bright, contrast-rich IPS screen, Stable, high-end case, Very good input devices, Silent operation, Hardly gets warmer, Fast SSD, Maintainable, USB-to-Ethernet adapter...
No keyboard light...
In Review Asus Zenbook UX305FA-FC004H. Test model courtesy of Notebooksbilliger.deIn the verdict to the Zenbook sibling we wrote, ". the UX305 seems to us to be a well-balanced subnotebook that has much to offer for professional users and demanding priva...
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It might be hard to believe, but Apple released the first iteration of its MacBook Air seven-and-a-half years ago. At the time, it didn't take long to realize its impact. I'd wager that it single-handedly spawned the craze of making notebooks crazy thin...
Superthin and superlight, Aesthetically pleasing, Screen looks good; DPI scales nicely, Excellent build quality, It's fanless, Includes a fast SSD (benchmarked at ~475MB/s read/write), Price compared to competition...
Touchpad can be finicky, mostly with regards to clicking...
When I wrote about the release of the UX305 a couple of months ago, I knew that I had to get a unit in for testing. I am sure that the reasons for that are obvious: it's sleek, thin, and portable. Well, for those reasons and others, I've come to like the...
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computershopper.com Updated:
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Since then, we've seen many ZenBooks, ranging in screen size from 11.6 inches to 15.6 inches. Most have been premium or at least upscale machines, such as the most recent, the ZenBook Pro UX501 with its 4K touch screen.The ultrabook we're reviewing today...
Thin, light, and attractive, Handsome full HD display, Comfortable keyboard and touch pad, Good battery life, Fanless and silent...
Mediocre performance, No backlit keyboard, No touch screen...
An 0.8GHz Core M processor leaves this slim and sleek ultrabook a bit short on performance, but it's otherwise a great little laptop for its $699 price. Read More…...
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Looking for a new laptop can be a daunting task as there are so many many different models on the market. If you are looking for something powered by Intel, thin and fast you can almost immediately narrow down your search to an Intel Ultrabook. There are...
The ASUS Zenbook UX305 was found to be a very well built Intel Ultrabook that is easily affordable. At first we were doubtful that the Intel Core M processor would be able to perform the tasks that we wanted to do, but we were pleased with the performance...
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The new MacBook is way too thin. The Dell XPS 13 is the Windows laptop to beat. But say youre looking for a slightly cheaper razor-thin machine? For just $700, the new Asus UX305 is a pretty damn good deal.A 13.3-inch MacBook Air-styled laptop running Wi...
Yes—unless you can afford to pay more! The Asus UX305 is a well-rounded laptop at a great $700 price, but you can get an even better one for just a little bit more money. At $800, the Dell XPS 13 is slightly better in almost every single way, with longer...
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Review: This laptop is defined by the features it doesn't have.When we reviewed Apple's new MacBook earlier this month, we compared it primarily to the MacBook Air (which it kind-of-sort-of supplants) and Dell's most recent XPS 13 (which is one of our fav...
Solid construction, Good mix of features for the price, Good keyboard and OK trackpad, Microsoft Signature edition is available, Good battery life, Good port selection, Decent 1080p IPS panel with a matte finish, which is becoming rare, Fanless...
No touch or backlit keyboard option, if you're into those, Some backlight bleed around the edges of the display, Core M and the HD 5300 GPU are significantly slower than Broadwell-U or Haswell-U, Dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi instead of 802.11ac...
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Video review: At first glance, you might mistake the ASUS ZenBook UX305 as a dark-gray edition of the 13-inch MacBook Air. It shares nearly the same design cues and size, but is thinner than the Apple notebook is at its thickest point, and weighs less. It also beats many...
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Thin and light, solid and sexy, and quiet as a mouse. Twice the RAM and storage of competing models from Apple and Dell, but for less money. Gorgeous screen, comfy keyboard, all-day battery.My kingdom for backlit keys. Lacks the sex appeal of Dell's only-...
Thin and light, solid and sexy, and quiet as a mouse. Twice the RAM and storage of competing models from Apple and Dell, but for less money. Gorgeous screen, comfy keyboard, allday battery...
My kingdom for backlit keys. Lacks the sex appeal of Dell's onlyslightlypricier XPS 13. Oddball screenhinge design can cause some slippage while you type. Weak builtin speakers are an affront to ears everywhere...
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Asus may have copied the MacBook Air wholesale with its ZenBook range, first launched in 2011. But with this year's new ZenBook UX305F the Taiwan manufacturer pipped Apple to the post by coming to market first with its Air clone using the intriguing new I...
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The Zenbook UX305FA-ASM1 ($699 as tested) is the latest midrange ultraportable from Asus, and boy is it slim. Thin and light have been the watchwords of the laptop industry for years now, but the Zenbook UX305FA-ASM1 takes it to new extremes. Unfortunatel...
Thin and light. Aluminum construction. Fanless design, thanks to Intel Core M processor. Full HD-resolution display. Comfortable keyboard and touchpad. All-day battery life in our tests.
Middling performance in testing. No touch screen. Speakers are disappointing...
With its ultraslim profile, the Asus Zenbook UX305FA-ASM1 midrange ultraportable certainly redefines the concept of thin. Unfortunately, its performance isn't as impressive...
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Asus is the company that pretty much launched the netbook market when it introduced the original Eee PC mini-laptop in 2007. A few years later Asus was one of the first computer makers to join Intel in launching a new brand of portable notebooks. The Asus...
The Asus Zenbook UX305 is an affordable portable ultrabook that almost feels like a no-compromise machine. Clearly you shouldn't expect the same kind of performance from a $699 laptop as you'd get from a high-end device that sells for twice the price, b...
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It was way back in 2011 that ASUS launched the Zenbook series. The original UX21E and UX31E were the first of the thin and light Ultrabooks from ASUS to bear the Zenbook brand, and featured an all-aluminum chassis. ASUS has kept the styling consistent ove...
ASUS has crafted an elegant experience with the UX305. The body is a sleek creation of aluminum, the device is very thin, and at 1.2 kg (2.6 lbs) in weight, it is very portable. The UX305 could easily be mistaken for a device which costs far more than its...
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laptopmedia.com Updated:
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For quite some time now a lot of geeks and even consumers, are looking forward to notebooks with completely fanless design and thanks to Intel, this is now possible. Their new 14nm FinFET manufacturing process allows the vendors to fit powerful mobile pro...
Sleek all-aluminum design, Great keyboard and touchpad design, Thin profile and lightweight chassis, Flawless screen, Fanless, quiet cooling system, Great price...
Underwhelming battery life, Lacks keyboard backlight, So-so CPU performance...
It's actually really hard to think of something that we didn't like about the device. The ASUS ZenBook UX305 is everything what a traveler or businessman would want. It's lightweight, sturdy, durable, premium materials are used for the making of the ultra...
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If Apple's new 12-in. Retina MacBook is any indication, the laptop is no longer considered an endangered species -- as long as it's slim and lightweight. However, while the new MacBook is extraordinarily portable and comes with an impressive display, it's...
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The Asus Zenbook UX305 is a slim, solid, powerful device that offers a superior computing experience for only $699.The Asus Zenbook UX305 is a slim, solid, powerful device that offers a superior computing experience for only $699.It seems like everyone is...
Bottom line—for $699 this is a bad-ass machine. I made my living for almost three years on an 11-inch MacBook Air that I loved. In both form and function the Asus Zenbook UX305 ultrabook is as good or better than the MacBook Air. The UX305 also costs $200...
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An Ultrabook needs to deliver on three things: long battery life; a thin, easy-to-carry design; and enough power to handle your business and home needs. The Asus ZenBook UX305 delivers on all three counts with aplomb, boasting a slick half-inch-thick alum...
Great price, Superthin aluminum body, Bright matte screen, Quiet, fanless design, Extra long battery life...
Quiet speakers, No backlit keyboard, Webcam has poor white balance...
The ZenBook UX305 stuns with a gorgeous all-aluminum body, a thin, fanless design, and 9-plus hours of battery life -- all for just $699...
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ConclusionAsus is that company that delivers a classy looking product for less money, and this time they've outdone themselves with a really sexy looking Ultrabook that's priced several hundred dollars below the competition. That is, as long as you like d...
Low price for a stylish and classy notebook with plenty of ports despite slim design. Ample RAM and storage. Nice matte IPS display...
No touch screen, keyboard isn't backlit, Intel Core M is slower than Core i series...
Asus is that company that delivers a classy looking product for less money, and this time they've outdone themselves with a really sexy looking Ultrabook that's priced several hundred dollars below the competition. That is, as long as you like deep plum l...
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Analysts like to bemoan the PC industry's penchant for "racing to the bottom," but they always seem to forget the benefits of low-end competition: Bargain prices for better hardware.Asus new ZenBook UX305F is proof that racing to the bottom doesn't always...
Surprisingly affordable...
Core M can lag in performance...
The best deal in townWhat this comes down to is a major breakthrough in price for an ultrabook. I thought Dell's XPS 13 2015, with its $799 price was a big breakthrough (and it is), but you give up in RAM and storage to get to $800. The same goes with A...
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Outside of Apple, Asus easily makes some of the most attractive laptops on the market. As with its predecessors, the Zenbook UX305's cover features a large ASUS logo ringed by a series of concentric circles. It's a beautiful design that gives the laptop a...
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Asus announced the super slim Zenbook UX305 during the IFA trade show in Berlin in September. This ultrabook will be available in two models: one with a 1920x1080 IPS display and one with a QHD+ display that boasts a resolution of 3200x1800. Asus claims t...
Excellent battery life, Thin, wellbuilt chassis, Completely quiet—there's no fan or spinning HD...
Keyboard is not backlit...
As we noted early on in this article, we didn't expect the Asus Zenbook UX305 to be a benchmark-burning powerhouse of a system. It has moderate, but still very respectable specifications. Because it's not a powerhouse system, it also has a relatively affo...
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