As with any new keyboard you get used to it, but it bothered us and we were always worried about hitting the power button when typing. We do our fair share of writing and editing here at Legit Reviews and we accidentally hit this button more than once, which put the Ultrabook to sleep rather than deleting what we wanted.
For some reason the engineers at ASUS placed the power button on the keyboard on the upper right corner right next to the delete key. The one thing about the keyboard that we absolutely hate is where the power key is located. They sound great and don’t distort too much with the volume maxed out. The Zenbook uses a pair of 2W speakers that are located on the left and right side under the keyboard area (you can see them on the next page when we take the Zenbook apart). ASUS uses SonicMaster technology for the speakers on the Zenbook that they co-developed with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower. The arrow keys are smaller than the others, so if you use those keys a bunch and have big fingers you might run into some issues. The interior of the ASUS Zenbook is similar to the outside, but rather than using a swirl finish, they went with a vertical brush finish on the aluminum housing. The keys are large and widely spaced, which is what took a little getting used to. The ASUS Zenbook has two USB ports and they are on opposite sides of the notebook, so if you are using a device that needs two USB ports, you might need an extension cable with them being just over 12-inches apart.ĪSUS went with a nonbacklit matte silver Chiclet-style keyboard on the Zenbook and it was one that we became comfortable with fairly quickly. On the right hand side of the ASUS Zenbook UX31E you’ll find a micro-HDMI port, Mini-VGA port, SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port and the power port. On the left hand side of the Zenbook you’ll find a USB 2.0 port, headphone jack, and the SD/MMC memory flash card reader. Since the ASUS Zenbook UX31E is so thin it can’t support that many features, but ASUS has done a fairly good job at giving you everything you need. The display quality isn’t the best we have seen, but it isn’t bad by any means.
The thin edges and bold lines, help make the Zenbook one very attractive Ultrabook! Since this Ultrabook is so thin you won’t be finding an optical drive or removable battery pack, but ASUS did include a 0.3-megapixel webcam, a microphone, Bluetooth 4.0 and 80.11 b/g/n functionality.ĪSUS went with a glossy 13.3″ LED Backlight display on the Zenbook UX31E that has a screen resolution of 1600×900, which is much better than the standard 1366×768 found on most notebooks today. The ASUS Zenbook UX31E is razer thin with the front measuring only 3mm and the back being just 9mm thick. This little 13.3-inch Ultrabook measures 12.8 x 8.8 x 0.67 inches (WxDxH) and weighs in at 1.3kg or 2.86 lbs, which makes it the lightest notebook ever be reviewed here on Legit Reviews. The ASUS Zenbook UX31E is a great looking Ultrabook that has a brushed-aluminum finish.