Singularly impactful beauty The beautiful slender profile of ZENBOOK is the result of intense research and development into sophisticated engineering techniques inspired by those used to create high-precision mechanical timepieces. The unique ‘spun-metal’ finish of the ZENBOOK lid alone requires a 32-step manufacturing process, and the finely crafted aluminium case features a combination of gentle curves and a sleek contour. With its stunning design and incredible performance, ZENBOOK is a perfectly balanced ultraportable Full throttle speed elevates you to new heights of thrills and productivity Everything goes faster with the UX51VZ. The latest Intel Core i7 standard voltage processors take on any task with ease, while discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M GPUs with 2GB GDDR5 video memory easily handle even high-demand graphics applications. Data and overall system performance get a massive speed shot with dual 256GB flash storage accompanied by SuperSpeed USB 3.0. The UX51VZ stops for nothing, and even if you’re away, you get back into it with 2-second instant on resume. It’s time for a new standard of portable computing velocity.
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Nice Ultrabook, some problems:
I bought my Ultra book from Asus as a Refurbished unit. Out of the box I had a lot of problems, and am currently in the process with Asus Support. VERY nice build for a Windows Ultra book, but there are some issues:-Rubber feet on the bottom of the laptop are falling off, they were not attached right when I got the unit out of the box.-The display's bezel was coming off the lid, and I had to put pressure on it with my fingers to get it to adhere. So far it has stayed in place, but I mentioned this to the support case and they are supposedly going to look at it.-The back-lit keyboard will NOT light up. I tried re-installing drivers and checking the bios, and disabling ambient lighting. It will not work.-Ambient lighting doesn't work. No matter what lighting environment i am in, the screen stays at the same lighting level. So it obviously does not work.-The laptops was very slow out of the box. I took a day and installed all the new updates and the laptop is now speedy.-Drivers do not make sense on the Asus support site. Some drivers say they are for UX51VZ and UX51VZH or UX51VZA. So I am unsure if the BIOS updates are for my particular unit or not, as they all have different interchangeable names.-Not a problem, but kind of annoying, the space bar makes a squeak noise anytime its pressed.Overall, I love the build and how it looks. It feels premium, and cheap as parts do not work correctly... Not worth $1200 for the refurbished price, but let's see what Asus Tech Support has to offer me.______________________________________________EDIT 29 November, 2014:Screen is STUNNING! Gorgeous display. They did not cheap out on the colors and viewing angles. I play TF2 and simCity 2013 on this laptop, and I can get high on TF2 and Medium settings with Sim City on the 650m graphics card. Hands down the best display for a laptop. This is why it got 4 stars even though it has all these issues.______________________________________________Edit: December 23, 2014I dropped this Ultrabook to One Star as Asus support is a joke. They denied my warranty initially and I had to fight them with my invoice and after showing them that the company I bought the laptop from was a certified reseller, and that I would sue them, they finally gave in to repairing my laptop. I paid two day shipping and it sat for two weeks before they started to work on it. Filed a BBB complaint. I hope that it is fixed or I am going to be P(super upset)ssed.______________________________________________Edit: January 3, 2015Still waiting for RMA to finish my laptop... I called them and they said a few more business days, so I am assuming weeks. I'll post when I get it back._______________________________________________Edit: January 27, 2015I did get my laptop back. About two weeks ago. I believe it was between January 10 - 12. Anyhow, they did fix everything, but they installed Windows in legacy mode, which ruins the boot experience and causes longer boots. I had to follow a guide to install it in UEFI mode. I am fluent with computers, and it is a piece of cake to reinstall windows. Just involved a few command prompt functions in the install window. Overall, I like this computer and I would buy another. Great build quality, love the metal design. Asus service is equivalent to herding cats.
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