Low Price Cheap Top ASUS Zenbook UX32VD-DB71 13.3-Inch Ultrabook

Measuring just 0.72" front and weighing just 3.2lbs, the artistically-crafted ZENBOOK Prime UX32VD-DB71 notebook presents a delectable hairline spun metal finish with precision-etched concentric circles. These reflect the infinite nature of Zen contemplation, and are accentuated by the use of light yet durable aluminum throughout the monoshell build. With the 3rd generation Intel Core i7-3517M processor and NVIDIA 620M GPU, the ZENBOOK Prime UX32VD-DB71 notebook has been optimized to offer a holistic approach towards combining beauty with speed, and balancing work with play.HP dv7-6c54ea , Satellite C855-10Z , Acer Aspire 5733, Apple 13-inch, Samsung RV520, Acer Aspire 5750, Samsung RF711, Sony VAIO SVE1511L1EW.CEK , Sony SVE1511F1EW.CEK, Satellite C870-11H, Apple 15-inch , Samsung 550P5C, Sony SVE1511M1EB.CEK, Acer Aspire 5750G, Apple 13-inch, Asus X54C, Lenovo Ideapad Z580 , Apple 15-inch, Acer Aspire 5733Z, Sony SVE1711X1EB.CEK, Satellite C855-18D, Apple 13-inch, Apple 11-inch , HP g6-1359ea , Apple 15-inch, Samsung RF511 , Samsung NP350V5C, Lenovo G570, Lenovo IdeaPad U300s, Dell Inspiron 15, Sony SVS1311F3EW.CEK, Apple 11 inch, Acer Aspire 5755G , Lenovo Z370, Dell Inspiron 15R, Asus K53E, Satellite Z830-10T, Apple 11-inch , Acer Aspire Timeline, Dell Inspiron M5110, HP Pavilion g6-1365ea, Acer Aspire V3-771, Asus U36SG, Acer Aspire Timeline, Samsung NP530U4C, New Apple Macbook Pro, Acer M3 Ultra, MacBook Pro 15inch , Acer Aspire 5755G, Satellite Pro C850-11C , Packard Bell NX.BWTEK.004, Lenovo IdeaPad Z570

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As many others have mentioned, this laptop is a beast with upgrades. I decided to put in a 256gb SSD and an additional 8gb stick of RAM and I have been completely blown away by the performance. The components that you cannot upgrade are great. As a college student, I wanted an ultraportable laptop that could still run some games and the discrete graphics card on this laptop allows that. The keyboard and trackpad on the laptop are great (if you use tap to click, however, I recommend turning down the tap radius to the smallest option) although I do get some random clicks on occasion. The display is of course amazing, the resolution on this thing is the same as the 23inch secondary monitor I have on my desk. 3x USB 3.0 ports is also a huge bonus as I bought a USB 3.0 HD enclosure for the 500gb internal harddrive I took out of the laptop and take that around with me as an external storage device.

Overall, I would recommend this laptop to anyone in the $1.5k budget area as this is by far the best ultrabook you can get at that price point.

Others seemed to have no difficulty with the SSD/mem upgrade but for me it was a several day process. I first thought I'd clone to my 256GB Samsung 830 SSD. However, the only one of several clone programs I used that actually completed without an error was Clonezilla, and even then the clone didn't work. Norton Ghost, which came with he SSD, did not work. I even tried cloning after I swapped drives, but to no avail. One person on a BBS posted no trouble cloning to a same size 512GB Samsung SSD, but I didn't see that comment until after I purchased the 256 GB. I recommend you forget cloning.
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Next I thought I'd make a bootable flash USB windows disc. The only successfully bootable USB flash drive I initially succeeded in making (that actually booted) was Clonezilla. There were no errors on the Win7 USB flash install, it just would never boot. I later discovered the problem. I assumed that since holding "F2" brought up the BIOS and boot options, that's all I needed to do. In fact, holding "Esc" (as printed in the manual) brings up a different selective boot menu BIOS screen that actually works to boot USB flash drives. Now I keep a tiny Win7 bootable flash microSD on my key chain with all the drivers and software I need for a complete reinstall.

Once discovering that boot menu, I've had no trouble with the 3 USB 3.0 ports. In particular, the Logitech unifying receiver and Performance MX mouse work fine, as does the Verizon Pantech UML290 LTE modem, although you will need to manually install drivers for both, rather than relying on Windows to find them upon device insertion.

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Then I had some difficulty getting the Samsung external DVD burner to burn bootable discs. None of the backups of the original UX32VD HD, nor the recovery disc worked. After some effort, I was able to burn a DVD of the downloadable Win7 disc (make sure it is the same version that matches your Win7 license from ASUS). So do yourself a favor, and only work on a clean Windows install right from the start.

Then there were problems installing the drivers (available for download from the ASUS web site). I never could get the TPM Infineon ("Trusted Platform Module could not be found") or Azurewave Bluetooth software ("No Bluetooth device was detected") to install. The Intel Bluetooth software does work fine, though. The Intel RST install took about a half day in itself. I suspect most of you won't even bother with it. If you do, do it early as it requires creating and formatting a partition from the command line using the diskpart command. I used the free version of EaseUS Partition Master to partition my single system volume without bothering with a backup. Follow these instructions ([...]). Presumably you could place the 10240 MB partition on the motherboard's 24GB flash drive, but I've read the Sandisk 24GB flash is slower than most SSDs.

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