Offers Cheap 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.
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Reliability Matters

ASUS PCs finish near or at the top of the industry's reliability rankings survey after survey.¹

Known for their unmatched reliability, ASUS products clearly offers you peace of mind and quality you can trust. Using only premium materials, ASUS aims to break the industry mold and deliver a product that is truly incredible. In addition, ASUS also offers the industry's best-in-class warranty and free 1-year accidental damage protection so you sleep worry-free knowing ASUS' got your back.

Relax, ASUS Has You Covered

This notebook is backed by the industry's most comprehensive warranty. The 1-Year Accidental Damage Protection covers accidental drops, spills, power surges and fire damage for the first year. For more information, visit completewarranty.asus.com

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I'm very happy with this machine. It has seen about two months service so far. On travel I use it essentially as I would a desktop replacement class laptop, but it weighs only three pounds and is very quiet even at high CPU load, provided you don't get the GPU engaged. The HDD/SSD combination suits my needs, so I don't need to consider an upgrade there. If you're frequently replacing large amounts of data in secondary memory as I do in my work, an HDD is a better choice. Three USB 3.0 ports are good and plenty, if you get yourself a Bluetooth mouse. Since I have a lot of eSATA external HDDs I got a Newertechnology eSATA adapter, and it works rock solid. I upgraded the OS to Windows Ultimate because I need the language support, and installed an 8GB Corsair memory upgrade to run the memory up to 10GB. Of course I updated drivers.Acer TimelineU M5-481T-6642, Lenovo IdeaPad U400, Alienware AM18XR2-8728BK, Sony VAIO E Series, Lenovo G770, MSI GE70 0ND-033US , Satellite L855-S5240, Dell Inspiron 11z, Samsung Series 9, Lenovo Ideapad Z370, Thinkpad X230, Lenovo G570, ASUS A55A-AB31-BU, HP Pavilion DV6-7000, Toshiba Portege Z835-P370, ASUS Zenbook UX31E-DH72, Satellite P755-S5380, HP dv6t-7000, Samsung Series 7, Acer Aspire V3-571G-6641, Dell XPS 14Z X14z-2308ELS, ASUS A55VD-AB71, Lenovo IdeaPad Z580, Lenovo IdeaPad U310, Samsung Series 3 , ASUS Zenbook UX31E-DH72-RG , HP dm4-2180us, Gateway NV51B35u, Satellite S875-S7242, HP Envy 13-2050nr, MSI GT70 , ASUS A55A-AB51-PK, Acer M5-481T-6670, VIZIO Thin and Light, Alienware M18x, HP dm4-2191us, Samsung Series 7 , Dell Inspiron i15R-2105BLU, HP dm4-3050us, Samsung Series 7, Lenovo IdeaPad Z580, HP G7-2017us, HP G6-2123us, HP dv6t-7000, HP g7 Laptop, Sony VAIO VPCSA41FX BI

The display on this thing is absolutely to die for. If you run Win7 screen at 125% you find an acceptable balance between real estate and legibility. The keyboard and touch-pad seem fine to me, but then about the only gesture I ever use is "tap to click". The enclosure is much more handsome to my eye than an Air, open or closed.

Before I pulled the trigger I read a lot of review FUD about the two-piece enclosure and somewhat greater flex in the keyboard area. After getting it in my hands finally, the machine seems physically plenty solid and rigid to me. Yes, there is some display bleeding near the edges, visible only when the screen is active but run with a dead black image. I only ever see this when booting. The one issue I've got with the ASUS hardware/BIOS so far is that it seems to want a little extra fussing in order to recognize a bootable volume on a USB drive, when you boot with the "Escape" key held down. Moving the drive to a different port, or inserting the drive under Win 7 and doing "restart" instead of "shutdown" seems to help.

I never expect to take on a new machine without spending some time on OS configuration issues. That's a small chore given all the applications I need to load and configure for my work. If you pay attention to CPU load and do a little monitoring, you may find a couple of OS services you would like to disable. That done, I am more than happy with the performance, given being short of the full SSD treatment and having moved back from dual ported memory in order to bump memory size. Yes, a full quad i7 as on Sony Vaio Z would be nice, but then I'd have to put up with much more noisy breathing.
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This machine was last month named PC Magazine Editor's Choice for "High End Ultrabook." It will be interesting to see how long that sticks; the competition in this segment is fast and furious.

After completing the setup on the machine, I noticed the camera would occasionally "disappear" and for no reason it would "reappear". After a couple days, the camera failed to work completely. I knew it was a hardware problem, but it took 3 phone calls with ASUS support, and a complete reset to factory state before they would acknowledge a hardware defect.

At this point, ASUS issued an RMA and I shipped the machine to ASUS for repair or replacement. I should have just returned to the vendor for an exchange, but they were out of stock at the time and I felt ASUS should be responsible anyways.

As of the writing of this review, ASUS has had my machine for OVER ONE MONTH, and they are unable to set a date when I will get my machine back or they will replace it. Each time I call they tell me that I will get an update within 24-48 hours, but I have yet, in a month, to be contacted even once by anyone from ASUS.Sony VAIO SVT13112FXS, ASUS Zenbook UX32VD-DB71, Samsung Series 5, Dell Inspiron i15RN-5294BK, HP Envy 4-1030us, Satellite L755D-S5162, HP dm4-3170se, Gateway NE56R12u, ASUS G55VW-ES71, HP ENVY 15-3040NR, Satellite S855-S5254 , HP dv7-7010us, Dell Inspiron i15R-2105sLV, Acer Aspire AS5560-7402, Acer Aspire V5-531-4636, Acer Aspire AS5250-0639, Acer M5-581T-6490, HP dv7-7020us, Samsung Series 9, HP Envy 17-3270NR, Samsung Series 5, Sony SVE11113FXW, Dell Inspiron 14, Dell i17R-2895SLV, ASUS A55A-AB51, ASUS A53U-ES21, HP DV7-7012nr, Toshiba X875-Q7290, Lenovo IdeaPad Y580, Samsung Series 5 , Acer Aspire S3-951-6828, Dell Inspiron i14z-5000sLV, Samsung Series 5 , Acer V5-571-6647 , Acer Aspire V3-571G-9435, Acer Aspire V3-571-6643, HP Envy 4-1010us, Satellite L875D-S7232, ASUS A55A-AB51-RD, Satellite S875-S7240, Lenovo IdeaPad U410, Dell i17R-2105SLV, HP Folio 13-1020US, Acer AS1830T-68U118, Sony SVT13118FXS, Lenovo G575

ASUS will not replace the defective machine, and they have not repaired it in over a month. It could be another month before I see this machine again!!

I strongly advise against depending on the ASUS warranty for anything. If you buy this product it's a gamble.

Sept 10th, 2012

New review? Bumping the review from 1 star to 5 stars? O'rely?!!
Upon checking the first laptop received, I literally placed it back into the shipping box 5 mines after removing it from the box. I messaged up Amazon Chat and the rep was very prompted in doing an exchange for me and shipping out a new one ASAP. I was able to get the new one shipped out next day and got it the following day.

Second laptop received... Checked for all the weird unique stuff that might show up on the Asus UX32vd. This new one did not have any dead pixels, keyboard did not have flex, laptop screen hinge did not have problems being loose, mousepad does not indent on any corner, no gaps in frame or chassis of the body, and best of all -> No screen bleed from backlight. After confirming everything, Amazon got another order from me. I bought a stick of 8GB Patriot stick of ram and a Samsung 7mm (low profile) 256gb SSD drive.Dell XPS XPS15-9375sLV, Sony SVE14117FXB , Dell Inspiron i15R-1632sLV, ASUS G75VW-DS73-3D, Acer Aspire AS5349-2899, Lenovo IdeaPad Z580, HP Folio 13, Toshiba Portege Z835-P372, Acer Aspire E1-571-6650, ASUS UX32A-DB51, Satellite L755D-S5359, Apple MacBook Pro, Acer Aspire AS5733-6426, Dell Inspiron i17R-1737sLV, Lenovo G570, Lenovo U400, Dell Inspiron 11z-1121, Acer AS5750-6866, Acer S3-391-9606, Satellite L855D-S5242 , Lenovo IdeaPad G780, Samsung Series 9, MSI Computer GT70, DELL iM101z-3980BK, Samsung Series 3 , HP G7-1261NR, Dell Inspiron i15N-4092BK, Gateway NV57H54u, ASUS Zenbook UX21E-DH52, Alienware M14X, Dell Inspiron i14RN-1593BK, Apple 13.3 MacBook, ASUS U36SG-AS71, Dell XPS XPS13-9001sLV, Dell XPS 15z X15z-7093ELS , MSI GT70 0NC-013US, Satellite S875-S7248, HP Pavilion dv6t-7000, Sony VAIO F2, Acer Aspire AS5560-8480, Dell 15R i15RN5110-7223DBK, HP dv7t-7000, ASUS A55A-AB31-PK, HP dv6t

Before doing all the upgrade, I went to the Asus support site and downloaded all the ux32vd related drivers minus all the bloat that comes with the laptop itself. Booted into Windows 7 and did a fresh install + installed all the drivers. Anti virus and firewall installed. The laptop can basically boot almost instantly at around 13-15 secs from first press and entering a password login. CRAZY FAST for sure! But, if you don't do any of the upgrades, this laptop won't be all that exciting.