Comment on ASUS Zenbook UX31E-DH72 13.3-Inch Thin and Light Ultrabook (Silver Aluminum) Reviews by D. K. Poole.
Beautiful, but take the time to do a bit of configuration out of the box,
I won’t harp on the appearance of the materials, font’s used, etc. Yes the weight may be different then Asus has advertised, there are alot of variants of the machines in each form factor (ux21 or ux31) and this may explain the discrepancy in the specs. Either way the design is impressive and it is a stunning notebook.
Other reviewers have been accurate regarding the poor performance of the atheros 9485 wireless card. I have had a similar experience with my unit running it in it’s unboxed condition.
I flashed the BIOS from 204 to 206 (using winflash), updated drivers for the sentellic track-pad, the atheros 9485 WiFi, bluetooth, and etc, removed alot of Asus bloatware, specifically “Power4Gear” & “LiveUpdate”.
Now this thing is starting to impress me. Network card is running as fast as the netgear card on my PC. Track-pad is working as it’s designed (although I’ll admit it takes some practice to get accustomed to it).
It’s hard to believe that people overreacted and sent them back before even updating the software. Do realize that you are what’s considered an “early adopter” if you purchase the first machines off of the production line. If you don’t realize this then you are unworthy of this machine, go get an apple.
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