You probably noticed already that the keyboard and the trackpad occupy most of the laptop's interior.The typing experience is decent, but not great. As expected on such a thin laptop, the keys' travel was somewhat sacrificed, but I've definitely seen shallower keyboards than this one, so you'll get used to it. The layout is fairly good, except for the tiny Arrow keys and the Power button integrated as the top-right key.However, what will probably bother you most when it comes to this keyboard is the lack of backlighting, which should be a must on higher end laptops these days.dell venue 11 pro power cord But given how the UX305 is actually fairly affordable, I can let it slide here.Moving on, the trackpad is spacious, smooth and nicely separated from the palm-rest by a chamfered contour. hp t610 thin client power cord It's a clickpad, a bit stiff and noisy, but not that bad. So on a first look, things look alright, but actually using this clickpad daily can get frustrating.The cursor is slow and jumpy, the surface registers fake clicks out of the blue and gentle taps are not properly recognized. It's hard to describe this in few words, but you actually need to apply some pressure to get taps and especially gestures to work as intended, and even so, there's no consistency. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. 0b47010 Most of the time they will though, but that's not good enough.So long story short, the clickpad is glitchy, at least on this pre-production model tested here, which is a major issue on an ultraportable, especially one that doesn't pack a touchscreen.
Design
Asus has long been the nearest competitor to Apple when it comes to ultrabook design. Right from when it launched its first model, the UX31E, it absolutely nailed the premium metal look and feel, and it's steadily refined it since. latitude e5540 power supply The UX305 actually takes a slightly different tack to those earliest efforts, largely eschewing the shinier brushed metal look for a more matte-looking etched finish. All, that is, except for the lid which retains the brand's signature concentric circle pattern. It's not quite as angular, either, with the corners rounded off like on the MacBook Air.Regardless, the overall effect is stunning. samsung n8020 genuine charger In some ways the dark mauve colour takes away a little of the immediate ¡®premium metal' vibe when viewed from a distance but up close it's a marvel, though it does pick up fingerprints easily, so you may want to keep a cleaning cloth to hand.What's most striking is its slimness. Thanks to the use of Intel's latest ultra-low-power Broadwell chips, this laptop is passively cooled, eliminating the need to fit in a fan. portege z10t charger This allows the base of this laptop to be just over 7mm thick while the whole thing is only 12.3mm at its thickest. What's more it weighs just 1.2kg. This compares to 1.36kg for the 13-inch MacBook Air, while that model is also a fair bit thicker at 17mm.
Display
With its matte screen, the UX305 bucks the glossy trend of most modern laptops. This results in colors that look slightly less saturated when compared to the competition, but in return, you get a bright display with almost 180-degree viewing angles and better outdoor visibility. If you spend more of your time looking at spreadsheets and Word documents than pictures or movies, the UX305's matte screen is not only more practical, but looks better, too.asus t100ta ladegerat When I watched ABC's Fresh Off the Boat, the UX305's display didn't replicate the same deep colors or sparkle from Eddie's jewelry that I saw on other glossy-screened laptops. On the other hand, I never had to confront my own face staring back at me every time the screen faded to black.Using our light meter, we found that the UX305 produced 281 nits, which is a measurement of brightness. msi akku gp60 That's slightly below the matte-screened version of the XPS 13, but 25 percent brighter than the EliteBook Folio 1020 and 13 percent brighter than the ultraportable average of 247.In terms of color reproduction, the UX305's display covered 93.9 percent of the sRGB spectrum, which is good but pretty standard for an Ultrabook in this price range. That's slightly more than the matte XPS 13 (91.7), but a bit less than the EliteBook Folio 1020 (95 percent). The one area where the UX305 performed poorly was color accuracy. The panel registered a Delta-E rating of 11.7 (closer to 0 is best). That's worse than the XPS 13's mediocre rating of 10.6 and even further from the EliteBook Folio 1020's 7.4.
Features
What makes this thin and lightness doubly impressive is that Asus hasn't skimped on connectivity, indeed it's better than many ultrabooks. lenovo miix 10 charger Whereas many ultrabooks have only two USB ports, the UX305 has three, and they're all USB 3.0. There's also a full-size SD card reader, a microHDMI and of course a headphone jack. A couple of pin-prick lights on the right edge indicate that the laptop is charging and if it¡¯s on.You don¡¯t get a wired network connection, but Asus includes a USB Ethernet adapter and there¡¯s inbuilt 802.11 b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi. hp thin client t5740 charger You also get a 13.3-inch 1080p IPS screen above which sits a 720p webcam. A QHD (3200 x 1800 pixels) option, which we previewed here, was set to arrive too, but it looks like nowhere is going to stock that model any time soon. The headline feature here, though, is the Intel Core M-5Y10c processor. This is a fully-fledged Broadwell part in terms of its power saving features, so it positively sips power, sony sgpt111gb s charger but performance wise it is a far cry from Core i5 or i7 branded models. The most obvious limitation is clock speed, which is restricted to just 998MHz. It can boost up to a maximum of 1.9Ghz but this is can only achieved temporarily in some single-threaded applications.
Performance
Seeing a sub-1-GHz CPU--0.8 GHz, to be exact--can be alarming at first. But after smoothly streaming a 1080p movie with several spreadsheets and 10 Chrome tabs open in the background, the UX305 showed it's more than capable of handling a typical workload without any problems. The UX305 features a low-power Intel Core M-5Y10 CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB solid-state drive. The Core-M processor has the added benefit of allowing Asus to create a completely fanless system, so even under load, my movie wasn't interrupted by the sound of whirring blades trying to cool the system--an annoyance I often encounter when using other Ultrabooks.On Geekbench 3, which evaluates overall system performance, the UX305 scored 4,623. toshiba battery pa5109u 1brs While that's 20 percent slower than the Core i5-powered XPS 13, it's important to remember that the Dell also costs $200 more than the UX305 ($699 for the Asus versus $899 for the Dell) with a 128GB SSD. The EliteBook Folio, which has an Intel Core M-5Y71 CPU, finished behind the UX305, with a score of 3,814, despite a price tag more than double that of the UX305. To test transfer speeds, we used the SSD to duplicate 4.97GB of mixed media files. m15x battery The UX305 completed the test in 33 seconds, for a rate of 154.2 MBps. That beats the $899 XPS 13 (87.7 MBps) and the ultraportable average (106 MBps), but was slightly behind the EliteBook Folio 1020 (182 MBps).On the Laptop Mag Spreadsheet Test, the UX305 matched 20,000 names and addresses in 6 minutes and 50 seconds. That's almost 2 minutes longer than the XPS 13 (5:02), but only slightly slower than EliteBook Folio 1020 (6:36).
Price and availability
Update: As of Mid-February the base version of the UX305FA is available in the US. lenovo thinkcentre m72e tiny ac power adapter It sells for only $699 and includes the Core M-5Y10 processor, 8 GB of RAM, a 256 GB SSD and the FHD matte non-touch display, which makes it a darn good deal if you ask me. Follow this link for more details. You¡¯ll find there both a version sold by Asus and also a Signature Edition without any bloatware, available from Microsoft Store.The higher resolution screen samsung np900x3a battery models will be available later this year, for $999 and up.The Asus Zenbook UX305FA is also available in Europe, starting at roughly 700 euro for a configuration that includes the Core M 5Y10 processor, 4 GB of RAM, a 128 GB SSD and a 1920 x 1080 px matte non-touch display. Remember, the RAM is soldered on the motherboard, so if you choose this version, you¡¯ll be stuck with only 4 GB of memory for good.The version we tested here sells for closer to 1000 euro, lenovo miix 2 charger with the same processor, but 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB SSD storage space and the 3200 x 1800 px IPS screen.
Software and Warranty
Asus keeps the UX305's desktop clean, and it's relatively free of bloat.It comes preloaded with a few third-party apps, such as Flipboard, acer aspire s3 battery buy Line, TripAdvisor and Zinio Reader. As usual, there's a trial for Microsoft Office. The most helpful piece of software is Asus' WebStorage, which offers 16GB of cloud storage for three years for free on all new UX305 machines.The UX305 comes with a standard one-year warranty and a year of Asus Accidental Damage protection, which offers one claim to fix damage from spills, power surges or drops.