Asus ZenBook (UX31E)
My regular ol’ laptop is a casualty of a bad CMOS battery (and maybe of worse) so, in desperation as I do at least half of all my writing outside the house, I acquired a replacement.
I got the ASUS ZenBook one of the new breed of Ultrabooks. It’s got one of the new Solid State Drives (SSD) which makes it blindingly fast to startup. Ooooh, I’m in love.
On the downside, while small and incredibly lightweight (and cute), it will not (snif!) run modo, my favorite 3D software. (That may actually be a good thing).
My kidlet and I definitely agree that this is the sort of ultrabook to take to classes and on the sort of European trekking we’ve both been thinking of doing (separately, kidlet would die before backpacking with Daddy).
5 Replies to “Asus ZenBook (UX31E)”
Glad you found a new computer you like. Most people aren’t lucky enough to find one so quickly.
I am a big Asus fan. We built ALL of our systems with Asus boards because they are the most stable and best for the price etc. Hope you keep loving it!
I do. Nice and light but I want the one with the core i7.
modo, you say…!!! That’s cool… since it’s a neat app. What does an author do dabbling in 3D models, one might wander?
I’ve used it for their Image Ink function to combine with 3D scanning to develop color-geometry accurate digital models.
Why was the new laptop not able to run modo?
Naseer,
The new laptop has an Intel HD graphics chip which seems not to want to play nice.
— Todd