ASUS ZENBOOK UX31E

    As the special character of Ultrabook Intel, Zenbook from asus has super slim shape which also its main attraction. From two types of ZenBook provided, Asus send one of them to world market. ZenBook UX31E with 13 inches screen dimension. It seems pretty, by its super slim shape from ASUS, it seems attractive and beautiful. If we pay attention the shape, it seems like the most advanced and modern Laptop from previous era, which is also the most expensive, because of its slimmer shape from rear to front. The slimmest side, which is on its front side, has 3mm thickness. 
                                                     
    While in its rear side, it seems three times thicker, which is 9mm in closed condition. To make the appearance more beautiful, ASUS cover it with aluminum material. It has influence to reduce overall weight into 1.3 kg. Inside it, ASUS planted processor and SSD which become the mainstay feature from hardware side. ASUS UX31E, uses Intel Core i5-2257M, which is a Sandy Bridge processor with low power consumption, but still has promising performance with Core clock 1,7 GHz combined with 128GB SSD, makes this UltraBook has quite fast booting time, which is 13 seconds, faster than previously thought. Besides, this ASUS  UX 31E has great battery reliability. 

     Unfortunately, this UltraBook has no graphic discrete, so you can only rely on Intel HD Graphics for mid-low game playing needs. When tested on PCMark 7, ASUS UX31E successfully reached high score 3598 point. It needs to know that average value produced by Notebook which used Intel Core i5 Processor is 1800 to 2200 point, the score reached is also influenced by SSD speed in ASUS UX31E

Asus U43JC

    If you see the design of Asus U43JC, you’ll get something unique. Why? When other vendor produce notebook using plastic and metal, different with Asus U43JC, since vendor party used bamboo material in some notebook body-part. The bamboo usage based on bamboo character which easy to be found and planted, also has fast and strong growth time. Beside, Asus claimed that Super Hybrid Engine technology usage in this product would lengthen the battery duration to 10.5 hours. When tested using MobileMark 2007, result found was 5 hours 54 minutes, noted that Super Hybrid Engine function was turned off. Although it’s not as claimed by Asus vendor, but this product also has long battery reliability.
                                                     
      Notebook we’ve reviewed here uses processor Intel Core i7 620M, 4 GB memory, also graphic NVidia G310M. The result of the test, Asus U43JC has high performance. It can be seen from the score produced from some tests, just like in SysMark 2007 test (181 points), MediaShow Espresso test (1 minutes 47 seconds), WinRAR test (4 minutes 26 seconds ), and PC Mark Vantage test (7318 point).

       Screen used has 14 inches size, not too big and noot to tiny either for a notebook. Asus U43JC already has USB 3.0 slot. The advantage of the latest USB version is higher data transfer’s speed (10 times) compared with previous version, that is USB 2.0. to store favorite data, Asus U43JC has many storage choices, they are 320, 500, and 640 GB.

Specs:
Name  :   Asus U43JC
Operating System        Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
Processor  :   Intel® Core™ i7 620M 2.66 GHz, Intel® Core™ i5 430M/520M/540M 2.53 GHz ~ 2.26 GHz, Intel® Core™ i3 350M 2.26 GHz
Chipset  :  Intel® HM55 Express Chipset
Memory  :  DDR3 1066 MHz SDRAM,2 x SO-DIMM socket for expansion up to 4 G SDRAM
Graphics  :  Integrated Intel® GMA HD, NVIDIA® GeForce® 310M with 1GB DDR3 VRAM
Storage  :  2.5" SATA, 640GB 5400rpm, 500GB 5400rpm/7200rpm, 320GB 5400rpm/7200rpm
Screen  :  14.0" 16:9 HD (1366x768) LED backlight
Optical Drive  :  Super-Multi DVD
Audio  :  Built-in Speakers And Microphone, SRS Premium Sound
Wireless LAN  :  Integrated 802.11 b/g/n or 802.11 b/g
Webcam  :  2.0 Mega Pixel web camera
Interface & Slots        5 -in-1 card reader ( SD/ MS/ MS Pro/ xD/ MMC), 1 x Microphone-in jack, 1 x Headphone-out jack, 1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external monitor, 1 x USB 3.0 port(s), 2 x USB 2.0 port(s), 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert, 1 x HDMI
Battery  :  8Cells : 4400 mAh 63 Whrs, 8Cells : 5600 mAh 84 Whrs, 6Cells : 4400 mAh 47 Whrs
Dimension  :  34.4 x 24.1 x 2.20 ~3.18 cm (WxDxH)
Weight  :  2.14 kg (with 6 cell battery)