Purchased the UX305 about two weeks ago for ~$630 (15% off at the Microsoft Store) with tax.
I have nothing but good things to say about the hardware - screen, keyboard, and touchpad are A+, and I'm getting 8-10 hours working in Visual Studio 2013.
Two things not covered in the review: HDMI port is 1.4, and the SD card reader is half-depth similar to Macs.
The only issue so far is the touchpad gesture software crashing Chrome sometimes when pressing alt-D to select the address bar.
I was initially interested in getting this for Visual Studio 2013 development on the move but very worried it is way underpowered. I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts!
I was also worried, but figured it could always be returned. So far it's been perfectly adequate. The CPU scaling and power management seems to be balanced really well.
Email is in my profile if you'd like me to time a solution build.
umm... I am surprised you, nor anyone else (yet) mentions the power key being right above the backspace key... I've turned off or put to sleep that stupid laptop so many times I went back to using my iPad 1st gen with bluetooth keyboard and RDP lol
but seriously, how they can continually overlook what clearly is a flaw? if I've got this all backwards, please share the logic behind it
Hit the Windows key and type "power button" to open the power options control panel. Set "when I press the power button" to "do nothing". You can sleep/hibernate/shutdown from the start menu/screen, or automatically when you close the lid.
I have a UX301. The first time I accidentally hit the power button while working, I disabled it.
This is exactly the fix I would apply if I had this, but you would think they'd make it so that you had to hold the button down for more than a quick key press to put it to sleep. Seems like that would be a problem that would come up in testing.
roger that - thank you for sharing!
it does jump to mind that with it disabled, I essentially lose that button due to their design, not my fat finger... oh well, compromises everywhere!
It hasn't been an issue, and I thought it might be. I believe all the current MacBooks have the power button in the same location. Luckily OS X and Windows let you disable sleeping when the power button is pressed.
I agree. How does it compare to the Thinkpad chiclet keyboards? Those have to be the best laptop keyboards I've ever used. I'm loathe to purchase anything else just because of how important a quality typing experience is for me.
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Purchased the UX305 about two weeks ago for ~$630 (15% off at the Microsoft Store) with tax.
I have nothing but good things to say about the hardware - screen, keyboard, and touchpad are A+, and I'm getting 8-10 hours working in Visual Studio 2013.
Two things not covered in the review: HDMI port is 1.4, and the SD card reader is half-depth similar to Macs.
The only issue so far is the touchpad gesture software crashing Chrome sometimes when pressing alt-D to select the address bar.
I was initially interested in getting this for Visual Studio 2013 development on the move but very worried it is way underpowered. I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts!
I was also worried, but figured it could always be returned. So far it's been perfectly adequate. The CPU scaling and power management seems to be balanced really well.
Email is in my profile if you'd like me to time a solution build.
umm... I am surprised you, nor anyone else (yet) mentions the power key being right above the backspace key... I've turned off or put to sleep that stupid laptop so many times I went back to using my iPad 1st gen with bluetooth keyboard and RDP lol
but seriously, how they can continually overlook what clearly is a flaw? if I've got this all backwards, please share the logic behind it
Hit the Windows key and type "power button" to open the power options control panel. Set "when I press the power button" to "do nothing". You can sleep/hibernate/shutdown from the start menu/screen, or automatically when you close the lid.
I have a UX301. The first time I accidentally hit the power button while working, I disabled it.
This is exactly the fix I would apply if I had this, but you would think they'd make it so that you had to hold the button down for more than a quick key press to put it to sleep. Seems like that would be a problem that would come up in testing.
roger that - thank you for sharing! it does jump to mind that with it disabled, I essentially lose that button due to their design, not my fat finger... oh well, compromises everywhere!
It hasn't been an issue, and I thought it might be. I believe all the current MacBooks have the power button in the same location. Luckily OS X and Windows let you disable sleeping when the power button is pressed.
How is the keyboard? The "thin" craze seems to me that keyboards are all disappointing compared to small laptops that I own that are 5+ years old.
I agree. How does it compare to the Thinkpad chiclet keyboards? Those have to be the best laptop keyboards I've ever used. I'm loathe to purchase anything else just because of how important a quality typing experience is for me.
Very similar to current MacBooks, if not a little bit crisper. Could do with a bit more travel just like most new laptops.