<div dir="ltr">Looks like it's sold out.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Jamon Camisso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jamon.camisso@utoronto.ca" target="_blank">jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 19/08/13 01:19 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:<br>
> <<a href="http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX42060" target="_blank">http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX42060</a>><br>
><br>
> ($1100 at Best Buy)<br>
><br>
> ZENBOOK Prime UX31A-DH51-CA w/ Core i5-3317U, 4GB, 128GB SSD, 13.3in FHD,<br>
> Win 8 64-bit.<br>
><br>
> What I like:<br>
><br>
> - good resolution; lowest price I've seen for a notebook with this<br>
> resolution. IPS technology is very nice.<br>
><br>
> - OK size SSD.<br>
><br>
> - low-power i5 is a nice choice.<br>
><br>
><br>
> What could be better:<br>
><br>
> - this is last year's chip. Th Haswell series (this years) uses less<br>
> power<br>
><br>
> - no touchscreen. The future!<br>
><br>
> - 4G RAM is a bit low these days and in the future. Probably not<br>
> expandable.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I just assume that Linux will run this well. I could be wrong.<br>
><br>
> I'm tempted, but my 5-year-old ThinkPad x61t isn't that bad (12 inch<br>
> 1400x1050 screen; upgraded to 4G of ram and 120G of SSD).<br>
<br>
</div>I have that same thinkpad, last of the 1400x1050 and upgraded to 8GB<br>
with the SSD. Now it runs the microcontrollers at my brewery.<br>
<br>
I am typing this on the first generation UX31 from (1600x900) and really<br>
like it still. The battery life is amazing, everything works with Linux.<br>
Too bad about the 4GB of RAM yeah, but I run anything demanding on my<br>
desktop or on a server with RAM to spare.<br>
<br>
I highly recommend the UXxx series if you want a portable and compatible<br>
Linux ultrabook.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Jamon<br>
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