bargain? 13.3" ultrabook with 1920x1080 for $600 (today only)

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

<http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX42060>

($1100 at Best Buy)

ZENBOOK Prime UX31A-DH51-CA w/ Core i5-3317U, 4GB, 128GB SSD, 13.3in FHD, 
Win 8 64-bit.

What I like:

- good resolution; lowest price I've seen for a notebook with this 
  resolution.  IPS technology is very nice.

- OK size SSD.

- low-power i5 is a nice choice.


What could be better:

- this is last year's chip.  Th Haswell series (this years) uses less 
  power

- no touchscreen.  The future!

- 4G RAM is a bit low these days and in the future.  Probably not 
  expandable.


I just assume that Linux will run this well.  I could be wrong.

I'm tempted, but my 5-year-old ThinkPad x61t isn't that bad (12 inch 
1400x1050 screen; upgraded to 4G of ram and 120G of SSD).
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