Thinking of an Ultrabook

[TheGreatSatan]

I currently have a 12 inch laptop from Alienware and love it, but the screen is starting to separate along the edges. My lappy is about 5lbs, but has 8GB of RAM, a 1GB GeForce GT330 and a 128GB SSD. I even get an average of 6 hours on my battery. I originally thought I wanted it because I would be gaming on it, but I never, ever do...

The new Ultrabooks look really sweet and are obviously super light and many have great batteries with SSD's too, but I really don't have an opinion on which to get. I've been looking at the Lenovo u300 thus far.

Any opinions?

[Technochicken]

My dad got an Asus UX31 Zenbook a few months ago, and it is really nice. In the reviews I read, they complained about the trackpad, but Asus seems to have fixed the drivers since then. The only downside is no backlit keyboard. I don't particularly mind, but some people like it.

[d_stilgar]

I would wait for systems built for windows 8. I think those are going to be really amazing.

[TheGreatSatan]

Windows 8 looks like a Crap-in-tosh

[Outlaw]

Most systems today won't have any issues running Win8 if the user desired to have it. Personally, I like the sleek look and portability. I would pass ONLY because of the price to hardware ratio. And actually, which version of the 300 were you looking at? I see the u300s, u300e..

u300s
http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-10802BU...0955693&sr=8-1 (3 reviews)

u300e
http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/la...-series/u300e/

But if it will do everything you need within your budget. Why not? You cant beat the aluminum shell either for durability.

[diluzio91]

My vote is for the Zenbook 31x because of the screen resolution. I have a 13 inch 1600x900 panel and it's awesome

[Cale_Hagan]

My dad got an Asus UX31 Zenbook a few months ago, and it is really nice. In the reviews I read, they complained about the trackpad, but Asus seems to have fixed the drivers since then. The only downside is no backlit keyboard. I don't particularly mind, but some people like it.

i saw those asus at sam's club, they are thin like a macbook air, and look beyond slick! personally, the bigger the laptop, the better imo for what i use it for...i own an hp hdx18, and the only thing i wish it had extra is the backlit keyboard... i have a netbook for on the go.

Windows 8 looks like a Crap-in-tosh

mhmm.

[TheGreatSatan]

The Zenbook is just as pricey as the Mac

This Toshiba at my work seems really nice

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0382160

[billygoat333]

I was actually gonna suggest that toshiba to you. I like the looks of it and the price isn't terrible.

[diluzio91]

I know engadget did pretty indepth reviews on all of them. My friend has the Acer one and my biggest complaints about it is the keys. it seems like they don't travel far enough down when you're typing... it's very weird.