- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How they compare
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon
- Apple MacBook Air 4th Gen
- Apple MacBook Pro 8th Gen
- Sony VAIO S Series
- HP EliteBook 8460P
- 13.1"
- 2.53 GHz Dual core
- 4 GB
- 128 GB HDD
Released September, 2010
Rated 80% by by The Verge (Jul, 2011)Every part of the machine (okay, save for its touchpad and speakers) is built with the newest and greatest components around — the full HD screen is one of the highest quality panels you’ll find on a laptop today, the unique implementation of Intel’s Light Peak provides beyond competent graphics, and the Core i7 CPU and Samsung RAID 0 SSD trounces every other ultraportable in performance.
Rated 100% by by Gabriel-Ordonez (Dec, 2011)The screen resolution is great: 1600x900, so it is exactly widescreen (16:9), and I've enjoyed seeing movies, pictures and working on it.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Sony VAIO Z Series compared to the ASUS Zenbook UX31E
GHz2.53
Rated 90% by by TrustedReviews (Feb, 2012)Be it videos, photos or games, everything is brought to life with a level of detail unsurpassed even by the excellent screen on the Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch Not satisfied with awesome colour fidelity alone, viewing angles are incredibly wide.
2.3 GHz
Intel Core i5 2557M
Rated 80% by by Lahma (Dec, 2011)If you are looking for more resolution, so that you may fit more stuff on your screen (hello multitaskers), but you don't want a HUGE 15" screen, look no further.
screen size
13.1"
13.3"
VAIO Z Series by lexter (Feb, 2011)Compared to other screens I have seen in this size the Z blows the competition out of the water.
Zenbook UX31E by JR (Nov, 2011)The display is very sharp and very small fonts are clear and readable.
screen resolution
VAIO Z Series by CSK (Mar, 2011)Operations is quiet, the high-resolution LED-backed screen is superb - but you need to have good eyes, I can imagine others will have a hard time with the super-fine resolution.
Zenbook UX31E by JR (Nov, 2011)It also automatically returned to the native resolution when the external display device was disconnected.
cpu speed
| 0 GHz | 2.53 GHz | 3 GHz |
VAIO Z Series by LaptopMag (Aug, 2008)Our $1,999 unit came fully equipped with Intel’s latest 2.4-GHz Core 2 Duo P8600 processor, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, and a 250GB hard drive.
Zenbook UX31E by mikeyforgets (Mar, 2012)The lightweight portability, performance & beauty is enough to make me want to buy another zenbook for my wife(or myself) when updates are added later this year(IPS screen, ivy bridge cpu, 512 ssd).
processor
VAIO Z Series by Mark-J.-Tierney--coastie-1980It's just to much chip to allow for cooling, so the dual core i7 is mainstream, but if you look close, this one has a much faster i7 than many.
memory
| 0 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB |
VAIO Z Series by MuddyAzian (Jan, 2011)This review is for the VPCZ line, and the version I have has the Core i7 M640, and 8 GB RAM.
Zenbook UX31E by Dan-S (Dec, 2011)I do wish it had more ram and wireless N, Overall I am thrilled with this laptop and my friends are jealous.
Performance Real world tests of Sony VAIO Z Series vs ASUS Zenbook UX31E
battery life
7 hour
7 hour
VAIO Z Series by CAVIII (Sep, 2012)The battery didn't charge 1% for almost 2 hours after opening but it slowly started charging after that.
Zenbook UX31E by J.-Moses (May, 2012)This ultra book Zenbook 31 is very good maybe even greatIt stays cool the battery life it great.
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the ASUS Zenbook UX31E
| Has a memory card reader | MMC | vs | None |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read and write data from a camera or phone memory card | |||
| Faster processor | 2.53 GHz | vs | 2.3 GHz |
| 10% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
Advantages compared to the Sony VAIO Z Series
| Much faster internal storage | 0.1 ms (SSD) | vs | 10 ms (HDD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100x faster random access time; faster boot times and shorter application load times | |||
| Much faster Bluetooth | 24 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v4.0) | vs | 1 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v2.0) |
| 24x faster Bluetooth | |||
| Significantly sharper screen | 138 ppi | vs | 115 ppi |
| 20% sharper PPI; enjoy photo-realistic, crisp images | |||
| Higher resolution screen | 1600 x 900 | vs | 1280 x 800 |
| More than 40% higher resolution screen | |||
| More storage capacity | 256 GB | vs | 128 GB |
| 2x more storage capacity | |||
| Much faster USB | 572 MB/s (USB 3.0) | vs | 57 MB/s (USB 2.0) |
| More than 10x faster USB; connect a high-speed external hard drive or other high-speed device | |||
Reviews Word on the street
Sony VAIO Z Series | ASUS Zenbook UX31E | ||
 |    Rated by 55 users at amazon.com Rated 80% by by KindlePad (Sep, 2011) Rated 100% by by Narada--the-wondering-jew (Apr, 2010) Rated 100% by by Michael-D.-Briggs--Dark_Psion (Jan, 2012) | Rated by 122 users at amazon.com Rated 80% by by Hakan-Kantas (Mar, 2012) Rated 100% by by q_rvuer (Mar, 2012) Rated 80% by by Bizzle (Apr, 2012) | |
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Competition What else you should consider
 | 3 | Apple MacBook Pro 8th Gen Quite good CPU benchmark score |
 | 5 | HP EliteBook 8460P 2-way tie: Longest battery life |
 | 6 | Dell XPS 14z Fastest processor |
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