- 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...
- SAMSUNG Series 7 Chronos
- Sony VAIO S Series
- Apple MacBook Pro 8th Gen
- HP Pavilion g6
- SAMSUNG Series 9 900X3A
- Single core
- 4 GB
- 128 GB SSD
Released September, 2011
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 40% by by MarkIt came with 128GB SSD and after running some benchmarks, it showed it was much faster than the 256GB SSD in the UX31E.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Sony VAIO Z Series compared to the ASUS ZENBOOK UX31E
Unknown
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.
2.9 GHz
Intel Core i7 2677M
Rated 100% by by Gabriel-Ordonez (Dec, 2011)The laptop is very quick and responsive, and I think the Solid State Drive really makes a difference.
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.
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).
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
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the ASUS ZENBOOK UX31E
Sortable is not aware of any important advantages of the Sony VAIO Z Series vs the ASUS ZENBOOK UX31E.
Advantages compared to the Sony VAIO Z Series
| Has a memory card reader | SDSC | vs | None |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read and write data from a camera or phone memory card | |||
| More cores | Dual core | vs | Single core |
| Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More storage capacity | 256 GB | vs | 128 GB |
| 2x more storage capacity | |||
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) | |
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Competition What else you should consider
 | 3 | Apple MacBook Pro 8th Gen Quite good CPU benchmark score |
 | 4 | HP Pavilion g6 3-way tie: Biggest screen |
 | 6 | Dell Alienware M11x Longest battery life |
 | 7 | Dell Inspiron 14z 4-way tie: Fast RAM |
