{"video_id":"BWMXyXibCxU","title":"ASUS Zenbook UX31E-DH72 Intel Core i7 2677 Ultrabook Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2012-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":559,"segments":[{"start_s":7.759,"end_s":14.24,"text":"welcome to my Zenbook unboxing this is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.24,"end_s":16.56,"text":"very exciting and I am excited to bring","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.24,"end_s":21.32,"text":"you this exciting new unboxing from the exciting Channel lonus Tech tips which","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.359,"end_s":26.16,"text":"does unboxings reviews and other computer videos this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.32,"end_s":32.64,"text":"is an unboxing but we're also going to do an overview of the unit in general","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":28.199,"end_s":34.96,"text":"here is some Packaging and here is 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will be releasing Ultra books in the near future great packaging actually reminiscent of the way Apple uh does the MacBook Air which we also unboxed so here we are Zenbook oo I can already see it has USB 3 which is better than the MacBook Air although the MacBook Air has Thunderbolt which is better than the Zenbook so let's just give them both some time to reveal their strengths and weaknesses and we will go from there so let's find out what comes in this little package here we are going to find a USB connector attached to an Ethernet port aha so you can run a wired net Network out of the box on the Zenbook fascinating next we have oh look at that a little mini connector to VGA you can run a VGA external monitor out of the box on the Zenbook Advantage Zen book so far next we have a power adapter that looks a little something like this actually fairly similar to the way that uh the MacBook Air does things except the MacBook Air does have the option to instead extend this cable and make it even longer and not take up as much space in your power brick so Advantage MacBook Air all right what else we got in here ooh it comes with a case that is a big Advantage Zen book because uh we all know Apple accessories are not cheap so here we are it comes oh you know remember those commercials where they showed you the the air fits in an envelope ASUS thought to provide you with an envelope so you can do that demo all day every day for all of your friends just going to go ahead and slip that bad boy in there and that is how much space and ASUS Zen book will take up okay don't worry we're going to keep going here what else we got for documentation here Zen book some like branding there very nice okay inside we find a battery notice hm something caution do not dispose of in fire do not put in water do not eat it that kind of stuff okay next we have a cable tie thank you ASUS very elegant very not MacBook Air likee all right next we have a notebook warranty card here's a big Advantage ASUS because you get look at that complimentary one-year accidental damage protection plan bam you must register within 60 days from the date of purchase and follow the simple steps but you get accidental damage protection that includes water electricity broken screen and fire wow doesn't cover acts of God however okay uh okay so what else we got here 12 month limited on the complete unit 24 month new purchase oh okay this is just General stuff okay so that's not that useful um Beyond The Accidental damage warranty bit system recovery DVD fascinating next we have a notebook users manual as well as an LCD cleaning cloth Advantage Zenbook all right and let's go ahead and get the Zenbook taken back out of its envelope here and let's check it out so it is also slightly lighter than the MacBook Air so these are both I'm comparing both the 13.3 in models so the Zenbook is yeah I'm cheating I have a cheat sheet down there is 1.3 kg and the MacBook Air is 1.35 kg which actually holding on to the units doesn't feel that significant to be perfectly honest but that's okay I mean every Advantage counts right all right let's uh check out the overall form factor so I'm going to do my uh my traditional iPhone size comparison so there it is at its thickest point Point here it is at its thinnest point at the front of the unit I'm going to go ahead and open it up here and then I want you guys to check out the oops a little bit tricky to open there we go all right so I want you guys to check it out on the screen here let's make sure we go y there we go so that's the thickness of the LED back lit 13in screen actually I believe it's 13.3 in okay and then there is the bottom of the unit so there's that thickness comparison so overall yes it is very thin and very very light all right uh you know what we're going to close it back up for a second and so let's have a look at what we've got in terms of IO here we've got a usb2 port a headphone jack an SD card slot so far all this is looking pretty familiar along the back we have a hinge excellent next we have a DC in so there's your power we also have an a super speed USB 3 Port so that is to combat the Thunderbolt port on the MacBook Air we also have uh I think it's micro HDMI as well as our Fancy Pants little one that supports where'd it go oh no hold on this is this so This does HDMI and VGA so cool so okay give me a sec here guys I got to find out what this is got a little confused there guys so this is the VGA this is the micro HDMI and this is a light okay so let's go ahead and oh here there's a little lip here which is going to help you lift up the lid of the Zen book look at how fancy pants this thing looks wow okay so we have in traditional PC fashion actual left and rightclick buttons which will help you left and right click in the software that you use in your daily life we also have check this out so ASUS actually got authorization to use altered branding for Intel Core i7 as well as Windows 7 in a monochrome kind of style so that it wouldn't disrupt the overall look of the machine we've got sort of your typical ASUS branding here stereo microphone by the look of things which is pretty cool next to the webcam and then the keyboard layout let's check out the keyboard layout so the keyboard layout looks very ideal from where I'm sitting right now we've got long backspace long enter long shift long shift and a reasonably sized tab we've also got a fairly ideal layout in terms of the arrow keys as well as pretty much everything else that I can see on here you know what it's pretty darn similar in fact to the MacBook Air which I'm just going to run over here and grab because this reminds me of it so much okay here we go so there there's both machines side by side so the only only major differences look like the inclusion of a Windows key on the Windows machine and yeah that's looking like pretty much it in fact they even both have their power Keys here although uh looks like the ASUS Zenbook has not come pre-charged so I'm not going to be able to turn it on just yet now I do want to take both of these notebooks and I haven't really done the the finish on the top yet here so this looks just outstanding it's kind of a a circular here you might need to move to that side so that we can get the light on it can you see the circular pattern in it yeah you can okay good so you can see kind of the um well the circular pattern with the ASUS branding in the top of the notebook here and then on the bottom very very sharp looking by the way um kind of like stainless steel appliances sort of thing and then on the bottom instead of a circle it's more like a brushed pattern and then we've got little plasticky rubbery feet on the bottom as well as ventilation holes all along the back the unit can be opened up with torque screws all along the bottom if you needed to well open it up for any reason in particular so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the ASUS's end book and 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