A driver update to coincide with the Zenbook’s launch fixes these issues…to a degree. When I first tested the touchpad, it had a tendency to overshoot objects on the screen, and it produced a significant delay in the tap-to-click function. Although the touchpad is smooth and supports multitouch gestures such as two-finger scrolling, it needs some work.

The Zenbook’s has a small black line in the middle, at the bottom, to denote the left- and right-click zones. The glass-coated touchpad looks and feels a lot like Apple’s trackpads.

The power button looks like a regular key, and is located in the top-right corner of the keyboard. You’ll find no extra buttons around the keyboard, but the Function keys can serve as extra buttons–for example, you can put the computer to sleep, turn the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth on or off, and adjust volume and screen brightness using the Fn keys. The keys are large with sharp corners, and widely spaced. That keyboard, which is not backlit, is comfortable and easy to type on. The UX31E sports a Chiclet-style keyboard in matte silver. The interior ditches the concentric-circles pattern in favor of bright silvery brushed aluminum on the deck, a dark matte-gray bezel around the screen, and a silver glass-coated touchpad. The size, the tapered design, and the metallic look make the Zenbook resemble the MacBook Air to such an extent that you’d be forgiven for mistaking them at a glance. The ultrathin chassis features a slate-gray aluminum cover with a circular brushed design and sharp corners.

The Zenbook UX31E is a breathtaking computer, different in appearance from Apple’s MacBook Air series in a few key respects.

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