Asus ZenBook UX550VE-DB71T

Asus ZenBook UX550VE-DB71T User Review and Ratings

• Good screen
  Jiageng Liu (Nov 24, 2017) on Amazon
  Great product. Specs as expected. Not light as ultrabook but still very portable (4 lb)Big plus:- huge and fantastic screen display (better than my surface book 1) despite the 1920x1080 resolution, not sure what new technology is that.- top cover not so shiny as previous models, which I like a lot.
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• Excellent computer
  Alejundro (Nov 17, 2017) on Amazon
  I love this computer, it's fast and is built with quality in mind. I use it for music production that requires a lot of plug-ins and this beast is able to handle it. When I play StarCraft2 the fans are on full blast and are audible else I don't notice them. It has only been a week, I will update after a little more use.
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• Battery Life is truly as promised and you can easily run on battery a full day
  Researcher (Feb 4, 2018) on Amazon
  Very impressive machine! Boots up faster than anything I have ever used in Windows 10. Battery Life is truly as promised and you can easily run on battery a full day. Last week I literally ran it for 12 hours and had an hour to spare.
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• Only downside I have encountered is that is smudges easily - and slight disappointment that it can't charge from ...
  Dreday (Jan 28, 2018) on Amazon
  Only downside I have encountered is that is smudges easily - and slight disappointment that it can't charge from tb3 in a clutch (but not surprising considering the power). I was hesitant to buy this laptop, obviously there is lots of competition and debate - and I heard a lot about coil whine and keyboard flex. Neither are the case... but I'll address them specifically:-You can press uncomfortably hard to make the keyboard flex, considering it is only an issue if you force it to be.. it isn't a real issue.-It whines a bit when charging(actually charging, not when plugged in and fully charged)... barely noticeable, but it is there - afaik this is typical of power lithium-ion batteries. This is not the same as coil whine which I have not encountered on my machine.
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• Excellent for video editing.
  AmazonCustomer (Jan 18, 2018) on Amazon
  I do lots of video editing and music production so I needed something portable and powerful as I'm always on the go. I decided to go with Asus because my Vivobook from 2013 was keeping up with my workload pretty well and it was extremely reliable. Yes there's some coil whine and no the battery doesn't last that long but I don't care. I just need it to look nice and be efficient and it is. I can edit 4K raw footage with no problems and render times are absolutely incredible. When working with music production I can open a project with 50+ plugins and have many other programs running and it works flawlessly. This laptop handles thermals well and I don't experience very much throttling at all when working. It is all metal and it is really thin for what it's packing inside. Yes, it has keyboard flex if you try but you have other problems if you are pressing the keys that hard. If you just want to get some work done and look good doing it then I highly recommend this laptop.UPDATE: If you're editing short videos here and there this will be perfect. My workload increased and I'm doing a film a day and they range from 5 minutes to 60 minutes and all the footage is 4k. I've recently discovered the disadvantages of editing on a laptop. It does get warm over time and it also suffers from Power Limit Throttling since it is a 45w processor and not a 95w like you would find in a desktop. SInce it is a laptop the CPU is locked so you can't override it. Sometimes while editing and definitely while rendering the CPU clocks down to as low as .80 GHZ and fluctuates between that and 2.00 GHZ. I still have great render times but it makes life hard when trying to edit. Also, if you have large timelines, (30-90 minutes) 16GB of RAM is not quite enough so keep that in mind. This laptop still works incredibly well for music production and I have had no issues there. Video production is just very demanding on systems so I recommend a desktop if you edit a lot of videos. I still give it 5 stars because this laptop is currently making me a lot of money and it's been very reliable. I plan to keep it for a while.
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