Nowadays almost all notebook manufacturers started launching ultrabook. No exception Acer, ASUS, Lenovo and Toshiba. They compete to the best the ideal launching ultrabook ultrabook specifications issued by Intel and certainly could be an alternative to the MacBook Air on the market. Read on comparison of the Acer Aspire S3 vs. ASUS UX31 Zenbook vs. Lenovo IdeaPad U300s vs. Toshiba Portege Z835.
Design
No doubt the closest ultrabook MacBook Air is the ASUS UX31, which not only has a similar design but also the device that is also complete. Dark cap has a circular brush pattern, while the deck of a lighter color and the bottom covered with a more traditional metal.
Lenovo U300s and Toshiba Portege Z835 has a thickness that is almost the same in all the parts and a more muted appearance. The designs are not too good is Acer Aspire S3, deck plastic feels cheap, especially if you compare to its competitors that use all metal. While in terms of weight, Z835 comes with a weight of 1.09 Kg.
Winner: ASUS UX31. When you choose ultraportable with a luxurious design and peripherals you can choose the UX31. Zenbook arguably even better than the MacBook Air. However, Toshiba Z835 earn points for the design of sturdy but lightweight.
Keyboard
All keyboards have island-style layout, but none of them quite comfortable to use. We hope the U300s Lenovo keyboard, although it is quite comfortable but not as good as the ThinkPad X1. Unfortunately, the Z835 uses only the keyboard backlit keyboard.
Winner: Toshiba Portege Z835. Ultrabook is the only one that uses a backlit keyboard than others.
Touchpad
Three of the four ultrabook features integrated in the touchpad buttons. Toshiba Touchpad Z835 which looks similar to other ultraportable, has a discrete button that does not interfere with the navigation pad so as to provide highly accurate and smooth multitouch gestures.
Winner: Toshiba Portege Z835. While not as fancy as the others, touchpad and mouse buttons to work properly all the time.
Screen
All ultrabook has 13.3-inch screen, but only display the ASUS UX31 which has a resolution above 1336 x 768 pixels. Not only is 1600 x 900 panel that makes viewing web pages, documents and film more clearly, but also 380 lux is much brighter than all pesainngnya. Including the MacBook Air (330), Toshiba Portege Z838 (260) and Lenovo U300s (162).
Winner: ASUS UX31. Kite has a higher resolution and brighter than its competitors, including the MacBook Air screen.
Audio
In order for the speaker can work well, they generally need to be able to move much air. It’s hard to do on a notebook that is less than one inch thick, but generally all ultrabook produce a sound that is above average for a typical laptop. Four of them come with audio boosting software. Acer with Dolby Home Theater v4, using Toshiba Wavemaxx Z835, Lenovo U300s using SRS Premium Surround and ASUS UX31 with ASUS SonicMaster.
Winner: ASUS UX31. The combination of Bang & Olufsen’s ICEpower and ASUS SonicMaster producing a balanced audio.
Port
In addition to Acer Aspire S3, all of these ultrabook have at least one USB 3.0 port. all have the HDMI port, except for the UX31. ASUS uses microHDMI, to accommodate microDisplayPort. Z835 Toshiba only has Ethernet and VGA ports, although the UX31 also has an adapter and one for VGA. Lenovo gets points kurangdari U300s other due to lack of SD card slot.
Winner: Toshiba Portege Z835. USB 3.0, two USB 2.0, HDMI, VGA and Ethernet ports make this ultrabook most functional.
Performance
U300s Lenovo includes an Intel Core i7-2677M 1.8 GHz and 4GB RAM. It rivaled by ASUS UX31 with Intel Core i5-2557M 1.7 GHz and 4GB RAM. Not surprisingly, if the two other systems are also skyrocketing. Aspire S3 with Intel Core i5-2467M 1.6 GHz and 4GB of RAM, and Toshiba i3 processor Z835 with 1.4 GHz and 4GB RAM.
To be fair, both ultrabook Acer and Toshiba for $ 899, which is under ASUS ($ 1,199) and Lenovo ($ 1,459). However, as we all know that Toshiba uses SSD full size, not the SSD or mechanical hard drive in the Acer S3 combo.
Winner: Lenovo IdeaPad U300s. The combination of Core i7 processors and SSDs makes it the best player overall.
SSD performance
One of the requirements ultrabook is a fast boot time. The only way to achieve this is through the use of SSD. ASUS, Lenovo and Toshiba just use SSD, but the Acer S3 only use 20GB SSD. As a result, poor performance in other parts.
128GB SSD on the ASUS SATA III SSD UX3 is the first that appears in the notebook, this is the fastest with 5GB duplicate multimedia files on a level of 97.9 MBps. Lenovo is hot on his heels (83.4 MBps), but Toshiba’s performance was bad enough with the speed below the 28.4 MBps.
Winner: ASUS UX31. Adata SSD is the fastest when transferring files.
Booting
Toshiba Z835 has the fastest boot times with Windows 7 Home Premium (21 seconds), while ASUS (29 seconds) and Lenovo (34 seconds). Acer uses a mechanical hard drive, has a boot time three times longer. All ultrabook which has the slowest boot time is Lenovo U300s.
Winner: Balance between ASUS UX31 and Toshiba Z835. UX31 is the fastest boot time, but 21 seconds when booting Toshiba is the best.
Battery
If you can not replace the battery, you better make sure your battery is long lasting. Fortunately, three of these ultrabook capable but only two of those who beat the category average of 6 hours 42 minutes.
Winner: Lenovo IdeaPad U300s. With 6:52 runtime only outperformed the Toshiba Portege Z835 (6:48) and one hour longer than the UX31 (5:58), and nearly two and a half hours longer than the Acer S3 (4:23).
Price
When launching ultrabook, Intel hopes that prices will remain under $ 1000. Acer and Toshiba keep this from S3 and Z835 priced at $ 899. Both the ASUS Zenbook UX31 ($ 1,199) and Lenovo U300s ($ 1495, starts at $ 1,095) is much more expensive.
Winner: Toshiba Portege Z835. It offers the cheapest ultrabook.
Toshiba Portege R835 Magnesium Alloy Casing in Blue
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ASUS Zenbook UX31E Thin and Light Ultrabook (Silver Aluminum)
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Lenovo U300s Ultrabook (Graphite Grey)
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Acer Aspire S3 HD Display Ultrabook
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Video Preview Aspire S3, IdeaPad U300s, Portege Z830, and UX21
Conclusion
Toshiba Portege Z835 and ASUS UX31 each five points and Lenovo U300s won only two points. Although not as fast UX31 and have no power as strong as U300s, Z835 has an attractive design. A touchpad that works, good battery power, light weight and a backlit keyboard, priced at $ 899. These factors make the Toshiba Portege Z835 is ultrabook current best.
— tiyoavianto