Testseek.com have collected 233 expert reviews of the Asus UX305FA Zenbook and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus UX305FA Zenbook.
March 2015
(82%)
233 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(78%)
1795 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Excellent battery life
Thin
Wellbuilt chassis
Completely quiet—there's no fan or spinning HD
Sleek all-aluminum design
Great keyboard and touchpad design
Thin profile and lightweight chassis
Flawless screen
Fanless
Quiet cooling system
Great price
Solid construction
Good mix of features for the price
Good keyboard and OK trackpad
Microsoft Signature edition is available
Good battery life
Good port selection
Decent 1080p IPS panel with a matte finish
Which is becoming rare
Superthin and superlight
Aesthetically pleasing
Screen looks good
DPI scales nicely
Excellent build quality
It's fanless
Includes a fast SSD (benchmarked at ~475MB/s read/write)
Price compared to competition
Thin and light. Aluminum construction. Fanless design
Thanks to Intel Core M processor. Full HD-resolution display. Comfortable keyboard and touchpad. All-day battery life in our tests.
Surprisingly affordable
Superthin aluminum body
Bright matte screen
Quiet
Fanless design
Extra long battery life
Low price for a stylish and classy notebook with plenty of ports despite slim design. Ample RAM and storage. Nice matte IPS display
Light
And attractive
Handsome full HD display
Comfortable keyboard and touch pad
Fanless and silent
Great specs for the price
Core m offers reasonable office performance
Thin and light
Solid and sexy
And quiet as a mouse. Twice the RAM and storage of competing models from Apple and Dell
But for less money. Gorgeous screen
Comfy keyboard
Allday battery
Bright
Contrast-rich IPS screen
Stable
High-end case
Very good input devices
Silent operation
Hardly gets warmer
Fast SSD
Maintainable
USB-to-Ethernet adapter
The editors didn't like
Keyboard is not backlit
Underwhelming battery life
Lacks keyboard backlight
So-so CPU performance
No touch or backlit keyboard option
If you're into those
Some backlight bleed around the edges of the display
Core M and the HD 5300 GPU are significantly slower than Broadwell-U or Haswell-U
Dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi instead of 802.11ac
Touchpad can be finicky
Mostly with regards to clicking
Middling performance in testing. No touch screen. Speakers are disappointing
Core M can lag in performance
Quiet speakers
No backlit keyboard
Webcam has poor white balance
No touch screen
Keyboard isn't backlit
Intel Core M is slower than Core i series
Mediocre performance
No USB-C port for charging or external display
Keys aren't backlit
My kingdom for backlit keys. Lacks the sex appeal of Dell's onlyslightlypricier XPS 13. Oddball screenhinge design can cause some slippage while you type. Weak builtin speakers are an affront to ears everywhere
The best deal in townWhat this comes down to is a major breakthrough in price for an ultrabook. I thought Dell's XPS 13 2015, with its $799 price was a big breakthrough (and it is), but you give up in RAM and storage to get to $800. The same goes with A...
Published: 2015-02-18, Author: Daniel , review by: yahoo.com
Abstract: Outside of Apple, Asus easily makes some of the most attractive laptops on the market. As with its predecessors, the Zenbook UX305's cover features a large ASUS logo ringed by a series of concentric circles. It's a beautiful design that gives the laptop a...
Excellent battery life, Thin, wellbuilt chassis, Completely quiet—there's no fan or spinning HD
Keyboard is not backlit
As we noted early on in this article, we didn't expect the Asus Zenbook UX305 to be a benchmark-burning powerhouse of a system. It has moderate, but still very respectable specifications. Because it's not a powerhouse system, it also has a relatively affo...
Published: 2016-02-28, Author: Various , review by: apcmag.com
Abstract: Despite how far smartphones have come in the last eight-odd years, as productivity devices, they're still a little too restricted to get serious work done. They're undoubtedly fine for quick tasks like replying to emails and scheduling appointments, but...
Fantastic design and solid aluminium build material, Fairly lightweight and easy to carry around, Priced reasonably lower than the competing Ultrabooks, Impressive 8GB RAM for smooth and optimized performance, The fan-less design makes the Ultrabook s
Absence of the keyboard backlight deters from typing in low light conditions, The fan-less design makes the laptop heat up when used for a longer period, The processor is mediocre and may slow down during heavy operation
Asus does a fine job of making the Zenbook UX305FA-FC004P look as elite and cutting-edge as the models developed by the top players in the industry. With several upsides in terms of design, prolonged battery life and satisfactory performance, the UX305FA...
Abstract: Listen really closely, and you can hear the cries of Windows laptop users.Windows 10 is truly great, but it doesn't put an end to the affliction caused by inferior screens, carpal-tunnel-inducing trackpads, Tupperware-like plastic, short-lived batteries...
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Published: 2015-08-05, Author: Joel , review by: apcmag.com
Abstract: What's still clear is just how portable this ZenBook is, with its 12.3mm girth and a 1.2kg total weight, the UX305 looks and feels like an impressively-built Windows counterpart to the MacBook Air. But peer a little harder and that initial impression does...
Mediocre trackpad drivers, Core M not as gutsy as an i7, Higher spec models get expensive
I'm a huge fan of the $1199-plus Asus ZenBook UX305. It is, like the Apple MacBook, just some laptop, and that's what it does so well. It doesn't have any incredibly fancy features or flourish, it doesn't try to pretend to have any gaming potential, it do...
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Published: 2015-04-16, Author: Brian , review by: au.pcmag.com
Thin and light, Aluminum construction, Fanless design, thanks to Intel Core M processor, Full HD-resolution display, Comfortable keyboard and touchpad, All-day battery life in our tests
Middling performance in testing, No touch screen, Speakers are disappointing
With its ultraslim profile, the Asus Zenbook UX305FA-ASM1 midrange ultraportable certainly redefines the concept of thin. Unfortunately, its performance isn't as impressive...
