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Testseek.com have collected 101 expert reviews of the Asus UX501JW Zenbook Pro and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus UX501JW Zenbook Pro .
Award: Good Buy May 2015
May 2015
 
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101 Reviews
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The editors liked

  • Stunning 15.6-inch 4K display
  • Sturdy and premium design
  • Beautiful design and excellent build quality
  • Thin and light chassis
  • High-Quality UHD IPS panel that's also harmless to human vision
  • Thunderbolt port (available in selected markets) and other useful peripherals found in the retail package
  • Flawless touc
  • Relatively low price for a metal-clad quad core 15" Ultrabook with high end specs
  • Decent value at $1499
  • Dazzling 4K touchscreen
  • Professional
  • Stylish design
  • Insanely fast SSD
  • Good gaming performance
  • Gorgeous IPS display with 4K resolution
  • Responsive touch screen
  • Sturdy feel
  • Affordable price
  • Strong performance
  • Ultrafast hard drive
  • Vivid 4K display
  • Beautiful design
  • Wonderful audio
  • Sleek
  • Stylish design. Brilliant 4K display. Thunderbolt support. Category-leading performance
  • Thanks to Intel Core i7-4720HQ processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M graphics card. Speedy PCIe-connected solid-state drive.
  • Comes with everything a premium laptop needs
  • Fantastic 4K touchscreen for indoor use
  • Excellent performance for the money
  • Great for editing and calibration
  • Lots of space to edit
  • Durable
  • Beautiful display
  • Lightroom CC is very responsive
  • Though it just seems faster on MacBooks
  • Features fastest solid-state drive we have tested to date
  • Excellent general system performance
  • Powerful quad-core CPU
  • Strong dedicated GPU
  • Good keyboard
  • Much improved over the NX500
  • Attractive case design
  • Temperature and noise are well-managed
  • Matte panel
  • 4K display
  • System performance
  • Keyboard

The editors didn't like

  • Underpowered performance despite powerful components
  • Terrible trackpad
  • Meh speakers
  • Tons of pre-installed crapware
  • One heavy laptop
  • Underwhelming battery life
  • Hinges aren't tight enough and allow screen wobbling when using the touch panel
  • Battery life isn't great for this category of laptops
  • 4K display can be challenging
  • Color accuracy not great
  • Which hurts pro apps use
  • CPU performance throttled
  • Can't game at 4K resolution
  • Sub-par sound output
  • Gaming performance struggles at 4K resolution
  • Runs hot
  • Keyboard layout and visibility issues
  • Below-average battery life
  • Keyboard and touchpad layout may frustrate
  • Bloatware. Middling battery life in testing
  • Unimpressive touchpad
  • Poor screen visibility outdoors
  • Weak speakers with lackluster sound
  • Windows 8
  • There are screens with more coverage than 94% of the gamut although that is pretty darn good
  • God
  • I hate Windows 8
  • If you're coming from a 13 inch laptop then you're going to need to get used to this
  • Such a massive glossy screen is a bit t
  • Incredibly reflective screen
  • Yellowish tint to LCD
  • Weak volume and low-frequency production from bottom-mounted speakers
  • Lackluster battery life
  • Unnecessarily prohibitive maintenance
  • Battery life is not up-to-date
  • Limited maintenance

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  Published: 2015-08-29, Author: Jerry , review by: notebookreview.com

  • Comes with everything a premium laptop needs, Fantastic 4K touchscreen for indoor use, Excellent performance for the money
  • Unimpressive touchpad, Poor screen visibility outdoors, Weak speakers with lackluster sound
  • The global marketplace is filled with hundreds of notebooks that try to beat Apple at its own game. While the ASUS ZenBook Pro UX501JW might look like just another one of those laptops, this is a genuinely likable alternative to the Apple MacBook Pro with...

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  Published: 2015-08-27, Author: Jason , review by: hothardware.com

  • Decent value at $1499, Dazzling 4K touchscreen, Professional, stylish design, Insanely fast SSD, Good gaming performance
  • CPU performance throttled, Can't game at 4K resolution, Sub-par sound output

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  Published: 2015-08-15, Author: Nino , review by: notebookcheck.net

  • Matte panel, 4K display, System performance, Keyboard
  • Battery life is not up-to-date, Limited maintenance
  • Nino RicchizziChassis80 / 98 → 82%Keyboard85%Pointing Device81%Connectivity75 / 81 → 93%Weight62 / 67 → 89%Battery75%Display84%Games Performance85 / 85 → 100%Application Performance91 / 92 → 99%Temperature84%Noise83 / 95 → 87%Audio50%Camera63 / 85 → 74%Av...

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  Published: 2015-08-13, Author: James , review by: mashable.com

  • Stunning 15.6-inch 4K display, Sturdy and premium design
  • Underpowered performance despite powerful components, Terrible trackpad, Meh speakers, Tons of pre-installed crapware, One heavy laptop

 
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  Published: 2015-08-04, Author: Boris , review by: laptopmedia.com

  • Abstract:  Some of you, our readers, have asked us to make an in-depth comparison of two of ASUS' best ultrabooks on the market – the ROG G501 and ZenBook Pro UX501 so we decided to make it happen. If you look at form and dimensions the two can be easily confused, b...

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  Published: 2015-08-03, Author: Henry , review by: Laptopmag.com

  • Strong performance, Ultrafast hard drive, Vivid 4K display, Beautiful design, Wonderful audio
  • Below-average battery life, Keyboard and touchpad layout may frustrate
  • The Asus ZenBook Pro UX501J offers a 4K display, great performance and excellent audio in an attractive package...

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  Published: 2015-07-23, Author: Brian , review by: pcmag.com

  • Sleek, stylish design. Brilliant 4K display. Thunderbolt support. Category-leading performance, thanks to Intel Core i7-4720HQ processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M graphics card. Speedy PCIe-connected solid-state drive.
  • Bloatware. Middling battery life in testing
  • The Asus Zenbook Pro UX501J-DS71T is a premium desktop-replacement laptop that not only offers category-leading performance in most tests, but does so for a very affordable price...

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  Published: 2015-07-16, Author: Rossen , review by: laptopmedia.com

  • Beautiful design and excellent build quality, Thin and light chassis, High-Quality UHD IPS panel that's also harmless to human vision, Thunderbolt port (available in selected markets) and other useful peripherals found in the retail package, Flawless touc
  • Underwhelming battery life, Hinges aren't tight enough and allow screen wobbling when using the touch panel
  • The ASUS ZenBook UX501 is built with excellence with a great choice of materials, design language and above everything else – it's thin and light. Despite it's fragile looks, the notebook is sturdy and houses really powerful components suitable for gaming...

 
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  Published: 2015-07-01, Author: Lisa , review by: mobiletechreview.com

  • Relatively low price for a metal-clad quad core 15" Ultrabook with high end specs
  • Battery life isn't great for this category of laptops, 4K display can be challenging, color accuracy not great, which hurts pro apps use
  • The Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 wants to beat the pants off the 15" Retina MacBook Pro and send the likes of the Razer Blade and MSI GS60 running away from its low price tag. It partially succeeds: you get a good-looking, solidly built machine with quad core c...

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  Published: 2015-06-27, review by: thephoblographer.com

  • Great for editing and calibration, Lots of space to edit, Durable, Beautiful display, Lightroom CC is very responsive, though it just seems faster on MacBooks,
  • Windows 8, There are screens with more coverage than 94% of the gamut although that is pretty darn good, God, I hate Windows 8, If you're coming from a 13 inch laptop then you're going to need to get used to this, Such a massive glossy screen is a bit t
  • If you're a photographer with bigger hands, very few eyesight problems and a general aversion the Apple ecosystem, then the Asus uX501 laptop is a pretty darn good option option a MacBook, though we can't explain why Adobe Lightroom CC kept crashing on us...

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