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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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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: 2016-04-30, review by: v3.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Microsoft was so bold as to describe the Surface Book as "the ultimate laptop", so we thought it's only fair to put it up against two of it most formidable rivals, the Asus ZenBook Pro and the Apple MacBook Pro. We'll be comparing Apple's 2015 MacBook Pr...

 
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  Published: 2016-02-22, Author: Andrew , review by: techadvisor.co.uk

  • The Asu ZenBook Pro UX501 is a laptop that looks great on paper, if you're not turned off by its price. It has plenty of power, high-quality build and an ultra-high resolution screen matched with a touchscreen. And it can even play games. It's everything...

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  Published: 2016-02-12, Author: Andrew , review by: pocket-lint.com

  • Powerful performance, up-to-date hardware, sharp screen
  • Reflective screen construction, mediocre battery life, impressive speakers, high-pitch CPU fan
  • Asus has updated the ZenBook UX501 for 2016 with a USB-C port and Intel's Skylake CPUs, getting you as up-to-date as you could hope while keeping the fancy aluminium construction of last year's original version. The issues surround the bits that ha...

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  Published: 2015-09-19, Author: admin , review by: digitalmediaandit.com

  • Abstract:  The screen gives beautiful images, it's bright and provides wonderful sharpness clarity and colours. Despite a glossy screen, I find it comfortable to use outside. Good contrast on the keys without the backlight, and when using the keyboard in the dark, t...

 
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  Published: 2015-07-31, Author: Andrei , review by: ultrabookreview.com

  • great design and build quality; fast hardware; decent trackpad; large battery; excellent price
  • colorinaccurate and extremely glossy display; the keyboard and the speakers are a downgrade over the previous generation
  • The Zenbook UX501 gets the looks, the build quality, the hardware and especially the price to match (and outmatch) many of its rivals. It's only an incremental update of last year's NX500 though and while the more capable processor and graphics are welcom...

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  Published: 2015-06-26, Author: Bénigne , review by: digitalversus.com

  • Quality chassis, Doesn't heat up much, Very slim, Matte display, Powerful CPU/GPU duo
  • Display could have been better calibrated, Shortish battery life (3 hrs 45 mins)
  • The Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 is an excellent 15" laptop, being both multifunctional and well-built. There are a few weak areas: the less-than-perfect screen calibration and the fairly short battery life—these two points seriously bring down its value-for-mo...

 
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  Published: 2015-05-22, Author: Melissa , review by: techradar.com

  • Bright, vibrant UHD display, Capacious, highly responsive storage, Stylish design
  • Feels heavy, at 5 pounds, Mediocre battery life, Unimpressive audio output
  • The stylish, 4K Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 has a design aesthetic and performance that rivals the Apple MacBook Pro for far less scratch. Just beware mediocre battery life, hefty disposition and some shoddy speakers...

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  Published: 2015-12-31, Author: Nimish , review by: firstpost.com

  • Asus ZenBook Pro UX501J is a high end laptop targeted primarily at multimedia and business users. It has top of the line specifications which ensures that the laptop is capable of handling all the tasks you throw at it. The storage in the form of 512GB Sa...

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  Published: 2015-11-25, Author: Roydon , review by: gadgets.ndtv.com

  • Crisp UHD display, Excellent SSD performance, Aluminium body, Decent battery life, Good multimedia performance
  • Lower bezel of the display heats up, A bit heavy, App scaling doesn't always work, Screen is very reflective
  • The Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 turns out to be one of the better premium laptops in the market. It offers high-end specifications usually found in more expensive laptops, which makes it great value. The 4K display is stunning and is superb for office and mult...

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  Published: 2016-07-22, review by: nasilemaktech.com

  • The ASUS UX501 is a 15.6-inch sleek powerhouse that has an aluminium unibody to go along with a thin build. It has a satisfying keyboard but its trackpad lacks practicality. Overall it has some flaws here and there, so you might want to know more before making the move to purchase it...

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