The hinges hold the lid in any position, but we did notice some back-and-forth movement. The display lid is torsionally not quite as rigid pressure on the back does impact the picture a bit. Only around the touchpad area we noticed a bit of flex. The build quality is also without major flaws: because the chassis is made from metal, the base unit resists twisting exceptionally well and doesn't respond to localized pressure much. The Asus Zenbook uses aluminum construction throughout. The chassis of the Sony notebook is made out of plastic - only the back of the display lid is aluminum. The display features a seamlessly integrated black, glossy bezel. The bottom of the notebook is made from magnesium, which features a rubberized coating to prevent fingers from slipping. The upper part of the base unit and the back of the display lid are brushed aluminum. The Spectre XT not only looks upscale - it also feels that way. We didn't include the 14-inch Asus VivoBook S400CA-CA006H (with touchscreen) in this list, as it doesn't offer an SSD (only a conventional hard drive with SSD cache) and the build quality is also not quite as high. If it has to be a touchscreen notebook, the 13-inch Asus Zenbook Prime Touch UX31A-C4032H (Core i7-3517U, HD Graphics 4000) or the Sony Vaio SV-T1312V1ES (Core i5-3317U, HD Graphics 4000) are options. Aside from the recently announced Vaio T Series 15 with FullHD touchscreen, there is currently no premium 15-inch model on the market equipped as such. Samsung 900X4C-A04DE 1500 Euros (~$2000)Īll of these models are missing one important feature: the touchscreen.To see how the new Ultrabook compares to other notebooks in the same price range (around 1500 Euros / ~$2000), we pit it against competitors featuring similar hardware components, build quality, and IPS or PLS TFT displays. Is the combination of an aluminum/magnesium chassis, FullHD touchscreen, large and fast 256 GB Solid State Disk, and Core i5 processor a home run? The newest member is the 15.6-inch Ultrabook Spectre XT TouchSmart. ![]() Hewlett Packard's Spectre series consists of high-end notebooks which are manufactured using both premium materials and the latest hardware. For the original German review, see here.
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