>>> Zenbook Prime costs about 27 million in Vietnam
The Zenbook Prime UX21A will be available at the end of June.
Analyst, CEO of AnandTech Anand Lal Shimpi technology site, "dissected " the inside of the small Zenbook Prime (UX21A). Anand's main concern with the new ultrbook model is the Sandisk U100 SSD, which evaluates the quality of this drive, when it is considered to be not very good quality, compared to the type of hard drive Apple intends to equip. Next generation Macbook Air.
Asus has almost solved all problems with the previous Zenbook. The inside of the Zenbook Prime is quite similar to the original Zenbook model. 10 Torx screws help hold the rear cover, while 4 Phillips screws help to fix the position of the motherboard. The battery drive part is also protected. The only part of a removable machine is an SSD hard drive.
CPU and PCH are cooled by fans and heat exhaust pipes. CPU and PCH are integrated into the same single chip to minimize the size of the motherboard.
ASUS still uses PCB circuit board design for Zenbook Prime. The second USB 3.0 port and the audio jack are arranged on a standalone PCB board, connected to the motherboard via a ribbon cable.
The SSD section has an interface unlike the Macbook Air. Two pigtail-type antennas can be seen supporting Intel Centrino Wifi connectivity Advanced-N 6235 2x2: 2, this is a new improvement over the previous generation Prime model.
The side of the motherboard is Elpida DDR3-1600 with 4GB capacity which cannot be removed. Many rumors suggest that Asus is testing an 8GB device, however, it may take years until the upgrade is ready to be available in the market.
In addition to the UX21A version of this 11.6-inch screen size, the second generation Asus Zenbook Prime also introduced the UX31A and UX32A models with 13.3-inch screen size for a standard resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. . On 29/5, Asus has also announced a 13.3-inch ultrabook model in Vietnam market for about 27 million dong.
According to Asus roadmap, the 11.6-inch Zenbook Prime UX21A model will be officially released from the end of this month.