The elegant
casing of Asus Taichi 31-CX003H Ultrabook is stylish and exceptionally slim at just 18 mm. That is
certainly one of the convertible ultrabook's advantages and it looks
like the premium Zenbook models, e.g. UX31A, in an opened state.
Like in the smaller, 11.6-inch Asus Taichi 21, Asus uses a robust yet elegant unibody casing
comprised of dark, brushed aluminum for its 13.3-inch device. Not only
the pleasant and high-quality feel and looks are excellent, but the very
high stiffness and pressure resistance are equally outstanding.
However, this compliment cannot be made to the same extent for the 8 mm
display lid, which is due to the use of two screens. Light to medium
force causes the display to warp visibly and thus does not
completely confirm the device's premium claim in this point. The display
hinge's smooth mechanism is pleasing and makes it possible to open the
tablet-ultrabook with one hand. Then again, we would have appreciated a
slightly tighter pulled hinge because the display lid, which almost
seems too big for the device, is not always kept firmly in position on
shaky surfaces.
Connectivity
As
usual for ultrabooks, connectivity is not really the strength of slim,
portable computers. The Taichi 31-CX003H is no exception but it partly
compensates that with included dongles.
The slim, aluminum chassis of this convertible
device sports 2 fast USB 3.0 ports, an SD card reader, an audio combo
jack, a power socket and a micro-HDMI and mini-VGA for
multi-monitor operation. Exemplary: Asus includes a mini-VGA to VGA
dongle for the latter. However, we did not find a micro-HDMI to HDMI
dongle. The omitted RJ 45 LAN port is compensated by a USB to LAN dongle. Basically a good idea but the user loses one of the only 2 USB ports. The rear and front do not sport any interfaces.
Connecting to the internet is accomplished via
the built-in Wi-Fi adapter or, of course, the conventional LAN module.
However, one of the two USB ports has to be sacrificed in order to use
the LAN port dongle. The Wi-Fi module did not exhibit any
connection problems during our tests. 5 out of 5 bars were displayed
even at a distance of ~10 meters within range of sight as well as at a
distance of approximately 7 meters through a wall. The signal first
decreased to 4 out of 5 bars at a longer distance from 15 meters plus
wall (D-Link DIR-615 Wireless N 300 router). Bluetooth is also available
for wireless data sharing.
Keyboard
As known from the Zenbooks, a large and clearly arranged chiclet keyboard
is installed in the Taichi 31. Except for the arrow keys, we found the
generously sized keys pleasing. Alongside the good typing qualities,
they make the keyboard very comfortable to use. The relatively short key
drop is throughout acceptable; the soft yet sufficient stroke
allows typing quietly on the ultrabook's keyboard and it is also
suitable for prolific writers. Unsurprisingly, the 13-incher does not
feature a number pad.
ASUS Taichi 31-CX003H Laptop Battery:
- Battery Chemical: Lithium-Polymer
- Battery Voltage: 14.8V
- Battery Capacity: 3500mAh
- Battery Color: black
- Type: original
- Warranty: 9 months
- Battery source: http://www.laptop-battery.org.uk/laptop-batteries.php/asus/taichi%2031-cx003h/100109/1003555/175342
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