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    ASUS Zenbook UX305LA

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Drew1, Mar 26, 2016.

  1. Drew1

    Drew1 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thoughts on this laptop?

    http://www.amazon.com/Zenbook-UX305...1458973395&sr=1-1&keywords=asus+zenbook+ux305


    Apparently its $665 with i5 5th generation. Its $775 or $110 more if you get i5 6th generation. Is that worth it? I read that its only worth the upgrade if its $40 more.


    I would be using this laptop to play online poker... 20 tables and also use program like holdem manager 2 and tableoptimizer which uses lot of ram etc.


    Will this be fine? I seen other similar zenbooks but those seem to have a bit more negative review than this one such as this..

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014VHW24Y/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER



    Is there a reason there is no thread on this laptop?
     
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    Drew1 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Also i looked at most of the amazon reviews. Almost every single purchase was for the i5 5th generation and not the i5 6th generation. Would you say because of that, its safer to ge the 5th generation instead since no one has reviewed the 6th generation?


    So there a huge speed difference between i5 6th vs i5 5th? I did read the skylake 6th is more focused on gaming and graphics though but from what i read, its only marginally faster than the i5 5th generation...