ASUS ux42vs and ux52vs now available on website.

In addition to the zenbook u500/ux51, Asus has now officially 'launched' the ux42vs and the ux52vs on their website. Does anyone know whether they are selling/shipping yet? I'm very curious about pricing.

ZENBOOK UX42VS

CPU
Intel® Core™ ULV i3-3217U
Intel® Core™ ULV i5-3317U
Intel® Core™ ULV i7-3517U

Operating System
Windows 8 or, Windows 8 Pro

Graphics
NVIDIA GT 645M with 1G GDDR5 VRAM

Z-height
6mm at the front ; 20.9mm at the rear

Main Memory
DDR3 1600MHz 8GB ( on board )

Screen 200 nits 14” 16:9 HD (1366x768)

Instant on
Always resume in 2 seconds

USB charger+
Y

I/O port
1 x mini VGA port
2 x USB 3.0 port
1 x micro HDMI 1.4 (1080p support)
1 x audio jack combo
1 x SD card reader
1x RJ45

USB3.0
2 Ports

SSD Generation
Up to SATAIII SSD(Cache)+500G/750G/ 1TB

BT
Bluetooth 4.0

Battery
45W (6+hrs)

Mic
Array microphone

Keyboard
268 illuminated chiclet keyboard

Camera
HD 720p CMOS module

Audio
Built-in B & O ICEpower® audio system
Optical Drive

Built in ODD
Weight
1.9Kg

ZENBOOK UX52VS

CPU
Intel® Core™ ULV i5-3317U
Intel® Core™ ULV i7-3517U
Intel® Core™ ULV i7-3517U

Operating System
Windows 8, orWindows 8 Pro

Graphics
NVIDIA GT645M

Z-height
6mm at the front ; 20.9mm at the rear

Main Memory
DDR3 1600MHz 4GB ( on board )

Screen
300 nits 15.6” 16:9 FHD IPS(1920 x 1080)

Instant on
Always resume in 2 seconds

USB charger+
Y

I/O port
1 x mini VGA port
3 x USB 3.0 port
1 x HDMI 1.4 (1080p support)
1 x Microphone jack
1 x SD card reader
1 x headphone jack
1 x RJ45

USB3.0
3 Ports

SSD Generation
Up to SATAIII SSD(Cache)+500G/750G

BT
Bluetooth 4.0

Battery
45W (6+hrs)

Mic
Array microphone

Keyboard
268 illuminated chiclet keyboard

Camera
HD 720p CMOS module

Audio
Built-in B & O ICEpower® audio system

Optical Drive
Built in ODD

Weight 2.2kg

It's a shame they both come with an built-in Optical Disk Drive. Without the Built-in ODD the either would've been very appealing to me.

 

This popped up at Asus Shop Slovakia

ASUS ZENBOOK UX42VS 14/ i5-3317/ 24GB+750GB/ DVDR/ 6G/ Win8
Model / Kód : ASUS-UX42VS-W3015H
Display 14" HD 1366x768
Memory: 6GB (2GB DDR3 1600 MHz onboard + 4GB DDR3 1600 MHz in slot)
Expected release: Nov 21, 2012
999,00 € ~= $1279 USD

I'm so disappointed at the screen resolution, I am absolutely hoping for a i7/1080p variant.

 

Those have been on the Asus website for a long time. The UX52VS comes with a 1920x1080 IPS display. The UX52VS with the i7-3517U should retail for about $1600. The UX42VS (i7-3517U) for about $1300.

 

I'm sorry, I knew the 15" details were readily available, I was under the impression that details for the UX42 were not. Since the UX32VD comes in both HD display at 1366 x 768 pixels and the Full-HD 1920x1080 IPS panel, is there a possibility the UX42VS will come with that option?

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The UX42VS is intended to be the lower-priced model of the two. The corner Asus chose to cut was screen resolution.

 

What's going on with the UX52vs? I can't find a review of it anywhere or any videos on youtube... It seems like a bigger UX32vd which is exactly what I need. I don't like the proprietary SSDs and high price of the UX51vz.

 

And is the harddisk (hybrid?) of a "normal site" and is it replacable ?
I woud like to upgrade it to a Samsung 840 SSD .

 

Yeah, is the ux52vs on sale anywhere? I've bin doing a lot of research 4 mnths to decyd what laptop to buy. It seems to have all i nid esp with its high res, Nvidia graphics card nd optical drive. As far as i can tel, it's nt on sale anywhere. What's up with it?