Kaby Lake smarts ; Dedicated graphics ; Capable display

Lacks desirability

The ZenBook Pro boasts premium performance, strong usability and a well-designed display – all for a typically steep asking price.

Bright display with vibrant colors;Great sound quality from quad-speaker setup;Excellent build quality and sleek design

Shallow key travel distance;Cooling system doesn't seem sufficient to sustain strong gaming performance;Glossy display may cause annoyances with reflections

Very slim and light.

Trackpad is a bit spongy.

Despite a couple of minor flaws, the ASUS ZenBook Pro is a very appealing Ultrabook. It is fast, light and boasts a wonderful screen, making it a very good buy in its price bracket.

Solid combination of productivity and gaming performance ; Excellent build quality and attractive design ; Superior and surprising audio ; Comfortable keyboard and touchpad ; Great thermal design

Chassis is a bit larger than some of the competition ; No 4K UHD option is a disappointment ; Moderate battery life

The Asus ZenBook Pro UX550VE is a great looking and robustly built full-size notebook that looks good in a coffee shop but won’t stand out in a corporate conference room. It’s reasonably portable with solid battery life, while it crushes even demanding...

Strong performance and graphics; Sleek design ; Quiet speakers; No 4K display option ; The ZenBook Pro UX550VE is a sleek laptop with strong performance, but you can't get it with a 4K screen, and its speakers are too quiet.

Quiet speakers; No 4K display option ; The ZenBook Pro UX550VE is a sleek laptop with strong performance, but you can't get it with a 4K screen, and its speakers are too quiet.

The ZenBook Pro UX550VE is a sleek laptop with strong performance, but you can't get it with a 4K screen, and its speakers are too quiet.

good aluminum case ; bright & matte IPS display ; very good speakers ; modern ports ; good system performance ; decent battery runtime ; notebook sleeve included

reduced CPU performance with simultaneous GPU load (like gaming) ; slight coil whining and electronic sounds from the PCIe-SSD ; fan control could be better ; really bad webcam (VGA)

Our general impression of the new ZenBook Pro UX550 is good. There is no doubt that Asus offers an appealing multimedia laptop with a nice case, decent display, good stamina and powerful components. The raw CPU performance is very good and Asus can...