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ASUS Zenbook (UX21) Reviewby Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/22/2011 8:00 PM EST
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efeman - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkSo, from what I can gather, it looks like a decent stab at a Windows-based true ultraportable. I'm excited to see the competition over the next few months, as well as what these things will evolve to over time. Reply
RussianSensation - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkIf Asus fixes the track pad issue with firmware updates and does a Revision 2 when Ivy Bridge arrives, while keeping the same prices, this will be a viable competitor to the MacBook Air. It's a nice first stab at the Ultrabook market. However, I feel that when paying $1200-1400 for a 13.3 inch X31 model, the screen should be pretty nice. So I am going to have to skip this model until they fix the screen. Reply
DanNeely - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkI wouldn't hold my breath on the touchpad. My MSI wind netbook had a Sentilics pad; it was cripled by a few patents synaptics refused to license with anyone else. Reply
Friendly0Fire - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkNot that it matters much; Synaptics touchpads are also terrible. My Envy's is still barely usable a year after it came out. Reply
cloudgazer - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkOn the battery life performance you have the Zenbook down as being an i5 - presumably that's a typo and was meant to be an i7? Or did you do the battery test on the i5 model? In which case the model number is presumably a typo?
Something is squiffy at any rate. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkCorrected; it's the i7-2677M (there's no such thing as an i5-2677M, though there is an i5-2557M). Thanks. Reply
Filiprino - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkNow you are releasing 1600x900 thin laptops? GTH.
And I can't believe that ASUS still puts b/g/n cards. Where are my 5Ghz frequencies? Reply
vol7ron - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkI think Wireless-N (802.11n) uses both 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies. Reply
JarredWalton - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - link802.11n can be 2.4GHz and/or 5GHz, but in this case ASUS used a cheaper chip that is 2.4GHz only. 802.11a/b/g/n usually means 5GHz is supported on 11n, but b/g/n typically means 2.4GHz only. Reply
vol7ron - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkI'm not sure that would meet N specs, though. You're saying it would operate w/ N, but it would be on a 2.4GHz band, which would more than likely limit the throughput.
I think cards that are b/g/n, that only operate on 2.4GHz will still only see a max of 54Mbps, right? Reply
Lu-Max - Wednesday, November 09, 2011 - linkI own a UX31E and I can confirm that the Atheros AR9485WB-EG WIFI adapter installed in it is 2.4GHz capable ONLY. I was very disappointed when it would not connect to my N AP which was running in 5GHz mode.
I confirmed this information with ASUS Technical Support. I could not find this specification listed anywhere for the Zenbook, not even on the ASUS site. Had I know this prior to purchase it would have been a key decision factor. Reply
chrnochime - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkYou whining about this laptop? Don't buy it. There's a new concept.
Oh and btw 5GHz has sh!tty range/wall penetration so not everyone wants great speed at short ranges and no signal beyond that at all. Reply
Filiprino - Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - linkAdding 5Ghz is $10 more at most. And 5Ghz is less prone to interferences. It's great for videostreaming, backups... Reply
jjj - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkCrappy perf,crappy battery life,crappy screen,crappy connectivity ,overpriced but thin. Reply
Devo2007 - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkYou forgot to add "crappy post" at the end. Crappy troll Reply
duploxxx - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkexpensive typing machine is a better word... afterall that is what you can do with it.
fancy, fast enough cpu and HD without any graphics performance. Sure i can believe that it will only start to increase sales when IVY arrives, then they might finally be able to achieve some level of graphic performance.
silly OEM always follow the silly Intel rules just to sell there way to expensive cpu. Reply
B3an - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkNice first attempt. But i'd also like a better display, specifically better viewing angles, thats most important. Secondly i'd like a higher res for the 11 inch model, and 1080p for the 13 inch model. If this atleast had better viewing angles i would have bought this right away. Shame.
I love how the battery life on this is better than the AIR, even with improved specs but same battery capacity on the Zenbook. Reply
Impulses - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkAny plans to review the UX31 or will it be too redundant? I'm curious whether that model's screen will fare any better... I think it's probably gonna be the more popular model too. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkShould be coming soon.... Reply
Impulses - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkCool, thanks! Reply
CallumS - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkLooks like a brilliant design and in my opinion has better aesthetics than the MBA. What I would really like to see though is Thunderbolt or a decent alternative introduced across the line.
Personally for basic web and coding I find ultra-portables perfectly capable at the task, especially with SSDs. However I would still like the option to plug in a maximum of two cables to get >FHD resolutions and everything else connected. I truly believe that including Thunderbolt was a brilliant idea for Apple. It really did open up a lot of opportunities.
BTW: Never owned a Mac and can't use OSX due to work applications. Looking for the best Windows alternative or to purchase a MBA to run Windows 7. The best alternative at the moment that I am aware of being a Thinkpad x220/x1/T420s with SSDs and docking station. Reply
kaiedmek - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkA brilliant design!!! Come on, They just stole MBA design.... they didn't work on there own design, wished they did, but instead they just copied others design.
To produce brilliant computer they should do their own design, so they can match the internal hardware with the design and of course the software performance. Reply
CallumS - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkI never said an original design. =)
I do agree though, it does look far too much like the MBA. Probably more so than the Samsung 10.1 tablet and the iPad; Which was banned here in Australia.
However there are key differences and as my post was pointing out, I believe these are to the advantage of the of the MBA; apart from aesthetics.
I think it would also be naive to suggest that the MBA was a completely original design also. There were many other notebooks with similar shapes and ambitions. Apple did however put them together very nicely though. I certainly do respect Apple's ability to accomplish such tasks.
Unfortunately not very helpful when most business applications are purely designed for the Windows environment at present. Hopefully in time we can see that change and some better innovation from Microsoft too. Windows 7 has certainly set a great foundation and Windows 8 is looking promising. Reply
GeorgeH - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkYep, without Thunderbolt and a docking station that allows more connectivity and the ability to attach a real (and hopefully upgradeable) GPU I'm just not interested. Otherwise this is just a slightly more useful tablet - an expensive niche within a niche.
So here's hoping that the Ivy Bridge refresh brings a better screen, Thunderbolt, and a reasonably priced (I'm looking at you, Sony) external and upgradeable GPU. Reply
DanNeely - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkIt's the battery life that really disappoints me. I'd like something with more performance than my netbook; but my 1st gen models 6 hour battery never lasted me a full day at a convention. Reply
Roland00Address - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkI dislike the term "cells" for laptop batteries for it doesn't really tell you the capacity of the battery like the term Whr does.
A 6 cell battery for a laptop would usually have a 40 Whr to 60Whr. This laptop has a 35Whr battery.
4 to 5 hours is pretty good for a 4 cell battery that is not running something dirt slow like atom Reply
DanNeely - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkthe runtime isn't unreasonable for the CPU+battery combination; but it's well short of what I'd need to be able to retire my netbook for something a bit speedier. Reply
netmann - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkThanks for the great review as usual. Is there a chance the future update to this review would include performance comparison of Asus UX21 with 11-inch MacBook Air with Windows 7 (through Boot Camp) and OWC 6 GB/s SSD installed in it? I believe some of like the Apple hardware better than PC but prefer running Windows OS. Reply
vol7ron - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkGreat review, two things:
1) I wouldn't trust ASUS testing - thinking back to how horrible it is to contact their support, and how they had issues with their mobo's for the C2D (and so many other things)
2) It looks like the Skype images are on OSX, not Win7 :) Reply
digitheatre - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkIt is because they want to test the UX21's video camera quality, so the screenshot is captured from MBA :P Reply
Fastidious - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkSeems like a lot of sacrifices for thinness. If they were cheaper it would have more appeal but I'd rather get something like a M11x for that kind of price. I wouldn't mind the price staying the same if they had a real GPU. Reply
Dennis Travis - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkExcellent review Anand. Watched the Video also. It very MBA like but I guess the Air is still a bit better in a few ways, but still nice first attempt by Asus. Reply
guste - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkAnand, there are probably more of us Windows folk buying the MacBook Air, than you think. I just bought an 11" Air, last week and I've enjoyed it. I just hate that I have an OS on here that I'll never really use (I've tried, but there are much less options for control!). I was fairly certain the Aspire S3 would be a cost-cutting dud (and it is), but I was excited about the Asus. After reading your great review, I'm going to stick with the MBA, but I'm sure that Asus will nail it on the second go round.
I really hope you take a look at the upcoming Lenovo U300S. If I hadn't needed a new machine right now, the Lenovo would have been at the top of my list. According to Lenovo's websiste, it's launching in November. Reply
solipsism - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - link"(I've tried, but there are much less options for control!)"
Are you talking about Unix over Windows or Unix over Linux? I can't imagine there isn't much you can't control in Mac OS X. Reply
coolhardware - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkThanks for the nice review Anand. I'm looking forward to seeing one of these systems in person.
Here is something (free) that might help with some aspects of the trackpad:
I would be very curious if it works with the UX21, because it DEFINITELY helps with my Dell V131 and M6500.
Thanks again for all the hard work you and the crew do bring us tasty tech reviews! Reply
arnavvdesai - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkAnand, do you feel that there is a compromise being made when going to the 13" model which has a much higher Resolution compared to the Air? If using as your main computer, I would prefer to have the highest resolution possible.
Also, because it is at higher resolution is the panel configuration different compared to the Air? Reply
bludragon - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkHmm, if this had been around when I was shopping I might have been tempted. An IPS display would have done it... As it is, I'm still quite happy with a Thinkpad X220 with am mSSD, IPS display, and a 320Gb 2.5in mechanical drive for media and backing up the SSD :-) The only thing missing on that is a higher res display. 1366x768 feels a little vertically challenged.
The U300s looks nice, but suffers the same vertically challenged display. They say it's 'HD', does that mean IPS? It would be nice if they at least offered an upgrade to IPS option like the X220. If it's TN then the 13inch ASUS is looking better for the extra resolution. Reply
mrboonmee - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkThe only 1600x900 option so far is on the UX31, I wonder how much better that panel is? still not matte of course.
hopefully the trackpad improves. Reply
adrien - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - link0.3MP webcam, why are laptops stuck at such low resolutions? =/ Reply
Darkstone - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkYou commented on the lack of a second USB 3.0 port, probably routing issues... However, i have a different theory. The USB 3.0 port requires a driver to work. Installing windows on a device with no working usb ports, nor a dvd drive would be a total nightmare. I'm glad that USB 2.0 port is there. Reply
Panlion - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkGood call. I could not install windows using the USB 3 drive so having an USB 2 port saved me.
I also think by having the power, USB3, and the 2 mini VGA and HDMI port on the same side, you have a real possibility of having a docking station like block for this notebook. Reply
ggathagan - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkGiven that Asus does not sell this computer without an installed OS, I doubt that concern is even on their radar. Reply
DanNeely - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkUnless you think that they've never considered how to do a restore after an SSD failure your assumption can't be true. Reply
komoornik - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkWhat about the heat and noise? No detailed tests? Reply
tipoo - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkYeah, I recall Asus making some claims about this cooling system vs the "Fruit Brand" (yes they really said that) cooling system. Reply
lukarak - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkThen again, the first MBA was also not impressive, but that was some years ago. This is too little, too late imo.
The price is competitive, but the thing is, the smaller you go with laptops, the price and what you get for it becomes less important, and the general feeling of usage starts to play a bigger role.
I know it's not easy to make a trackpad that will be as integrated into the OS like the MBxs. It's good that some gestures are making its way to other systems.
But for me, the biggest one, especially on such small screens, is the ability to swipe between multiple desktops available in OS X. That makes me work so much faster. I sometimes have 10 desktops open, and getting to them without having to use key combinations is just something i couldn't live without anymore. Even if it means paying 100 or 200 more for the same performance. Reply
popej - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkI haven't noticed any info about screen type, but looking at the pictures it works like a mirror. IMHO you can't call notebook truly portable if it has glare screen. Reflections severely limit range of places, where it can be used comfortably. Reply
yzkbug - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkDitto! Reply
JohnMD1022 - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - link"ASUS elected to use torx bits instead of standard phillips heads to better match the industrial design of the system. While I appreciate the attention to detail I think I'd be happier if ASUS had stuck to standard screws."
Most people, including computer geeks, don't have torx drivers around the house, as they do regular and Phillips screwdrivers.
However, a quick trip to Sears and about $5 will fix you up with the needed size. Reply
lukarak - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkTo be honest, that could be true 10 years ago, but now, torx (and torx security) is pretty much a standard.
Now the new 'players' are tri-wing (although they started to appear in some boxed sets) and apple's pentalobe. Reply
DanNeely - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkAfter my pata HDD decomissioning project I ended up with several sets containing torx bits. I started out with a large set of sears bits that included some torx ones I originally bought for other uses; added a set of 1/4" socket wrench style torx bits from an autozone because my sears set didn't go to anything smaller, and finally ended up ordering a set of mini bits from amazon after discovering I needed an even smaller size to crack open a few of the laptop drives. Reply
krumme - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkLets pretend this can play 1080 flash video
Lets pretend this is for all day computing
Lets pretend all those BM have anything to do with real world usage pattern
Lets pretend this will sell
ARM15 and win 8 will end all the wet dreams that is left if it matter now it will not sell, and if you dont need the 28nm powerhouse of a bobcat AMD derived core.
This looks more like a comercial to me than a review. This is more stupid than a BD for desktop. Reply
morousg - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkI guess the legal battle will beguin soon. This is a perfect copy of fabrication processes, chassis dessing and even component selection and component placement inside the "CopyAir".
They are copying even almost the price!!
There are slight differences on I/O ports and the back color of the screen, but the ventilation system is also copied. It's the first PC I've ever seen copying the entire form factor and design from a Mac. The HP Envy line of PC's where very similar to MacBook Pros, but almost where made of plastic, and there where more differences. This time, it's every thing!!
The battery is divided and disposed sa in the Macbook Air, and it occupies a similar proportion of space.
The SSD has the same form farctor.
The trackpad, is almost as big as the Macbook Air's.
The screen even has a black edge, just to don't confuse you to think this is not a copy.
Even the rubber around the age of the screen, is the same.
And of course, as Apple does and so proudly exposes, Asus has taken a solid block of aluminum, and craved it to make a copy of the Apple's Unibody notebook chassis.
You know what? Even the charger has a very similar shape.
Is there any body able to create something new instead of always copying Apple?? Reply
Roland00Address - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkLet sue the bread companies for their bread is almost virtually identical to the almighty wonder bread. Reply
morousg - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkLet's say I have a patent about bread fabrication that makes my bread able to be preserved in a certain manner and do a certain final process in any bakery or even supermarket in a fast and cheap way.
Let's say no one else (until I patented it) has done it before (in real life not in movies...) and I spent time and a suffered big amount of bucks to develop that process.
Now, some on else copy it for free.
If it where legal, we would provably still fight with rocks, because no body would invest on R+D. Don't forget the D, from Development. This is a costy part, from ideas to reality. There are lots of try-and-error steps, that consume worker hours and material. No body should dismiss that in the name of progress.
And now, ask your self why oh why the bread is so cheap. Because it has always been? Think again. Reply
karlostomy - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkmorousg says "Is there any body able to create something new instead of always copying Apple?? "
No offence, but that is just nonsense.
Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg that you seem to be blissfully unaware of.
How strange that you have been brainwashed to think other companies copy apple, when in the reverse is evidently true. Reply
morousg - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkThank you for the links. They where enlightening.
But you, as many others, are missing "one more thing". The Development of the ideas.
Having ideas is a fun thing to do. Any one can do it, mixing other ideas, changing them a bit etc… But few are so brave to try to do things (maybe the same things) but in a new way, or with something that no one has ever DEVELOPED.
Trying to DEVELOP a new feature that erases others that are more or less well stablished (like the stylus or the notebook million pieces typical PC structure) is risky and costly. Few business do that, or if they do, the first failure makes them stop or reduce their efforts on R+D.
That's the good thing from Apple, they never stop trying, even if they do some mistakes. Is good that someone invests in creating new thigs, or imporving existing things in a way that they seem completely new, because they have something much better and unique (again unique in the sense of being the first to develop it).
So I think that is a good thing that a business that believes in R+D, tries to protect their investments in both R+D.
I fact, probably, during the D part you are creating something new, like a fabrication process. A notebook is a notebook. But a traditional notebook chassis is definitely not a unibody chassis, and the technology involved is definitely not the same.
Why should I spend money and time on trying to improve things, if others will copy my improvement or invention, and I won't get any benefit from the investment I did?
Patents exist to protect PROGRESS, that is quite much more than just having nice ideas, and putting them on a movie. Reply
Sunburn74 - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkWhat tradeoffs are people complaining about? All of these parts are parts found in lots of other notebooks out there. The only actual tradeoff I see here is the battery life for form factor trade.
Those of you who are asking for HD screens, IPS panels, thunderbolt connectors, external gpus, and etc should realize Asus makes laptops for everyone, not just the 1% who know what an external gpu is. If you are one of those people asking for these things, be told very clearly now, you are in the <1% of people could care, could use, know how to use, and would actually use these things. The rest of us are perfectly happy working on our TN panels at 1366x766 surfing the web, checking email, typing up word documents, talking via skype with our webcams, and enjoying our beautiful form factor PC. We don't care about benchmarks when it comes to laptops, how many gflops my processor does or how many FPS my laptop gets in Civ 5. We care about how much fun it actually is to use the damn thing. My PC desktop screams, absolutely screams, but when it comes to laptops thats the only thing I care about and I'm as close to a normal person as you're gonna get on this forum. Done are my days of lugging around a 17in beast of a powerhouse laptop that was embarassing to pull out when all I wanted to do was check an email at the airport or write a quick note. All I care about now is how fun and easy and reliable the laptop is to use for my simple daily tasks. This represents the viewpoint of most people. If you disagree you are a moron because its that exploiting that very same viewpoints that has propelled apple to where they are today. Apple doesn't make the products with the most badass hardware. They make the products that are the most badass to actuall use.
There are niches to laptops. Don't forget that. There are gaming laptops, there are pro/workstation laptops, there are ultraportables, and there are now ultrabooks (a refinement, be it more expensive refinement) of the ultraportable. Understand that, get a girlfriend, and shut up. Reply
madmark4 - Thursday, November 03, 2011 - linkYes, exactly.
If you want a laptop to replace your gaming desktop rig, this isn't for you.
If you want something you can actually CARRY WITH YOU, and want to take on a plane, or even just drop in a bag for a trip to the coffee shop, this is nearly a perfect machine.
I have an HP Elitebook 8440W with quad core i7, 8gb ram, and two hard drives. It has a 14" screen, and is smokin fast.
It sits at home, whenever I go somewhere, because it also weighs 7 pounds, gets about 3 hours of battery life (which requires extra weight carrying the charger everywhere) and won't fit in something the size of a mailing envelope.
I should also note that 1) no one but apple does anything with Thunderbolt. and 2) all those extra features mean higher costs. Would this be your 'ideal' laptop if it was twice as thick, weighed twice as much, and cost 700$ more because it had an IPS screen, thunderbolt, another USB 3 port, and a docking station plug? If so, they already make those, its called an HP Elitebook 8440W.
My primary goal in a laptop is to get something that is fast enough to run what I want to run, even if it isn't the fastest at it, but it needs to do that while being portable enough that I will actually take it with me TO run those things. Ease of use and portability are worth more to me than an external GPU plug. I'm not buying this intending to run COD3 on it. I'm buying it to surf, run eclipse for programming jobs, use Word/Excel, and otherwise be productive. Reply
shompa - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkThis machine is silicon art, just like the Macbook Air.
I wish that Asus supported thunderbolt. With Apples thunderbolt display you get a complete setup, something that Asus can't deliver.
Thunderbolt --> USB/Firewire and gigabith ethernet. All in just one cable.
When will BIOS die? UEFI have been around for 10 years. Why play around with a 1970 technology?
With PCI-E thunderbolt cases. You can buy an macbook air and connect the latest AMD/Nvidia graphic card to it an play games.
The only reason you should buy this product instead of Apple is if you hate Apple and want a couple % better speed. The reason why you should buy Apple is that you get world class support, can use both Windows and OSX, thunderbolt, rapid start, iCloud, Ilife and so on. Reply
Fradelius - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkwhat if i work in a corporative enterprise (90% windows) ? do i have to switch to osx, wich i dont like, coss its not for working?
btw im a unix sysadmin
and still prefer windows for workstations.. ALL THE WAY...
the real question is, why would i go with a portable that has a different os than my workstation?
you dont have to hate apple to like this thing... Reply
pdjblum - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkIt seems the vast majority of folks responding have a hard-on for apple and believe they are superior because of it. Jobs certainly did, the arrogant bastard. Some of us are still tech enthusiasts and still prefer using Windows and the freedom it affords. This site has become apple-centric, no doubt. Reply
lukarak - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkIs Apple forcing you to use their OS? Reply
pdjblum - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkHow twisted are you man? This is a review of a windows laptop. How has it turned into a discussion by a bunch of apple fanboys about how great macs are? No one is forcing you to be a total dick. Reply
jconan - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkBut then you would have to partition the drive and give away that precious space to Win7 and 64gigs the bare minimum on a MBA is a bit already stranded. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkI dont understand why so much memory is used in standby. Why not swap most out and then have one single low power DRAM chip powered up to store the ~256MB~512MB that cant be swapped out? Then you can sleep a long time and still have fast resume. Reply
pdjblum - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkSome of us who frequent AnandTech still prefer windows. Obviously Anand prefers apple and so do many, if not most, of his readers, or at least his more vocal ones. Comparing a windows machine to an apple machine is like comparing apples to oranges. Apple's control over hardware and software makes it much easier to insure things work just right; however that control is limiting as far as windows users are concerned.
Of course, many of your apple users will react badly to my sentiment, which is odd since I don't see how I could have offended. You, and your readers, can make out of that sort of reaction what you will, but why be defensive if you have such a great thing, which I am sure it is, at least to you, and your readers.
lukarak - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkIt will not be a bad reaction. However, buying a mac is not limiting, as you are free to use any operating system you wish. Buying any other pc is, because you are generally left without OSX.
I have been using windows my whole life. And i still use them every day. But they run inside VMs on my Macs and other PCs i have 'equipped' with Mac OS X. Reply
Sunburn74 - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkNot pcs fault that OSX can't run. Reply
lukarak - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkSo? It's a fact, i don't care whose fault it is. It is not even a subject of fault. The clear fact is that with a mac i'm not limited in OS selection, either through VMs or 'native', and with a PC i am. So how is buying a mac limiting? Reply
rs2 - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkThat's some quality anti-logic. The problem isn't that PC's are somehow unable to run OSX, it's that OSX has been deliberately crippled to prevent (or at least, attempt to prevent) it from running on any PC's that haven't been assembled by Apple. It is not the PC (or the Mac...after all a Mac is just a PC that's being marketed as something that's not a PC) that is limited, only OS X is limited.
And if you don't care that this limitation was *intentionally* built into OS X for the sole purpose of *forcing* OS X users to buy their hardware from Apple, then you are a fool.
Remember all the trouble MS got in for attempting to force people to use Internet Explorer? The thing to note there is that whatever your opinion of IE, it has always been a free product. In that light, Apple's shady business tactics are significantly worse than Microsoft's ever were. Reply
pdjblum - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkThe point is that with windows you don't have any reason to run a osx. For some reason, people using macs still find it necessary to run windows in some fashion. OS X must be limiting in some way, it seems. Reply
lukarak - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkSure you do. The fact you don't know what they are, however, an indicator of how deep your computers usage goes. Reply
Fradelius - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linki can tell ya this,
apple = mostly a not hi techy user who likes to use his system out of the box
windows = Working, gaming, hi tech users
Linux = apple + windows if you have the requiered knowledge.(wich 99% of the users dont have)
if im wrong then why 89% of the world uses Windows on enterprise level?
im not a mac hater, i just dont like it.. its like cars, or ice cream
you do.. or you dont.. but still even i fi like it..
Active directory = Win
LDAP = Linux
Mac haves something like active directoy, but like all mac stuff its under the control of apple, in active directoy im on top. Reply
pdjblum - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkBrilliant. Unfortunately, this is a hard pill for the vast majority of apple users to swallow, especially when they depend on anand for acceptance and approval, as they did jobs. Reply
lukarak - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkWhy does it have to be separated? Are the just three types of users or are the borders a little more fuzzy? Why couldn't you belong in two of the groups. Or three?
I'm not saying that everybody has to like it. I just don't understand the aggressiveness towards Apple. Reply
pdjblum - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkGuess you finally got to a bad reaction. I guess I must of struck a nerve. Sorry the truth is so troublesome to you. Sorry you are so insecure. Your defensiveness is quite apparent in the not so kind things you have said. Enjoy your mac and your pathetic existence you sad coward. Reply
lukarak - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkYou didn't strike a nerve, you just revealed your level of knowledge. The rest of the post is really not worthy of a comment, but while it doesn't say anything about me, it say everything about you. Reply
Sunburn74 - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkIf I'm on an apple pc and want to play most games, I need to install windows. That is an obvious limitation that causes people to install windows.
Its not PCs fault they can't run OSX out of the box. Its an arbitrary limitation Mac chooses to enforce. Reply
morousg - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkI don't think it is a question of comparing apples to oranges. I think this is a question of understanding R+D or not understanding it.
I love Apple for many reasons, but I hate it to for many others.
I love Windows because I can play all the games and run all the Office suite, and is the best OS for easily managing business infrastructures, but I hate it for all the rest.
I love linux because it's free, OpenSource and internet is full of documentation about it's code and design so I can learn OS design, but I hate not having Microsoft Office software for it and driver troubles and having difficulties to use it on a Mac hardware.
So, my concerns about this Asus laptop is not a question of comparing or defending Apples against oranges. It is a question of defending R+D, that is my job in the university and business. Reply
KPOM - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkNice review, as usual. The ASUS Zenbooks are the first credible competitors to the MacBook Air, in my opinion (far more than the Acer), in that they are nearly identically equipped, with some upgrades (faster SSD, better sound) at a lower price. Hopefully this pushes Apple a bit to do some upgrades for next year's Ivy Bridge MacBook Air (I wouldn't mind a better speaker and 6Gbps SSDs, and perhaps a small price drop for the upgraded models). Reply
C300fans - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkI fail to see any lower price comparing with AIR. Reply
madmark4 - Thursday, November 03, 2011 - linkSeriously?
Let me step you through it then:
1) Base MBA, $999. Slower processor, 64gb SSD, and 2gb ram.
2) Base UX21, $999. Faster processor, 128gb SSD, and 4gb ram.
Did you happen to see the lower prices there? I think most do. Reply
sapi3n - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkmy problem with this piece of hardware is in the interface. I've got a core 2 duo Asus laptop that is quite good, but the keyboard is like typing on a rope bridge, forcing me to carry an external keyboard for anything expansive. I wish this wonderful company would start with the keyboard, and work outward. Reply
twotwotwo - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkSounds like you find the bad display contrast pretty maddening. Are you saying you'd advocate Windows users get a Macbook Air just because of it, though? It's $250 more (system cost + getting Windows Home Premium) plus the fuss of setting up Boot Camp, and folks might prefer the Zenbook for the better SSD, the resolution, the USB 3/VGA/HDMI/Ethernet connection options, etc. The Air seems like a choice for graphics-focused folks or people looking for *the* most premium ultraportable there is, but it doesn't seem like the shoo-in choice for a typical mobility-focused Windows user.
But if the display *is* a total dealbreaker I'd love to hear more about why. A dull grey backlight bleed sounds annoying, but reflections from a glossy screen coating seem worse to me and reviewers seem to mostly accept the trend towards glossy displays. But I can't really do any comparisons since I don't have a Zenbook sitting around (or a ThinkPad X1, which seems to have the same contrast level), so your insight would be interesting here.
Does sound like a pity about the Asus's touchpad. :/ Reply
agent2099 - Sunday, October 23, 2011 - linkI'm disappointed with the maximum resolution for the microHDMI port. It only does 1900x1080 which means you cannot connect it ton a 24" monitor at native res (1900x1200). Is this just a limitation of the microHDMI port or for all intel HD graphics. For some of the other laptops out there that have full size HDMI, can you output 1900x1200 native? Reply
repoman27 - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkThe HD Graphics in 2nd Gen Intel Core processors support HDMI 1.4 features, one such feature being the Micro HDMI connector itself. Intel is a bit vague as to the maximum resolution using HDMI, although they clearly note that 2560x1600 is achievable using DisplayPort 1.1. It's odd that the spec here is for less than 1920x1200 since even HDMI 1.0 supported resolutions that high. Although 1920x1200 displays seem to be going the way of the dodo due to the onslaught of 1920x1080 "Full-HD" panels, it's still curious to see such a seemingly arbitrary limitation. Reply
Watwatwat - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkif you are just using this anywhere, on your lap even, viewing angle becomes key, esp with such a small short display. they really dropped the ball going brighter instead of wider. Reply
rs2 - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkSorry, but you must be dreaming. Either that, or your requirements for labeling something "extremely responsive" have seriously been slipping. Extremely responsive doesn't mean "static content scrolls smoothly across the screen and looks pretty", it means more along the lines of "when I launch an app, I don't have to wait 5 to 10 seconds for it to load and become usable" and "I can switch easily and quickly between multiple applications, without losing my view of any of them if I so choose" and "my device doesn't need a full minute to power on from a cold start".
Today's tablets are a world away from being "extremely responsive" by any reasonable set of criteria. Reply
alxx - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkSo any chance of giving this a review with it running linux ?
fedora 15 or ubuntu ?
Is it full bluetooth 4 support or limited ?
Does it support HS , low power and low energy or ??? Reply
C300fans - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linka 999$ copycat of AIR. Reply
rs2 - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkExcept with better cooling and an infinitely better OS. Reply
morousg - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkSorry... but you shoul read some OS desing books.
Maybe they would help on understand why Microsoft is trying to get rid of Windows legacy OS, by pushing developers ot HTML5.
If they succeed, Windows 9 will only support HTML5 apps, so they can put any sort of OS, more stable and safe, that just loads an HTML5 browser. I think is a very smart move.
And also, I love all the Microsoft Office suit. I only envy Windows for having Visio, Access etc... But windows it self, is a crap, and Microsoft knows it veeeery well. Reply
Kyrandia - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkThe lag is not caused by power saving. If you look into the trackpad configuration, you'll find "ASUS SmartSense" or "ASUS Smart Detector", which is some kind of typing detection. If you enable it, trackpad is disabled while you are typing. However, it won't automatically reactivate in a period of time, but you need to touch the "reactivation area" to reactivate it. To make your life easier, you just need to disable this function or customize the activation area. Reply
AdamRS - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkI'm really looking forward to a review of the UX21's bigger brother....mainly because of the screen. I hope it is an improvement. Reply
Ogxite - Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - linkAren't the screen shots on the Intergrated VGA Camera page from OS X? Reply
stevenjklein - Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - linkAnand wrote that he "can't quite pinpoint [the] inspiration for the Zenbook UX21's 45W power brick design."
Anand, were you being sarcastic?
It is clearly a clone of the Apple's AC adapter, right down to the fold-up prongs.
See for yourself: http://www.power2battery.com/images/A1184acadapter... Reply
Silenus - Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - linkLol yes...he was being sarcastic there. Reply
komoornik - Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - linkHeat ? Noise? Reply
996miami - Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - linkThanks. Well done. Will share with friends. Reply
losonn - Sunday, October 30, 2011 - linkAny chance the UX31's 900p display is better? Any chance of reviewing the UX31 is the future? Reply
losonn - Sunday, October 30, 2011 - linkAny chance of an UX31 review? Is the screen on the larger model any better / worse than the UX21? Reply
cab2012 - Thursday, November 03, 2011 - linkAs a designer this is getting increasing more pathetic. There are many configurations and designs that can be produced without stealing other designs from a competitor who product is widely known for its industrial design. I know there is a lot of copycats, but seriously copying the style of famous Apple transformer?
Oh wait it is different, its BLACK. The whole thing looks like a MBA only thunderbolt-less, and crappier graphics. Who do they think they are fooling. Only the dumb customers stupid enough to buy one of these and IT does not even have a magsafe power adapter? Who in their right mind would buy a laptop without a magsafe adapter. As someone who has an owned a laptop that was yanked off a countertop by a running dog caught up in the power cord, I would find impossible to believe that a computer laptop company would make a laptop without a magsafe adapter. Absolutely idiotic.
"While I can't quite pinpoint ASUS' source of inspiration for the Zenbook UX21's 45W power brick design, the end product looks great. Cable management is handled via a standard velcro strap and the power connector itself has an LED on it that glows orange when charging or green when fully charged. "
seriously really? blatant copying. you mean just like the connector on all mac laptops for how many years now, 6-7? Only not magsafe.
"Unfortunately It also glows green when it's not connected, which can cause confusion if you plug it in but don't push the connector in all the way. Is it fully charged or just not fully connected? Guessing is half the fun!" copycats and half-assed copycats at that. IF you going to steal others ideas, because your designers are pathetic then at least have good engineers to make the product work, but I guess that is TOO much to ask from thieves. Reply
netmann - Sunday, November 06, 2011 - linkAsus Zenbook UX31E-DH52 with 128 GB Adata SSD and Intel i7-2677M CPU is available in UK but not in US!!! Does anyone know the reason?
Also the Asus Global site has Windows 7 Pro as one of Operating System choices, but not for US! Reply
ianken - Thursday, November 10, 2011 - link...I'm hitting it. Asus test lab failtrain now boarding on RMA track to newegg.
RAGE. Reply
reebsauce - Sunday, November 13, 2011 - linkDoes anyone know if the processor/GPU can handle HD video editing without issues? For example, I use Sony Vegas on my desktop (Core i7 860 2.8GHz, ATI Radeon HD 5700) and I'm wondering if I'll be able to do the same with the Zenbook... if so, will I be able to perform other tasks while videos are processing (like browsing the Web)? Reply
KrisB - Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - linkDoes the Zenbook have the capability to close the cover and not power off when an external monitor is connected? Reply
Mateusz - Sunday, April 08, 2012 - linkTo begin with you pay more than 1100 euro for this laptop
1) After 4 weeks of using the power socket breaks... laptop is shutting down randomly, due to problems with socket, and battery is not charging. I have to turn around the plug and play with it, to be able to use laptop
2) I tried to return it to shop, no its not possible to return it to shop after 6 weeks, but they can replace it, by sending it to Asus, it will take approximately 1 month because there is no real service in Netherlands, and they have to send it to France.
3) Website is sometimes down, and they don't answer phone calls
4) They don't give a fuck about Linux users, answer from service is "We don't support Linux platforms" in other words "Go fuck yourself, you already paid loser".
5) Its hard to open it, it gets dirty very easy, and LCD panel is moving too loosely, and its overheating (i7). I could probably add that auto-updating tool from Asus is crashing on Windows, and some of their software runs MS-DOS command line on startup...
So currently, since its may daily working tool, I cannot afford to be without laptop for 1 month, I am waiting till it'll break totally, and than maybe I will donate it to some homeless people. Reply
MikeWoods - Monday, October 29, 2012 - linkI purchased 3 (2 for sales staff) Asus Zenbook first generation UX21E notebooks (1 I7 and 2 I5s) and have been very dissatisfied with all three. The keyboard problems are incredibly troublesome. It is difficult to type anything without missing letters or having the curser jump to other locations while typing.
Would I buy again? I don't think so. Asus would have to replace all three laptops for me to ever consider buying Asus again. I do have an office full of desktop computers, all with ASUS motherboards and have been happy with the desktops.
To ASUS: if you would like to make good on these computers, you can contact me on any phone number you find at the bottom of http://www.mswoods.com.
Or, contact me by mail
Mike Woods
msWoods Real Estate, LLC
4111 Wythe Ln
Indianapolis, IN 46250 Reply


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THEY'RE practically doing cartwheels on the University of Manitoba campus and chanting "Colder! Colder! Colder!"
OK, maybe that's an exaggeration. But there's a small corner of the U of M campus where delighted scientists are going all kids-on-Christmas-morning over temperatures in the -30 Cs and wind chills in the -40 Cs.
They're working 24 hours a day at the Sea-ice Environmental Research Facility, a pond about the size of a volleyball court at which scientists have been replicating Arctic sea ice the past two years.
"From the ice point of view, we like cold," said Prof. Feiyue Wang, a lead scientist at SERF and a professor in the U of M's department of environment and geography, and department of chemistry. "We would expect very fast ice growth," Wang said Monday.
About 20 research associates and graduate students are part of the team studying and monitoring how fast and thick the ice grows during these otherwise abysmally cold conditions.
"We've got a lot of results already," said Wang. "We see how the sea ice grows.
"Typically, we get ice from late November to early March," but rarely this cold and for this long.
"People from Denmark and Germany are here working with us," Wang said.
A special treat is the growth of tiny flowers -- yes, flowers. "It's all like a fern," with a crystal-like appearance that grows on the surface when it dips below -20, he explained.
It's critical to the SERF studies that there be open ice, which occurs even in the Arctic at these temperatures, so the researchers cut holes in the ice, Wang said.
OK, so the deeper the freeze, the happier are the people in parka-covered lab coats. But don't you get cold?
"In the Arctic, you have an icebreaker nearby" when you're working on the sea ice, said Wang.
On the U of M campus, there's a heated trailer two minutes from the pond. "Before you lose your ears, you run back to the trailer and defrost," Wang said.
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It was bound to happen sometime... It's the natural course of things...
I wonder what this will do for the developers of the software that is made to run their registers. Our touchscreen comp(Starbucks) was developed on ubuntu.
On another note i think this Is fantastic( of course this was bound to happen sooner or later) but what a nice chunk of change for apple.
hahah wicked..i thought of it ages ago..now they need that technology where ur phones the the credit card too. goodbye wallet too! haha
Can I haz a NFC chip in my iPhonez yet?
Sounds like a great plan to me. One of the local coffee shops just switched to an iPod Touch with a Square card reader. This is great for the business, the card paying customers, and the customers with the Card Case app!
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Originally from Scottland, John Rattray is a veritable skateboarding ATV with a deep bag of tricks and a keen eye for interesting spot selection upon which to execute them on, over, down, under, et all. Not afraid to slay any harsh tranny without hesitation, and also not a stranger to the varied urban landscape that cities have to offer across the globe, Rattray really is a well-rounded ripping man of the world. Be sure to check out his site thepredatorybird.com for some clever and interesting and often skate-based posting, and die-hard Rattray fans will also want to check his work in the "Beez" videos as well as the now cult classic skateboard industry parody film, "Machotaildrop".
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Gary Bongiovanni has spent three decades telling people just how hard it is to make a living on the road.
"Touring used to be the bastard stepchild of the music business. You toured to sell records," said Bongiovanni, founder and editor of the Fresno Calif.-based live event tracking firm Pollstar. "But now musicians tour to get paid and a lot of people think it's easy money. But it's a really, really risky business."
Investors who are tiring of blithely accepting the Internet Age drivel that live-event dollars somehow make up for thin digital revenues at entertainment giants such as Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group or Sony Music Entertainment, are wise to listen to Bongiovanni. He -- with his staff of 50 -- have been sifting through global concert grosses, ticket sales and tour event data since the early 1980s.
"I am not a computer guy," he said. "I was forward-looking enough to understand there was a business need to organize that concert industry data and make it available."
That database gives Bongiovanni unparalleled access to the real dollars flowing to top acts such as The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and Taylor Swift as they roam the world trying to make a living making their music.
His takeaway?
"There is no magic to the process," he said. "You can get paid, but it's never easy."
Live events do not make the music industry whole
Investors who study Bongiovanni's database will see that, yes, in fact the total box office for live shows did effectively quadruple from 1999, from $1.5 billion market annually, to last year, when ticket sales added up to $4.7 billion. But that jump happened as total music disc, CD and download sales collapsed from roughly $19 billion in 1999 in North America to $7 billion or so today. That means the total market for live and recorded music is actually about 40% smaller than it was back in 1999.
"The biggest single change is the rise in ticket prices," Bongiovanni said. "People think it is the greedy promoter making that money. But it's the artist trying to get paid what they think they are worth."
And making up the money lost to the digital economy is no easy move, even for the industry's top stars.


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The annual Paarl OmmiBerg Round the Rock wine festival is one of the many harvesting fairs in the Western Cape. It takes place in the Paarl Winelands on 9 March 2013, with 12 participating vineyards hosting a range of events in honour of their vines, which, by early March, are full and heavy with fruit.
There will be festive and messy grape-stomping competitions (it's a sensation you have to experience); wine tastings in which you can sample sweet juice in various stages of pre-wine fermentation; and cellar tours that will give you the opportunity to try some of the more established vintages in a blind tasting, or pair wines with artisanal cheeses. Along with wine-related activities, each vineyard has something extra on offer.
At Nederberg there will be live music on the stoep (verandah) of the manor house during lunchtime. You can choose to eat at the Red Table or enjoy something suitably seasonal from the food and beverage stalls that will be set up on the lawn in front of the Cape Dutch manor house – you can look forward to sourdough bread bases with toppings of your choice, prego cuisine straight off the braai, and a selection of tortilla wraps. At Nederburg your ticket also entitles you to a free tasting of young wines straight from the tank or barrel, and an oven-fresh onion tartlet to complement the young wines.
There will be festive and messy grape-stomping competitions, wine tastings in which you can sample sweet juice in various stages of pre-wine fermentation, as well as cellar tours.
At Black Pearl Wines, Cape wine master and Black Pearl winemaker Mary-Lou Nash will be showing off her handcrafted wines. The estate will also be serving Mexican food and home-brewed beers. Boutique Barátok will be hosting a blending competition, along with its unfiltered wine tastings.
In addition to its wines, Fairview's cheese samplings and bread market will be highlights, while at KWV, you can look forward to artisanal ice cream and a wine and art pairing session in its new Sensorium.
At Mellasat, revitalise your weary feet with a professional grape skin massage, and visit 'The Cemetery of Forgotten Wines' in the underground cellar.
Laborie is hosting a wine and chocolate pairing in its Cellar Door, as well as horse rides through the vineyards. Rhebokskloof has organised a food-jamming session with master chef Jade de Waal, while Ridgeback Wines will have jumping castles, bins filled with water for swimming, croquet and boules.
Join Spice Route for a food and wine journey (a selection of seven Spice Route wines paired with five food pairings), as well as tutored wine and chocolate tastings.
Under Oaks will host a performance by Valiant Swart, and its pizzeria will be supplemented with various food stalls.
At Windmeul Kelder, you can see a fermentation demonstration to observe exactly what happens to your wine while in the barrel.
Date: Saturday 9 March 2013
Cost: An access card valid at all 12 participating wineries (which includes a tasting glass and a programme) costs R100. Tickets are on sale for R80 per person at Computicket. Kids under 18 enter for free.
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Everyone knows Canberra is a red city, politically. But why do residents of the inner north vote to the left, while suburbs of similar wealth in the inner south are more conservative?
Why has Belconnen long been a Labor stronghold when voters in towns with comparable demographic profiles, such as Weston Creek, are more likely to give the Liberals a go?
These two maps show the two-party-preferred vote at each ACT polling booth: first, whether the booth's tally favoured Labor or the Liberals; second, the extent and direction of the swing.
The ACT's two federal MPs were elected with convincing majorities in this month's election: Andrew Leigh's margin in his northern electorate of Fraser is now 14.2 per cent, while south-sider Gai Brodtmann's is 9.15 per cent.
However, the mood of voters across the city was far from uniform.
ACT Labor secretary Elias Hallaj, who ran his party's campaign, cautioned against reading too much into voting trends.
"It's important to remember that the key political contest is with individual voters rather than demographic generalisations," he said on Sunday.
"The most critical factor is not where somebody lives but what issues matter to them."
Mr Hallaj said voting maps provided insights into broader trends "but what politicians need more than anything else is insights into individual voters' needs and desires".
"It's too early to assess all the aspects of the campaign that just finished, particularly while ballots are still being counted," he said.
"Over coming months, there will be lots of analysis from armchair experts as well as detailed reviews within each party."
The most critical factor is not where somebody lives but what issues matter to them.ACT Labor secretary Elias Hallaj
Canberra Liberals campaign director Brigitte Morten said some historic factors had helped lock in the city's voting patterns, but Canberra was "very much changing".
"You look at Weston Creek for example. It's an older area, but you're getting many young families coming in, particularly with the Molonglo development.
"The Lanyon Valley, too. It was always seen as a Labor area but, because of the demographics down there and some hard campaigning by the Liberal Party, we're starting to see different results."
Ms Morten said the Liberals had targeted Canberra's outer suburbs because the party knew its messages – particularly on the cost of living and border security – resonated strongly in those areas.
"And [Senate candidate] Zed [Seselja] very strongly represents those suburbs: he has a young family, he grew up in outer Canberra and he understands where those constituents are coming from."
Meanwhile, Mr Seselja is almost certain to be elected as the ACT's second senator, though Greens candidate Simon Sheikh is yet to concede.
The latest ballot paper count has left Mr Seselja needing to win only about one in every seven of the uncounted votes to gain the win.
Correction: A data-sorting error in an earlier version of the map above made the number of prison votes appear larger than it actually was.


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Evolution Hoax
A scientific theory is an attempt to explain certain phenomena occurring in nature. A frequently occurring phenomenon may be explained in terms of a theory, a fact, or a law. Gravity, example, is a fact. Even if we cannot perceive gravity directly, we can still see its effect when we drop something. There is also a theory of gravity that answers the question of how this takes place. Even if we do not know exactly how gravity works, there are theories that seek to account for it. The law of gravity formulated by Isaac Newton is one such.
In summary, a scientific fact is an observable natural law, and a scientific theory is a mathematical description of how a scientific law works.
The first and most important requirement of empirical (experimental) science is that the object or phenomenon we wish to investigate should be observable. The second condition is that the object or phenomenon should be repeatable. Any observable and repeatable event must be capable of being tested. This enables us to determine whether or not an experiment validates a theory. If the explanation that someone postulates regarding a phenomenon is one that cannot be tested or validated, then this is not a theory, but a belief.241
Evolutionists say that the main evolutionary changes take place very slowly, or so rarely that people cannot observe them during their lifetimes. According to the evolutionist Theodosius Dobzhansky, even when evolutionary changes occur, they are events that by nature are rare, unrepeated and irreversible. Paul Ehrlich, a well-know evolutionist, maintains that the theory of evolution cannot be refuted by any observation, for which reason it needs to be regarded as being outside the scope of empirical science.242
On the other hand, by suggesting that evolution takes place in two ways-observable micro-evolution and unobservable macro-evolution-evolutionists attempt to portray this imaginary evolutionary process as a scientific fact. (See The Invalidity of Micro-Evolution and The Macro-Evolution Myth.) According to evolutionists, macro-evolution is the process of infinite variation necessary for reptiles to turn into birds, or apes into human beings. Yet nobody has ever observed this happening.243
Micro-evolution, on the other hand, again according to evolutionists, is a limited process of variation of a specific species that we can observe and that produces divergence. However, the changes postulated as micro-evolution cannot produce a new species or a new characteristic. Therefore, they are not, as is claimed, mechanisms with any evolutionary power. In addition, micro-evolution is raised in order to imply that it is a dorm of variation that gives rise to macro-evolution. (See Variation.) This is mere conjecture regarding a phenomenon that cannot be observed and which lacks any evidence.Evolution cannot be observed and cannot be repeated, and for these reasons, is therefore not a scientific fact or theory. Neither is it an evident scientific fact, as some circles imagine or as they seek to portray it.244 On the contrary, when the theory of evolution is compared with scientific findings, a great contradiction emerges. In terms of the origin of life, population genetics, comparative anatomy, paleontology and biochemical systems, the theory of evolution is in a state of crisis, as the famous biochemist Michael Denton puts it.245


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It's Japanese, but there's not a single slice of fish in the house, and you won't miss it. Given the city's overwhelming sushi invasion, there's been an understandable assumption that if a restaurant is Japanese there must be sushi. Not true. Not in Japan. Not in other cities. And now, not in this city.
Case in point, the sushi-less Kyu Bistro, which identifies itself as the city's newest ramen shop. As far as I know it's the only one, but more about the ramen later. They may have been what I originally came for, but what stole the show, what I left raving about, were the izakaya-style small plates.
There are 16 of them in small, but shareable, portions, mostly light and far too easy to keep ordering beyond one's capacity to eat. Not beyond one's capacity to pay though, since most cost a mere $4 to $6, with the sole exception of $8 for butterflied shrimp in ultra-light panko coating, complemented by a slightly sweetened chili-spiked mayonnaise.
All I tried were wonderful. Even the bottom price of $4 buys four sublime balls of agedashi tofu in a sweet dashi sauce with which (and I never thought I'd ever say this about tofu) I fell in love. I've liked tofu before, usually in various Chinese dishes when it was disguised (highlights were with chili and pork in mapo tofu, or with eggplant in black bean sauce), but this kind of tofu was a revelation and the first time I've ever loved tofu for itself alone -- fried crisp on the surface, but seductively creamy, almost custardy, within (in fact there actually is some egg in its preparation).
Make a note of the impossible-to-remember name of gyuniku tsuke ninjin, because these skewers of tender, marinated sirloin wrapped around strips of pickled carrots are another knockout. So were chicken kara-age -- little chunks of marinated, starch-coated chicken deep-fried to a juicy, flavourful and incredible crunch and topped by dabs of wasabi-flavoured mayo. And so were the skewers of simply pan-grilled shrimp that were plump, juicy and slightly redolent of sesame oil.
Too many gyoza dumplings I've had recently have been frozen, commercial preparations, and too often deep-fried as well. Not these, which are house-made, properly pan-fried on one side only, with thin-skinned wrappers that enclosed meaty interiors of pork, streaked with shiitakes on one visit, but enfolding a sweet little shrimp on another. They were excellent in both versions.
Thin, delicately flavoured slices of cold pork, described as barbecued (but not in the occidental or Chinese sense of barbecue), are prettily fanned out on a plate, and sided with a dollop of hot mustard. Big, bacon-wrapped scallops look pretty much like bacon-wrapped scallops anywhere but are perfectly moist and tender.
As for the ramen, those I tried were soothing and satisfying, if not exceptional. There are four different versions of these meal-in-a-bowl noodle soups (from $8 to $8.50). The thin, twisty wheat noodles are neither hand-made nor house-made, but they are purchased from a place that does make them fresh daily and have a nice chewy texture.
The shio ramen (my favourite) is based on a clear, full-flavoured pork bone broth which had been gently simmered for hours, then fortified with little pieces of pork shoulder, two kinds of seaweed -- soft (wakame) and crunchy (nori) -- with a jolt of earthy flavour from fermented bamboo shoots, and a topping of diced scallions. Also included are slices of processed pink and white fish cake (more decorative, in my opinion, than tasty), and a soft-boiled egg.
The shoyu ramen broth is seasoned with soy sauce and topped with slices of pork belly, fish cake, bean sprouts, spinach, green onions and a soft-boiled egg. Spicy miso ramen is the most forcefully flavoured, with spicy miso paste and fermented bamboo shoots, and is thick with chopped pork shoulder, bean sprouts and kernels of corn for crunch and spirals of shredded carrots for decoration. The fourth (unsampled) ramen is shio broth garnished with a variety of vegetables. The only other options on the menu, unsampled, are donburi rice bowls with curried chicken, beef or pork ($7 to $8).
There's no alcohol as yet (a licence has been applied for) but the iced lychee tea is refreshing, and there's ginger ice cream for dessert. This appears to be a two-person operation, although during most of my visits only one person was present, doing double duty as cook and server, and doing both efficiently. His service was faultless on my visits, but since there were few others present I can't predict how it might be in a full house.
Kyu is located in a small strip mall, which is convenient for parking (if you get there early enough). It's an attractive little place, done in minimalist but charming Japanese style, with walls partly painted avocado green, partly panelled in very pale wood, with seating at black-stained regular size tables and chairs, or at slightly higher tables with stools. There are three small televisions set high up, near the ceiling -- mercifully silent on my visits. I wish I could say the same for the soundtrack.
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Lois Lowry's Blog
Arrivederci, Cambridge!
I am expecting my brother and his wife to arrive from Virginia today! This is exciting . Last spring, when Martin died, Jon and Freda loaded up their car and headed here...along with Kuzo, their Macaw, who couldn't be left behind...and stayed the whole summer, both to keep me company but also to help me with things that seemed at the time overwhelming. Then, in September, they disappeared again, the way magicians do.
And now upon hearing my schedule for this spring...Bologna, Chicago, Saskatchewan, Punta Cana, Spokane, Minneapolis....Jon announced: "We'll be there Friday." I expect they are somewhere in Pennsylvania or New York as I write this.
This spring I am not so much overwhelmed as I am simply juggling. Too many trips, too many commitments, too complicated logistics. Cat to neighbor. Dog to kennel. Me to airport. Tax stuff to accountant. Etc. etc. Once again my dear brother and sister-in-law will settle in and alleviate the stress. I cannot thank them enough.
I leave tomorrow night for Munich, and from there to Bologna, arriving Sunday. Here is a lovely party invitation:
A party at a palazzo! Imagine that! And in honor of SON, which looks like this in its eariiest incarnation:
The three preceding books will be re-jacketed to give them all this same mysterious and beautiful look.
Yesterday the committee that selects the winner/s of the PEN Susan Bloom Discovery Award each year convened at my house and as we do each March, went through the stacks of manuscripts to make the final choice.
Two members, Mitali Perkins and Pat Lowry Collins, were not able to be there; and two others...Lisa Jahn-Clough and Robie Harris...did their part from long distance. But here are Leslie Sills, Susan Bloom, Kim Ablon Whitney, Liza Ketchum, Susan Goodman, and me behind the camera.. It looks to me as if by the time I took this photo we had whittled it down to nine or ten under final consideration. By the end of some hours, two co-winners had emerged who will be honored at a gathering on May 6th. It's such fun to do this each year. And we have just heard that one of last year's winners in under contract for publication. We have a pretty good track record that way and some of our "discoveries" have gone on to successful careers.
Lulu had to be banished to the basement because she wanted to prance and cavort among the manuscripts. Later, when she reappeared, all the manuscripts were put away but there was sill an empty bag that had held muffins:
A week from tomorrow, after returning from Italy, I will be in Chicago for a performance of THE GIVER at Adventure Stage. If you go to their website http://www.adventurestage.org/ you can see a fascinating video having to do with some of the staging.
Good luck with your upcoming book. I loved The Giver. What an honor to be in Italy for a reception! Have a great time.
I also loved Number the Stars enough that my fifth grade intellectually gifted class will be reading it this upcoming quarter.
As a want-to-be-author, I had read your article from my ICL instructor about characterization. I've often struggled with trying to make my characters real. You have no problems with your individual characters who breath life onto the pages. I would love to meet you at a SCBWI conference one day, but unfortunately the summer conference always falls the first week of school and LA is far and expensive to get to. I would be honored if you ever found the time to check out my blog.
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September 30: (Formerly) Lol-iday of Italy., Get in a Drunken Knife Fight Day, Pastafarian New Year.
- 903 BC - The Game spins itself into existence and makes you LOSE!
- 1399 - Burt Lancaster deposed Richard Burton to become Henry IV, King of England.
- 1452 - First printed book, the Johann Gutenberg Bible followed closely by The Girls of Gutenberg Press and The Gutenberg Bible, lingerie edition.
- 1677 - Lol-iday was first proclaimed on the planet of Italy.
- 1679 - The last occurance of Lol-iday, due to the forced slavery of the Umpalepuanians by Caesar.
- 1702 - First all female orgy is held in Greece.
- 1813 - Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla in a drunken knife fight.
- 1911 - Sir Barnabas Poleaxe discovers Belgium
- 1924 - World Snooker Championship played in New York for the first time, Stock Market crashes afterward.
- 1925 - Ski-jumping was born in Lithuania.
- 1939 - Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin get caught in a Chinese thumb-trap. Reconsider global strategy and make pact of non-agression accordingly.
- 1941 - Adolf and Joe free themselves from the thumb-trap after exactly two years. Decide ass-kicking is on the cards again.
- 1947 - The World Series, featuring New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.
- 1949 - The Berlin Airlift ends after millions of cubic feet of air were successfully transported to Berlin.
- 1955 - James Dean gets drunk, tries to get in a knife fight with oncoming car.
- 1984 - After Earths Transit of Mars The African Republic Upper Volta Changes it's name to Mars Volta
- 1986 - The Welsh are scientifically proven to be Charles Darwin's missing link
- 2000 - Lol-iday is celebrated in Paris. Rioting ensues.


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Nick Carrier, of Napoleonville, reminds me that I should never try to wind up a subject before my readers are through discussing it:
"Smiley, you stated that a story 'might be the last of our milk delivery stories.'
"In the words of football analyst Lee Corso, 'Not so fast!'
"In the early to mid-'50s, two of my friends, Philip 'Phil Lou' Landry and John 'Putsie' Flood, were visiting me.
"The milk truck pulled into the driveway, and the milkman dropped off the goods and proceeded to finish his route.
"Not paying attention, Philip and I suddenly realized that Putsie had vanished.
"Within minutes the frantic search was on — phones ringing and mothers hunting for the missing 5-or-6-year-old tot.
"Putsie was sighted by one of the residents. He had decided to tour Napoleonvile by hitching a ride on the huge rear step bumper of the milk truck.
"Living in a small town, the story circulated for quite some time. Many laughed.
"Putsie's mother's reaction wasn't quite so humorous."
The music man
One of the most popular groups in the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade is the Italian American Marching Club, courtly gents who pass out flowers, garters and kisses to female parade watchers.
There's always a trailer with a band providing music for the marchers, and it's always been led by Bobby Lonero.
Dolores Benedetto tells why Bobby wasn't leading the band this year:
"Frank Arrigo just let us know on Monday that Bobby Lonero died Sunday night. He played the Mardi Gras Ball at Lake Sherwood Village on Friday, Feb. 8, but did not play for the Spanish Town parade, as he had a brain hemorrhage and was unresponsive on that Saturday morning.
"Bobby was a great musician, and kept Louis Prima alive for all of us. He will be missed."
Half measures
Mention of the Italian American Marching Club reminds me of this put-down:
After her duties as a float judge at the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade, Lady Katherine came home telling me how much she enjoyed dancing with the marchers before the parade, as the judges walked by the floats checking them out.
She told me the Italian-American gents swept the female judges off their feet, and remarked about what handsome guys they were.
After it seemed to me she had stayed on this topic a bit too long, I reminded her of my Italian ancestry.
She replied (somewhat disdainfully, I thought), "Oh, but you're only HALF Italian …"
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After Ronnie Stutes wondered about the practice of naming winter storms, we heard from Carol:
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It's Dan, darn it!
Dan Burkhalter, the Carencro Curmudgeon, was feeling especially curmudgeonly after noting that I called him "Don" in the Tuesday column.
I would claim a computer malfunction, but I'll have to be honest and chalk it up to memory loss due to aging.
My apologies to you, Dan, and to Mrs. Burkmaster, too …
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The Foundation's Young Leadership Committee held its annual "Night for the Fight" party on October 1, 2009, where 220 guests enjoyed a fabulous evening of drinks, dancing and raffle prizes which raised more than $30,000 for lupus research, awareness and patient services.
An outstanding committee, along with their friends, family members and other supporters, raised their voices (and cocktail glasses!) at La Pomme to support the fight against a disease that devastates the lives of more than 1.5 million Americans. Many of the committed Young Leaders are actually young women and men living with lupus, while others have loved ones with the disease.
While an eclectic mix of retro, dance and alternative hits set the mood, party-goers danced, sipped on the signature Orange Loop cocktail, enjoyed passed hors d'oeuvres and a tasting station provided by Pure Dark Chocolate, made new connections and participated in an auction of two one-of-a-kind experiences followed by a raffle of high-end items.
The auction items appealed especially to the men. One committee member secured four field passes and tickets to a Giants or Jets football game (winner's choice) which, after an intense bidding war, were auctioned off for $3,000! Another committee member secured club seats at a New York Knicks game.
The fish bowel raffle that followed featured 30 luxury items, all of them donations secured by the tireless, tremendously resourceful YLC. Items included an original dress personally donated by Jason Wu, the designer responsible for Michelle Obama's inaugural gown; a Miu Miu purse; Ermenegildo Zenga ties and Brooks Brothers cologne; an autographed NHL hockey stick; a Diane von Furstenberg wrap dress; Bliss Spa products and many other designer goods.
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HOUSTON - Over the weekend, two robbers targeted two businesses in southwest Houston.
Houston police said Cafe Rustika, 3237 Southwest Freeway, and Water to Wine, 3331 Westpark, were both broken into in what they describe as smash-and-grab burglaries.
Vickie King is the owner of Water to Wine.
"Went in and found cash drawer from Rustika was in our parking lot and ours was gone," she said.
King said she was surprised burglars targeted her shop because there is security on the property
Surveillance video showed that the thieves seemed to know what they were doing.
"They pulled up, jumped out of their car, ran to the bar, in and out in 10 minutes," she said.
Cafe Rustika was targeted twice in four days, police said.
King said the experience has forced her to make big changes to her business.
"We no longer keep cash in the store and put sign on door to deter people so it won't happen again," she said.
Anyone with information about the break-ins is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS
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