Battle of the Books: Asus ZenBook 3 Vs. Updated Macbook, The Comparison And Specifications

Anyone out there planning to buy an Asus ZenBook 3 or a New Updated Apple MacBook? Wondering or just being curious, well, let's take a look at the head to head match up of this two beastly machines. engadge.com has made a comparism and match up with this two machines.

The ZenBook 3's 12.5in display accounts for 82 per cent of the ZenBook's front owing to a new, thinner bezel. The Full HD panel delivers 72 per cent NTSC color gamut and a 1,000:1 contrast ratio. The panel is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4.With a battery of 40whrs battery, 9 hours' usage, Intel Core i7 6500U or Core i5 6200U CPU, 4GB, 8GB or 16GB DDR3 of RAM, 12.5 full HD touchscreen in display with a software loaded of Windows 10.

New to Apple's 2016 MacBook range is the Rose Gold color option. You can, of course, still get it in Silver, Space Grey and Gold. MacBook has a slightly smaller 12in Retina display with a 2304x1440 Retina resolution.

The LED-backlit IPS screen has a pixel density of 226ppi, while Intel's integrated HD 515 chip takes care of graphics, 1x USB Type-C, 3.5mm headphone jack, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, It has a Performance of Intel Core M3 to Intel Core M7, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 256GB or 512GB PCIe SSD with a battery of 41.4whrs battery, 10-11 hours' usage.

Price wise, The ZenBook 3 is priced very competitively when considering its generous specs. Only US figures were available at the time of writing so you'll have to account for discrepancies between markets. The base configuration with Intel Core i5, 4GB and 256GB storage starts at $999. A fully-fledged Intel Core i7 machine with 1TB of storage and 16GB of RAM will cost $1,999.

While the Apple's MacBook isn't quite so affordable. The Intel Core M3 model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage starts at £1,049. The top MacBook with a 1.3GHz Intel Core M7, 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage will around US$1,299.00 to US$1,599.00.