While it may not look like much at first glance, we assure you, it’s a laptop that deserves your attention, not only for its great looks or hard-hitting performance either. On the contrary, this thin and light ultrabook is so well-rounded in essentially every aspect that it’s nearly topped off our list of the best laptops, having come in second place.

So, what exactly led us to our consensus that the Asus ZenBook USX310UA is an exceptional device, worthy of your hard earned money? Maybe it’s that it follows in the footsteps of the MacBook Air, Apple’s most affordable laptop, once thought of as the pinnacle of svelte design that houses powerful components.