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when is a Macbook not a Macbook how about what it looks and feels just like apples little 12-inch wonder but it runs Windows instead for years PC makers have been making and selling laptops that have a striking resemblance to various mac books sometimes it's a subtle omage other times it's a quite literal Attack of the Clones well now there's a new contender for most Mac Book like and it's called the Asus Zenbook 3 it's close to a total clone at least on the outside of Apple's minimalist 12-inch MacBook but under the aluminum chassis this ambitious slim laptop trades the mid-tier Intel Core M processors for low-voltage core i7 but the Zenbook 3 also shares some of the maths books weaknesses specifically a very shallow keyboard that's not really conducive for long-form typing and an extremely limited set of connection options which consists of a single USB C port and a headphone jack because nobody is taking the headphone jacks out of laptops yet while single USB C port is very minimalist kudos to Asus for including a mini dock in the box this small unit connects to that lone USB C port and offers an HDMI out USB a port and another USB C for charging while you're using the dot Apple will sell you something similar for about $80 and while they're very similar this Zenbook has a deep blue color with a circular brush pattern on the back of the lid that helps differentiate it from the MacBook a bit but colors and patterns aside they really could be separated at birth twins you