So while I have a few minor complaints the bottom line is that the good features of the ASUS Zenbook Prime far outweigh the bad. Even with the issues taken into account the Zenbook Prime is arguably one of the best ultrabooks on the market today.
Since I work primarily in Linux, I am going to do another article specifically how the UX31A works with Ubuntu and more specifically Unity and Gnome Shell. Keep an eye out for that in the near future.