The latest ZenBook 14 OLED from ASUS has most of the hardware we’d want in a modern ultraportable: Intel’s new Core Ultra chips, a gorgeous OLED screen and a decent number of ports. But after testing ASUS’s laptops for years, and seeing how much progress it’s made with the Zephyrus G gaming line, it’s surprising that the company’s premium Zenbook hasn’t evolved much lately.
While it’s a solid step into the “AI PC” era, thanks to its NPU for accelerating AI tasks, the new ZenBook 14 is also a reminder that ASUS is lagging behind Apple and Microsoft when it comes to premium design. It doesn’t feel nearly as sturdy or sleek as the redesigned MacBook Air, and it lacks the refinement of the Surface Laptop. The ZenBook 14 OLED looks fine — it’s as if you asked an AI to generate an image of a generic ultraportable.
On the plus side, ASUS is delivering far more bang for the computing buck than Apple and most other competitors. You can snag the ZenBook 14 OLED with a Core Ultra 7 155H…
2024-01-12 09:30:54
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