Asus unrolled 9 ZenBook and Expertbook laptops Wednesday, as a part of Intel’s shock-and-awe wave of merchandise with Intel’s 11th-gen Tiger Lake CPUs. The laptops additionally function cutting-edge show know-how together with OLEDS, secondary screens, and a welcome return to 3:2 side ratios. No costs have been introduced, however here is what we learn about every mannequin’s specs and availability.
The ZennBook Flip S will function a 4K OLED panel, Thunderbolt 4, 11th-gen Tiger Lake CPU, and a feathery 2.2-pound weight.
ASUS ZenBook Flip S (UX371)
The ZenBook Flip S will measure 13.9mm skinny and weigh about 2.6 kilos, but it would embrace a 4K UHD OLED display with 100 p.c DCI-P3 and DisplayHDR 500 help.
The convertible laptop computer will even embrace help pen enter with 4,096 strain ranges. The laptop computer, after all, is powered by Intel’s Tiger Lake 11th-gen Core i7 with Xe graphics. It tops out at 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. For ports, the ZenBook Flip S provides you with two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a 10Gbps USB-A, and HDMI. Battery life is rated at 15 hours, which the corporate measured taking part in again a video at 150 nits.
ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 (UX363EA, OLED model)
The Flip 13 has loads in widespread with the Flip S, beginning with its 11th-gen Tiger Lake chip and Xe graphics, after all. It’s a little bit heavier than the Flip S at 3 kilos, and it is anticipated to offer you about 14 hours of battery life on its 67Wh battery. The convertible laptop computer options pen help for 4,096 strain ranges, too.The principal distinction could be the display: While nonetheless an OLED, the decision notches again to a normal FHD (1920×1080) panel.
The Asus ZenBook S is a premium laptop computer with a 14-inch panel, 3:2 display side ratio, and 11th-gen Intel CPU.
ASUS ZenBook S (UX393)
For those that have bored with the extensive and slim FHD shows with 16:9 side ratios, which have dominated laptop computer designs for some time now, you may have a brand new choice within the Asus ZenBook S. With a 13.9-inch (simply name it 14-inch) display, the brand new laptop computer’s panel sports activities a taller 3:2 side ratio and a excessive decision of 3300×2200. The laptop computer weighs just below 3 kilos and has a good port choice: two Thunderbolt 4, 5Gbps USB-A, and full-size HDMI. The ZenBook S additionally contains a built-in infrared digicam that helps Window’s Hello biometric function. Battery life on its 67Wh tank is predicted to be about 12 hours, Asus stated.
Asus’ business-focused B9 will get Intel’s latest 11thgen CPU, with Xe graphics too.
ASUS ExpertBook B9 (B9450CEA)
The business-oriented ExpertBook B9 weighs a powerful 1005 grams (simply over 2.2 kilos), but it is sturdy sufficient to fulfill US MIL-STD 810H sturdiness necessities. Asus achieved this through the use of a magnesium lithium shell, which is lighter than aluminum or magnesium alloys historically utilized in laptops. Certain fashions of the laptop computer will supply RAID 0 or RAID 1 storage as nicely.
Asus stated the ExpertBook B9 options enterprise-grade safety, although it is not clear the place that’s. Because Asus is providing Intel’s 11th-gen Tiger Lake with Xe graphics in a enterprise laptop computer, nonetheless, the safety function means that Intel’s new chip has vPro help, in addition to the opposite manageability options widespread in true enterprise-grade laptops. Most company laptops are nonetheless utilizing Intel’s Eighth-gen Whiskey Lake CPUs, as a result of lack of fleet administration options within the 10th-gen Ice Lake chip.
The Asus ZenBook 14 options Intel 11th-gen CPUs with Xe graphics and a second display constructed into the trackpad.
ASUS ZenBook 14 (UX435)
The Asus ZenBook 14 provides you all the things: an Intel 11th-gen Tiger Lake CPU with Xe graphics, Nvidia’s new GeForce MX450, and the Asus ScreenPad function. The ScreenPad is a 5.6-inch display situated the place the trackpad would usually be. Don’t fear, the trackpad continues to be there, however the ScreenPad integrates the Asus ScreenXpert 2.0, which helps you to entry utilities and apps rapidly. And sure, you need to be capable of show your favourite YouTube channel on the ScreenPad whilst you work on an Excel spreadsheet in the primary display.
Despite the superior options, the laptop computer is a light-weight 2.6 kilos, with a 63-watt-hour battery. The laptop computer gives as much as 16GB of LPDDR4X and 1TB of SSD storage. For ports you get two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a 5Gbps USB-A, full-size HDMI 2.0, and audio combo jack, plus a microSD card reader.
One element we do not know is whether or not the GeForce MX450 operates at its PCIe 4.0 mode. Intel has touted PCIe 4.0 help for Tiger Lake, and so has Nvidia for its GeForce MX450, so we might assume the laptop computer gives it.
And sure, the checklist retains going.
Also introduced by Asus have been the VivoBook Flip 14 (TP470), a convertible 14-inch laptop computer, and the ZenBook 13 and ZenBook 14 which Asus claims to be the thinnest laptops with out compromised port choices. Then we’ve the VivoBook S13, S14, and S15, extra reasonably priced choices that nonetheless function Thunderbolt 4 in addition to Intel’s newest 11th-gen CPUs.
The ZenBook Pro 15 contains a ScreenPad, 10th-gen H-class CPUs and as much as a GeForce GTX 1650 Ti GPU.
There’s yet one more factor: Asus updates its ZenBook Pro 15 with 10th-gen Intel Core i7 or Core i5 choices, in addition to a GeForce GTX 1650 Ti GPU. It gives as much as a 4K 15.6-inch UHD OLED contact display and weighs just below 4 kilos.
The laptop computer is aimed primarily at content material creation and energy customers moderately than players. It is, basically, Asus’ reply to Dell’s widespread XPS 15.
While we won’t say which one is healthier, we undoubtedly favor the ZenBook Pro 15’s port choice: Thunderbolt 3, 5Gbps USB-A, and full-size HDMI, together with combo headset jack and SD card reader.
