Save $350 on Asus’ tiny Snapdragon laptop computer with 24-hour battery life
I’ve been enamored with the Asus Zenbook A14 laptop computer since I noticed it at a presentation occasion earlier this 12 months. Sadly, its featherlight construct and unbelievable battery life didn’t fairly justify its worth of over $1,000. However Finest Purchase is addressing that imbalance in the present day with a sale on the bottom mannequin, bringing it down to only $649.99—the most affordable it’s ever been.
The Zenbook A14 is principally Asus’ reply to the MacBook Air, with Asus representatives even telling me that the “A” very unofficially stands for Air. It’s a 14-inch mannequin with an extremely mild weight of simply 2.16 kilos (or 0.98 kilograms for those who dwell in a civilized nation). This base mannequin is operating on a Snapdragon X chip with 16GB of RAM, and although the 1200p show is a beautiful OLED panel, it doesn’t have a touchscreen. It’s packing 512GB of storage.
You possibly can learn all about this laptop computer in Chris Hoffman’s evaluate of it for PCWorld. In brief, it’s tiny, it’s featherlight, it has a singular “ceraluminum” end that makes it stand out, and the battery life is completely astonishing—70 watt-hours in a laptop computer this small offers it a full 24 hours in a standardized battery check. For downsides, that 8-core Snapdragon X chip (the slowest of those Arm-based choices) received’t blow anybody away, and it’d simply refuse to play some 3D-based video games. (Word that this mannequin bought by Finest Purchase isn’t the identical one within the evaluate. It’s a lighter sand colour and has half the RAM and storage, 16GB/512GB, respectively.)
I’ve been keeping track of this one, and that is $100 lower than the very best sale I’ve seen but for the 16GB model of the Zenbook A14. I’d be very stunned for those who discover a higher worth for a brand new model of this laptop computer any time this summer time, even with Prime Day approaching. However for those who want one thing with extra energy or extra ports, make sure to take a look at PCWorld’s picks for the very best laptops.
Get this super-light, long-lasting Zenbook A14 laptop computer for $650