https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus...Id=6460365
Best Buy has the Asus Zenbook 14 for $539.99 (normally $719.99).
Edit 7/19/21 Deal expired, back to $719.
14" FHD Display
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
8GB LPDDR4X RAM (non-upgradeable)
256GB SSD
NVIDIA GeForce MX450
Weighs 2.91 lbs. and measures 0.66" thin
Power users will likely want more (or upgradeable) memory, but this is a well-balanced basic laptop for a good price. I recently got one for my wife and my only complaint is that the fan noise is a bit harsh.
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Seems like a nice model otherwise. I don't need the graphics card but it checks my other wants
Seems like a nice model otherwise. I don't need the graphics card but it checks my other wants
Short answer - there's no downside to buying open box and then checking the warranty online and deciding if it's worth it or return it.
Was a answer directly from Asus. Go to best buy and look at the answered questions
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Don't know dude. I'm just the messenger. Asus replied to a question and stated that it's not compatible. I'm just the messenger
Most of the ambiguity is in the soft requirements vs hard requirements. Is TPM 2.0 (rather than TPM 1.2) a hard requirement or soft requirement (depends on which Microsoft web page or document you look at). Are officially supported CPUs (e.g., 8th generation or higher Intels) a hard requirement or soft requirement? Microsoft has said both at various times. This transition is going to be one big FU. You can use the online PC W 11 compatibility check tool. But right how it gives the typical MS cryptic and useless "not compatible message" for most systems without saying why.
My guess is any vendor will only officially say it is compatible for a desktop or laptop that will ship with a Windows 11 compatible sticker in the future and not for any other machine shipped before then. But they may still be able to run. If the installer is crippled to not install W11 on a not officially supported configuration, I am sure somebody will provide the hack to make it install and then it will run happily.
I have attached the latest version of Windows 11 hardware requirements. TPM 2.0 is a hard requirement in this document that will rule out many of the systems with TPM 1.2. But that could change any time….
So no one can say for certain. Not even for currently sold Surface devices.
Short answer - there's no downside to buying open box and then checking the warranty online and deciding if it's worth it or return it.
BB has the ram listed as "Total Storage Capacity16 gigabytes" but seeing it has LPDDR4X which is soldered, I am assuming this is a mistake on BB