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ASUS ZenBook 14 Laptop (Q425MA-U71TB) on sale for
$699.99.
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ASUS ZenBook 14 Laptop (Q425MA-U71TB) on sale for
$699.99.
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Specs:
- Intel Core Ultra 7-155H 16-core, 22-thread (3.8GHz Base / 4.8GHz Boost) Processor
- 14" FHD (1920 x 1200) OLED 16:10 aspect ratio 0.2ms 60Hz 500nits 100% DCI-P3 Touch screen Display
- Intel Arc Graphics (8 Xe Cores)
- 16GB LPDDR5X RAM Memory
- 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 Solid State Drive Storage
- Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax 2x2 MU-MIMO + Bluetooth 5.3
- 1080p Front facing web camera
- Backlit Chiclet Keyboard
- Ports:
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
- 2x Thunderbolt 4 (supports display / power delivery)
- 1x HDMI 2.1 TMDS
- 1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack
- Windows 11 Home
- 75Wh battery
- 12.29 x 8.66 x 0.59" (2.82 lbs)
Also Available:
- ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED: 14" WUXGA Touchscreen Laptop: Intel Core Ultra 5 125H, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD (Q415MA-U5512)
Warranty: 1-Year Manufactuer's Parts & Labor
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Kudos to the good Dr. for working tirelessly to find us deals on all kinds of laptops.
review: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/asu...led-ux3405
(review has 32GB RAM and a 120Hz OLED screen)
Pros:
- CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 155H is a good balance of cost and performance. This generation of Intel processors uses much less electricity than the 13XX CPUs and should avoid the issues those CPUs had.
- 16GB LPDDR5 is fast RAM for AI/NPU and integrated graphics.
- Intel ARC iGPU integrated graphics is a big step up from older Iris iGPU.
- FHD OLED touchscreen with 400/500 NITs brightness and 100% DCI-P3 color coverage.
- Good keyboard
- Nice port selection including HDMI, USB-C 4 (PD & DP) and USB-A.
- Battery lasts up to 19 hours. USB-C charging.
- 2.82 lbs.
Cons:- OLED screen is 60Hz. which may be a bit choppy for watching sports/action.
- 16GB RAM is soldered so no upgrades. Probably enough RAM for now.
- For more than casual gaming, you will want a discrete GPU.
- Black Friday is just over a month away.
None of those cons would be deal breakers for me unless I wanted a midrange gaming laptop, but then I'd be looking at a very different set of laptops. This will work fine for casual gaming.If you have My Best Buy Plus or My Best Buy Total membership, you should get 60 day returns. If so then you could buy this now and see what's available on Black Friday.
YMMV - Best Buy had open box Excellent ($621) versions of this available for shipping and open box Fair ($577) available in Pasadena, CA. As with any BB open box, best to pick it up in store and open it in front of an associate to confirm that the condition is acceptable.
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LPDDR means RAM soldered onto the motherboard, no upgrades.
This is what we are likely to see going forward, especially with thin and light laptops. You get much better memory bandwidth between the RAM/CPU/NPU/iGPU meaning that the integrated graphics and dedicated AI chip can both use the system RAM rather than each of them having dedicated RAM. Soldered RAM is part of why the Apple M1-M4 series ARM CPUs perform so well and draw very little power.
Love it or hate it, it's the future because of how new CPUs (from AMD and Intel) are being designed. Just be sure to choose the right amount of RAM for your needs when you buy the laptop.
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review: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/asu...led-ux3405
(review has 32GB RAM and a 120Hz OLED screen)
Pros:
- CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 155H is a good balance of cost and performance. This generation of Intel processors uses much less electricity than the 13XX CPUs and should avoid the issues those CPUs had.
- 16GB LPDDR5 is fast RAM for AI/NPU and integrated graphics.
- Intel ARC iGPU integrated graphics is a big step up from older Iris iGPU.
- FHD OLED touchscreen with 400/500 NITs brightness and 100% DCI-P3 color coverage.
- Good keyboard
- Nice port selection including HDMI, USB-C 4 (PD & DP) and USB-A.
- Battery lasts up to 19 hours. USB-C charging.
- 2.82 lbs.
Cons:- OLED screen is 60Hz. which may be a bit choppy for watching sports/action.
- 16GB RAM is soldered so no upgrades. Probably enough RAM for now.
- For more than casual gaming, you will want a discrete GPU.
- Black Friday is just over a month away.
None of those cons would be deal breakers for me unless I wanted a midrange gaming laptop, but then I'd be looking at a very different set of laptops. This will work fine for casual gaming.If you have My Best Buy Plus or My Best Buy Total membership, you should get 60 day returns. If so then you could buy this now and see what's available on Black Friday.
YMMV - Best Buy had open box Excellent ($621) versions of this available for shipping and open box Fair ($577) available in Pasadena, CA. As with any BB open box, best to pick it up in store and open it in front of an associate to confirm that the condition is acceptable.
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So not sure why they dropped the 120hz oled for 2024 in this price range
So not sure why they dropped the 120hz oled for 2024 in this price range
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Kudos to the good Dr. for working tirelessly to find us deals on all kinds of laptops.
review: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/asu...led-ux3405 [pcmag.com]
(review has 32GB RAM and a 120Hz OLED screen)
Pros:
- CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 155H is a good balance of cost and performance. This generation of Intel processors uses much less electricity than the 13XX CPUs and should avoid the issues those CPUs had.
- 16GB LPDDR5 is fast RAM for AI/NPU and integrated graphics.
- Intel ARC iGPU integrated graphics is a big step up from older Iris iGPU.
- FHD OLED touchscreen with 400/500 NITs brightness and 100% DCI-P3 color coverage.
- Good keyboard
- Nice port selection including HDMI, USB-C 4 (PD & DP) and USB-A.
- Battery lasts up to 19 hours. USB-C charging.
- 2.82 lbs.
Cons:- OLED screen is 60Hz. which may be a bit choppy for watching sports/action.
- 16GB RAM is soldered so no upgrades. Probably enough RAM for now.
- For more than casual gaming, you will want a discrete GPU.
- Black Friday is just over a month away.
None of those cons would be deal breakers for me unless I wanted a midrange gaming laptop, but then I'd be looking at a very different set of laptops. This will work fine for casual gaming.If you have My Best Buy Plus or My Best Buy Total membership, you should get 60 day returns. If so then you could buy this now and see what's available on Black Friday.
YMMV - Best Buy had open box Excellent ($621) versions of this available for shipping and open box Fair ($577) available in Pasadena, CA. As with any BB open box, best to pick it up in store and open it in front of an associate to confirm that the condition is acceptable.
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