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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
Top Comments
Unless you are really pushing the limits of your CPU with video editing, running CPU bound games, compiling large programs, running CAD software etc. you will probably not notice any difference in performance amongst the three. They are all very capable CPUs.
Where you will notice the difference is in the battery life of the system, especially if you use AI enhanced apps. The newer intel CPU (155H) has a neural processing unit (NPU) which is a lower power processor that is designed for AI workloads. The CPU knows to offload appropriate tasks to the NPU which uses less power to get them done.
The Intel Ultra 5 125H/8GB LPDDR5/512GB SSD version linked in the original post will probably provide better battery life while not being as powerful a machine. In my mind 8GB RAM is no longer enough and I wouldn't go below 16GB RAM especially in a system where the CPU, iGPU and NPU all share the same RAM.
I will give the caveat that CPU is not the only factor in battery life. Discrete graphics vs integrated graphics play a role, as does the screen type and brightness.
From a review of a similar 14" Zenbook unit (core ultra 7 155H, 32GB Ram, 3K OLED screen):
https://www.notebookche
Pros:
CPU: Performance on par with Zen4, slightly below Raptor lake.
iGPU: Intel Arg graphics are a big step up from older intel iGPUs, but still not quite at AMD 780M performance due to driver issues.
Excellent battery life, especially when you use the display at half brightness.
Excellent build quality, some smaller keys on keyboard.
Cons:
Fan noise is frequent and can get loud under load.
RAM is not upgradeable.
CPU can only sustain peak performance for short times because of insufficient cooling.
SD has a ton of laptop deals available, but almost all of them involve a compromise on some aspect of the machine.
My aim is to help people understand the trade offs for the laptops I think are a good deal so that they can decide if those trade offs are something that they can live with or if they are a deal breaker.
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So, you count 8 months as a whole year? That's what you said in your first comment and after being called out you changed it to 'almost 1-year unit'.
Like I said, know your facts before you comment.
- CPU: Performance on par with Zen4, slightly below Raptor lake.
- iGPU: Intel Arg graphics are a big step up from older intel iGPUs, but still not quite at AMD 780M performance due to driver issues.
- Excellent battery life, especially when you use the display at half brightness.
- Excellent build quality, some smaller keys on keyboard.
Cons:I have only seen a handful of deals on the Lunar lake CPUs which by all accounts look like a significant step up from this meteor lake CPU. If you're willing to wait for a laptop deal we may see more Lunar Lake deals in the future, but by then there may already be a newer generation of CPU out that looks better than Lunar lake.
If you need a well built laptop with good build quality and excellent battery life, and you're not yet on board with the ARM CPU laptops (Snapdragon/Qualcomm) then this would fit the bill.
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SD has a ton of laptop deals available, but almost all of them involve a compromise on some aspect of the machine.
My aim is to help people understand the trade offs for the laptops I think are a good deal so that they can decide if those trade offs are something that they can live with or if they are a deal breaker.
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I wish that the price charting tool made that more clear.
https://support.microso
- Processor A compatible processor or System on a Chip (SoC). This currently includes the Snapdragon® X Plus and the Snapdragon® X Elite. We will update this list periodically as more options become available.
- RAM 16 gigabytes (BG) DDR5/LPDDR5
- Storage 256GB SSD/UFS
There are plenty of other CPU/RAM combinations that will work just as well for AI enabled workloads like copilot.Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.