If you are in the market for a laptop that will stay fresh for a while, the new Asus Zenbook Pro (UX550GE-XB71T) has just been released, with very high-end specs ranging from a 4K screen to the very fast 8th gen. Intel Core i7 “Coffee Lake” hexa-core 8750H processor at 2.2 GHz – 4.8 GHz: amazon.com/UX550GE-XB71T-Zenbook-Laptop-i7-8750HK-GTX1050Ti/ This is a Windows 10 laptop that achieves Geekbench 4 multi-core scores of over … more…
The newest Asus Transformer Mini T103 is kind of an important 2-in-1 tablet, since it’s the latest generation model of the original T100 model that popularized the 10-inch Windows 2-in-1 category and that other tablet brands started to modulate. It’s now listed in stores in the US too, though it hasn’t ben released yet: https://www.amazon.com/Transformer-T103HA-D4-GR-Touchscreen-Quad-Core-keyboard The Asus Transformer Mini T103HA / Asus Transformer Mini T103HAF was unveiled at the COMPUTEX … more…
The second Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 powered Windows device to be launched hit the stores today, after Asus NovaGo popped up on Amazon ahead of launch. The actual release date is somewhere in May in the US: https://www.amazon.com/TP370QL The first 2-in-1 tablet to be launched with Windows on ARM was the HP Envy x2. Asus NovaGo is a convertible with revolving screen, meaning that it features a touchscreen, and it can … more…
The Asus Transformer Mini T103HAF was announced several months ago, and it was officially released in some European in countries on December 11, when Asus announced that this eSIM 2-in-1 tablet was launched onto the European market in partnership with the cellular carrier Transatel. But now it will soon become available internationally too, with a May 21 shipping date: https://www.gearbest.com/tablet-pcs/pp_1816009.html When it launched in France, this 4G LTE tablet came … more…
Asus announced their newest multi-hub mesh Wi-Fi system at CES on January 8th this year, and now the Asus Lyra Trio are finally ready for launch on May 1: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Lyra-Trio-Home-System/dp/B07C4CM65G/ This includes 3 of these Wi-Fi range extenders that also has support for Amazon Alexa, so that not only will users with very large homes or some tricky corners of the home also get great Wi-Fi cover, but Alexa can … more…
Do you find the new Intel Core i9 powered Asus ROG G703 looking a little too much like a gaming laptop, and also being too pricey for normal use? I’d agree, and I honestly don’t know if the radical gaming laptop designs hurt high-end laptop sales or not. Fortunately there are alternatives here, and one of the brand new 8th gen. Intel Core “Coffee Lake” powerhouses coming out, is the … more…
For those wanting the newest and worlds most powerful laptop, the 17.3-inch Asus ROG G703 with the new 6-core 4.79 GHz Intel Core i9 (8950HK) “Coffee Lake” processor opened for pre-order today, two weeks ahead of the April 16 release date, after Intel unveiled this top of the line processor at an event in Beijing earlier today: https://www.amazon.com/i9-8950HK-processor-Overclocked/dp/B07CCZZL2G/ Specifically, this laptop is powered by theIntel Core i9 8950HK processor, so … more…
On the market today there are tablets available with either 2.4 GHz or 5GHz Wi-Fi cover or both, and four or more of the 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac bands and channels, with n and ac offering enough of bandwidth for practically every user. The new 6th standard called 802.11 ax is coming though, as both Intel and Broadcom have talked about the implementation of it lately, and this week Skyworks announced it’s … more…
We’ve been waiting for a while to see the practical outcome of the Qualcomm Snapdragon processors finding their way into Windows 10 devices other than the Windows mobile phones that have been running them for years. And during the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii yesterday, Asus and HP unveiled the first Windows 10 2-in-1 tablet and laptop that run the current Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, a popular choice on many a … more…
The cheapest of the 8th generation Intel Core i5 powered laptops is now taking pre-orders for $499, as the Asus VivoBook F510UA is about to see launch, making it one of the bestselling laptops today: https://www.amazon.com/VivoBook-i5-8250U The Asus VivoBook F510UA is an upgraded successor to the former S510UA model which had a 7th gen Intel Core processor, and it’s now a 15.6-inch Windows 10 laptop with a Full HD anti-glare … more…
The powerful new 17-inch Asus VivoBook Pro have been listed in store and it’s taking orders too ahead of launch for $1099. With a 8th Gen. Intel Core i7-8550U and 16GB of RAM, it’s less than half the price of 2-in-1 tablets with the closest the closest performance: https://www.amazon.com/N705UD-EH76-VivoBook-i7-8550U This is the N705UD-EH76 version of the Asus VivoBook Pro 17, as there are two other versions too, with the N705N … more…
One week after the launch of the Asus ZenPad 10 (Z301M) that started in Japan, the same tablet has now found its way to Amazon too, but so far it seems to be an import by one of the Amazon Marketplace participants, and not an official Asus import. Nevertheless, both the dark grey, royal blue, and pearl white models are available now for $259: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0762J22FF/ Asus ZenPad 10 (Z301M) is … more…
The first of the new 2nd generation Asus ZenPad 10 Z301 series of 10.1-inch Android 7.0 tablets was released yesterday, starting with Japan. There are as much as 4 different 2nd generation Asus ZenPad 10 models, not including different storage models, and the first model released is the Z301M model. These tablets were unveiled at COMPUTEX back in May, and this particular model is a HD model with 1280 x … more…
The Verizon exclusive Asus ZenPad Z10 now runs Android 7.0, and if you haven’t received your OTA update yet, bug the folks at Verizon or check for alerts on updates on the tablet, becuse the roll out should cover all users by now. Asus ZenPad Z10 is a generally good tablet at 9.7 inches with 2048 x 1536 resolution, powered by the hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdraon 650 processor, with 3GB RAM, … more…
While we await the next large gaming tablets that will replace the Razer Edge, there’s a new gaming laptop from the ROG division of Asus now hitting the market, with the new Asus ROG Strix GL503 (VD-DB74) now taking pre-orders for $1299: https://www.amazon.com/STRIX-GL503VD-DB74 Not only is that with a Intel Core i7 processor, but the 2.8 GHz – 3.8 GHz 7700HQ processor, and of course there’s quite a bit of … more…