Asus is going cock-a-hoop atCES 2025 , unveiling multiple new laptops across its various ranges – but one particular modeling really stood out when I drive to take the young machines for a spin .
The Asus Zenbook A14 – depend at that name for long enough and it starts to look very much like AIR , something I doubt is strictly a coincidence – is a splendidly sylphlike Windows 11 laptop , and according to Asus the lightest ever machine to pack theCoPilot+suite of AI skills .
It really is the weight of this laptop computer that makes the strongest first impression . When I picked up the 980 GB machine , I thought briefly I was holding a demonstration unit – one without the factual constituent inside .
It ’s serious looking too , with a simple clean overall look construct from Asus ’ favoured ‘ Ceraluminum ’ textile and a very expectant trackpad below a comfortable keyboard with 1.3 millimeter of travel .
The Zenbook A14 is n’t all about weighting though , and there ’s stack more here . The display is fantastic and even though it ’s not a touch panel , it tick a bunch of the box seat I look for in a screen of a twist place to be one of thebest laptopsaround . It ’s an OLED control board , with a dead adequate FHD resolution , 600 nits of describe extremum luminousness and 100 % coverage of the DCI - P3 coloration gamut .
Asus Zenbook A14 Specs
Inside it ’s very much a Qualcomm function , with eitherSnapdragon X Eliteor fresh - announced Snapdragon X chipset start the show . We ’ve look back rafts of Snapdragon X Elite machines , including the Surface Pro 11 , and our reader have been consistently impressed with the execution .
These Qualcomm chips are also marvellous for survival – Asus is claiming 32 hours of barrage spirit for sure models and in certain tests – although we ’ll need to get this machine into our research lab to really know for certain . There ’s also the now standard pick of CoPilot+ AI skills , with the addition of Recall when that controversial characteristic finally becomes available .
Elsewhere , there are RAM options up to 32 GB , up to 1 TB of SSD , Wi - Fi 7and a surprisingly strong port wine selection including two USB 4 capable USB - C ports ( both with support for Display Port and Power Delivery for buck ) , a USB 3.2 porthole , HDMI 2.1 and , of course , an audio jack . The MacBook Air M4 – arguably one of the machine Asus is appear to touch with this model – ca n’t contend with those porthole .
TheAsus Zenbook A14 go on cut-rate sale today ( January 7 ) with a starting monetary value of £ 999 .
