ASUS computers don’t pop up here often, but when they do it’s because they’ve got something interesting, and that’s just the case here. The Taiwanese company has revealed the adolbook14 and it is calling it the world’s first metal gradient notebook. Asus is heavily marketing it as a fashionable PC, so let’s take a closer look.
Now, gradient colors aren’t exactly unusual. They’ve been widely used for various products, most commonly smartphones. According to Asus however, the adolbook14 is the first time any company has ever combined gradient aesthetics with metal notebooks. Now, we aren’t 100% sure of that, but it certainly looks nice.
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The adolbook14 is equipped with either a 13.3-inch or 14-inch 1080p 16:9 display that has a 4.1mm narrow frame and a screen ratio of 87.4%. The shell is colored with nano-scale water-based environmentally-friendly paint. It’s also fairly light at 1.3KG, and it’s quite thin too at a mere 16.5mm. There’s a backlit keyboard here too, which is always good.
There are decent options when it comes to I/O, even considering the device’s thinness. We’ve got a 3.5mm headphone jack, an SD card reader, a USB 2.0 port, an HDMI video out port, a USB 3.1 port and a USB-C port. While the number of ports available isn’t all that impressive, the sheer variety is pretty good.
When it comes to other specs, the adolbook14 is equipped with up to a 10th generation Core i5-10210u processor. There are many different configurations for the RAM and storage, capping out at 8GB of RAM and a 256GB M.2 SSD. There’s a 72Wh battery, which the company claims can give up to 20 hours of video playback.
The prices here vary depending on the variant chosen, with prices ranging from 3599 yuan ($502) to 4999 yuan ($702). It’s actually a decent price for a notebook like this from a decently big manufacturer. As for how the adolbook 14 actually performs, we’ll need to wait until review units start to pop up. They’re available from Asus’ JDmall store, so take a look.
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