Asus Vivobook 14 (X1407QA) is a $700 laptop with Snapdragon X

Asus Vivobook 14 (X1407QA) is a 3.1-pound laptop with a 14-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels, 16GB of LPDDR5x internal memory and an M.2 2280 slot, equipped with a 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD.

It is also one of the first laptops based on New Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor for cheaper Windows on ARM PC. Asus says the laptop will be available to pre-order later this month for $700, making it one of the most affordable Qualcomm Snapdragon X-series laptops to date.

Being part of the Vivobook family, this laptop does not have all the premium features that you would find in a more expensive computer like the new one. Zenbuk A14. For example, the Vivobook 14 has a plastic body and does not have an OLED display.

But by the standards of budget laptops, the Vivobook 14 looks good. It’s a relatively thin and light laptop measuring 12.4 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches with a 50Wh battery that Asus says offers up to 19.5 hours of battery life during video playback.

Vivobook 14 features a 1080p IR webcam with support for facial recognition. It supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 wireless connectivity. And it has a set of ports that includes:

• 2 x USB4 (40 Gbps, with charging and video support)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (5 Gbps)
• 1 x HDMI 2.1
• 1 x 3.5mm audio

The laptop is equipped with a 65W USB-C power supply.

Although the Snapdragon X processor (X1-26-100) is Qualcomm’s cheapest current-gen PC processor, it has 8 Oryon processor cores supporting speeds up to 3 GHz, a 1.7 teraflops GPU, and the same NPU with 45 TOPS performance. like everyone else. other chips are Snapdragon X, X Plus and X Elite. Asus says it’s leveraging the processor’s artificial intelligence capabilities with “AI Camera” features, including support for user presence detection, which can lock the computer when you walk away, among other things.

Asus also has a 16-inch model called Vivobook 16 (X1607QA-DS54)) with a larger display and a larger battery. But the rest of the specs are virtually identical: The 16-inch model weighs 3.88 pounds and is 0.78 inches thick at its thickest point, but has the same ports, battery, and display resolution as its smaller brother. It will go on pre-order later this month for $750.