
Dimensions and weight (HxWxD): 18.5 mm x 357.6 mm x 240.6 mm 1.9kgĬhromebooks are a great invention, but many look little more than a trumped-up touchpad. Screen: 15.6in FHD touchscreen convertible. The screen size is slightly squat, meaning there’s a widescreen feel to the laptop, but this shouldn’t be a problem for most people and actually works nicely when you flip it round on its hinges to use as a tablet. The NanoEdge 14in display touchscreen is a level up from many Chromebooks, offering a supremely clean, attractive picture. After all, how many times have you been slightly annoyed by having to change position on the sofa because you need to charge your laptop and the charging port is on the wrong side for the nearest plug?īesides this hill that we’re now willing to die on, the C434’s Chrome OS works seamlessly. This might sound like a flippant aspect to concentrate on, but it’s what should be an obvious design point. The C434 has a charge port on both sides of the body, which we now expect on every laptop. Dimensions and weight (HxWxD): 15.7mm x 321mm x 202mm 1.45kg. Memory and storage: 4GB/8GB LPDDR3 32GB (up to 128GB) with one-year subscription to Google One 100GB. CPU: Intel Core i7-8500Y dual core/ i5-8200Y dual core/m3-8100Y dual core. If you decide on a Strix, it’s worth forking out a little more for even higher specs and the most comprehensive gaming experience: just be prepared for a hit to the bank balance. From the Nvidia-powered GeForce RTX graphics, to the AMD Ryzen processor, via the minimum-300Hz refresh rate of the meaty screen and fantastic multicoloured mechanical keyboard, you’ll be hard-pushed to find anything better. If you’re looking for one of the quickest gaming laptops on the market, this is the monster for the job. While it’s more expensive than similar rivals, this is mainly due to the sheer amount of high-end components Asus has managed to cram inside a bulky yet sophisticated body, that gives off a heavy “grown-up gamer-that-has-a high-flying-job-but-is-secretly-thinking-about-Overwatch” vibe. This gaming laptop, from Asus sister company Republic of Gamers, is a proper set up straight out of the box. Dimensions and weight (HxWxD): 23.4 mm x 395 mm x 282 mm 2.7kg. The duo is an elegant, high-powered laptop that is surely leading the way for more considered laptop design. It’s a feature that you didn’t ever think of needing, but once you experience, is something that seems bafflingly obvious for comfort and ease of use.
The backlit keyboard is also a stunner, but the duo’s USP is Asus’s “screenPad plus” secondary screen, stretching out the display in a simple and ergonomically-thoughtful way. The duo performs admirably in relation to its high-priced rivals, thanks to the 11th gen Intel Core processor and 32 GB RAM. It’s the sort of laptop you’d see the CEO of a mid-2100s tech company own in a Michael Bay film, although it really deserves a better comparison than that.
Dimensions and weight (HxWxD): 16.9 mm x 324 mm x 222 mm 1.6kg. Asus battery health charging simillar plus#
Screen: 14in FHD touchscreen with 12.65in ScreenPad plus secondary touchscreen.