If you’re a content creator who’s looking for a laptop that packs the horsepower to handle your favorite apps, plus a beautiful color accurate display, the new ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED may just be the perfect match.
Zenbook Pro 16X OLED has a 16-inch Pantone-Validated 16:10 4K OLED HDR NanoEdge touch display for that accurate color rendering. It features 500 nits of peak brightness, 0.2ms response time, is VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500 certified, and also 100% DCI-P3 coverage, plus Dolby Vision support.
The laptop also boasts an intelligent lighting system which includes an illuminated monogram lid logo and per-key white RGB backlighting complimented by light bards on both sides of the keyboard. This allows for intelligent active effects such as when the laptop is on or off, when the battery’s low on juice, or when you get a new email, among others.
At the helm is an Intel Core i9-12900H processor paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. There’s also 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and an ultrafast 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD. For thermals, it’s also equipped with ASUS’ IceCool Pro cooling system which utilizes two quiet IceBlade fans, a 3D Vapor Chamber, an aerospace-grade 5mm heat pipe, and a new AAS Ultra mechanism.
You also get ultrafast Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports for ultra fast charging, 4K external displays, and up to 40 Gbps data transfers, an HDMI 2.1 port, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port, an audio combo jack, and an SD Express 7.0 card reader.
Another key feature of this laptop is the updated 3.2mm thin ASUS dial which allows you to do various tasks like Change the brush size, enhance saturation, adjust opacity, or quickly undo actions. It works with leading creative apps such as Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator, with customizations done via the ProArt Creator Hub. You also get a larger touchpad which linear resonant actuator technology for precise haptic feedback.
It comes with a three-month subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud and is pre-installed with a lifetime license of Windows and Office 2021 apps.
ASUS Zenbook Pro 16X OLED is priced a PhP239,995 and will be available starting September 2022. Those who will pre-order from August 15 to 31, 2022 will get PhP15,000+ worth of freebies. Click here for the full pre-order mechanics.
Emman has been writing technical and feature articles since 2010. Prior to this, he became one of the instructors at Asia Pacific College in 2008, and eventually landed a job as Business Analyst and Technical Writer at Integrated Open Source Solutions for almost 3 years.
