Promo €749 Asus VivoBook Go 14 S1404ZA-DRNK641W, 14″ Silver laptop PC easy to carry 7 hours with fast 1TB SSD and Numpad under Intel Core i5

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Our opinion on the Asus VivoBook Go 14 S1404ZA-DRNK641W

Thin and light compact format for the laptop Asus VivoBook Go 14 S1404ZA-DRNK641W easy to carry suitable for studying with its 7-hour battery life which offers a NumberPad numeric keypad module to easily enter numbers as well as fast SSD storage with a high capacity of 1 TB reinforcing its responsiveness. This Windows 11 Ultrabook performs well in everyday use, gaming and light multimedia processing thanks to its 16 GB of RAM and its hybrid Intel Core i5-1235U Alder Lake processor with Iris Xe graphics module. This elegant silver design laptop is also equipped with a webcam shutter, a 14-inch Full HD IPS anti-glare screen and USB-C connectivity. But it ignores recent wireless connectivity and keyboard backlighting.

Features of the Asus VivoBook Go 14 S1404ZA-DRNK641W

Screen(s) 14″ Full HD LED 45% NTSC 250cd/m² (1920×1080, anti-glare/matte)
Processor Intel Core i5-1235U Alder Lake-U (10 cores: 2P 1.3 GHz / 8E 0.9 GHz, 15W)
Installed RAM (max) 16 GB (8 GB soldered + 8 GB) DDR5 5200 MHz (64 GB), 1 slot (occupied)
Graphics card Intel Iris Xe integrated into the processor
Storage 1TB M.2 SSD (NVMe PCIe)
Connections 2 USB 3.2 (Gen1) + 1 USB 2.0 + 1 USB 3.2 Type-C (Gen1), HDMI 1.4
Network Wi-Fi 5ac, Bluetooth 5.1
Backlit keyboard No (travel 1.4 mm)
Numeric keypad Yes, via NumberPad (NumPad)
Windows Hello
Audio system 2 SonicMaster speakers
Operating system
Announced autonomy / Battery 7 hours / Li-Ion 3 cells 42Whr
Weight / Dimensions (mm) 1.4 Kg / 325 x 214 x 17.9

The Asus VivoBook Go 14 S1404ZA-DRNK641W faces the competition

The Asus VivoBook Go 14 S1404ZA-DRNK641W is currently displayed in promotion at the house of Darty and the Fnac. It offers a configuration/price ratio interesting for its category where it is one of the least expensive to offer such a high capacity SSD with a numeric keypad module as well as a low consumption processor and a graphics solution as recent and efficient, but also Windows provided. But it ignores the keyboard backlighting and recent wireless connectivity.

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Chassis, connections, screen of the Asus VivoBook Go 14 S1404ZA-DRNK641W

It has a sober and elegant appearance with its thin and light compact Cool Silver design certified to the American military robustness standard MIL-STD-810G.

This laptop has good wired connectivity consisting of 1 USB-C, a useful HDMI video output to easily connect it to a TV or a monitor for example, an audio port, and 3 USB ports. including 2 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) guaranteeing transfers up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 if USB 3.0 devices are connected.
On the other hand, the Wi-Fi 5 ac and Bluetooth 5.1 wireless connectivity is old and less efficient than the more recent Wi-Fi 6 ax and Bluetooth 5.2/.3 modules.

Those who value their privacy will appreciate being able to hide the webcam behind a shutter when not in use.

It's a shame, however, to note the absence of backlighting on the chiclet keyboard.

Those who regularly enter numbers will, however, appreciate this Ultrabook despite the fact that it does not have a physical numeric keypad on the right of the keyboard, due to lack of space like any model whose format is less than 15 inches.
Asus offers its NumPad technology here. Once activated, NumberPad transforms the touchpad into a tactile numeric keypad.

Asus VivoBook Go 14 S1404ZA-DRNK641W

The Full HD screen has significant vertical and horizontal viewing angles due to its IPS technology, while its 16:9 format makes it very well suited to videos.
Thanks to its anti-reflective coating, the screen also offers better visibility in a bright environment (e.g. outdoors) than a shiny panel.

Performance, battery life of the Asus VivoBook Go 14 S1404ZA-DRNK641W

The Asus VivoBook Go 14 S1404ZA-DRNK641W is an elegant, compact laptop designed for everyday nomadic use.

Easy to transport because it is compact, thin and light, this Ultrabook will interest some who wish to have a student laptop because it is able to last around 7 hours on battery in light use.

In addition, it delivers very good performance in everyday use, such as in office work and surfing the Internet or for viewing photos and HD videos but also playing light games.

Because it is driven by a low-consumption Intel Alder Lake Core i5-1235U processor with 10 hybrid cores and integrated Iris Xe graphics module, supported by 16 GB of RAM.

This laptop is also able to perform light multimedia processing using multi-cores and RAM, such as small video encodings or photo editing.

SSD storage supports the heart of this computer well since it clearly improves fluidity and responsiveness.
Because it is fast, in addition to being robust, silent and energy efficient.

Thanks to the SSD, starts/stops, processing and launching applications are quick, for example.

Asus has the good idea to offer here a high capacity of 1000 GB, or twice more than what many models on the market offer, including much more expensive ones.
We can therefore install and store quantities of software and files on this elegant laptop PC.

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