Promo €599 Asus Vivobook 14

Our opinion on the Asus Vivobook 14 X1404VA-EB1145W

Equipped with a NumberPad numeric keypad device and a large, fast 1 TB SSD storage enhancing its responsiveness, the inexpensive laptop Asus Vivobook 14 X1404VA-EB1145W easy to carry is also equipped with a backlit keyboard, a webcam shutter and Wi-Fi 6 and USB-C connectivity. Compact, thin and light, this Windows 11 laptop is adorned with a 15-inch anti-glare IPS Full HD screen and an elegant silver design. This Ultrabook, which is based on an Intel Core 5 120U Raptor Lake Refresh hybrid processor with Iris Xe graphics solution and 16 GB of RAM, is suitable for everyday use as well as small processing/games.

Features of the Asus Vivobook 14 X1404VA-EB1145W

The Asus Vivobook 14 X1404VA-EB1145W faces the competition

The Asus Vivobook 14 X1404VA-EB1145W is currently showing in promotion at Asus France and offers a configuration/price ratio attractive for its category where it is one of the cheapest to adopt such a high capacity SSD with such a recent and efficient processor as well as the graphics solution, a backlit keyboard accompanied by a numeric keypad device but also Windows 11 provided.

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Chassis, connections, screen of the Asus Vivobook 14 X1404VA-EB1145W

This robust laptop PC has an elegant and discreet look thanks to its compact, thin and light Cool Silver light silver design certified to the military durability standard MIL-STD-810G.

In terms of connectivity, this laptop is well equipped with its HDMI video output which allows it to be easily connected to a TV or monitor in particular, its audio port, its Wi-Fi 6 ax and Bluetooth 5.2 wireless modules for remote connections and communications as well as its 3 USBs including 1 USB-C which are practical for connecting peripherals such as a mouse, a headset, a printer or external storage.

Nice feature: the backlighting of the chiclet keyboard. Because you just have to activate it to better distinguish the keys.

Another very practical feature for those who enter numbers: NumberPad. Once activated, the touchpad gives way to a NumPad touchscreen numeric keypad.
This technology specific to Asus is all the more interesting since, like all models whose format is less than 15 inches, this Ultrabook does not have sufficient space to accommodate a physical numeric keypad to the right of the keyboard.

When you are not using the webcam, you can hide it behind a shutter, which is useful for preserving privacy.

Thanks to its IPS technology, the Full HD screen, which lends itself well to video playback due to its 16:9 format, benefits from significant viewing angles, both horizontally and vertically.
In addition, its anti-reflective coating ensures better visibility than a shiny panel in a bright environment (eg outdoors) than a shiny panel.
Unsurprisingly here given the positioning of the PC, the colorimetric is classic, lower than that provided by a high-end IPS panel.

Performance, battery life of the Asus Vivobook 14 X1404VA-EB1145W

The Asus Vivobook 14 X1404VA-EB1145W is an elegant compact laptop PC designed for everyday use offering significant storage capacity.

Indeed, one of its strengths undoubtedly lies in its silent, energy-efficient and very fast SSD since it offers a high capacity of 1000 GB, where many (much) more expensive configurations are satisfied with 512 GB.

Multiple software and diverse and varied files can therefore find a peaceful place on the SSD which also reinforces the responsiveness and fluidity of this laptop PC.
Starting/stopping is thus quick, just like launching applications or even arriving at online game cards.

Although this Ultrabook is clearly not aimed at gamers since it does not include a dedicated graphics card, it nevertheless allows you to play light games in addition to watching photos and HD videos, including streaming.

And this is thanks to the benefits of the Iris Xe graphics solution integrated into the low-consumption Intel Core 5 120U processor. Raptor Lake Refresh and made up of 10 hybrid cores, supported by a good amount of 16 GB RAM.

This laptop is therefore very suitable for everyday use such as office automation, web browsing or even for light processing using multi-cores and RAM, such as small video conversions or photo editing.

As for autonomy, count on around 6 hours of battery operation in light use for this compact and light Ultrabook, easy to transport, some of which wish to equip themselves with a student laptop not needing high autonomy will be able to be satisfied.