Snapdragon-powered laptops are known for their good efficiency and battery life, and thanks to Microsoft"s latest efforts and support from third-party developers, we now have plenty of apps that can run natively on ARM-powered PCs. The best part is that you no longer need to shell out over a grand for a laptop with an ARM processor. This 16-inch notebook from ASUS is now less than $500.
The ASUS Vivobook 16 is not the most powerful or shiny laptop out there, but it gets all the laptop basics done, especially at such a low price. It has an eight-core Snapdragon X Plus chip, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. The 16-inch display is 1080p 60Hz IPS with a peak brightness of 300 nits.
Additional features include a large trackpad and a backlit keyboard, a webcam with Windows Hello support for biometric authentication, a 180-degree hinge, and plenty of useful ports, which include two USB Type-A, two USB Type-C, one HDMI, and one headphone jack. Also, thanks to having a powerful 45 TOPS NPU, this laptop supports all the AI-powered features that Windows 11 offers. Some of them are quite useful, such as Windows Studio Effects, live captions and translations, and more.
As for the battery life, ASUS promises up to 19 hours of use, but your exact mileage will vary depending on use-case scenarios.
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