Asus has said its a product of a material bonding with a ceramic material to aluminum.
Its all too mysterious and, therefore, silly.
The material is supposed to make the backplate tougher and lighter.
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Each laptop technically has its minutely unique texture, but dont start thinking each new Zenbook is bespoke.
Most of all, the texture and separated panels have a crisp look.
We still have to give it the complete review treatment; things might not shake out in testing.
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All I can say is it makes a good first impression.
The Zenbook S 16 and S 13 were powered by anAMD Ryzen AI 370 chiprevealed earlier this year.
The 14-inch is certainly my preferred size for the Zenbook.
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Whats better is that it still feels very thin and light.
As far as gimmicks to sell laptops, the PC makers have been chock full of it this year.
First, it was AI PC, then Copilot+.
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All were big promises with mixed results, albeit mostly disappointing.
Im tired of it.
That being said, AI isnt going away.
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Compared to that, ceraluminum seems standard.
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