Asus' latest superlative, applied here? The world's smallest 14-inch laptop. I couldn't verify that machine by machine, but no doubt, this ZenBook shaves off almost every millimeter that seems plausible to trim. Measuring 0.63 by 12.6 by 7.8 inches (HWD), the ZenBook 14 sits a little thinner, and a tad longer, than an A4 pad of paper. That makes it a little larger than the smaller-screen Dell XPS 13 (0.46 by 11.9 by 7.8 inches), if a little heavier (3.5 pounds, versus Dell's 2.9 pounds). These modestly different specs mean very little, however, as what matters is when you open up the laptop and meet the ZenBook 14's wide, 1,920-by-1,080-pixel display. I'll get to the screen itself in a moment. The screen-to-body ratio is of most interest here; on the ZenBook 14, it is an impressive 92 percent, although that's helped by one of the ZenBook line's distinct design features, the so-called ErgoLift Hinge. Beyond hiding the bottom bezel, giving the ZenBook 14 a more efficient aesthetic,...
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