Asus has released an official page about the refreshed ZenBook Pro 15 (UX550GD) laptop. This is a clear signal that the equipment will soon be officially presented to the whole world and will be available for sale in the near future.
As befits a laptop, the Asus ZenBook Pro 15 (UX550GD) will be available in a variety of configurations. Users will be able to choose between 16:9 Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) or 4K UHD (3840×2160). In the first case, the touch panel is optional, in the second case the client gets it as standard. It has a diagonal measurement of 15.6 inches, LED backlighting and a 178° viewing angle.
The user will also get one of the three six-core Intel Core 8 Coffee Lake-H processors: Intel Core i9-8950HK 2.9 GHz (up to 4.5 GHz in turbo mode; 12 MB cache), Intel Core i7-8750H 2.2 GHz (up to 4.1 GHz in turbo mode; 9 MB cache) or Intel Core i5-8300H 2.3 GHz (up to 4.0 GHz in turbo mode; 8 MB cache). NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with 4GB GDDR5 VRAM will take responsibility for the graphics. Choose from 8GB or 16GB 2400 MHz DDR4 RAM and 256GB (SATA3 SSD), 512GB (SATA3 SSD), 512GB (PCIe SSD), and 1TB (PCIe SSD).
Asus ZenBook Pro 15 (UX550GD) connectivity is provided by Bluetooth 5.0, dual-band 802.11ac gigabit Wi-Fi, 2x Type C 3.1 USB gen. 2 (Thunderbolt), 2x USB-A 3.1 2 gen., 1x HDMI and 3.5mm audio. There was also a slot for a microSD card. The equipment will also offer a stereo speaker, VGA webcam and backlit keyboard with glass touchpad and an optional fingerprint reader with Windows Hello support.
The 71 Wh ZenBook Pro 15 (UX550GD) battery is designed to last for up to 9 hours. The hardware will work, depending on what you choose, under either Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro (although Asus recommends the latter option). The whole is 36,5 × 25,1 × 1,89 cm and weighs 1,86 kg. Only one dark blue/blue color version will be available for sale.
Although Asus has already published a site for the ZenBook Pro 15 (UX550GD), it has not provided any information on the availability of this hardware or the price of the various configurations. It is possible that it will do so soon or only at the COMPUTEX 2018 trade fair, which starts on 5 June 2018 in Taiwan.
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