Asus breathes new life into its Zenbook lineup with an affordable A14 packing Qualcomm's Snapdragon X processors, a dual-screen Zenbook Duo followup with Intel "Arrow Lake," and Zenbook 14 models with the latest AI processors.

Asus has added a new ultra-light laptop to its line of Zenbooks, and this one comes in at just 2.18 pounds.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Asus just revealed new Asus Zenbook A14, which looks like the best MacBook Air alternative for the Windows crowd we’ve seen in quite some time.

Asus’ new featherweight laptop is aiming to be the latest Windows rival to the Apple MacBook Air. The Asus Zenbook A14 is a new thin and light productivity machine announced at CES 2025 sporting a Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor for a claimed battery life of up to 32 hours and a weight of just 2.

Asus' magnesium-alloy, Qualcomm-based Zenbook aims squarely at the MacBook Air, and I went hands on with it at CES 2025 to see how it might compare.

The $1,100 Asus Zenbook A14 weighs in at 2.2 pounds and is thin enough that I fear I may snap it with my fingers. The Zenbook S 14 from 2024 clocks in at around 2.8 pounds to compare apples to apples.

With the Zenbook A14 leading the charge, ASUS has brought a full range of Copilot+ Laptops to CES 2025. ASUS consistently brings some of the most exciting devices to CES and 2025 is no exception, with the groundbreaking Zenbook A14 leading the charge.

The Asus ZenBook A14 is powered by Snapdragon X series chips, along with up to 32GB of LPDDR5x memory. The laptop sports a 14-inch WUXGA (1,920×1,200 pixels) OLED display with 600nits peak brightness and a 100 percent coverage of the DCI:P3 colour gamut.