The Asus VivoBook Flip 14 is mid-range convertible laptop with a 360-degree hinge that lets you position the touchscreen display for use in laptop or tablet modes.
In June Asus unveiled a new model called the VivoBook Flip TP412 featuring 8th-gen Intel Core “Kaby Lake Refresh” processor options, and now it’s available for purchase in the US for $750 and up.
The starting price gets you a 3.3 pound laptop with an Intel Core i5-8250U quad-core processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of SATA III solid state storage, a fingerprint reader, and Windows 10 Home software.
There’s also an $850 model with a Core i7-8550U processor (the rest of the specs are the same).
The laptop measures 12.9″ x 8.9″ x 0.7″ and features a 3-cell, 42 Wh battery, and a 1920 x 1080 pixel IPS touchscreen display with fairly small bezels.
Asus equips the new VivoBook Flip 14 with HDMI 1.4b, USB 3.1 Type-A and Type-C ports, two USB 2.0 Type-A ports, a headset jack, and an SD card reader. There’s also a power jack — you can’t charge the laptop via its USB-C port.
While the port selection leaves a bit to be desired (HDMI 2.0 and/or Thunderbolt 3 would have been nice), the spec sheet doesn’t look bad for a convertible notebook with a starting price of $750.
via NotebookCheck
For 700 bucks, I’d rather have a smaller lighter 13.3 inch screen.
Can one person state here that they are buying this for the “flip” functionality. Right. Just like the Windows 10 tablets are just flying off the shelves.