This Asus Zenbook was built for space, but you can use it in the office

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To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Asus P6300 laptop, Asus has released its space version to commemorate more than 600 days spent in orbit for use on the Mir space station. Zenbook 14X OLED. Although the laptop may share the same shape as that model, it has a unique design and special packaging inspired by the stay of the P6300 space station. Of course, it’s now loaded with the latest 12th Gen Intel Core i9 H-Series processors announced at CES 2022.

One of the biggest design changes is the inclusion of a lid-mounted 3.5-inch OLED display. Asus calls it the ZenVision Smart Display, which displays personalized messages, different themes and animations, and dates and times. The lid and wrist rests are finished with arc lines representing the space capsule with Mir station patterns and Morse code, Asus said in its CES announcement for the laptop. Morse code translates to “at astra per aspera”, which in turn translates to “stars through difficulties.”

These formats last up to the wrist rest; however, you will spend more time looking at the 14-inch 2880 x 1800 pixel OLED display. It has a 16:10 aspect ratio for a slightly taller vertical workspace than a widescreen. It also has a 90Hz refresh rate, is VESA DisplayHDR 500 certified and Pantone validated, and like most OLEDs it covers 100% of the P3 color gamut.

And if you have Space travel in your futureYou will be glad to hear that this Zenbook 14X will handle it. Asus claims that the US Space Systems Command complies with SMC-S-016A standard test protocols and can handle extreme vibrations and weather conditions down to -24 degrees Celsius (-11 Fahrenheit) and 61 degrees Celsius ( 142 Fahrenheit).

Powered by laptop Latest 12th Gen Intel Core i9 H-Series Processors And Intel Iris Xe graphics. It is configured with up to 32GB of LPDDR5 memory and 1TB of PCIe NVMe Gen4 SSD. Support for Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 is included, as is two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports.

The Asus Zenbook 14X OLED space version is expected to be available in the second quarter of this year, with pricing to be announced at that time. Also, if you are interested in the Zenbook 14X OLED, but without the space issue, Asus is updating the regular 14X OLED with the Intel Core i7 P-series or i9 H-Series processors, and depending on the configuration it will have Nvidia discrete GeForce graphics. MX550 or Intel Iris graphics.