The ultrabook market has always been a fertile ground for innovation in computer products. In the past, various manufacturers have focused on boosting performance and slimming down, but this year the development of PCs has shifted its focus to the AI field.
In the author's opinion, ultrabooks have the potential to become the best AI platforms in terms of overall experience. Apart from excellent portability, connectivity, and input/output capabilities, the new generation of ultrabooks also boasts AI computing power and storage capacity to deploy and run large local models.
As a leading PC manufacturer, ASUS is at the forefront of the industry. Its latest release, the ASUS Fearless Pro 15 2024, seeks new balances among various demands. It not only innovates in terms of appearance design and thermal performance but also combines a large screen, portability, and powerful AI computing performance.
If you're looking to get your hands on a sleek AI laptop without breaking the bank, the ASUS Unleashed Pro15 2024 might just be the perfect pick for you, priced at under 7000 CNY. Powered by an Intel Core Ultra processor, boasting a 15.6-inch 2.8K OLED display, this laptop is dubbed as the "high-performance AI ultrabook."
Here's a rundown of the test model's specs:
It's a game-changer! With its sleek design and advanced features, this laptop seamlessly integrates into your daily style, becoming a fashion statement that reflects your personality and taste. For those constantly on the move between conference rooms and waiting areas, dressing sharp, accessorizing with a refined watch on your wrist, and carrying a slim, stylish notebook can effortlessly elevate your professional aura, boosting your confidence in any situation.
The ASUS Unleash Pro15 2024 strikes a perfect balance between sleek simplicity and expressive details, embodying a slim and minimalist design with just the right touch of personality.
The new night sky blue color scheme is just right in terms of depth and tone. The soft blue is versatile enough without being overly dull, making it quite charming indeed. Additionally, the subtle laser-engraved logo on the front (ASUS VIVOBOOK) adds a touch of style to the ASUS VivoBook Pro 15 2024.
The all-metal body doesn't hinder the ASUS Unyielding Pro15 2024 from being lightweight and portable. Its slim design makes it as thin as 13.9mm, akin to a stylish magazine. Whether you slip it into a briefcase or backpack, it's effortless to carry. Despite sporting a 15.6-inch display, it weighs just 1.5kg, reducing the burden during use.
The refined chassis processing technique has brought about a transformation in the texture of the ASUS ZenBook Pro 15 2024: the sandblasted finish gives the chassis a smoother feel, reducing the metallic coldness and adding a warm, silky touch. It's also less prone to fingerprint smudges, elevating its premium appeal.
The finer details have been meticulously refined: the edges and corners of the fuselage have undergone dulling treatment, making the grip feel smooth and comfortable; the sunken hinge has moderate damping, allowing for one-handed opening and closing while saving space, and the screen can lie flat at 180°; a concave design is implemented below the screen, ensuring that the rear ventilation port remains unobstructed even when the screen is opened at a 90° angle...
The bottom of the fuselage is neatly arranged, with vertically cut air intakes neatly arranged near the screen hinge position at the bottom of the fuselage.
The raised bottom foot pads provide anti-skid capability while also elevating the notebook by approximately 0.5cm when placed flat on the desktop, allowing for better heat dissipation and airflow circulation.
The exceptional input experience is a crucial foundation for notebook productivity and creativity. The ASUS ZenBook Pro 15 2024 delivers a top-notch performance in this regard, all within the price range of around a thousand dollars.
The 2024 ASUS ROG Pro15 comes equipped with a full-size RGB backlit ergonomic keyboard. It combines the long key travel (1.7mm) and wide key spacing (19.05mm) design of a professional keyboard with stylish multicolor backlighting effects. Whether you're working at night or in low-light environments, you'll have clear visual feedback.
The keyboard is designed with a silent structure, providing users with a delicate and stable feel, along with swift responsiveness. It doesn't produce noisy sounds even with intense typing, making it perfect for quiet office environments.
Complementing the keyboard is the 7.1-inch oversized touchpad on the Asus Unleashed Pro15 2024. Its size surpasses that of the iPhone 15 Pro Max and even the screen of the Steamdeck. It enables convenient gestures like pinch-to-zoom, two-finger scrolling, and three-finger switching.
This touchpad not only boasts an impressive surface area but also supports a blazing-fast 240Hz ultra-high sampling rate, fundamentally addressing issues like stuttering and latency. Whether you're browsing the web, dragging windows, or doing photo editing, finger movements on the touchpad deliver incredibly smooth and fluid feedback, making every touch feel extremely responsive.
What's commendable is that the touchpad's design also incorporates a silent structure, eliminating any "click-clack" noise during use, which adds a touch of sophistication to the experience.
In my view, the features and details that are difficult to express in data on the e-commerce page truly reflect the craftsmanship of ASUS engineers. I believe that when people get their hands on it, they will truly appreciate how "crazy" ASUS is about refining the details - it's both pleasing to the eye and easy to use.
The screen display has always been a strong point of ASUS laptops. As a leader in OLED screen laptops, the "ASUS Good Screen" program has truly left a deep impression on me. While experiencing the stunning visual effects brought by the high brightness, high contrast, and wide color gamut of OLED screens, it also avoids the problem of screen burn-in.
In today's market, there's a plethora of OLED screen products from various brands. Among products in the same price range, ASUS's GoodScreen products generally offer users a better experience.
Specifically, at the hardware level, the ASUS ZenBook Pro 15 2024 features a 2.8K OLED display utilizing the Samsung ATNA56AC01-0 (SDC416E) panel, renowned for its reliability and maturity. It boasts a resolution of 2880×1620 (16:9 aspect ratio), a high refresh rate of 120Hz, 100% coverage of the P3 color gamut, and supports 10-bit color depth.
The panel boasts exceptional quality, delivering crisp visuals, while the 120Hz high refresh rate and 0.2ms response time make content playback incredibly smooth and responsive, whether it's for work or gaming, offering a superb viewing experience.
In SDR mode, real-world testing shows a peak brightness of approximately 379 nits; when HDR mode is enabled, peak brightness can exceed 600 nits, making it resistant to bright ambient light for everyday use, and providing excellent visual playback of HDR content.
Furthermore, the ASUS ROG Pro15 2024 has implemented multiple system-level optimizations specifically for this OLED screen, including support for switching between common color gamuts, with each gamut calibrated by the factory to ensure accurate color reproduction.
We conducted screen color tests using i1, and found that this OLED screen performs admirably across commonly used sRGB, DisplayP3, and DCI-P3 color gamut modes, with an average ΔE value below 1, rivaling that of professional screens. Whether you're enjoying movies, creating graphics or illustrations, or editing video projects, the ASUS ZenBook Pro 15 2024 delivers highly accurate visuals.
The DisplayP3 color gamut ΔE is 0.83.
Tips: The sRGB color gamut is suitable for browsing the web and everyday office tasks; DCI-P3 is ideal for watching movies; DisplayP3 caters to both web browsing and movie watching. If you're unsure about which color gamut to choose, I recommend using DisplayP3. It offers better color reproduction than sRGB and is currently a more popular color gamut standard.
It's worth mentioning that this OLED screen is also certified by T?V for low blue light and SGS for eye protection. It supports full-brightness DC dimming and has a low-brightness anti-flicker feature (the official recommendation is to keep the system brightness above 60% and use this feature to adjust the screen brightness in daily use), providing multi-angle protection for users' eyesight.
As for users concerned about OLED panel aging, ASUS has thoughtfully implemented measures. It comes with default features like pixel shift technology and dark mode, coupled with advanced algorithms from Samsung, effectively preventing issues like screen burn-in and aging.
Additionally, ASUS promises to replace the screen for free if a bright spot appears within one month of purchase or if ghosting occurs within the standard warranty period. This demonstrates ASUS's full confidence in the durability of its products.
The ASUS CoolCore Ultra makes ultrabooks more versatile. Under its sleek and slim body lies Intel's latest generation CoolCore Ultra processor. Thanks to Intel's advanced 4-nanometer process, it integrates a new generation of SharpArc graphics cores with doubled performance, along with a dedicated AI acceleration module. This all-in-one new architecture makes the ASUS Fearless Pro15 2024 a high-performance leader in everyday office tasks, content creation, and light gaming and entertainment.
The test model is equipped with the Intel CoolCore Ultra 5 125H processor, featuring a design with 4 performance cores, 8 efficiency cores, and 2 low-power efficient cores, totaling 14 cores and 18 threads, with a maximum frequency of up to 4.5GHz.
We conducted 10 rounds of Cinebench R23 CPU multi-core/single-core sequential benchmarking. The results indicate that the CoolCore Ultra 5 125H in this machine achieved a maximum multi-core score of 14088 points, averaging 13921 points, and a maximum single-core score of 1706 points, averaging 1701 points. With no significant fluctuations in the 10-round scores, this suggests that the machine has good heat dissipation performance and delivers stable performance. Even during tasks with medium to heavy loads like video editing, the computer can maintain smooth operation for extended periods.
The Arc integrated graphics in the Ultra 5 125H scored 3542 points in the 3DMark Timespy (DX12) test, while achieving a high score of 9345 points in the 3DMark FireStrike (DX11) test. This represents approximately twice the performance of the previous flagship integrated graphics. Consequently, the ASUS Unleashed Pro15 2024 is poised to deliver smooth gaming experiences in some moderate AAA games as well.
The Asus Unleashed Pro15 2024 comes equipped with the latest generation Ice Edge dual heat pipe cooling module from Asus, essential for handling such high-powered hardware output. This cooling system is a beast in the realm of thin and light laptops.
Comprising dual fans, dual heat pipes, and dual exhaust vents, this cooling setup is robust. A large 97-blade fan operates at a blazing speed of up to 6200 RPM, providing sustained cooling for the CPU and GPU. Meanwhile, two separate heat pipes efficiently conduct heat from these sources to be expelled out of the rear of the chassis.
We conducted stress tests on the ASUS Unleashed Pro 15 2024, and the results showed that in the most intense "Full Speed" cooling mode, the processor power consumption can reach around 54W, with temperatures reaching about 95°C. This indicates that even under full load, it can maintain stable operation, striking a balance between high performance and efficient cooling.
Long-lasting Battery for 16 Hours
The ASUS Unleashed Pro 15 2024 not only excels in cooling but also delivers outstanding performance in battery life. It features a large capacity, long-life battery of up to 75Wh, combined with the excellent energy efficiency brought by the Intel Core Ultra processor, resulting in astonishing battery life. It can easily meet our needs for a full day of office work and daily use.
According to the standard PCMark10 battery test, the Asus Unbounded Pro15 2024 achieves a battery life of 16 hours at 50% screen brightness and in balanced mode settings.
Additionally, it supports fast charging, allowing the battery to reach 50% capacity in just 30 minutes, significantly reducing charging wait times and enhancing mobile productivity.
Notably, Asus has not only invested heavily in battery capacity but has also optimized the battery lifespan. The new battery offers more than a 20% increase in cycle count compared to ordinary batteries, meaning the Asus Unbounded Pro15 2024 provides users with a longer-lasting and efficient battery experience.
Furthermore, users can activate the battery maintenance mode, which limits charging to 80% to prevent overcharging, making it suitable for scenarios where the laptop is frequently connected to a power source for extended periods.
In summary, the Asus Unbounded Pro15 2024 is more than just an efficient mobile platform for work. Its outstanding chassis design, consistent user interaction experience, high-quality screen, and robust performance make it the preferred choice for a high-energy AI ultrabook that combines work, entertainment, and creativity in one. For those with demanding gaming requirements, there's also the option to choose the Asus Unbounded Pro15 2024 equipped with the RTX 4060 discrete graphics card.
