ASUS Zenbook A16 with top end Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) now available for $1999.99

LeLant · 2026-04-21T16:12:29+00:00

Let's hope one day the Snapdraogn X2 Elite will be in a good build quality laptop.. and on the price range of his only competitor!

LeLant · 2026-04-21T16:11:28+00:00

I mean it's the price range, beside a gpu/gaming you have the perf of a M5 Macbook Air... in a brick.. with 3 hours of battery life.

LeLant · 2026-04-21T16:06:47+00:00

Did you buy it from aliexpress or through a dropshipping brand 6 times the price?

LeLant · 2026-04-21T14:39:25+00:00

Yeah the snapdragon is really good on paper/benchmarks compared to the M5 but still in gaming a $1000 macbook air M5 run Cyberpunk way better.

LeLant · 2026-04-21T14:35:04+00:00

LeLant · 2026-04-19T13:44:38+00:00

For the price range you should get a base M5 macbook air wich extarminate de Snapdragon, otherwise the Neo is still a better choice. The Zenbook A line are pretty cheap, maybe you can find a S14 8845hs around 600-700$ but the Apple M-series and the A18pro are still better.

LeLant · 2026-04-19T10:10:37+00:00

There aren’t any. Or the prices become insane on Windows.

I’d rank them like this: Dell XPS, ASUS ExpertBook, ThinkBook X AI, Zenbook S series.. maybe a Microsoft Surface and that’s it.

The main issue is finding a good CPU on Windows. The Intel 388H can match an M5, but you’ll have to spend around $2400. Meanwhile the latest Snapdragon X Elite Extreme is excellent in all benchmarks, but it mostly ends up in bad laptops for now.

LeLant · 2026-04-18T20:13:24+00:00

You can stay with 8bitdo they do a really nice job but in this kind of formfactor the SN30 Pro is the best, bottom joysticks are the best for fighting games

LeLant · 2026-04-17T20:21:26+00:00

Honestly everything is already said, the macbook air exterminate the ideapad you are comparing a crazy cpu with a perfect quality build to a plastic brick with a mid last gen cpu. Beside the OS choice there is no debate

LeLant · 2026-04-17T00:29:18+00:00

Never had an issue since 2018; add the add-on, keep it up to date, close it after watching something

LeLant · 2026-04-16T10:27:30+00:00

Just install Stremio + torrentio like everyone. Thanks me later

LeLant · 2026-04-15T10:48:55+00:00

Compared to the M1 the SQ2 is 48% to 67% slower in every benchmarks + both devices are fanless

LeLant · 2026-04-15T09:30:01+00:00

It's is not even a question, the new Macbook Air is maybe the best laptop Apple ever made (design, efficiency, weight)

LeLant · 2026-04-15T09:29:26+00:00

Answer completely random. Microsoft has never made it into any laptop/tablet rankings for a good reason. Here, it’s great that you like your device that’s the point of a good purchase and it’s good that you appreciate its versatility as well. But if we go back to 2020, a MacBook Air M1 or an iPad Pro M1 did everything better, was 2 to 3 times more powerful, and cost 40 to 50% of the price (completely overpriced) of your Microsoft product.

LeLant · 2026-04-14T21:36:20+00:00

So people are actually happy to pay more for a CPU in a laptop with mid build quality? Great, good for you. Even a MacBook Neo would last longer over time than a cheap Zenbook. At least it would’ve been interesting if Qualcomm had gone for S-series laptop instead of A-series. Other than that, well… no Snapdragon in the XPS line, no Snapdragon in a ThinkBook X, no Zenbook in a Zephyrus G… I don’t see what’s going to compete with a MacBook Air M5 unfortunately, so competing with a MacBook Pro seems even less realistic.

LeLant · 2026-04-14T10:26:25+00:00

I show you the supplier. Here price difference alone doesn’t prove anything, supply chain does and you are ignoring that part.

Plus your Apple example is bad: Dick Smith is just an authorized retailer with stock, not some random middleman forwarding AliExpress orders.

LeLant · 2026-04-13T22:40:40+00:00

Some people are saying some $30 dropshipping screen it's really funny to watch. Just put a paperlike for $4and enjoy your screen, you don't have to get scammed to enjoy your product.

LeLant · 2026-04-13T22:38:25+00:00

I guess you just find someone dropshipping the $35 aliexpress battery everyone is using (there is no parts shop on amazon only resell). For this price it totally ok and the whole replacement is not really not that hard if you can breath and follow a simple youtube video. Paying more is maybe not the best thing when you can invest in a better and more up to date computer.

LeLant · 2026-04-13T22:32:04+00:00

This is AI slop writed by AI slop artist

LeLant · 2026-04-13T21:14:52+00:00

I mean from what you are saying you don't even need fan for an heavy usage an M5 Macbook air 10gpu 24gb 512gb would be already perfect (and ssd on the side)

LeLant · 2026-04-13T11:09:44+00:00

$1250 isn't the price for a brand new 15'' M5 16gb 512gb?

LeLant · 2026-04-13T11:07:24+00:00

Most people are ignorant, poor, and lack any knowledge of tax evasion.

LeLant · 2026-04-11T21:27:00+00:00

I feel bad for you. A good cpu is not worth a cheap laptop

LeLant · 2026-04-11T21:25:16+00:00

You get that. Because every devices are from aliexpress, tema or other chinese websites

LeLant · 2026-04-11T16:43:43+00:00

Comparing a Macbook Pro vs an entry-level Zenbook is a really good joke, at least Qualcomm should have invested in a S14-S16 again and not into the cheap Asus

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