What you need to know
- ASUS just announced three new PCs for creators that will ship in the second half of 2024.
- Among these new devices is the ProArt PZ13, a convertible PC powered by a Snapdragon X processor.
- The ProArt PZ13 also has a 13-inch 3K OLED display, a kickstand and a 70 Wh battery.
- We don’t know full pricing details for the ASUS ProArt PZ13 at this time, but the PC is expected to ship in the second half of this year.
ASUS just unveiled three new PCs at Computex 2024. The lineup includes the powerful ProArt P16 running AMD’s new Ryzen 9 AI 300 processors and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, ProArt PX14 convertible that’s also powered by those Ryzen Pro and Competi chips called the ProArt PZ13 running on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X processors. We will cover powerful AMD PCs in a separate section. Here, I’ll focus on the new ASUS convertible that’s on the way.
The ASUS PZ13 is a 2-in-1 computer that can be used as a standalone tablet or with an attached keyboard. It also has a kickstand, which is surprisingly not that common in the convertible space. A 13-inch 3K OLED display should deliver excellent color and contrast for creators and anyone using the ProArt PZ13. Inside, the convertible tablet has a Snapdragon X Elite processor.
At 9 mm (0.35 in) thick, the ASUS PZ13 isn’t as thin as the new iPad Pro, but it’s thin enough to be portable and easy to move around. The PCs weigh 850g (1.87lbs) on their own, and its detachable keyboard adds another 350g (0.77lbs).
There’s a new Qualcomm tablet from @ASUS with the new ProArt PZ13 tablet with Snapdragon X. Expected in the second half of the year (boo … The audience was not happy lol) pic.twitter.com/srAc79UD5DJune 3, 2024
As a Copilot+ computer, the ProArt PZ13 meets the specs required to earn that name, including 45 TOPs for AI computing and 16GB of RAM. The ProArt PZ13 also has an IP52 rating and a 70 Wh battery. A pair of USB 4.0 Type-C ports and an SD card reader help the ProArt PZ13 stand out from some of its main competition.
We don’t know full pricing details for the ProArt PZ13 right now, but our colleagues at Tom’s Guide say the ASUS PC will be priced in line with the Surface Pro 11. If both PCs are priced the same, ASUS will there are a few key differentiators I can highlight that make the ProArt PZ13 the best option for certain workflows.
More Copilot+ computers
A wave of Copilot+ PCs powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X processors are on the way this month. Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Samsung will all be shipping Copilot+ computers within a few weeks. But there’s another wave of Snapdragon X-powered PCs on the way.
Some of the second-wave Copilot+ computers go beyond the laptop form factor. Others, like the ASUS ProArt PZ13 are 2-in-1s. The Snapdragon X Plus and Snapdragon X Elite inside the new PCs are intriguing, as they promise all-day battery life alongside impressive performance. Windows on Arm is also poised for waves of arm-powered devices.
At least for now, all Copilot+ computers run on either a Snapdragon X Elite processor or a Snapdragon X Plus processor. These devices represent a big change to the Windows PC that includes better battery life along with performance that rivals Apple’s MacBooks. This isn’t the half-hearted attempt to run Windows on the Arm that we’ve seen in the past; major manufacturers are on board and Microsoft has optimized Windows for arm computing.
Our Editor-in-Chief Daniel Rubino said that ARM64 and AI are “bringing a ‘Great Reset’ to the Windows PC industry” and that those technologies are behind a “transformation unlike any seen in the past three decades.” We’ll just have to wait a few weeks to see Arm’s new computers in action and see if they live up to the hype. Then, we will have to wait a few more months for the second wave.