The Taiwanese manufacturer Asus has been creating motherboards for computers since the Intel 486 days, but these days the company is much more than a computer component manufacturer among others. Asus designs and manufactures a wide array of computing products from networking devices to servers, and from smartphones to laptops. The Republic of Gamers devices, ROG for short, are purpose-built with gamers in mind.
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The Asus ROG Flow Z13 is a gaming laptop that has a dual nature. It is what is called a hybrid device, which can be considered both a tablet and a laptop. The ROG Flow Z13 comes with a tablet core with a 13.4-inch touchscreen. This 16:10 aspect ratio screen offers FHD+ resolution (1920 x 1200) at a 120 Hz maximum refresh rate. According to Asus, the screen covers 100% of the sRGB color gamut. By connecting the easily detachable keyboard it becomes a gaming laptop, thanks to its built-in latest generation Intel Core i7-12700H processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card.
In terms of other specs, the Asus ROG Flow Z13 features a fast half-terabyte PCIe 4.0 SSD and 16 gigabytes of LPDDR5 RAM, which is enough for even the latest games. To keep the system cool and performance up to snuff, the device comes with the ROG Intelligent Cooling feature, which includes liquid metal elements and a custom vapor chamber module. Connectivity-wise, the hybrid laptop supports Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, Thunderbolt 4, USB-C, regular USB-A, and microSD cards. If all this sounds good, the Asus ROG Flow Z13 hybrid laptop is now available for $500 off at $1,299.99.
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