Our hands-on session with ASUS showed us the entire package of the ASUS which is already in retail so everything we saw before still comes with the PH retail version. At its core we get the ASUS Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition, a travel sleeve, an ASUS Pen and a utility box which houses the USB-C 100W Power Delivery charger and also has a nifty feature.
The box opens up to act as a riser stand for the ASUS Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition. This works best if you’re using the laptop with a separate keyboard and you want a more elevated screen. Its a nice feature to have but the box itself is bulky and I don’t see anyone carrying it around. Given the function though, its best left on your workstation desk.
Another feature we didn’t share before was the ASUS Pen support. While you can’t flip the cover to act as a full tablet, you can definitely write on screen. Response is very snappy and is accurate enough for doing quick lines and shapes but if you plan on precise draw, there might be a learning curve.
This is ASUS’ standard 100W PD charger. The brick uses a 3-prong AC plug and does not plug directly to the outlet. This is a similar brick to what ASUS uses on their ROG PD chargers as well.
Looking closer at the laptop, here’s where its primary difference versus the standard Zenbook 14X OLED starts. Firstly, its a special commemorative release: a callback to the P6300 used in the MIR Space Station in the 90s, ASUS is romanticizing the history of that laptop. Integrating astronomic details as well as subtle details that makes up its lore, the ASUS Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition also features a signature color.
ASUS calls this colorway Zero-G Titanium and is purely in titanium in color only. Titanium is a strong metal but for this application, its material density will easy bump up the weight of the Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition. Complimenting the color are special panel lines and dots that adorn the body of the laptop. These are actually Morse code with the top cover printed with the code for Ad Astra Per Aspera (Latin for through adversity to the stars) which is a phrase that reminds one of the goal, in this case, the literal destination for the MIR space station was space.
Plenty more lines are present inside the case and the color remains uniform allthroughout the body of the laptop.
The biggest difference that the ASUS Zenbook 14X OLED has over the standard Zenbook 14X OLED is the ZenVision: a 3.5″ OLED monochrome display on the top cover of the laptop which serves a mostly cosmetic purpose, definitely adds a certain allure to the Space Edition version.
You can read more about the ASUS Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition’s features in our earlier article below:
