ASUS ZenBook 3 Deluxe UX490UA-77DHDAB1 price in Canada starts from CA$1,975.00. This 7th gen Intel Core i7 powered by Notebook laptop is an absolute workhorse and loved by many professional users and students in Canada due to its 46 Wh battery with very decent battery life and 16 GB LPDDR3-SDRAM memory.
Let's have look at some of the Key Pros & Cons of this laptop model to compare if this is really worthy of CA$1,975.00
Design and Built quality
From top view, the laptop is 329 mm of width and 210 mm height and total thickness of 12.9 mm. being in those dimensions the laptop weights only 1.1 kg
Display
ASUS ZenBook 3 Deluxe UX490UA-77DHDAB1 has a very nice and compact 14 inch display which makes it perfect for everyday business professional who are always on the run. Having a 14 inch Full HD display with 1920 x 1080 pixels is good for portability and affordability, but for the most part if you want to get the best out of this, you will have to use an external display.
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Performance
Processor :
2.7GHz 7th gen Intel Core i7 i7-7500U has adequate performance for most of the applications or games that is available inCanada. Using ASUS utility software, you can boost the processor speed up to 3.5GHz.
Having 2 cores with 4MB cache memory would be ok for running 2 or 3 applications simultaneously.
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RAM :
16 GB memory is fairly enough for day to day activities. and for most of the apps. this should be more than enough to get done your business work. LPDDR3-SDRAM means that it requires less power consumption than DDR2. 2133 MHz is average clock speed for most of the RAMs. which means it can store and retrieve data much faster than other RAM types. when Graphics card built in memory is insufficient, system uses RAM for memory. Having a faster Clock speed will make syncing that data much faster.
This ASUS laptop has RAM slots on the board, so you can upgrade memory up to 16 GB.
Graphics :
This Laptop doesn't have a dedicated Graphics card. it has on-board Intel HD Graphics 620 graphihcs chip with which you can do usual light work. but for gaming or any heavy graphics oriented work. this laptop is not the best.
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Storage :
Primary disk of this laptop is a 512 GB SSD. This is also compatible with storage. It doesn't have a buit-in CD/DVD Rom so you will have to use an external device if you plan to use CDs or DVDs.
ports & Connectivity :
Laptop comes with Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Bluetooth version 4.1 connectivity. with WIFI 5 (802.11ac) You would get around 3.5Gbps but now that understand that there are laptops with WIFI 6 which can transfer Data more than 10Gbps. This laptop doesn't have an Ethernet Port so you will have to use a converter if you need to connect using Ethernet.
It doesn't have any USB Type-A ports, so you will have to use converter to use most of the devices with the laptop. Simple devices like a USB mouse will not work with out a converter.
This ASUS laptop doesn't have any USB Type-C ports which can be adeal breaker for some people who are looking for that extra power. It doesn't have Thunderbolt supported ports. Thunderbolt 3 lets you transfer data at up to 40Gbps.
It doesn't have HDMI port for video output which could be an issue if you are planing to use another monitor or do business presentations.Laptop is charged using DC-in jack port.
Camera :
Built-in camera in this laptop is a with image resolution. Which would be decent enough for your video calls.
Battery :
46 Wh is not a big battery capacity so you will not be able to use the laptop more than 2 or 3 hours on battery power. ASUS ZenBook 3 Deluxe UX490UA-77DHDAB1 has a Lithium Polymer (LiPo) battery which weights around . Battery is charged with 65 W power adepter using DC-in jack port. It takes around to fully charge the battery.
Price Analysis
The best and lowest price for ASUS ZenBook 3 Deluxe UX490UA-77DHDAB1 in Canada is CA$1,975.00 from newegg.ca, Ontario , which is CA$29.00 (1%) less than the highest price listed here for ASUS ZenBook 3 Deluxe UX490UA-77DHDAB1, price from bestbuy.ca, Burnaby which is at (CA$2,004.00) .. You can find ASUS ZenBook 3 Deluxe UX490UA-77DHDAB1 for the above stated price range in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton, Hamilton, Brampton, Winnipeg in Canada
