Laptops tailored for a specific audience usually target a few key areas; most obviously gaming, budget, and professional. But the new generation of laptops seems to cater to a more nuanced, if not niche, audience. Asus’ new ProArt StudioBook series, like its previous ProArt desktops, is aimed squarely at creative professionals. Arguably, the most intriguing of all is Asus’ new ProArt StudioBook Pro X. It’s a system with astonishing features, and the secondary display on the touchpad is just as exciting. We managed to get our hands on one at IFA 2019, and after trying out a few of its ProArt siblings, the StudioBook Pro X was the one we were most impressed with.
Best of Almost EverythingTechnically, the ProArt Studio Book Pro X is the second most powerful laptop in the new lineup, just shy of the ProArt StudioBook One. But it still packs some of the most powerful components in the world today on its spec sheet.
The Pro X has the more impressive memory configuration yet, offering up to 128GB of DDR4.
At its core is a choice of Intel Core i7 or Intel Xeon CPUs, each with six cores and high clock speeds, paired with an Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 graphics chip for some serious processing and rendering. The system is fully ISV-certified, which means that no matter what load you throw at this system, it can handle it with ease. Asus also tells us that this laptop is designed with a powerful cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling, so you can expect sustained performance within Intel’s typical boost parameters to ensure that your rendering and processing tasks are processed as quickly as possible.
Asus ProArt StudioBook Pro X Test ProX10 While the CPU and GPU of the Pro X may not be comparable to the StudioBook One, its memory configuration is more impressive. Up to 128GB of DDR4 is available. With RAID-0, high-speed NVMe storage support, buyers can choose drive configurations that can reach up to 6GBps. This helps ensure that there is as little downtime as possible when transferring or processing large (or just large) files, resulting in a fast and responsive experience.
Asus takes the professional side of this laptop so seriously that it bucks the “less is more” connectivity trend and equips the StudioBook Pro X with an abundance of ports. It has three high-speed USB-A 3.1 Gen 2 ports, a pair of USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports, a headphone jack, HDMI output, SD card reader, and a coveted Ethernet port to keep your networking capabilities unrestricted.
DelightfulBeyond the high-end hardware, Asus has also worked hard on the visual clarity and overall look and feel of the StudioBook Pro X. It sports an understated and tasteful design with a muted but elegant grey color scheme, highlighted by the slight angles and lines on the front edge of the lower half. The Asus NanoEdge bezels are thick enough at the top to accommodate a webcam, but not much more, with slight rounding at the corners, giving it a professional but far from sharp aesthetic. With a screen-to-body ratio of 97%, users have little wasted space and an immersive view of what they’re working on.
The screen itself is a hallmark of the ProArt StudioBook series. Since color accuracy is so important in all creative and professional fields, Asus ensured that the StudioBook Pro X supports 97% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, and with it fully validated by Pantone, you can be confident that its colors are virtually lifelike. In person, we found it easy to watch, with great clarity and rich, deep colors, even under strong external lighting.
It may not be groundbreaking in terms of resolution, at just 1,920 x 1,200, but the 16:10 aspect ratio is a great modern touch that gives it a more professional feel than the more typical 16:9 offerings.
The lid and touchpad have a carbon fiber-effect coating, which helps to distinguish it not only from the rest of the laptop, but also from most of this system’s competitors. The keyboard keys are tastefully backlit for low-light operation, and both the keyboard and touchpad are accurate and responsive.
But the secondary function of the touchpad is arguably the most interesting part of the whole system.
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Image used with permission of copyright ownerSecondary displays aren’t always as useful as they once were. Even though you can run Doom on the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar, we’re still not quite sure what to make of it. But the optional ScreenPad (which we first saw in the ZenBook Pro 15) is an interesting addition to the StudioBook Pro X. It adds smartphone-like interaction with the laptop, providing quick access to the app launcher and custom commands in your favorite apps.
The 16:10 aspect ratio is a great modern touch that gives it a professional feel compared to the more typical 16:9 offerings.
We found it responsive and accurate to touch, with easy access to menu items to adjust brightness, resolution, and refresh rate. You can even have it display a unique background image to add a touch of personal style to the touchpad. When you’re done with it to launch apps, or just want a standard touchpad, just tap itAsus ProArt StudioBook Pro Xbattery
It’s not lightweight, which gives it a strength and rigidity that you don’t usually find in more streamlined devices. While this may make it less portable than the average mid-range device, it’s not a hallmark of the StudioBook Pro X.
With great hardware, a professional look and feel, and a compelling second screen that offers more useful functionality than the thin and often redundant MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar, this StudioBook laptop could be the most exciting addition to the expanded ProArt lineup.
The ProArt StudioBook One is a more capable device if you need more graphics power, but the Pro X seems to better reflect the creative professionals Asus is targeting with its new device. We don’t have an exact release date or pricing for this model just yet, but if it undercuts the more powerful One option and offers more power, this model could be the best of the new ProArt StudioBook lineup
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