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Here at Computex 2026 in Taipei, Asus held an early press occasion to showcase its up to date Zenbook, Expertbook, and Strix Scar laptops, together with the brand new TUF T700 gaming desktop. The additions to the Zenbook and Vivo collection, the Zenbook 14 (3 completely different fashions), and Vivobook Series (S14/S16 and S14/16 Flip) promise to, in accordance with Asus, ‘elevate the everyday computing experience’ with an all-metal development, up to date branding (the shell will solely say Asus now), and new colorways together with Arctic Blue and Komodo Coral for a extra customized look. Meanwhile, the corporate’s compact TUF Gaming T700 desktop bumps up its specs and strikes to a proprietary motherboard.
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The Zenbook 14 laptops use Intel, AMD, or a Snapdragon processor, with as much as 24GB of RAM (16GB for Snapdragon-based fashions) and as much as 512GB of PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage (Snapdragon mannequin, the others don’t record 512GB as a most). The Intel-based SKU (UX3480AA) sports activities as much as a 3K (2880×1800) 14-inch OLED display with a 120Hz refresh fee, whereas the AMD and Snapdragon SKUs (UX3480GA and UX3480QA, respectively) use an FHD (1920×1200) display with a 60Hz refresh fee. They all embrace Wi-Fi 6E and supply typical connectivity, together with audio combo jacks, HDMI, USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, and Type-C – the latter helps PD and DP help for charging and show output. Each has no less than one 40 Gbps Type-C port, with the Snapdragon-based Zenbook delivery with two. The Vivobook S14/S16 Flip, with its Snapdragon X (orX Plus) and versatile 360-degree design (laptop computer/pill/tent), additionally receives new colorway choices.
In addition to the Zenbooks, we additionally noticed the brand new Expertbook B5 Flip G2, a 360-degree convertible designed for hybrid workflows for enterprise professionals, college students, and educators who’re on the lookout for flexibility, efficiency, and security. It even hides the stylus in its thin (0.58-inches) and light (2.9 lbs) chassis. Specs-wise, it’s powered by the Intel Core 7 350 processor, an 18 TOPS NPU, and Intel graphics. You can pack it with up to 32 GB of LPDDRX5 RAM and up to 1TB of PCIe 4.0 SSD storage, and it has plenty of connectivity, including TB4 USB-C ports, HDMI, and two USB 3.2 gen 1 Type-A ports, all in a Gentle Grey finish.
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The Expertbooks, P5 (14-inch) and PM5 G2 (16-inch) are enterprise-grade devices and feature Asus ExpertGuardian and a NIST PSP 800–1930 compliant BIOS and other various safeguards, including a fingerprint sensor, physical webcam shield, and more. Performance-wise, both Expertbooks’ NPUs exceed 40 TOPS.
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Asus also showed off its ROG Strix G16/G18 and Strix Scar gaming laptops for 2026, with minor hardware updates. The Scar 18 now supports up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX processor with 200W sustained power (from the 275HX), along with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU with max power up to 175 TGP – a gaming beast, no doubt. Both the G16 and G18 get a bump in GPU performance, with the G16 offering an RTX 5080 laptop GPU and the G18 an RTX 5070 laptop GPU. The illuminated numeric keypad, which looks cool in person, I must admit, also made its way to the G16 and G18 (from the familiar ROG Zephyrus and Zenbook lines). I’m not sure how useful that will be on a laptop designed more for gaming, but it’s a nice aesthetic touch. Pricing wasn’t listed, but you should see these, along with the updated Zenbook/Vivobooks, available early in the second half of 2026.
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The TUF T700 Gaming PC is an updated version of the T500, with a different (and better-looking) chassis and access to more powerful CPUs. The new boards sport up to an Intel Core U9-275HX or an AMD Ryzen 7-8700F APU. The inside of the chassis includes a 240mm TUF-branded AIO, a PCIe 4.0 storage interface, up to 64GB of SO-DIMM DDR5-5200 MT/s RAM (we’d like to see faster spec-RAM), an efficient 80 Plus Platinum power supply, and up to an Nvidia RTX 5070 Prime graphics, an increase over the last generation T series that maxed out with an RTX 5060 Ti (16GB). Asus will also use a proprietary motherboard in these systems, with a proprietary form factor that resembles MicroATX, with an extra ‘tab’ protruding along the right edge to support additional USB ports.
The incremental, sometimes mostly aesthetic-only, updates on laptops aren’t exactly exciting, but when you’re in the middle of a CPU lifecycle from both camps and video card upgrades have also stalled (thanks, AI), there isn’t a whole lot laptop makers can do. That said, we’re told Asus’ booth at the convention center has something special they couldn’t share at this pre-briefing, so keep an eye out for additional coverage of Asus at Computex 2026 in the coming days to see what it and dozens of other companies will have to offer as the year progresses.
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