ASUS ZenBook 14X OLED Space Edition Laptop is now available for purchase

ASUS has officially launched the ZenBook 14X OLED Space Edition laptop, after it was announced earlier this year at CES. As the name suggests, this laptop features an aerospace-inspired design, meant to celebrate the first time an ASUS laptop was launched into space. Perhaps its most striking feature is the 3.5-inch screen on the lid, but there’s a lot to like here.

First, the ASUS ZenBook 14X OLED Space Edition is powered by an Intel Core i9-12900H, with 14 cores and 20 threads, plus integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics. This is one of the fastest mobile processors you can get right now, and it’s powered by 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM and a 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD, so you have plenty of performance.

The primary display is a 14-inch OLED display with a 16:10 aspect ratio, 2.8K resolution – or 2880 x 1800 – plus it has a 90Hz refresh rate and supports touch. Color-wise, it covers 100% DCI-P3, 133% sRGB, and has a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, as usual in OLED panels, plus PANTONE validation. Its brightness can reach 550 nits and it is certified by VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500. As for the 3.5-inch screen on the lid, it is also an OLED panel, but it is monochrome, the main purpose of which is to display dedicated graphics and messages, including battery life and time and history.

As for the rest of the design, it comes in a stylish “Zero-G Titanium” color and features space embellishments scattered throughout, including a Morse code message on the cap, a pattern meant to represent the Mir space station, and a red space key with a planet symbol on it. As usual with ASUS laptops, the touchpad also includes a virtual number pad. The laptop is also built to meet MIL-STD-810H durability standards, plus it’s been tested to “aerospace class” standards to withstand extreme vibrations and high and low temperatures. Finally, for the ports, you get two Thunderbolt 4 ports, USB Type-A, HDMI, a headphone jack, and an SD card reader, plus there’s a USB Type A to RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet adapter in the box.

You can pre-order the ASUS ZenBook 14X OLED Space Edition starting today, but it’s still considered a pre-order. The laptop is expected to begin shipping on April 19, according to Newegg’s listing.