Ever wanted your laptop to smell of basil and mandarin? Your fragrant dreams can come true with the Asus Adol Books built-in scent dispenser

Date:
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 14:15:10 +0000

Description:
Asus Adol Book 14 is a purple laptop aimed at the fashion-conscious with a novel twist and a choice of fragrances.

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Never mind a gorgeous display to look at, or top-notch audio to enjoy, those who wish to have a different sense stimulated when using one of the best laptops namely, their sense of smell are in for a treat thanks to a new notebook from Asus.

We realize this means pretty much no one, though to be fair, the scent perspective is not the only selling point of the Asus Adol Book 14 although its a central gimmick presented here.

The Adol Book is obviously aimed at a niche audience, namely those keen on
the world of fashion as well as technology. Its been manufactured in collaboration with fragrance and fashion brand Anna Sui, and the mentioned smell comes courtesy of a fragrance dispenser housed in the center of the laptops lid.

This dispenser has a fragrance puck inside that lasts for so long before the smell runs out, and it needs to be replaced. Asus is offering a choice of three scents to begin with: Basil and Mandarin, Rose of Mans Land, and the somewhat less well-defined Be a New Her.

As for the laptop specs, its a 14-inch notebook in a thin-and-light style, with a peppy enough AMD Ryzen 9 8945H processor, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD so itll be no slouch.

That APU hits some 39 TOPS in total, for AI processing , and there are also integrated Radeon 780M graphics that are decently nippy for a built-in GPU, too.

On top of that, theres a tasty screen in the form of an OLED with a 2,880 x 1,800 resolution (and a 240Hz refresh rate), plus its seriously good with color accuracy (covering 100% of DCI-P3).

The Adol Book 14 is finished in a subtle purple color, by the way, and comes with a matching purple (padded) carrying bag, as well as various other accessories, notably a purple wireless mouse, and a bottle of Anna Suis Wishing Elf perfume (50ml of the stuff). (Image credit: Asus / Bilibi) Analysis: Smells like mean spirit?

Do we want a laptop that generates its own smell? Definitely not, frankly,
but then were not keen on artificial scents of any nature, let alone a notebook that attempts to give us some kind of fragrance-induced headache (depending on how strong the effect is, we guess hopefully its relatively subtle).

Maybe were being a bit mean-spirited, though, because for the target audience of those keen on fashion which is admittedly niche as we already observed this looks like a nicely put-together package. Also, the laptop spec is far from bad, too, and in fact those components are actually a nicely specified mix.

The catch, no doubt, will be that its stupidly overpriced, right? Or we dont know the price yet, maybe? Well, its a no on both counts actually, as the
Asus Adol Book 14 is out in China priced at 6,999 RMB, which is about $970
(or 750, AU$1,480).

As Toms Hardware , which spotted the launch of the device, points out, given the spec, thats actually very competitive with the vanilla Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (plus you could sell that free bottle of perfume on eBay, perhaps). In fact, this is a good value laptop overall, so thats a bit of a surprise given its fashion angle (which typically, youd expect would mean the price would be jacked up somewhat).

Whether well ever get to smell the Rose of Mans Land outside of Asia or find out how Be a New Her defines itself in an olfactory sense is probably unlikely. But if youre keen on the idea of the Adol Book 14, you never know You might also like The best Windows laptops: our picks for every budget
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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/laptops/ever-wanted-your-laptop-to-smell-o f-basil-and-mandarin-your-fragrant-dreams-can-come-true-with-the-asus-adol-boo ks-built-in-scent-dispenser


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