Loving my Proart P16!
Added 2025-03-01 08:28:19 +0000 UTCBought a new laptop and it's built ground up for creative work!
Lovely 16" screen with brilliant colour, powerful CPU (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370) and packs a 4070 inside, so I can use Photoshop / Premiere without everything collapsing!
And most importantly, it's almost entirely bloatware-free - kudos to Asus!
The most maddening part of the setup is the Windows set up process which has degraded to a constant barrage of sleazy sales pitches:
Do you want to use Edge? Yes or maybe yes? No. Are you sure you don't want to use the best browser for your PC? No. Some websites will not run without edge. No
What about Copilot? Install or postpone?
What about 365? No. Are you sure you didn't mean yes? No. Ok, I'll pre-install it for when you change your mind. No. You know your computer won't work without 365? No.
Let me just install Onedrive anyway. No. Your computer is permanently at risk without OneDrive.
What a mess MS has become!
Rant over!
Comments
It's a bit tricky at the moment to work that out with new generations of cards coming out! It's never easy though!!
Hands on Katie
2025-03-10 22:31:03 +0000 UTCI have the joy of rebuilding my PC at some point this year. Putting it off at present due to having will to live. That and I'm trying to work out what the best set up to cost ratio will be
ZamboMan
2025-03-10 15:21:09 +0000 UTCIt's a really nice laptop actually, super impressed!! Zenbooks were in the final list too!
Hands on Katie
2025-03-06 21:31:12 +0000 UTCThanks for the tip-off Katie… I’ve passed it onto my composer/YouTuber son as a candidate for his next laptop. I use the top-spec Zenbook S14 myself… lovely machine.
Jon Silver
2025-03-04 09:11:50 +0000 UTC
