Asus ExpertBook Ultra 14 with Core Ultra X7 launches today for an insane $3599 price tag

[Redaktion]

The ExpertBook Ultra definitely impressed us at CES 2026 with its thin design and tandem OLED touchscreen, but it's gonna cost customers an arm and a leg.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-ExpertBook-Ultra-14-with-Core-Ultra-X7-launches-today-for-an-insane-3599-price-tag.1292236.0.html

[Jakub]

I feel bad for the folks who listened to the trolls and skipped the XPS 14 at launch pricing waiting for this. Now, even that is more expensive ($2579.99) and it's the same story for the Slim 7i Ultra AE X7 version. Tough times.

[Koen]

It's just a placeholder price?

[Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_M]

32 GB RAM, and no additional VRAM/dGPU to offload to, may not be enough for the new SOTA LLM, especially in agentic workflows: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_M:

.. I've come to the conclusion that (1) 32768 is the biggest context I can get away with in an adequately smart model, and (2) it just ain't enough.