Watch Jonney Shih announce Asus’ MacBook killer

The scarcely believable Asus ZenBook 3 is the undeniable highlight of an action-packed press conference from Asus today. This new laptop measures only 11.9mm in thickness and challenges Apple's MacBook for the title of best ultra-portable computer. Not only is the ZenBook 3 thinner, it is also lighter — by 10 grams, weighing in at 910g — and more powerful than its better-known rival.

A fully maxed-out ZenBook 3 gets you a Core i7 processor with up to 16GB of RAM and no less than four PCIe solid state disk drives for a total of 1TB of storage. That costs a mighty $1,999, but it's still one hell of an achievement just to cram all of that power inside the chassis of a super-slim laptop with a 12.5-inch display and almost no bezels. But...

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