Get ready to face the fierce office work challenges of 2026 with one of our favorite laptops with 32GB of RAM — now on sale for less than $800 just before Christmas

The new 2025 Zenbook A14 from ASUS featuring Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors and announced at CES 2025.
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We're only a few days away from Christmas, the best time of the year for giving your family and friends the best discounted tech presents, like the ASUS Zenbook A14, which is on sale for $799.00 at Amazon.

It's an outstanding value-for-money AI laptop that any serious or casual laptop user will enjoy for its high-performing specs for productive workflows or simple web browsing.

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ASUS Zenbook A14 (2025) Copilot+ AI Laptop: was $959 now $799 at Amazon


"With a magnesium chassis as light as air and as tough as stone, Snapdragon X series chipsets that barely sip on the physics-defying massive battery, and a great balance of practical function and aesthetic form, the Zenbook A14 is one of the best laptops of the year." ~ Zachary Boddy, Staff Writor

Windows Central Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½

Why buy the ASUS Zenbook A14 for Christmas?

Sleek, capable, and just a little bit confusing. (Image credit: Windows Central | Zachary Boddy)

The ASUS Zenbook A14 is packed from its inner circuits to its clamshell casing with substantial features that make it one of the best Windows laptops we've ever covered on this site.

This laptop has a refined, ultra-light, minimalist design made with a custom "Ceraluminum" coating that reduces its weight for easy carrying while making it scratch-resistant to preserve its stylish appearance.

On the performance front, the ASUS Zenbook A14 is outfitted with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Plus processor (8-core) and the Windows on ARM OS. With these, the laptop will boot up, log you in, run web browsers, and launch compatible native ARM64 apps as quickly and easily as a man breathes.

Not to mention, this Copilot+ PC is equipped with a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) with 45 TOPS, allowing it to run AI-empowered tasks like researching facts from the internet and editing images in seconds with little load unless put under extremely heavy workloads.

With specs like these, plus a 14-inch OLED display (1,920 x 1,200 FHD+ resolution) with 400 nits max brightness and 60Hz refresh rates, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage space, and much more, it's a laptop worth every penny, especially now that it's $959.00 MSRP has been cut down to $799.00 at Amazon for Christmas.

Alternative discounted configurations

If Amazon's discount offering for the ASUS Zenbook A14 (with the 1TB SSD) expires or it runs out of stock, here are discounts for alternative configurations being sold elsewhere as backup options:

FAQs

Is its RAM or SSD upgradeable?

The ASUS Zenbook A14 SSD can be removed and be replaced with a larger one. However, its RAM is onboard, so it can't be removed and replaced with a more powerful one.

What is its battery life?

The ASUS Zenbook A14 has a 70Whr battery that can last over 12 hours or more if you adjust its brightness settings and do not have many apps active at once.

Can it be charged via USB-C?

Yes, this laptop can be recharged via its USB-C ports.

Can it connect to the internet?

Yes, the Asus Zenbook A14 can connect to the internet via Ethernet cables or wirelessly via Wi-Fi 6E or Bluetooth 5.3.


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Alexander Cope
Contributor — Gaming

Alexander Cope is a gaming veteran of 30-plus years, primarily covering PC and Xbox games here on Windows Central. Gaming since the 8-bit era, Alexander's expertise revolves around gaming guides and news, with a particular focus on Japanese titles from the likes of Elden Ring to Final Fantasy. Alexander is always on deck to help our readers conquer the industry's most difficult games — when he can pry himself away from Monster Hunter that is!

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