Stefan Mileschin

ASUS has quietly added a new premium Zen AiO desktop to its lineup of all-in-one PCs. The latest high-end Zen AiO significantly improves in performance over the predecessor in almost all aspects, including the display, processor, discrete GPU, memory, storage subsystem, and so on. Furthermore, the new Zen AiO features a radically new design that enables its advanced capabilities.

ASUS launched its first AIO PCs with 22 and 24-inch displays and an iMac-like design in mid-2015, targeting casual users looking for style and “good enough” performance. Since then, ASUS has been expanding its lineup of all-in-one desktops with higher-performance Zen AiO systems, more affordable Vivo AiO PCs, AiO Pro machines aimed at demanding users, and so on. All of these products used a similar iMac-like design with all of its pros and cons. With the latest Zen AiO 27 Z272-series the manufacturer switches to a brand-new design concept that places compute hardware into the PC’s base (we have already seen something similar from HP), which allows to use higher-performance components and enables ASUS to make an adjustable stand, a rare feature on AIO PCs. Meanwhile, the new system comes in ASUS’s signature Deep Dive Blue aluminum body with a brushed metal effect-finish and Rose Gold accents on edges, so from the style point of view the new AIO looks very impressive and matches design of ASUS’s premium ZenBook laptops.

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