Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “ASUS ROG Ally as an everyday computer? I tried it for a whole WEEK!”.
It’S real easy, just call or go online, tell them what you want and right to your front door comes America’s favorite PC, thanks, stepen dude you’re, getting a d. Computers have come a long way since the days of beige boxes. Today they come in all shapes and sizes, but what’s a computer to be honest, the lines are pretty blurred. Are these computers these? What about this? I think it is it’s running Windows and it checks off a lot of the same boxes that a traditional laptop would, but does it do everything a real computer? Can that’s what I wanted to find out: hey I’m Jacob for Android authority and I’m taking a look at the Asus Rog Ali to see if this could be my everyday computer coming in a $ 400 and $ 700 configuration the Ally, certainly costs as much as A laptop so can it replace the computer? Well, most of us use our computers for a handful of tasks, web browsing, watching videos listening to some music playing games and, of course, doing work. So those will be my benchmarks.
Web browsing running a full-fledged Windows. Os makes this a breeze find the browser of choice, install it and you’re off the 120 HZ refresh rate display makes navigating feel smooth and web browsing is no problem for the most part. A couple of downsides. The screen is small, pick your poison.
You can have more showing at 100 % scale, but everything is Tiny or 150 % scale which puts a damper on multitasking and using the built-in joysticks and software keyboard isn’t the fastest way to get around an easy solution is adding a second screen via Doc and Adding a mouse and a keyboard makes it super easy media consumption. The allly has a screen, that’s reminiscent of tablets. In a lot of ways. Asus says the allly screen covers 100 % of the srgb gamut and I believe them movies YouTube.
Clips look great at a Max 500 nit brightness, it’s great indoors and usable away from direct sunlight outside a somewhat tinny sound and a lack of strong Bas is expected, but still disappointing on the Ally, especially considering the impressive speakers. The company offer in the zephrus [ Applause, ], lineup, [ Applause, ], good enough for light music and podcast gaming. This one’s pretty simple, it’s great for something so portable.
It’S impressive that you can play major titles in low to mid settings at decent frame rates. Indie titles, of course, also run great asus’s Armory crate does a decent job as a gaming Hub and the command center puts useful settings one button away. One downside here is that the Allies hardware and software is not tightly integrated, unlike competitors like valve with steam, deck Asus doesn’t have a dedicated OS for its device, and sometimes that shows like games running in Window mode first and then going into full screen or games. Not recognizing the built-in controller when the device wakes from sleep work. Surprisingly, the Ali is pretty capable with work stuff documents, video calls and even spreadsheets are doable.
You can even do some light video editing I was able to put together and edit some 1080P and 4K Clips, but editing raw footage or adding layers of effects would definitely be out of the question. Asus does offer a dock that adds a dedicated egpu to the Ally which might help a bit, but that puts the Ally in a whole different price bracket, where, frankly, it wouldn’t be able to compete in terms of price for performance. So, let’s sum up is a rogue Ali, a computer of course. Yes, the a core 16 thread AMD ryzen Z1 extreme, is plenty for everyday Computing and on too gaming there’s, however, more to a computer than just specs, it has to be functional. The allly has a 40w hour battery the same as a steam deck, but running windows with the CPU designed for higher wattages means you’ll be searching for the wall charger frequently. While gaming I was able to last about an hour and a half depending on the settings. It was a bit better around 2 and 1/2 hours, while web browsing remember using the Ally as an everyday computer means you’d have to carry around a few things which quickly adds up in terms of weight and costs and get really comfortable with being this guy. At the coffee shops, am I asking for too much from the Ally yeah? Maybe, but it’s because it’s so close to being that all-in-one device.
I’Ve been dreaming about I’d, say it’s, maybe a bigger battery and a built-in keyboard away from being my everyday carry thanks for watching. .