ASUS ExpertBook B9 (2021) got an official launch in India. The Notebook from ASUS mainly focuses on customers that deal with business work. Although it’s a thin-looking notebook still the materials used have a rugged finish. Besides, the materials used on this laptop feature US military standards.
At the CES 2021 in January this year, the laptop debuted to the market. Besides, this notebook from Asus has a lot of useful features such as AI-based noise cancellation. A 65W fast charging technology. Apart from that, you can find only a single variant that has an 11th-Gen Intel Processor, a Full HD display, and Thunderbolt 4 connectivity.
ASUS ExpertBook B9 Specifications
This business purpose notebook from ASUS sports a 14-inch full-HD LED-backlit display with a 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution. The display has 400 nits of peak brightness and a 16:9 aspect ratio. Furthermore, under the hood, you can find an 11th-generation Intel Core i5-1135G7 variant or an Intel Core i7-1165G7 processor powering the device. The device has an integrated fingerprint sensor and a biometric-login webcam for security.
The chipsets from Intel are coupled with Intel Xe graphics tagging along with 8GB or 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM variants. Speaking of the storage, ExpertBook B9 features a dual M.2 NVMe PCI 3.0 that has up to 2TB capacity. You can get even faster results with the help of select SKUs with RAID 0 and RAID 1 support.
Moreover, the I/O ports present on the ExpertBook B9 feature two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, HDMI port, and an audio combo jack. The laptop has necessary connectivity options such as Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth v5. The audio department on the ASUS notebook comes with up to four 360-degree far-field microphones. A Harman Kardon-certified speaker system out-of-the-box.
Besides, the 360-degree microphone and the speakers help you to make great video calls while working from home. There are a ton of features packed in with the laptop such as an LED-backlit keyboard along with the Asus NumberPad 2.0. This number pad doubles up as a touchpad when it’s not in use which is a quite nifty feature.
Furthermore, the battery capacity on the ExpertBook B9 is a 66Wh lithium-polymer cell with a claim of delivering full-day usage on a single charge. The battery can get charged up to 60 percent of its maximum capacity in 49 minutes with the 65W fast charger provided with the laptop.
Price and Availability
The Asus ExpertBook B9 comes for a price tag of Rs. 1,15,498. You can lay your hands on this newly launched notebook from ASUS through Asus Exclusive Stores. The laptop is also available for sale on other leading retail commercial PC selling stores in India.