Technology & IT | Tuesday 5 January, 2016 3:01 pm |

ASUS announces the 23.8-inch Zen AiO Pro Z240IC the first model in the incredible new Zen AiO Pro Series, a premium range of all-in-one PCs that fuse art with industry-leading technology. Zen AiO Pro provides a perfect balance of beauty and performance for the ultimate all-in-one computing experience. 

Featuring a stunningly-elegant all-aluminum design, Zen AiO Pro looks amazing. But the beauty is not just skin-deep, with superb performance delivered by 6th-generation Intel® Core™ up to i7 processors and gaming-grade NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX™ 960M graphics with 2GB of video memory. Other leading-edge technology showcased in the Zen AiO Pro Series includes the latest 10Gbit/s USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port, up to PCIe® 3.0 x4 M.2 SSD storage, and an Intel RealSense™ camera.

For truly-immersive family entertainment, the new Zen AiO Pro is equipped with a powerful six-speaker ASUS SonicMaster Premium sound system that delivers 16W of incredibly rich and clear stereo sound. 

Zen AiO Pro deserves to be the computing centerpiece of any home or creative workspace, with full connectivity across all devices allowing it to become the ultimate digital hub for work or play.

 

A true masterpiece 

Zen AiO Pro is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and design, with a slim and elegant unibody shell forged from a solid block of anodized aluminum, with a precision-crafted matching integral stand. The smooth, sophisticated appearance is enhanced by a layer of edge-to-edge glass covering the display, and the rear cover has a beautiful fine brushed-metal finish that perfectly complements the signature spun-metal Zen-inspired concentric circles on the front fascia. 

Zen AiO Pro is a vision of elegance, finished in a stylish yet subtle Icicle Gold color that will add a touch of beauty to any space.

 

Extreme beauty, extreme performance 

The extraordinary Zen AiO Pro is built to provide out-of-the-ordinary performance for discerning home users. Using the latest generation of quad-core Intel Core up to i7 processors, with 16GB of the very latest DDR4 memory and lightning-fast M.2 SSD storage, Zen AiO Pro has power to spare for instant responsiveness and ultra-smooth and immersive entertainment. 

Dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 gaming-grade graphics with 2GB of video memory ensure users can enjoy superb stutter-free high-resolution movies and videos in vivid, lifelike colors, or play even the very latest games at full resolution with high quality settings.

Zen AiO Pro is the world’s first all-in-one PC to use the next-generation USB 3.1 Gen 2, which delivers blindingly-fast data transfers of up to 10Gbit/s — twice as fast as USB 3.0, and over 20-times faster than USB 2.0. With these speeds, even the biggest data transfers take no time at all. Zen AiO Pro uses the latest USB 3.1 Type-C connector for improved ease of use — the connector is reversible, so it can’t be inserted the wrong way round. And for all-device connectivity, Zen AiO Pro also has a full complement of four USB 3.0 ports plus a USB 2.0 port, along with the latest ultra-fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi.

 

Incredible sound, awesome entertainment

Zen AiO Pro is designed for the ultimate multimedia entertainment, with up to a stunning FHD 10-point multi-touch IPS display for vibrant, pin-sharp visuals that make every detail visible, along with wide viewing angles and ultra-responsive touch interactivity. Zen AiO Pro also has a color gamut of up to 100% sRGB, which ensures accurate, rich and vivid color reproduction.

The incredible audio system has a total of six speakers that deliver rich and clear full-range sound. Each 8-watt stereo channel uses three powerful speakers located at either side of Zen AiO Pro, giving fully-realistic stereo separation and a total of 16 watts of pure, undistorted sound for an amazingly-lifelike experience. 

The state-of-the-art technology in Zen AiO Pro ensures an awesome entertainment experience, whether users are watching the latest blockbuster movie, enjoying games or simply relaxing with music.

 

New modes of PC interaction

Zen AiO Pro Z240IC features an amazingly-accurate Intel RealSense camera to add futuristic interactive capabilities. Accurate motion-sensing of people or objects in front of the camera is now possible, enabling previously-unimagined ways of interacting with a PC. For example, with precise 3D facial recognition, a user’s face can become their login password, or families can just have fun interacting with the latest motion-controlled games. The possibilities with Zen AiO Pro are truly endless!

 

Zen AiO Pro: Create your own personal cloud

With its stunning large display and full high-speed connectivity, Zen AiO Pro is perfect for streaming content from other devices. And with the exclusive ASUS HomeCloud, PC Link, Share Link and SyncUp apps, Zen AiO Pro can also act as a household cloud storage hub, allowing family members to organize their files and data on multiple mobile devices and access them instantly from anywhere, on any device.

ASUS HomeCloud allows users to create their very own personal cloud storage, with wireless file access from any mobile device. Zen AiO Pro users get a 100GB ASUS WebStorage account free for one year, and HomeCloud can sync with this to create automatic off-site backups, or mirror user-selected files online.

PC Link allows users to link and project a mobile device’s screen to Zen AiO Pro, allowing incoming-call and app notifications to be monitored on the PC. This frees users from being the hassle of checking their mobile device while using Zen AiO Pro.

Share Link enables the wireless transfer of any size or format of file between Zen AiO Pro and mobile devices, and SyncUp automatically syncs files between Zen AiO Pro and mobile devices, with customizable settings to allow seamless editing from any device. 

 

AVAILABILITY & PRICING

ASUS Zen AiO Pro Z240IC is available at Emax & Virgin and is priced at AED 6,499.