
So I posted my Asus Zenbook A14 and A16 review yesterday and gave them four stars — in particular because of that price-to-performance ratio. Snapdragon X2 Elite and Elite Extreme really shined at the costs set for them, and really made for formidable competition to the M5 MacBook Air. It generated a wave of Editor’s Choice awards (including one from me), but then something odd happened.
A few hours after the embargo, Asus sent an update saying Best Buy made an “error” in its “pricing information,” and had increased the A14 by $200 and the A16 by $100.