Asus' new Dawn 2 notebook goes on sale with i5-1235U and a debut price of $4,299

The new ASUS DAWN 2 notebook is now available for purchase with 12th Gen Core processors and a debut price starting at $4,299.

The ASUS Dawn 2 is approximately 19.2mm thick, weighs approximately 1.45kg, and is available with 14 and 15.6-inch FHD screens with Thunderbolt 4, LAN, VGA, HDMI, SD card slot, and supports Wi-Fi 6E and 65W PD fast charging.

The ASUS Dawn 2 is equipped with a 12th generation Core U processor, the i5-1235U, which officially delivers 26% better single-core performance and 65% better multi-core performance than its predecessor, the i5-1135G7.

For expandability, the notebook comes with 16GB of DDR4-3200 memory, reserved memory slots, support for mechanical hard drives, and a 512GB SSD and 1TB HDD as standard.